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Google, Australia and anticompetitive deals

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Google to pay $360M in Australia for Android preinstallation deals
The Australian government announced Monday that Google must pay after having admitted to making monopolistic preinstallation deals with Android manufacturers.

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Google to pay $36M fine for anticompetitive deals with Australia’s largest telcos
Google to pay $36 million fine for anticompetitive deals in Australia

Google Taps Advanced Nuclear Energy To Power Data Centers

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TVA to Buy Advanced Nuclear Power for Google Data Centers
The Tennessee Valley Authority agreed to buy electricity from a small nuclear power plant that’s expected to go into service in 2030 and will help power data centers owned by Alphabet Inc.’s Google.

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Utility to Buy Power From Advanced Nuclear Plant to Power Tennessee and Alabama Google Data Centers
Tennessee Valley Authority agrees to buy nuclear power for Google data centres

New phones, foldables and watches at Made by Google event

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Google Pixel 10 launch event: New phones, foldables and watches at the Made by Google event
Google is expected to launch the Pixel 10, Pixel Watch 4, new Pixel Buds and maybe even a MagSafe-alternative on August 20.

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How to watch the Made by Google event and Pixel 10 launch on Aug. 20
Pixel 10, AI capabilities, and everything else we expect out of the Made by Google 2025 event

How Google’s Pixel 10 Pro Will Change Smartphones Forever

Google is set to launch the Pixel 10 and Pixel 10 Pro smartphones this week. It's a chance to build on the success of the ...

Google Home adds scheduling for older Nest thermostats

Google says the feature “began rolling out starting last week” so it may not yet be available to all Nest thermostat users ...

Here's why Google might have to sell Chrome, and which companies want to buy it

A judge will soon decide if Google must sell Chrome to remedy its antitrust case. Competitors like Perplexity have already ...
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How to See Strategist Recommendations First on Google

Launched last week, Google’s Preferred Sources lets you manually select outlets and publishers whose content you want to see.

Nearly 90% of videogame developers use AI agents, Google study shows

A Google Cloud survey showed that 87% of videogame developers are using artificial intelligence agents to streamline and ...
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Google Maps vs. Waze: I Put Both to the Test and Here's Who Takes the Lead

Through vast cross-country stretches or tight city streets, Google Maps and Waze guide you where you need to go—but which one ...

Ex-Google exec says degrees in law and medicine are a waste of time because they take so long to complete that AI will catch up by graduation

Higher education as we know it is on the verge of becoming obsolete,” the former Google AI leader told Fortune.