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    Google and Samsung reveal new smart glass designs

    Google and Samsung reveal new smart glass designs Samsung Electronics and Alphabet's Google unveiled the designs of smart glasses co-developed with eyewear partners Warby Parker and Gentle Monster, set for release in the fall. The products, entering a category that’s so far been led by Meta...
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    Android getting custom calling cards and live location-sharing in Google Messages

    Android getting custom calling cards and live location-sharing in Google Messages Google will let users of its Android mobile operating system set up custom calling cards and share their live location in messages, catching up with features that Apple already offers to iPhone owners. People...
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    Google launches another smartphone you can't buy in SA

    Google launches another smartphone Pixel you can't buy in SA Alphabet’s Google introduced its latest entry-level Pixel smartphone, hoping that new AI software capabilities, minor hardware refinements and an unchanged $499 (R8,008) price can make up for an otherwise iterative update. The Pixel...
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    iPhone 16 Tops List of World's Best-Selling Smartphones in 2025

    iPhone 16 Tops List of World's Best-Selling Smartphones in 2025 The iPhone 16 has reigned supreme globally on sales for 2025, and despite only being available for 3.5 months in 2025 the 17 series, particularly the 17 Pro Max have already entered the Top 5. Seems the whole AI situation really...
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    Apple will use Google for new AI features

    Apple will use Google for new AI features Alphabet’s Google confirmed that it has entered a multiyear deal with Apple to power the iPhone maker’s artificial intelligence technology, including the Siri voice assistant. “After careful evaluation, Apple determined that Google’s AI technology...
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    Walmart getting Google Gemini online shopping integration

    Walmart getting Google Gemini online shopping integration Walmart is partnering with Alphabet to offer AI-enhanced shopping on Google’s Gemini platform — part of the retailer’s race to apply the technology across its operations. Customers will be able to purchase items on Gemini’s browser or...
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    OpenAI losing its shine

    OpenAI losing its shine Wall Street’s sentiment toward companies associated with artificial intelligence is shifting, and it’s all about two companies: OpenAI is down, and Alphabet is up. The maker of ChatGPT is no longer seen as being on the cutting edge of AI technology and is facing...
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    Red Sea problems delay multiple submarine cable rollouts

    Red Sea problems delay multiple submarine cable rollouts Multiple subsea Internet cables slated to run through the Red Sea are yet to be completed as planned, as political tensions and heightened security threats have made the route more dangerous and complicated for commercial vessels. Meta...
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    John Solomon went from citrus farmer in Mpumalanga to running Google's laptop business

    John Solomon went from citrus farmer in Mpumalanga to running Google's laptop business Google's vice president for laptops, tablets, education devices, and Android Enterprise is South African John Solomon, whose extensive CV in the tech industry also includes stints at Apple and HP. Solomon...
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    Google rolling out four new infrastructure hubs in Africa

    Google rolling out four new infrastructure hubs in Africa Alphabet Inc.’s Google is planning four new infrastructure hubs in Africa to connect its latest underwater fibre-optic cables for the continent, the company’s Africa managing director Alex Okosi said in an interview with Bloomberg TV...
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    Google in R43-billion Windsurf talent and licencing deal

    Google in R43-billion Windsurf talent and licencing deal Alphabet Inc.’s Google struck a deal to pay about $2.4 billion (R43.04 billion) for top talent and licensing rights from artificial intelligence coding startup Windsurf following the collapse of Windsurf’s agreement to be bought by Google...
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    Google Feed Spam / Fake News websites?

    Google Feed started feeding me these websites. Doing a Google search I can't verify the information and it looks like the same website copied over various domains. Now these websites also seem to come up on my searches as the first websites listed. I can block the sources on my feed but can't...
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    US court finds Google illegally monopolising ad tech market

    US court finds Google illegally monopolising ad tech market Google illegally monopolised some online advertising technology markets, according to a federal judge. The ruling marked the company's latest antitrust setback and challenged its main source of revenue. US District Judge Leonie...
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    Apple and Google suffer big EU antitrust defeats

    Apple and Google suffer big EU antitrust defeats It was a dark day for Apple Inc. and Google as they lost two of the biggest competition cases in European Union history. Apple suffered a defeat over an EU-ordered €13 billion (R256.42 billion) Irish tax bill and Google faltered over its...
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    How SMS will stay relevant in SA

    How SMS will stay relevant in SA While the use of Short Message Service (SMS) for personal communication has declined, the technology will remain relevant in South Africa. This is the view of Flickswitch MD and founder Kees Snijders, who explained that the key strength of SMS remains that it...
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    U.S. Said to Consider a Breakup of Google to Address Search Monopoly

    https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/13/technology/google-monopoly-antitrust-justice-department.html
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    Google Search AI giving disastrously bad answers

    Google Search AI giving disastrously bad answers Google has rolled out its latest experimental search feature on Chrome, Firefox and the Google app browser to hundreds of millions of users. “AI Overviews” saves you clicking on links by using generative AI — the same technology that powers...
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    Google paying hefty price to keep search engine default on Safari

    Google paying hefty price to keep search engine default on Safari Alphabet Inc. paid Apple Inc. $20 billion in 2022 (R327.48 billion at that year's average exchange rate) for Google to be the default search engine in the Safari browser, according to newly unsealed court documents in the Justice...
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    Adobe paying for videos to train AI generator — from around $3 per minute

    Adobe paying for videos to train AI generator — from around $3 per minute Adobe Inc. has begun to procure videos to build its artificial intelligence text-to-video generator, trying to catch up to competitors after OpenAI demonstrated a similar technology. The software company is offering its...
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    Google purging browsing data collected in Incognito Mode

    Google purging browsing data collected in Incognito Mode Google said it would delete millions of records of users’ browsing activities as part of a settlement of a class-action lawsuit that alleged it tracked people without their knowledge. The case, filed in 2020, alleged the Alphabet Inc...
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