Google Search and YouTube fuel ad growth

Google's advertising revenue reached $74.18 billion in the third quarter, up 12.6% from $65.85 billion a year ago. Google ...

Google continues to make Sheets easier to use with latest Gemini update

Google has rolled out an update to Gemini in Sheets that allows the AI to understand and analyze data from multiple tables.
New York Post

Google willing to share digital ad data with publishers to address monopoly, executive testifies

Google is willing to cough up more advertising data to publishers to address concerns about its illegal monopoly over digital advertising technology, a top executive at the search giant said Tuesday.

This is the key Google Search metric investors should pay attention to

Paid click growth, or the change in the number of clicks on Google's advertisements, will be an increasingly important metric as artificial intelligence disrupts traditional search, according to Bank ...
The Hindu

Google introduces Gemini 2.5 Computer Use for web-browsing

Google has unveiled a new AI model called Gemini 2.5 Computer Use that can navigate and surf the web using a virtual browser and even perform tasks like filling forms. Built on the Gemini 2.5 Pro, the ...
9to5google

‘Gemini 2.5 Computer Use’ model enters preview with strong web, Android performance

Google is now letting developers preview the Gemini 2.5 Computer Use model behind Project Mariner and agentic features in AI Mode. This “specialized model” can interact with graphical user interfaces, ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Google Wants Superintelligent AI. First It Has to Beat Teen Math Prodigies

While 630 young math prodigies were sitting in a conference room on Australia’s sunshine coast, readying their pencils for the International Math Olympiad, a potential rival was still en route from ...
Bleeping Computer

Clop extortion emails claim theft of Oracle E-Business Suite data

Mandiant and Google are tracking a new extortion campaign where executives at multiple companies received emails claiming that sensitive data was stolen from their Oracle E-Business Suite systems.
The Independent

Kentucky has kicked people off food benefits using data that doesn’t tell the full story

A single mother who relied on federal food assistance lost her benefits in 2020 after Kentucky investigators concluded she’d committed fraud. The state alleged she had made multiple same-day purchases ...
CNET

All Gemini Users Can Now Use the Viral Nano Banana AI Image Generator. Here's How

If you've been waiting to create AI images with Google's newest model, now's the time to dive in. Katelyn is a writer with CNET covering artificial intelligence, including chatbots, image and video ...
Vox

I study AI cheating. Here’s what the data actually says.

Vox Members got to read this story first. Support independent journalism and get exclusive access to stories like this by becoming a Vox Member today. It can feel disheartening — but that common ...