Google Finance Adds AI That Annotates Why Stocks Rise and Fall
In court, OpenAI president Greg Brockman revealed that Elon Musk demanded 51% control of the startup to fund a Mars city — and stormed out when they refused.
Anthropic pledges $200 billion to Google Cloud in massive five-year deal
Anthropic has pledged $200 billion to Google Cloud over five years, driving Alphabet's stock up 2% and revealing a multi-cloud strategy that spans AWS, Google, and Nvidia.
Gemini can now generate PDFs, Word docs, and Excel files directly in chat
Gemini can now generate PDFs, Word docs, and Excel files directly in chat. Plus, a new 'Memory' feature for UK users personalizes conversations.
Google's Gemini API adds webhooks to kill polling for good
Google has added event-driven webhooks to its Gemini API, so developers no longer have to poll for results on long tasks like video generation and batch processing. The new system follows Standard Webhooks with built-in security and retry logic.
Google's Gemma 4 Models Hit 3x Speed, Zero Quality Loss
Google has open-sourced Gemma 4 MTP models that use speculative decoding to deliver up to 3x faster inference with no quality loss, making large models feasible on consumer GPUs and mobile devices.
Pentagon signs 8 AI vendors, booting Anthropic from classified networks
The Pentagon signs eight AI vendors after booting Anthropic from its classified networks for refusing 'any lawful purpose' terms — but the ban may already be unraveling.
Google crushes Q1 earnings on cloud growth, YouTube ads stumble
Google's Q1 earnings blew past estimates on cloud revenue of $20.02 billion, but YouTube ad sales fell short. Net profit soared 81% to $62.57 billion as the company doubles down on AI infrastructure.
Google search hits record high as AI fears prove overblown
Alphabet's Q1 earnings crush expectations as Google search volume hits an all-time high, directly challenging the narrative that AI chatbots are killing search.
Google bails on Pentagon drone swarm contest, signs classified AI deal same day
Google withdrew from a $100 million Pentagon drone swarm competition weeks after qualifying, citing internal ethics review, while simultaneously expanding its classified work with the military.
Gemini's hidden file generation feature lets you create and zip documents in chat
Google quietly added file generation to Gemini, letting users create and download TXT, PDF, CSV, and zip files directly in chat. The update puts Gemini on par with Claude's file output capabilities.