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Google is a US company providing internet-related products and services, including internet search, cloud computing, and software and advertising technologies. Founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, the company has established itself in the mobile sector through its widely used Android operating system, and has a major presence in the smartphone market.
CEO / Managing Director
Sundar Pichai
Sundar Pichai
Website
google.com
Headquarters address
Googleplex, Mountain View, California, U.S.
Stock Code
NASDAQ:GOOG
NASDAQ:GOOGL
Year founded
1998
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United States

Google’s YouTube, Snap settle first-of-its-kind school social media suit

The suit is the first of over 1,200 cases nationwide in which school districts allege that social media addiction has disrupted learning.

Science

Does China’s Jiuzhang 4.0 computer herald the age of quantum supremacy?

Artificial intelligence

Ex-Meta Chinese star joins race for self-improving AI with US$4.6b start-up

Artificial intelligence

Alibaba, Tencent present a tale of two strategies for AI spending

Alibaba will focus its AI capex on cloud services, while Tencent is prioritising internal demand with its spending.

Alibaba Cloud signage is pictured at the Alibaba office in Beijing on April 1, 2026. Photo: AFP
Science

‘Basically a Chinese racket’: how China streaked ahead at a global AI conference

Mainland China accounted for 44 per cent of the top 50 institutions contributing to the ICLR in Rio de Janeiro, according to analysis.

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Icons and Influencers

Meet Monica Mosseri, Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri’s wife and Met Gala date

The ex-Facebook employee met her future husband during her time with the company, has 3 sons – and doesn’t have a public Instagram account.

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Artificial intelligence

China deepens footprint at AI conference despite NeurIPS dispute, US tensions

Alibaba, ByteDance, other Chinese tech giants top paper submissions in conference, quelling worries over geopolitics impacting participation.

Alibaba submitted 135 papers, followed by Huawei with 111, ByteDance with 107 and Tencent Holdings with 94. Photo: AP
Artificial intelligence

Alibaba brings chat-style shopping to Taobao, Qwen amid AI gateway push: source

E-commerce giant is integrating Qwen with Taobao and Tmall, enabling shoppers to use natural-language commands instead of keyword searches.

Artificial intelligence

How Chinese developers bypass restrictions to access top US AI models

One high-volume seller on Xianyu advertises ‘low-latency, no-VPN’ access to the full Claude 3.5 suite.

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ByteDance

ByteDance raises 2026 capex by at least 25% amid AI boom, sources say

ByteDance is allocating a proportionally larger budget to domestic AI chips to mitigate geopolitical risks and heed Beijing’s call.

The ByteDance logo seen on its office building in Singapore. Photo: Shutterstock Images
Icons and Influencers

Meet OpenAI’s Charles Porch – who attended the Met Gala

Porch was one of a number of tech titans – from Jeff Bezos to Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg and Google’s Sergey Brin – at the event this year.

Charles Porch, vice-president of global creative partnerships at OpenAI, attended the 2026 Met Gala with his husband, Robert Denning. Photos: @kallmeyerofficial/Instagram, Getty Images via AFP
Mainland China

Samsung reshuffle signals shift beyond hardware as China rivalry intensifies

Move comes as TCL and other mainland brands close in on Samsung’s long-held global lead in the television market.

Banking & finance

Macroscope | Mini-crises sparked by the Iran war may add up to a big collapse

From energy, inflation and trade to slowing global growth and investment uncertainty, these mini-crises have the makings of a massive crisis.

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United States

US Pentagon signs AI deals with Google, Nvidia and SpaceX, focus on ‘lawful’ use

The deal comes even as some tech workers raise concerns about the use of AI for autonomous weapons and mass surveillance.

The Pentagon seen from Air Force One as it flies over Washington in 2022. Photo: AP
Artificial intelligence

Chinese firms face pressure on AI investments as US peers’ spending soars

Largest US companies on track for US$700 billion in AI capital expenditures this year, versus about US$105 billion in China.

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Google and Microsoft both expect 2026 capex to reach about US$190 billion. Photo: AP Photo
Ant Group

Ant International serves 150m merchants, 2b consumers, bets on AI commerce

Company says it is seeking to broaden its market reach in Asia, Latin America and Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

US-China relations

Why tougher US visa rules for skilled foreign workers may end in ‘brain drain’

Trump administration is targeting several visa categories, including popular H-1B pathway, with bias towards fewer numbers and more revenue.

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Millionaires and billionaires

Elon Musk’s trial against Sam Altman reveals power struggle for OpenAI

Musk, one of the original co-founders of OpenAI, is seeking US$150 billion in damages from the company and Microsoft, one of its largest investors.

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman approached ​Musk about co-founding OpenAI in May 2015. Photo: TNS
Artificial intelligence

Underwhelming or underrated? DeepSeek V4 shows “impressive” gains

Benchmark shows V4 trailing Kimi and US frontier models, though gains raise hopes of another R1-style breakthrough.

US-China tech war

US crackdown threat could shake out China’s ‘distillation’ AI copycats: analysts

US plans action against AI ‘distillation’, as analysts warn weaker Chinese start-ups could be forced out within a year.

Semiconductors

How Intel is riding the ‘CPU comeback’ as AI shifts - and where China stands

What’s behind the ‘CPU renaissance’ and where China stands in designing and manufacturing central processing units in the AI age.

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The Intel logo seen on its Core i9-14900K CPU. Photo: Shutterstock Images
Artificial intelligence

Can ‘token exports’ give China an edge in the AI era?

As AI tokens emerge as a new commodity, China’s cost advantage is reshaping global model competition, though monetisation gaps remain.

Starting this year, models from Chinese companies have intermittently ranked among the global top tier in token usage. Photo: SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images
US-China relations

Opinion | US-China AI race must strike a balance between security and openness

Raising barriers to entry in tech in the name of national security could stifle global AI development.

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Artificial intelligence

Chinese software firms defy ‘SaaSpocalypse’ with strategic AI partnerships

Legacy Chinese SaaS firms are integrating AI into their offerings and seeing ‘significant robust growth’ as a result, Liu said.

Artificial intelligence

ByteDance, Tencent step up AI talent battle amid reports of DeepSeek loss

High-profile departures, disputed compensation claims and start-up spin-outs underscore escalating competition for AI engineers.

The DeepSeek logo is seen in this illustration taken on January 29, 2025. Photo: Reuters
Artificial intelligence

How the rise of AI agents could finally make China’s open-source models pay

Free models helped Chinese firms find rapid success – but thin margins are forcing a shift towards hybrid business strategies.

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Artificial intelligence

Black market workarounds scale up for Claude as Anthropic tightens ID checks

Chinese developers are bypassing new ID checks as demand for Claude remains strong despite official restrictions.

Britain

BBC to slash 2,000 jobs in biggest redundancy drive in 15 years

The British broadcaster will axe 10 per cent of its workforce as it navigates ‘financial pressures’.

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