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  Google Adds 'Black Ribbon' On Homepage In Memory Of Ahmedabad Plane Crash Victims

  Internet giant Google mourned the loss of lives in the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad with an image of a black ribbon pinned prominently on the homepage of its search engine.

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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.

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  Brazil's Top Court Votes to Hold Social Media Platforms Accountable for User Posts

  Brazil's Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that social media firms are responsible for certain user-posted content in the country. This could result in fines against social media companies in Brazil. The decision could impact the business of platforms including Meta's Facebook and Instagram, as well as TikTok, Elon Musk's X and other internet giants, s...

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  Google AI Edge Gallery App That Can Run AI Models Locally Released on Android

  Google AI Edge Gallery, a new app for Android that allows users to experience running artificial intelligence (AI) models locally on a device, was released on Sunday. The Mountain View-based tech giant says the experimental app can find, download, and run large language models (LLMs) entirely on-device without requiring an Internet connection.

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  Google, DOJ to Make Final Push in US Search Antitrust Case

  Google and US antitrust enforcers will make their final arguments on whether the tech giant should be forced to sell its Chrome browser. If the judge does require Google to sell off Chrome, OpenAI would be interested in buying it, Nick Turley, OpenAI's product head for ChatGPT, said at the trial.

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  Google Unveils SignGemma, an AI Model That Can Translate Sign Language Into Spoken Text

  Google unveiled SignGemma, a new artificial intelligence (AI) model that can translate sign language into spoken text. The model, which will be part of the Gemma series of models, is currently being tested by the Mountain View-based tech giant and is expected to be launched later this year. Similar to all the other Gemma models, SignGemma will also...

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  Google I/O 2025: Gemini 2.5 AI Models Upgraded With Deep Think Mode, Native Audio Output

  Google showcased several new features for the Gemini 2.5 family of artificial intelligence (AI) models at the Google I/O 2025 on Tuesday. The Mountain View-based tech giant introduced an enhanced reasoning mode dubbed Deep Think, which is powered by the Gemini 2.5 Pro model. It also unveiled a new, natural and human-like speech called Native Audio ...

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  Google DeepMind Unveils AlphaEvolve, a Coding Agent Designed to Reduce AI Hallucinations

  Google DeepMind announced a new artificial intelligence (AI) coding agent on Wednesday that can enhance the capabilities of AI models. Dubbed AlphaEvolve, it is designed to discover and optimise algorithms across complex computing and mathematical tasks. The powerful AI system is built on the Mountain View-based tech giant’s Gemini models, and it...

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  Google Updates Its ‘G’ Logo Icon With New Gradient Design Replacing Solid Colour Sections

  Google has silently updated its iconic ‘G’ logo with a new design, nearly 10 years after it was refreshed with the modern Product Sans typeface. The previously visible icon comprised sections featuring solid colours in line with the Mountain View-based tech giant’s colour scheme, with each block having a well-defined boundary. Following the u...

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  Google Redesigns Gemini's Side Panel on the Web, Adds Infinite Scrolling for Past Conversations

  Google redesigned Gemini’s side panel on the web client last week. The Mountain View-based tech giant has now added an infinite scrolling feature to let users find older conversations with the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot. The new side panel design also pushes Gems higher up the panel, and consolidates previously directly available menu o...

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  Google Preparing to Roll Out Gemini AI for Younger Users With Parental Controls: Report

  Google is expanding its artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot Gemini to younger users. Last month, the Mountain View-based tech giant announced allowing users younger than the age of 13 years (or the applicable age in the respective country) to access its AI chatbot across Android, iOS, and on the web. The company is also letting parents and school ...

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  Google Says Deep AI Investments Powering Ad Sales, Soothing Anxious Investors

  Alphabet reassured jittery tech investors that its AI investments were powering returns at its crucial ad business on Thursday. The search giant's first-quarter profit and revenue beat expectations, and the company said it would buy back $70 billion (roughly Rs. 5,97,800 crore) in stock, adding $75 billion (roughly Rs. 6,40,362 crore) to its mark...

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  Adobe Releases Firefly Image Model 4 Ultra, Integrates Third-Party Models from Google, OpenAI

  Adobe announced a slew of new features and improvements at its annual Adobe Max conference on Thursday. The software giant announced new Firefly artificial intelligence (AI) models, support for third-party models, new Adobe Express features, a new Firefly mobile app, and more. The company also introduced a new Adobe Boards tool for storyboard creat...

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  Google Upgrades Gemini 2.0 Flash With a Collaborative, Natural-Sounding Conversation Style

  Google updated the Gemini 2.0 Flash artificial intelligence (AI) model last week. The new update refines the model’s conversational capability and makes it better suited for creative tasks, the Mountain View-based tech giant said. The company claims that users will notice the difference when talking to the AI about certain topics and tasks.

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  Google Teases AI Glasses in a Live Demo, Hints at Future Gemini Features

  Google has recently released several new Gemini features, including the Gemini 2.5 models. But that’s not all the Mountain View-based tech giant has in its roadmap. Recently, in a live demonstration given at a TedTalk, the company teased its artificial intelligence (AI) Glasses and several of its capabilities. Separately, the company also hinted ...