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Google’s contemplated mega deal would prompt new fight with regulators

Nearly a dozen antitrust experts and industry analysts say it is unlikely that an acquisition by Google would hamper competition.

Exclusive: Google parent Alphabet weighs offer for HubSpot, sources say

The potential acquisition would be Alphabet’s largest ever and allow it to put some of its cash pile, which reached $110.9 billion as of the end of December, to work.

Yahoo acquires Instagram co-founders’ AI news platform Artifact

The deal signals continued pain for media start-ups struggling to grow revenue at a time when Big Tech giants Alphabet and Meta.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JANUARY 09: The exterior of the new headquarters of Google is seen at 550 Washington Street in Hudson Square on January 09, 2024 in New York City. Designed by COOKFOX Architects, the 1.3-million-square-foot project involved the restoration and expansion of the St. John’s Terminal building along the Hudson River waterfront. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Google to destroy browsing data to settle consumer privacy lawsuit

Google is paying no damages, but users may sue the company individually for damages.

Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla and owner of X, formerly known as Twitter, attends the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups at the Porte de Versailles exhibition centre in Paris, France, June 16, 2023. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/File Photo

Musk’s Grok-1.5 AI chatbot to be available next week

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup xAI’s latest Grok-1.5 chatbot will be available on his social media platform X next week.

Visitors look at a Go1 quadruped robot by Unitree Robotics during the World Artificial Intelligence Cannes Festival (WAICF) in Cannes, France, February 10, 2023. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard/File photo

New AI benchmark tests speed of responses to user queries

MLCommons released a fresh set of tests and results that rate the speed at which top-of-the-line hardware can run AI applications and respond to users.