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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...

October 10, 2025 10:39 PM

Google faces stricter regulation in UK over search dominance

Google could be forced to change its search operations in the UK after it became the first company subject to new powers from Britain's competition regulator to tackle the dominance of Big Tech. Competition regulators have long had Alphabet-owned Google in their sights and Britain's landmark ruling on Friday designating Google as having strategic market status in online search, gives the UK's regulator more power to step in. "We have found that Google maintains a strategic position in the sear...

September 22, 2025 4:46 PM

Google seeks to avoid ad tech breakup as antitrust trial begins

Alphabet's Google will seek to avoid a forced sale of part of its online advertising business in its latest face-off with U.S. antitrust enforcers at a trial starting on Monday in Alexandria, Virginia. The trial is the government's next best shot at curbing what a judge has ruled is Google's monopoly power, after losing a separate bid to make Google sell its Chrome browser earlier this month. Online publishers and rival ad tech developers, some of whom have separately sued Google for damages, w...

September 3, 2025 1:25 PM

Google keeps Chrome and Apple deal but must share data in big antitrust ruling

Google won't have to sell its Chrome browser, a judge in Washington said on Tuesday, handing a rare win to Big Tech in its battle with U.S. antitrust enforcers, but ordering Google to share data with rivals to open up competition in online search. Google parent Alphabet's shares were up 7.2% in extended trading on Tuesday as investors cheered the judge's ruling, which also allows Google to keep making lucrative payments to Apple that antitrust enforcers said froze out search rivals. Apple share...

March 19, 2025 11:01 PM

Google charged with breaching landmark EU rules, Apple told to open up to rivals

Alphabet unit Google was hit with two charges of breaching landmark EU rules on Wednesday while Apple was ordered to help rivals connect with its iPhones and iPads, as antitrust regulators continued a crackdown against Big Tech. The move by the European Commission came amid tensions with U.S. President Donald Trump who has threatened to levy tariffs against countries which impose fines on U.S. companies. Both Google and Apple have been in the European Commission's crosshairs since March last y...

March 6, 2025 5:22 PM

Meta, Google urged to crack down on illegal online gambling in India: report

Big tech companies like Meta and Google must take stronger action against the rapidly growing illegal online gambling and betting market on their platforms in India, a new report said on Thursday. The Digital India Foundation report revealed that illegal gambling networks lure users through digital ads, social media, messaging platforms, and cryptocurrency-based payment systems. It called for stricter regulations and active collaboration between Indian regulators and tech companies to curb the ...