"I think some folks need some sleep," CEO Sundar Pichai said on a recent Google podcast about the company's Gemini 3 launch and AI ambitions.

When I walked into a conference room in Google's San Francisco building last week, I expected to find the typical tech briefing setup with rows of chairs facing a wall of screens and a corporate voice managing a slide deck.

The internet giant has released new AI software and struck deals, such as a chip tie-up with Anthropic PBC, that have reassured investors the company won’t easily lose to ChatGPT creator OpenAI and other rivals.

Google is upgrading Circle to Search with AI Mode, delivering richer, more context-aware follow-up answers and making visual search far more useful on Android devices.

Developers have been busy updating Google Messages, and are working to change how you save media, share your location, and interact with Gemini.

The latest AI models from the world's leading tech companies have been released. So how do they stack up against one another?

Google could soon place its Nano Banana image generator directly inside the Search AI mode. A new “Create images” option spotted in testing hints that turning ideas into fun visuals may happen right from your search bar,

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The stock has already more than doubled over the past year, currently trading around $380. Hence, the obvious question arises: what would be necessary to

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Alphabet is closing in on a major milestone as investor excitement around AI accelerates. A recent high-level agreement could significantly alter how global institutions manage their most sensitive data.