Liz Ticong

Google embeds Gemini into Chrome in what it calls the browser’s biggest upgrade, adding features to summarize pages, combat scams, and simplify browsing.

OpenAI scored a flawless 12/12 and Google DeepMind struck gold at ICPC 2025, the world’s toughest programming contest for top university teams.

Microsoft is investing $15B in UK AI and cloud, expanding data centers, Nvidia-powered supercomputers, and workforce to boost AI skills and innovation.

Google Cloud Data Transfer Essentials lets orgs run cross-cloud workloads in parallel with zero-charge qualifying traffic, first launching in the EU & UK.

Microsoft unveils Visual Studio 2026 with deeper AI integration, faster performance, and a refreshed design in its first major IDE upgrade in five years.

This record-shaping deal requires vast data centers and electricity on the scale of two Hoover Dams.

Microsoft will integrate Anthropic’s Claude into Office 365, citing stronger performance in tasks like Excel and PowerPoint as tensions with OpenAI grow.

OpenAI’s for-profit shift faces probes, lawsuits, and $19B in investor stakes as regulators and rivals challenge its nonprofit roots and future in AI.

Microsoft will gain dedicated capacity from Nebius’ New Jersey facility as AI demand outpaces internal resources.

The UK government’s Microsoft 365 Copilot trial found staff satisfied and tasks eased, but no clear productivity gains, raising doubts about AI’s workplace impact.

Google avoids breakup in landmark monopoly case, with the court instead imposing limits on exclusive search contracts, data, and app store terms.

An iPhone 17 pre-launch survey by SellCell shows plenty of interest, but high prices and rival foldables pose hurdles.