Google Promises It Will Be More Open About Its Ads

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Google is pinky-swearing it will be more transparent in the future about how and why you keep seeing the same ads that seem to know you much better than you know yourself, though only if you live in the European Union.

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Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway owns $1 trillion of assets - more than Microsoft, Alphabet and Meta combined

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Warren Buffett.

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Billionaire investor Bill Ackman's hedge fund boosts Alphabet stake as AI hype rages on

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Billionaire investor Bill Ackman.

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That's one way to draw people back to the office: Google hotel reportedly touts $99 special to 'make it easier for Googlers to transition to the hybrid workplace'

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Google opened its Bay View campus in May of 2022.
Google opened its Bay View campus in May of 2022.

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Alphabet sold almost 90% of its Robinhood stake last quarter

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Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google's parent company Alphabet

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Dan Loeb hails AI as a decade-defining technology like the PC and Internet - and says a severe recession looks unlikely

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Dan Loeb.

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Alphabet adds $111 billion in market value after showing progress on AI front in 2nd-quarter earnings

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A Google office in San Francisco, California.

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The Dow has been this unstoppable only 5 times since 1897

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Traders work the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on May 25, 2023, in New York City.
Traders work the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on May 25, 2023, in New York City.

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US stocks trade mixed as the Fed begins its 2-day policy meeting

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US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell attends a press conference in Washington, DC, on March 22, 2023.

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Google's water use is soaring. AI is only going to make it worse.

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  • Google is thirsty.
  • Its latest environmental report shows a 20% jump in water consumption in its data centers.
  • As the AI arms race heats up, it may only get worse.

Google just published its 2023 environmental report, and one thing is for certain: The company's water use is soaring.

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