Google Cloud

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  Google AI Plus Subscription Plan Launched With Affordable Pricing, Access to Veo 3 Fast

  Google recently introduced a new subscription tier for its artificial intelligence (AI) services, called Google AI Plus. The plan debuts in Indonesia, with expansion to other emerging markets expected. Positioned between the free and AI Pro tiers, it offers adjusted features and pricing, and provides the most affordable access to the Veo 3 Fast mod...

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  RIL 48th AGM 2025: Reliance and Google Announce Holistic Partnership to Accelerate AI Adoption in India

  At the 48th Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Friday, Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) announced a partnership with Google to establish a Jamnagar Cloud region. Exclusively built for Reliance, it will provide “world-class” AI and compute capabilities powered by Google Cloud in a bid to accelerate AI adoption across RIL’s energy, retail, teleco...

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  Google Confirms Plans for GCUL Layer-1 Blockchain Project for Financial Institutions

  Google Cloud has unveiled the Google Cloud Universal Ledger (GCUL), a new Layer-1 blockchain designed for financial institutions. The platform will support asset tokenisation, cross-border settlements, and Python-based smart contracts, offering a neutral foundation for banks, exchanges, and payment firms. Backed by Google Cloud’s scale, GCUL aims...

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  Google Vids Allows Users to Edit Videos Directly via Google Drive Website

  Google Drive recently added the video transcription feature for users, which allows them to view and search for captions for a particular recording. In an attempt to make the cloud storage service more video-friendly, the US-based tech giant has now integrated a new feature called Google Vids into the Drive. This new functionality will allow people...

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  Meta Makes Over $10 Billion Cloud Computing Deal With Google: Report

  The deal with Meta is among the biggest in the 17-year history of Google's cloud unit, according to the source.

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  Google Pixel 10 Pro, Pixel 10 Pro XL, Pixel 10 Pro Fold Purchases Include Free Google AI Pro Subscription

  Google launched its highly anticipated Pixel 10 series on Wednesday at an event hosted by Jimmy Fallon in New York. A total of four models have been launched — Pixel 10, Pixel 10 Pro, Pixel 10 Pro XL, and Pixel 10 Pro Fold. Interestingly, every new Pixel model except the base Pixel 10 comes with a complimentary bundled subscription to Google’s ...

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  Google Docs Is Getting a New Gemini Feature That Lets Users Listen to Documents

  Google Docs is getting a new artificial intelligence (AI) feature that will let viewers of a document listen to the content instead of reading it. First announced at the Google Cloud Next 2025 event earlier this year, the Mountain View-based tech giant has finally started rolling out the audio feature to users on the paid tier of Workspace and Gemi...

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  Delhi University Students To Get AI, Cybersecurity Training Under Google Cloud Collaboration

  Delhi University Skilling Initiative: The initiative will provide industry-recognised certifications, hackathons, mentorship opportunities, startup incubation support, and specialised Google workshops for education.

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  Elon Musk Gives One-Word Reply To Sundar Pichai's Post On Alphabet's Quarterly Results

  Google's parent company, Alphabet, recently reported its quarterly results that exceeded expectations. Elon Musk acknowledged the impressive results, sparking a brief exchange.

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  Beeper Messaging App Updated With On-Device Accounts, Support for End-to-End Encryption

  Beeper has been updated with support for on-device connections to WhatsApp, Telegram, Messenger, Instagram, and Google Chat, ensuring end-to-end encryption (E2EE) without relying on Beeper Cloud. The app's core features remain free, but a new Beeper Plus subscription will unlock additional features and customisation options.

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  Google Secures $3-Billion US Hydropower Deal In Largest Clean Power Pact

  Google has agreed to secure as much as 3 gigawatts of US hydropower in the world's largest corporate clean power pact for hydroelectricity, the company said, as Big Tech pursues the expansion of energy-hungry data centers.

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  AI+ Pulse and Nova 5G Smartphones Launched in India With 50-Megapixel Rear Cameras

  AI+ Pulse and AI+ Nova 5G smartphones were launched in India on Tuesday. The handsets are the first to run on NxtQuantum's NxtQ OS, which is said to store user data in MeitY-approved (Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology) Google Cloud servers. The company claims that the operating system was entirely built in India and is based on A...

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  OpenAI Says It Has No Plan to Use Google's In-House Chip

  A spokesperson for OpenAI said on Sunday that while the AI lab is in early testing with some of Google's tensor processing units (TPUs), it has no plans to deploy them at scale right now.

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  Adobe Firefly App for Android and iOS Announced, Offers AI-Powered Image and Video Tools

  Adobe released its Firefly platform as mobile app for Android and iOS on Tuesday. The new Firefly app comes with all the native AI models of Adobe, as well as third-party models from Google and OpenAI. The app offers all the AI features and tools across Adobe’s platforms including image and video generation and photo editing.

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  Google Resolves Global Service Outage Impacting Multiple Platforms

  Google said on Thursday it had resolved a brief global service disruption on its platforms that affected multiple services such as music streamer Spotify and instant messaging provider Discord. The outage disrupted services on platforms such as Spotify, Snapchat and Discord that rely on the tech giant's cloud managed services and infrastructure.