Google's new Genie 4 model looks incredible, but it's a long way from AGI
Google's Genie 4 can create astonishing interactive worlds, but claims that it represents progress toward AGI feel premature.
Google's Genie 4 can create astonishing interactive worlds, but claims that it represents progress toward AGI feel premature.
Covered by 3 outlets: 2 lean left, 1 are centre.
Pentagon disclosure about fired general's failed polygraph may have violated privacy laws, attorneys say CBS News General ousted by Hegseth referred for possible criminal prosecution, officials say The Washington...
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Xi Jinping has enforced loyalty as he prepares to claim a fourth term as leader. After 14 years in which 7.9 million party members and officials have been purged, including his own loyalists, Xi Jinping faces a dilemma in proving the...
At least 7.9 million punished in Xi's fight to keep party going ABC News & Headlines – Australian Broadcasting Corporation China Confirms Expulsion of 33 Officials, as Xi’s Purge Deepens The New York Times It can be...
After 14 years in which 7.9 million party members and officials have been purged, including his own loyalists, Xi Jinping faces a dilemma in proving the Chinese Communist Party works.
Turning The Knife Inward: Xi Purges A Record 33 At Fifth Plenum As China's Military High Command Shrinks To Two Men Another plenum, another record... just not the kind that goes on the economic scoreboard. China's...
Xi Jinping’s biggest military purge yet? 16 generals among 33 officials expelled as China’s top... Moneycontrol.com China ruling party says 'eliminated dangers' after 33 expelled The Hindu China expels a record...
Adapted from Lars Kepler's bestselling novel, Apple TV's drama stars Liev Schreiber as a former cop who suspects a serial killer may have something to do with a child's disappearance. Television has no shortage of thrillers, but the...
The Western Pennsylvania-set series stars Liev Schreiber, Stephen Graham, Zazie Beets, Bill Camp, Chrissy Metz, Poorna Jagannathan and Rory Culkin.
Nocturne, based on a Lars Kepler novel, is cliché after cliché.
Apple TV’s new crime thriller hailed as ‘impossible to stop watching’ 9to5Mac Nocturne review – Stephen Graham is TV’s most evil serial killer … and it’s impossible to stop watching him The Guardian 'Nocturne'...
Adapted from Lars Kepler's bestselling novel, Apple TV's drama stars Liev Schreiber as a former cop who suspects a serial killer may have something to do with a child's disappearance.
Defense attorneys argue Letitia James' social media posts show pre-existing bias in the reopened Cornell University gang rape criminal investigation. Covered by 5 outlets: 1 lean left, 3 are centre, 1 lean right.
Judge considers whether Letitia James should be removed from Cornell rape case The Washington Post Judge sharply questions lawyers over request to remove Letitia James from Cornell sex assault investigation CNN Man...
A judge is considering whether to remove New York Attorney General Letitia James from the investigation into an alleged sexual assault at a Cornell University frat house. The judge questioned why all of the...
Defense attorneys argue Letitia James' social media posts show pre-existing bias in the reopened Cornell University gang rape criminal investigation.
Man accused in Cornell rape lawsuit wants Letitia James removed from investigation over her posts
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Leo XIV has become the first pope to vote in a U.S. Pope Leo XIV became the first pontiff to vote in a U.S. Covered by 27 outlets: 10 lean left, 11 are centre, 5 lean right, 1 are not rated.
The pontiff draws on his missionary background for a show of fortitude.
Pope Leo jokes about his Villanova fandom
As Pope Leo prepares to return to South America, Peruvian abuse survivor Pedro Salinas sees reason for both hope and unease in the pope’s record confronting clerical abuse. #News #Reuters #Newsfeed #world #PopeLeo...
Leo rejected the idea that increasingly sophisticated AI systems should be regarded in the same way as human beings.
Alphabet stock fell 13% after earnings, putting nearly $500B in market value at risk as weak Google Search revenue and rising AI spending worried investors. Alphabet sheds half a trillion in market value, Intel's stock falls 20%....
Alphabet lost roughly $500 billion in market value as investors grow increasingly worried about Silicon Valley's massive AI spending spree.
The company reported USD 51.4 billion in capital expenditure in the third quarter alone, compared with USD 91.4 billion for the entire year in 2025.
Alphabet sheds half a trillion in market value, Intel's stock falls 20%.
Stock Market Today: Nasdaq Breaks Streak On Alphabet's $500B Drop; Amazon Earnings Next Investor's Business Daily Alphabet loses $482 billion in market value, the biggest drop in its history Yahoo Finance Shares of...
Experimental orbital datacenter prototype puts its TPU to work producing poetry
Google's AI chip-equipped satellite has generated its first response from space. In a blog post on Friday, Google says it successfully booted up the satellite's Tensor Processing Units (TPUs), allowing the on-board Gemma 4 model to...
As the weather cools, it may be worth investing in a smart thermostat to help lower your energy bills. Right now, Google’s fourth-gen Nest Learning Thermostat is on sale in all three colors for $219.99 ($60 off) at Amazon, Best Buy, and...
