Google confirmed that one of its cloud-stored Salesforce databases was breached, exposing its customer data. Google attributed the breach to a hacking group, ShinyHunters, known for breaking into Salesforce databases.
The removal of age restrictions is intended to provide younger students with access to the AI research tool, allowing them to better understand their class materials.
The companies will see their AI tools offered via a new federal contracting platform, the Multiple Awards Schedule (MSA), which would let government agencies access AI tool sellers with pre-negotiated contracts, rather than negotiating with vendors individually.Â
The discoveries by an AI-based bug hunter are significant, as it shows these tools are starting to get real results, even if they still need a human.
Google removed the name of 58 DEI groups from its list, including the Latino Leadership Alliance and the ACLU of Illinois.
Google has backed STAN, an Indian social gaming mobile platform that connects gamers with creators, communities, and publishers.
VCs and founders took much of the $2.4 billion, but money was left for a payout to all employees, sources say.
Reddit is working on a new unified interface that will merge its legacy search and AI-powered Q&A features, as well as make its search box more prominently visible in the app.
Google released its first publicly available "multi-agent" AI system, which uses more computational resources, but produces better answers.
Search engines are indexing links to ChatGPT conversations that have been made sharable with a link.
The court rejected Googleâs argument that the trial judge made legal errors in the antitrust case that unfairly favored Epic Games.
Google will use machine learning and user data to estimate age of users in the U.S.
The developers are also required to submit proof that an authoritative third-party body has declared the app to be a "game of skill," the company proposed.
YouTube is tweaking its profanity-related rules to allow creators to monetize videos with swearing in them, provided the profanity is contained to the first seven seconds of the video.
Google confirmed it will sign the European Union's general purpose AI code of practice. Meta has already said it will not sign the voluntary framework.
With this new capability, NotebookLM is taking a more visual approach to helping users understand different topics and ideas.
Google said it has "never built a backdoor" for its services, but refused to rule out that it had received a secret U.K. surveillance order demanding access to encrypted data.
YouTube is introducing age detection technology to identify teens on the platform in the U.S. and apply prtections.
The tech giant is rolling out a new Canvas feature, the ability to get real-time help with Search Live, and the option to search what you see while browsing.
The feature will display a pop-up that informs consumers about the store's reputation for things like product quality, shopping, pricing, customer service, and returns.
India has ordered the blocking of 25 streaming services â many with millions of viewers and even paying subscribers â for allegedly promoting "obscene" content.
Google has suspended the Firebase account of Catwatchful following a TechCrunch investigation. The spyware operation was caught using Google's own servers to host and run its surveillance app, which was stealthily monitoring thousands of people's phones.
In response to the European Union's incoming regulation of political advertising, Meta said on Friday that it would stop selling and showing political ads in the EU from October 2025.
Google is testing a new vibe-coding tool called Opal, available in the U.S. through Google Labs, that lets users quickly spin up web apps with just a few prompts.
Google's new Search Labs experiment will organize the search results using AI smarts.
"We're getting a lot of stuff that looks like gold, but it's actually just crap,â said the founder of one security testing firm. AI-generated security vulnerability reports are already having an effect on bug hunting, for better and worse.
The feature is launching in the United States today, letting users try on apparel items in Google's Shopping Graph across Search, Google Shopping and product results on Google Images.
Google shared new stats about its AI features' adoption during its Q2 earnings.
The move is designed to create a more open, competitive environment for the app economy and user choice.
The tech giants have evidence that Chinese hackers are exploiting the new bug, but warned "multiple actors" are also hacking into affected SharePoint systems.
OpenAI and Google's AI models achieved impressive results in a difficult math competition, but disputed how the other got their score.
ChatGPT receives 2.5 billion prompts from global users every day.
When users sign in or switch to their work Google account in Chrome, browsing related to their organization will be kept separate from their other browsing on the device.
Notably, Google is not taking a stake in Windsurf and will not have any control over the company.
