The Google owner's CEO is only paid an annual salary of $2 million, but has also been given shares every three years worth more than $200 million.

Google will launch its first foldable smartphone sometime in June, challenging Samsung’s market-leading foldable phone business, according to internal communications viewed by CNBC. It plans to announce the device at its annual developer conference, Google I/O, on May 10.

The New York Times details Google's "shock" and "panic" at having a search rival.

Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai said “every product of every company” will be impacted by the quick development of AI, warning that society needs to prepare for technologies like the ones it’s already launched.

Concerns about AI developing skills independently of its programmers’ wishes have long absorbed scientists, ethicists, and science fiction writers. A recent interview with Google’s executives may be adding to those worries.

The AI wars are heating up. Smelling blood in the water, Microsoft has been working tirelessly to bake ChatGPT AI models into virtually all of its products. So far, the most prolific example of that has been Bing Chat. Bing Chat is a new section on Microsoft's oft-derided number 2 search engine that allows users to search with natural human language, and receive natural human language results in return. Powered by OpenAI's ChatGPT-4, Bing has exclusive rights to commercial use of the machine learning models from the firm, prompting a furor of panic at search leader Google.

Project Magi will help searchers complete transactions while incorporating search ads on the page.

Google’s Bard chatbot is launching on Tuesday in the UK and US, as the company completes its dash to release a competitor to Bing Chat and ChatGPT. It is seen as a do-or-die moment for the company, whose profitable web search service risks being outcompeted by artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots – even if those chatbots currently have problems in consistently returning accurate and useful results.

The characters have developed specific routines, such as waking up, taking a shower, cooking breakfast, interacting with their families, then going to work every day. 

The 'experiment updates' page explains the what and why for each announced improvement..

The latest Google Pixel 7a leak reveals a new sky blue color option for the unannounced budget phone launching later this year.

South Korea’s watchdog has fined Google 42.1 billion won (~ $32 million) for blocking the release of mobile video games on its local peer.

Google plans to restrict apps that offer loan to individuals from accessing sensitive user data such as photos, videos and contacts.

You can travel back in time and take a look at your home as far back as 15 years ago.

The new file limit means you can't actually use the storage you buy from Google.

There were reportedly concerns about breaking OpenAI’s terms of service.

A Google spokesperson told The Verge that Bard is not trained on any data from ShareGPT or ChatGPT.

Alphabet's Google Cloud has accused Microsoft of anti-competitive cloud computing practices and criticised imminent deals with several European cloud vendors, saying these do not solve broader concerns about its licensing terms.

Google’s providing more information about ads.

Google staffers in Ireland made redundant as part of the company's 12,000 global cuts could be offered severance packages worth more than €300,000 ($320,000), British newspaper the Sunday Times reported this week. The tech giant announced plans to lay off over 12,000 workers globally in January, in a major cost-cutting drive. Some 240 workers at its Irish offices were affected including 85 in sales, 80 in technology, and 75 in support services, according to the Sunday Times.