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April 1, 2026 10:52 AM

US eyes a swift end to war as fresh attacks hit Gulf states and Iran

U.S. President Donald Trump and his Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the end of the war on Iran could be near, with Washington signaling potential for both direct talks with Tehran's leadership and a winding down of the conflict even without a deal. The remarks underscored the shifting and at times contradictory timelines and statements from Washington about how and when the war, now in its fifth week, might end. "We'll be leaving very soon," Trump told reporters at the White House on Tuesd...

February 27, 2026 3:26 PM

Google rolls out Nano Banana 2 after viral success of AI image generation tool

Google on Thursday unveiled a successor to its viral Nano Banana image generation model, touting faster performance as the search-engine behemoth pushes to attract more users to its AI tools. The model, called Nano Banana 2, is being rolled out across products, including the Gemini app, AI Mode and Lens features on Search, and Flow, its AI-powered video tool, the Alphabet-owned company said. The launch is Google's latest in a series of moves that have propelled the company to the forefront of ...

February 26, 2026 3:14 PM

UIDAI partners with Google to display authorised Aadhaar centres on Google Maps

The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has partnered with Google to enable the display of authorised Aadhaar centres on Google Maps, in a move aimed at improving accessibility and convenience for residents across the country. With this initiative, residents will soon be able to locate their nearest verified Aadhaar centres through Google Maps and check the services offered at each location. These include facilities for adult enrolment, child enrolment, and updates related to addre...

February 20, 2026 1:55 PM

India-US tech partnership key to secure AI supply chains: Sundar Pichai

Google CEO Sundar Pichai on Friday highlighted the growing importance of technology partnership between India and the United States, as India joins the US-led Pax Silica initiative aimed at strengthening secure and resilient supply chains across critical technologies. Speaking at a special event in the national capital to mark India’s participation in Pax Silica, Pichai described the US-India partnership as vital in shaping the future of Artificial Intelligence. He said the world is on the c...

February 18, 2026 3:09 PM

‘Google can work with our talented students and professionals’: PM Modi after meeting Sundar Pichai

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said he discussed India’s rapid progress in artificial intelligence and opportunities for collaboration with Google CEO Sundar Pichai during a meeting held on the sidelines of the India AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi. “It was a delight to meet Mr. Sundar Pichai on the sidelines of the AI Impact Summit in Delhi. We spoke about the work India is doing in AI and how Google can collaborate with our talented students and professionals in this field,�...

February 5, 2026 10:41 AM

Google goes from laggard to leader as it pulls ahead of OpenAI with stellar AI growth

Alphabet is taking on OpenAI with a gusto that underscores Wall Street's perception that the Google parent is the leader in AI, a turn of events from a year ago when investors thought it was badly lagging behind rivals and punished its stock. Alphabet executives struck a more confident tone on the company's post-earnings call on Wednesday, the first since it released the Gemini 3 model, which has wowed users and helped Google catch up in the artificial intelligence race. Though it...

January 16, 2026 8:17 PM

Publishers seek to join lawsuit against Google over AI training

Publishers Hachette Book Group and Cengage Group asked a California federal court on Thursday for permission to intervene in a proposed class action lawsuit against Google over the alleged misuse of copyrighted material used to train its artificial intelligence systems. The publishers said in their proposed complaint that the tech company "engaged in one of the most prolific infringements of copyrighted materials in history" to build its AI capabilities, copying content from Hachette books and ...

January 13, 2026 3:43 PM

Apple, Google strike Gemini deal for revamped Siri in major win for Alphabet

Apple will use Google's Gemini models for its revamped Siri coming later this year under a multi-year deal that deepens the tech giants' alliance in the artificial intelligence era and bolsters Alphabet's position in the race against OpenAI. The deal announced Monday marks a major vote of confidence for Google. Its technology already drives much of Samsung's "Galaxy AI," but the Siri deal unlocks a large market with Apple's installed base of more than two billion active devices. "After careful...

October 14, 2025 5:18 PM

PM Modi welcomes Google’s plan to launch $15 billion AI Hub in Visakhapatnam

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday welcomed Google’s announcement to set up an artificial intelligence (AI) data centre in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, describing it as a transformative step for India’s digital economy and technological growth. In a post on X, the Prime Minister said, “Delighted by the launch of the Google AI Hub in the dynamic city of Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. This multi-faceted investment that includes gigawatt-scale data center infrastructure aligns with ou...

October 14, 2025 2:55 PM

Google says to invest $15 billion in AI data centre capacity in Andhra Pradesh

Google will invest $15 billion over the next five years to set up data centre capacity for an artificial intelligence hub in India's Andhra Pradesh, the company said on Tuesday, marking one of its biggest ever investments in the country. "It's the largest AI hub that we are going to be investing in anywhere in the world outside of the U.S.," Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian said at a New Delhi event. The 1-gigawatt data centre campus by the Alphabet Inc unit will be based in the port city of...