Google said on Thursday it’s adding an image-to-video generation feature to its Veo 3 AI video generator through its Gemini app. The company had already rolled out this feature in its AI-powered video tool called Flow, which was launched in May at Google’s I/O developer conference. After launching Veo 3-powered video generation in May, Google […]
Google on Thursday announced the second cohort to take part in its AI Academy American Infrastructure Academy, which seeks to support companies using AI to address issues such as cybersecurity, education, and transportation. The four-month program is designed for companies at a seed to Series A stage and provides equity-free support and resources like leadership […]
Google has launched a suite of its AI-powered advertising tools in India, which debuted in the U.S. in May, as the repeal of the so-called “Google tax” has made the South Asian market more attractive to global tech firms selling online ads. In March, the Indian government scrapped its 6% levy on digital advertisements, effective […]
Google is rolling out Gemini to Wear OS watches, the company announced on Wednesday.
Google announced on Tuesday that it's launching a new Gmail feature that is designed to help users easily manage their subscriptions and declutter their inbox.
Fortnite maker Epic Games has settled its antitrust case against Samsung, according to a court filing.
Google on Thursday said it has begun rolling out its Veo 3 video generation model to Gemini users in more than 159 countries.
Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google DeepMind, hinted Tuesday evening that Veo 3, Googleâs latest video generating model, could potentially be used for video games.Â
Google has pledged to use only carbon-free sources of electricity to power its operations, a task made more challenging by its breakneck pace of data center growth.
Google will give teachers the ability to create interactive study guides using the AI research tool Notebook LM, along with their classroom materials.
Google will invest in Commonwealth Fusion Systems and buy 200 MW of electricity from its forthcoming power plant.
Google is preparing to bring YouTube Create to iOS devices nearly two years after the video editing app launched exclusively on Android. Job listings reviewed by TechCrunch reveal the company is actively hiring engineers in India for the iOS development project. The job postings show Google is recruiting software engineers in Bengaluru specifically to build […]
Google is launching a new experimental app called Doppl that uses AI to visualize how different outfits might look on you.
The AI feature, first introduced at Google's I/O developer conference last year, allows users to search across their collection of digital photos using natural language queries.
Offerwall lets publishers give their sites' readers a variety of ways to access their content, including through options like micro payments, taking surveys, watching ads, and more.
Google is launching a new agentic AI tool that will put its Gemini AI models closer to where developers are already coding. The company announced on Wednesday the launch of Gemini CLI, an agentic AI tool designed to run locally from your terminal. The new tool connects Google’s Gemini AI models to local codebases, and […]
Google Chrome’s web browser for Android devices is finally catching up to the notable design change that Safari made with the 2021 introduction of iOS 15: it’s offering a way to move the address bar to the bottom of the screen too. The company announced on Tuesday that the latest version of its Chrome for […]
The UK's competition regulator may require Google to offer users alternative search engines; change how it ranks searches; and improve data portability.
Google DeepMind has released a new language model called Gemini Robotics On-Device that can run tasks locally on robots without an internet connection.
Google announced on Tuesday that you can now access historical Street View imagery on Google Earth.
Google introduced its AI mode, a Q&A-style search tool, to users in India today. The company said that this tool is still in the experimental stage and users will need to opt in to it through Search Labs. Once a user has opted in, they can ask queries in English. Google didn’t specify whether it […]
Google's adding a slew of AI features to the Chromebook Plus line, including a search and text capture tool, NotebookLM, and a tool for simplifying text.
Google is rolling out the ability for users to have a back-and-forth voice conversation with AI Mode.
AI companies are battling to dominate the industry, but sometimes, they’re also battling in Pokémon gyms. As Google and Anthropic both study how their latest AI models navigate early Pokémon games, the results can be as amusing as they are enlightening — and this time, Google DeepMind has written in a report that Gemini 2.5 […]
Google has unveiled its Safety Charter in India, which will expand its AI-led developments for fraud detection and combating scams across the country, the company’s largest market outside the United States. Digital fraud in India is rising. Fraud related to the Indian government’s instant payment system UPI grew 85% year-over-year to nearly 11 billion Indian […]
Metaâs massive investment in Scale AI may be giving some of the startupâs biggest customers pause. Reuters reports that Google had planned to pay Scale AI $200 million this year but is now planning to cut ties with the startup and is having conversations with its competitors.
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Google Search is testing Audio Overviews for certain search queries, the company announced on Friday.