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Google Scraps Hiring Targets

Google scraps its diversity hiring goals as it complies with Trump's new government contractor rules

Google is scrapping some of its diversity hiring targets, joining a lengthening list of U.S. companies that have abandoned or scaled back their diversity, equity and inclusion programs. The move, which was outlined in an email sent to Google employees on Wednesday,

Reuters · 5h

Google scraps diversity-based hiring targets

Alphabet's Google is scrapping its goal to hire more employees from underrepresented groups and is reviewing some of its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, joining a slew of U.S. businesses scaling back diversity initiatives.

LA Times on MSN · 1h

Google ends hiring targets tied to diversity

Google is the latest company to roll back DEI efforts amid more political pressure to do so under President Trump.

Google Has Officially Launched Gemini 2.0

Hosted on MSN · 1h

Google Has Officially Launched Gemini 2.0 for Everyone

The flood of AI news from Google comes in the wake of the launch of DeepSeek, the breakthrough Chinese AI tool that's been making headlines.

Mashable on MSN · 6h

Google makes Gemini 'thinking' model available on the app and launches Gemini 2.0 Pro

The Google Gemini app now includes a reasoning model that shows its "thought process." On Wednesday, the tech giant announced the availability of Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking Experimental on Gemini's desktop and mobile versions.

Yahoo · 6h

Google brings second-gen AI models to the Gemini mobile app

The latest Gemini 2.0 Flash model can interact with other Google apps and comes with reasoning chops, while the Gemini 2.0 Pro model excels at math and coding.

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Mashable on MSN · 11h

Google deletes policy against using AI for weapons or surveillance

Google has quietly deleted its pledge not to use AI for weapons or surveillance, a promise that had been in place since 2018.

CNN on MSN · 1d

Google erases promise not to use AI technology for weapons or surveillance

Google’s updated AI ethics policy removes its promise that it won’t use the technology to pursue weapons and surveillance.

BBC · 11h

Concern over Google ending ban on AI weapons

Human Rights Watch has criticised the decision, telling the BBC that AI can "complicate accountability" for battlefield decisions that "may have life or death consequences." In a blog post Google defended the change,

China says Google is violating country's anti-monopoly laws

U.S. News & World Report · 1d

China Launches an Antitrust Probe Into Google. Here's What It Means

The Chinese government’s move to open an antitrust probe into Google is the latest development in a long and entangled relationship that goes back to the early 2000s

Android Police on MSN · 1d

China says Google is violating the country's anti-monopoly laws

Google faces an anti-monopoly investigation in China. China hasn't shared much information about the investigation. The investigation into Google may be linked to US-China trade tensions. Google's no stranger to accusations of monopolizing markets.

Business Insider · 1d

China opens anti-monopoly investigation into Google

China’s State Administration for Market Regulation says that because Google is suspected of violating the anti-monopoly law, it has initiated

Cloud-Computing Slowdown Knocks Google Sales

Bloomberg on MSN · 1d

Alphabet Slides After Cloud Sales Fall Short of Expectations

Google parent Alphabet Inc. posted fourth-quarter revenue that missed analysts’ expectations as growth in its cloud business slowed. The shares fell more than 8%.

Wall Street Journal · 18h

Cloud-Computing Slowdown Knocks Google Sales; Alphabet Stock Slides

A slowdown in cloud-computing sales dragged down Google’s revenue growth last quarter, knocking shares of parent company Alphabet. Its stock slid 7.5% ahead of the open. Read more:

MarketWatch · 1d

Alphabet earnings: What to expect on AI and the cloud, with Google parent’s stock near a record

Alphabet reports fourth-quarter earnings after Tuesday's closing bell. Investors will be focused on cloud momentum and AI traction, with shares of the Google and YouTube parent company holding fast near the record levels achieved last week.

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Google says commercial quantum computing applications arriving within five years

Google aims to release commercial quantum computing applications within five years, Google's head of quantum told Reuters on ...

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Google will end a core DEI program — and evaluate others, company says

The change comes after President Trump’s sweeping executive orders and a broader anti-DEI pullback at other big companies ...

Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai on Google’s self-driving cars, YouTube’s power, and the AI future

YouTube achieved record ad revenue thanks to the U.S. presidential election, with politicians on both sides doubling their ...

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Google puts military use of AI back on the table

Google’s involvement in the U.S. Department of Defense’s Project Maven in 2017 and 2018 is what led to the original AI ...

Verizon Makes $120 Google Offer To Android And IOS Users

Similarly, Google has remained steadfast on keeping YouTube Premium separate from its entire subscription line up. The only ...

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Google Super Bowl ad gets embarrassing attention before game even happens

Google has quietly edited a Super Bowl commercial celebrating its Gemini AI interface after online users pointed out that a ...

Google wants Search to be more like an AI assistant in 2025

Google Search is in the midst of a "journey" around AI, Google CEO Sundar Pichai said during the company's earnings call on ...

S&P 500 futures fall after latest earnings, Alphabet's revenue miss: Live updates

S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq 100 futures slid 0.29% and 0.41%, respectively. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures was lower by ...

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Google Scraps Hiring Targets

Google Has Officially Launched Gemini 2.0

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China says Google is violating country's anti-monopoly laws

Cloud-Computing Slowdown Knocks Google Sales

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