Just wait 'til we add more AI and this thing'll really fly
With Google now injecting “sponsored” links directly into AI follow-up queries, traffic to online publishers will suffer even more.
As its search engine sputters, rivals gain ground
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Google's Nvidia chip challenge boosts cloud sales, crimps cash flow Reuters
Google's Gemini app now offers Immersive Explorations, an interactive learning feature that lets you explore subjects like ancient trade routes, jet engines, and lightning through layered visual explanations.
At the 2026 Android Dev Summit, Google has announced some interesting features coming to both Android XR and Android CLI. Developers can now build and test apps for smart glasses without owning the hardware, while Android’s command-line...
A bit like VR, a bit like smart glasses, a bit like a tiny face computer.
Blood pressure and insulin resistance estimates will be available for Fitbit users, for a fee.
The revenue miss was caused by Google’s core advertising business that reported $82.01 billion in revenue, about $1.41 billion short of expectations. Covered by 3 outlets: 2 lean left, 1 are centre.
Alphabet reported quarterly revenue of $127.6 billion, up 25% year over year, but earnings of $2.12 per share missed expectations of around $3.01. Its net income fell to $26.2 billion, though an $8.7 billion loss on...
The revenue miss was caused by Google’s core advertising business that reported $82.01 billion in revenue, about $1.41 billion short of expectations.
Google's total workforce hit nearly 205,000 employees at the end of September. The hiring surge runs counter to Big Tech layoffs across the industry.
Magnificent, depressing plague colony fable Pathologic 3 has received a sizeable game update that adds some new difficulty modes, a photo feature, and some new, worryingly folkloric methods of defeating a murky embodiment of disease....
Several tech workers at Google’s AI unit DeepMind have resigned in protest over the tech giant’s work with the U.S. and Israeli militaries. Last week, DeepMind research engineer Sofia Liguori announced her resignation in a letter to her...
OpenAI in June unveiled its first custom AI chip designed with Broadcom, and said it planned to deploy the processor by the end of this year
Authorities allege company may have breached Finnish environmental laws by forgoing required impact assessment ‘Pure arrogance’: anger in Finland as Google illegally fells 250,000 trees for datacentre Finnish police have launched a...
Finnish police have launched a criminal investigation into Google after reports that it illegally destroyed trees for its planned data centres. The incident has caused outrage over what critics describe as an...
Remember the furore over Google's AI data center in Finland? The police are now investigating the matter.
The tech giant allegedly cleared hundreds of hectares of forest before environmental checks were done.
The tech giant allegedly cleared hundreds of hectares of forest before environmental checks were done.
The team sent a prompt asking it to generate a haiku about space.
Google's latest Gemini 4 Carbon AI model boasts top benchmark scores in areas like cybersecurity and coding. Google's Gemini 4 Carbon targets complex coding and cybersecurity tasks, with the company touting stronger secure coding, fewer...
Google's Gemini multimodal AI is available for MacOS and Windows. CNET's Stephen Beacham demonstrates how to download and install it on a Mac, and walks you through every button and feature in the app. Read more...
Google's latest Gemini 4 Carbon AI model boasts top benchmark scores in areas like cybersecurity and coding.
Undercutting Claude on price ahead of Anthropic's IPO
Google’s latest smartwatch packs great new health and fitness features, and it’s already on sale ahead of Black Friday. You can get up to $350 off the Pixel 11 series at Amazon today — could this be the early Black Friday phone deal to...
You can get up to $350 off the Pixel 11 series at Amazon today — could this be the early Black Friday phone deal to beat?
Google Pixel gets Rs off check deal here
“Google is crawling us as hard as ever, so the demand hasn’t changed from their point of view either. Covered by 3 outlets: 2 lean left, 1 are centre.
Reddit shares plunged 23% after the company warned that Google's AI powered search features were hurting referral traffic and could lead to a decline in daily active users. Pinterest also fell after issuing a weaker...
Reddit shares plunge as Google's AI search squeezes traffic Reuters
Reddit CEO Steve Huffman said in an earnings call today that Google's AI-powered search modes do not help with traffic to the platform, echoing problems facing other websites and publishers. As part of its Q3 2026...
Alphabet, Google's parent company, lost 13% of its stock value in one day amid AI-related investor concerns. Shares of Google parent company Alphabet sank by as much as 15.8%, on course for the company’s worst single-day drop in...
Alphabet suffered its largest one-day market-value loss after earnings highlighted robust AI cloud demand, weaker-than-expected search growth and mounting infrastructure costs.
Google’s parent company is investing heavily in artificial intelligence infrastructure as its cloud business expands. But the spending is weighing on cash flow, while AI-powered search raises questions about the...
Google's parent company, Alphabet, has lost $428 billion after a historic stock drop. Meanwhile, hackers stole $6.3 billion from cryptocurrency giant Binance in the largest bank heist in history. Threadneedle founder...
The Google parent lost about $500 billion in market value after reporting negative free cash flow and slower search growth