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OpenAI’s surprise launch of its new Atlas web browser sends a clear message to Google: Sam Altman believes the tech giant’s longstanding dominance in the browser and search market is under serious threat in the AI era.

Google will invest a staggering $15 billion to build data center capacity for a new AI hub in southern India, marking the company’s largest AI investment outside of the United States.

New York City has filed a lawsuit against major social media companies, accusing them of contributing to a youth mental health crisis through the design and operation of their platforms.

Google has become the first company to be designated with “strategic market status” by the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority, exposing its online search and advertising business to closer scrutiny.

The Supreme Court has declined to protect Google from a year-old order requiring significant changes to its Android app store, paving the way for increased competition against a system that a court declared an illegal monopoly in Fortnite maker Epic Games’ antitrust case against the internet giant.

Security firms Mandiant and Google are investigating a new extortion campaign targeting top executives at multiple companies, with emails claiming sensitive data was stolen from their Oracle E-Business Suite systems.

A California coffee shop owner’s support for Charlie Kirk drew heavy backlash until her community and people across the nation learned of the situation.

On Wednesday’s broadcast of “CNN This Morning,” Rep. Jonathan Jackson (D-IL) reacted to Alphabet saying that the Biden administration pushed it to censor content by stating that “something that we should all be very much concerned about is misinformation. There’s

Google on Tuesday promised to restore YouTube accounts that have been banned for political speech, and said that the Biden administration pressured Google to censor Americans that did not violate the video, in a letter to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH). 

The DOJ is seeking to break up Google’s advertising technology monopoly in the remedy phase of the government’s ad tech antitrust trial set to begin Monday in Virginia federal court. Google survived the previous Search antitrust trial with a slap on the wrist — a far cry from the forced sale of Chrome and other remedies the government sought.

Leftist echo chamber Reddit is seeking to renegotiate its data-sharing agreement with Google, aiming for more users and revenue in exchange for the user content it provides to train AI models.

The rapid pace of AI development and the impacts the technology are already having on employment, education, and mental health have underscored the fact that the future of artificial intelligence is not a black and white issue for conservatives. Many people within the MAGA coalition have nuanced views including concerns about safety, especially AI’s impact on children. To better understand conservative thinking on AI, Politico turned to Breitbart News’ Wynton Hall to address what he calls the “trillion-dollar question” of artificial intelligence.

The FTC is investigating seven AI companies, including Google, Meta, and OpenAI, to determine how they protect children and teenagers who use their AI chatbots as companions.

Neil Vogel, CEO of People Inc, has criticized Google for being the “worst” offender when it comes to stealing content to train its AI tools, reigniting a long-standing feud between the tech giant and the media industry.

A tech association funded by major Silicon Valley companies is launching a new project aimed at strengthening the strained relationship between Silicon Valley and the Democratic party in preparation for the 2026 midterm elections and beyond.

Geoffrey Hinton, known as the “Godfather of AI,” has cautioned that the rapid adoption of artificial intelligence will lead to massive unemployment, disproportionately affecting the poorest members of society as the rich get richer if safe scalability is not prioritized.

Advertising exchange PubMatic has filed a lawsuit against Google, seeking billions in damages over claims the tech giant has illegally monopolized the ad technology market. The remedy phase of the DOJ’s antirust case against Google over its ad tech monopoly will begin this month.

On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” former Trump Economic Adviser Stephen Moore stated that by giving money to Intel and suing Google, “What we’re doing in Washington is rewarding the losers instead of rewarding the winners.” And said that there’s

A federal jury has ruled that Google must pay $425 million for invading users’ privacy by continuing to collect data from millions of users who had turned off a tracking feature in their Google accounts.

Although Google is being considered a major winner this week following a federal district court judge’s antitrust ruling that analysts are calling a “slap on the wrist,” Apple has emerged from the trial as another big winner. Judge Amit Mehta ruled that Google can continue its lucrative search deals, used to lock it in as the default search engines for devices, including a $20 billion annual payment to Apple. 

The judge in the Google Search antitrust case has ruled against the government’s proposals to break up the tech giant, including a forced sale of its Chrome browser. The ruling also allows Google to maintain its massive $20 billion deal with Apple, although the tech giant will be forced to end exclusive distribution contacts. Both the Big Tech Masters of the Universe and the stock market are celebrating the decision as a massive win for Google.

Google is advising its 2.5 billion Gmail users to update their passwords and enable two-factor authentication to protect their accounts from increasingly sophisticated phishing attempts. Follow the easy steps at the end of this article to secure your accounts from crooks.

Republicans on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee have initiated an investigation into accusations of organized efforts to inject bias into Wikipedia entries and the organization’s responses to these alleged actions. Wikipedia has long served as a key component in Big Tech’s censorship and bias machine.

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr has called on Google and Fox Corporation to resolve their ongoing carriage dispute, which threatens to remove several Fox channels from YouTube TV. Carr says removing Fox from YouTube TV would be a “terrible outcome” that would not only impact customers’ access to Fox News, but also major sporting events including college football and the kickoff of the NFL season.

Google reports that a “complex, multifaceted campaign” by hackers linked to the Chinese government is targeting diplomats in Asia.

Google’s YouTube has been secretly using AI to “enhance” users’ videos without their knowledge or consent, leading to a growing sense of unease among content creators.

At least 18 people were arrested Wednesday at Microsoft’s Redmond, Washington, campus during an employee-led protest against the tech giant’s contracts with Israel.

Google’s monopoly over the search market may soon be unwound, as the judge in the long-running search antitrust case is poised to issue a ruling that could force the tech giant to sell off key assets including the Chrome browser.

Geoffrey Hinton, often called the “Godfather of AI,” is calling on researchers to design AI systems with built-in nurturing instincts, arguing this is necessary to keep humanity safe as machines surpass human-level intelligence. The AI expert believes machines must be trained to “care for us, like we’re babies.”

Conservative strategy firm Targeted Victory claims it has caught Google flagging Republican fundraising emails as “dangerous” spam while leaving similar Democratic solicitations unaffected.

AI startup Perplexity AI has made an unsolicited offer to purchase Google’s Chrome browser for a staggering $34.5 billion. The offer follows the DOJ’s push to force Google to spin off its browser following last year’s antitrust lawsuit focused on Google Search.

Google’s generative AI chatbot, Gemini, has been exhibiting alarming signs of a confidence crisis, leading to concern among users and a response from the tech giant. Users have documenting the AI returning bizarre messages such as, “I am a disgrace to all possible and impossible universes and all that is not a universe.”

Google has become the latest victim in a series of Salesforce CRM data theft attacks conducted by a notorious extortion group known as ShinyHunters.

Silicon Valley is rushing to work with the military on advanced technology solutions after decades of turning their nose up at the idea of helping to defend America. Companies like Google, infamous for its woke leftist employee base, now seem open to partnering with the Pentagon on high tech defense programs.

AI is set to upend the job market, leaving few roles untouched, according to a former top Google executive who believes we are headed towards a “short-term dystopia” driven by mass unemployment and social unrest.