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Google shakes up AI leadership as DeepMind chief Demis Hassabis shifts role

August 5, 2026 admin

Demis Hassabis, a Nobel laureate, will take the newly-created title of Alphabet’s chief scientist and transition from ‌being Google DeepMind CEO to being its chairman. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Google parent company Alphabet on Wednesday (August 5, 2026) announced a leadership overhaul of its AI division, with AI chief Demis Hassabis leaving his main…

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World’s Oldest Alphabet Writings Discovered In Syria, Archaeologists Claim

November 23, 2024 admin

US researchers have discovered what appears to be the oldest known alphabetic writing in the world, after finding finger-length clay cylinders from a tomb in Syria with the etched details. Using carbon-14 dating techniques, the researchers at John Hopkins University determined that the cylinders were made around 2400 B.C.E., which makes them around 500 years…

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The European Commission probe against Apple, Meta and Google for non-compliance with fair market provisions | Explained

March 28, 2024 admin

The story so far: In a comprehensive slew of measures to ensure “contestable and fair markets in the digital sector” in line with the provisions of the Digital Markets Act (DMA), the European Commission on March 25 initiated ‘non-compliance investigations’ against Apple, Meta and Google’s parent Alphabet. It will also investigate Amazon’s ranking practices on…

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Microsoft-Google Peace Deal Broke Down Over Search Competition

September 29, 2023 admin

Microsoft and Google also let their peace deal expire in 2021. A five-year truce between rivals Alphabet Inc. and Microsoft Corp. came crashing down in 2020 when the tech giants found themselves at odds over their competing web-search businesses, according to testimony at the US government’s antitrust trial against Google. After a decade of fights,…

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Why is Google on trial in the United States? | Explained

September 16, 2023 admin

The key allegation against Google is that its “arrangements” with Apple and other companies to be the default search engine on their devices, is unlawful monopoly building. File | Photo Credit: AP The story so far: On September 12, Justice Amit Mehta of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia started hearing what…

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