Microsoft and Alphabet prove the AI boom has more room to run

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Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella both attributed part of their strong quarterly performance to their companies' investment in AI.

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Fight, Sell, or Shut Down: What's Next for TikTok?

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Congress passed a bill this week that forces TikTok to be sold or face a nationwide ban.

Alphabet's new dividend is helping reassure Meta-spooked tech investors

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Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai.

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Google just made a huge company shakeup. Here's who's gaining power.

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Google CEO Sundar Pichai on stage at Google IO 2023

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The Greatest App of All Time Day 29: Google Maps vs. YouTube

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Welcome back to Gizmodo’s March Madness bracket challenge to name the greatest app of all time! Yesterday’s contest ended in a stunning upset with Google Earth being eliminated by the ferocious Calculator app. We’ve now entered the Final Four and the remaining matchups bring some tough decisions. Today’s face-off is a…

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YouTube could be worth $400 billion — that's more than Disney and Comcast combined. We should be paying more attention.

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Global YouTube star MrBeast poses with fans at the launch of the first physical MrBeast Burger Restaurant at American Dream on September 4, 2022 in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
MrBeast — whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson but whose real title is YouTube's biggest star — opening a MrBeast restaurant in a New Jersey mall in 2022.

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DoorDash is testing drone delivery at a single Wendy's location in a small Virginia town

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Wing's delivery drone in action with a DoorDash order.

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Top websites block Google from training AI models on their data. Nowhere near as much as OpenAI, though.

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Sundar Pichai on stage at Google IO 2023

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Google confirmed it 'terminated' an employee who staged a protest against Israel at a tech event

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Google can recover from the Gemini flop. Just look at Apple Maps.

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Google's Gemini has been a debacle so far. But there's hope: Just look at Apple Maps.

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