How Donald Trump may have helped Google in its biggest acquisition ever of Wiz for $32 billion

\Google’s massive $32 billion acquisition of cybersecurity firm Wiz gained significant momentum after Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration in January, with executives from both companies accelerating negotiations amid expectations of a more favorable regulatory environment under the new administration. According to Reuters reporting, Google not only sweetened its original $23 billion offer from July to $32 … Read more

How Microsoft Bing and ChatGPT Are Lighting a Fire Under Google

It’s become clear, just over a week in, that Microsoft’s new ChatGPT-powered Bing has some problems. Users have had creepy, unsettling exchanges with Bing, resulting in Microsoft limiting some features. Win or lose, though, Microsoft Bing has successfully pushed Google towards much-needed innovation. Despite the hype, the launch of Microsoft’s grand entrance into the world … Read more

Sundar Pichai pushes Googlers to spend more time improving its Bard AI

Google CEO, Sundar Pichai has asked employees to spend 2 to 4 hours on improving Bard, Google’s recently-released AI chatbot, reported Business Insider (BI) citing a leaked company-wide email. Bard is the company’s AI chatbot that Google intends to integrate into search. The email indicates urgency in Google’s approach in order to win the next … Read more

Microsoft fusing ChatGPT-like tech into search engine Bing

The revamping of Microsoft’s second-place search engine could give the software giant a head start against other tech companies in capitalizing on the worldwide excitement surrounding ChatGPT, a tool that’s awakened millions of people to the possibilities of the latest AI technology. Along with adding it to Bing, Microsoft is also integrating the chatbot technology … Read more

Layoffs at Google, Microsoft, Salesforce Teaching Tech Employees a Harsh Lesson

Dehumanizing. Gut-wrenching. Slap in the face. Betrayed. Tech workers are using all sorts of emotional phrases to describe the layoff wave that has gripped the industry and become the talk of the business world. “I’m shocked and hurt and still processing,” Katie Olaskiewicz, a former human-truths strategist at Google, wrote on LinkedIn last week shortly … Read more

Google, Microsoft, Oracle, Amazon Awarded $9 Bln Worth Pentagon Cloud Deal

The Pentagon announced that up to $9 billion worth of cloud-computing contracts were awarded to Google, Oracle, Amazon, and Microsoft. In a statement, the U.S. Department of Defense said, “The purpose of this contract is to provide the Department of Defense with enterprise-wide, globally available cloud services across all security domains and classification levels, from … Read more

Google just unveiled its first smartphone chip, signaling its biggest challenge yet to Apple and Samsung. Here’s what it means for the Pixel 6.

Google unveiled its first chip made specifically for its Pixel phones on Monday. The chip, called Tensor, should bring better AI performance to Google’s new phones. Google is following Apple’s strategy by making its own smartphone chips. Google’s first gambit to challenge Apple and Samsung’s dominance of the smartphone industry came in 2016, when it … Read more

Frequent run-ins with India govt cloud U.S. tech expansion plans

Another spat between India’s government and U.S. big tech has exacerbated disillusion among firms which have spent billions to build hubs in their largest growth market, to the extent some are rethinking expansion plans, people close to the matter said. The government on Saturday said Twitter Inc had not indicated compliance with new rules aimed … Read more