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Google killed the 25-year-old Sega Dreamcast PlanetWeb 3.0 web browser this week
By Mark Tyson published
The Sega Dreamcast’s ancient pack-in internet browser was killed by Google earlier this week.

Ongoing YouTube, Google outage reported — outage spikes across popular services
By Stephen Warwick last updated
Multiple reports indicate that YouTube, YouTube TV, and Google are all down.

Microsoft, Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic join forces to form Agentic AI alliance, according to report
By Jon Martindale published
Premium The biggest names in AI are set to form an open source alliance

Cloudflare says it has fended off 416 billion AI bot scrape requests in five months
By Jowi Morales published
Website owners make money from human views, so AI crawlers need to pay their fair share, too.

Nvidia says it’s ‘delighted’ with Google’s success, but backhanded compliment says it is ‘the only platform that runs every AI model’
By Jowi Morales published
Nvidia congratulates Google for its success in AI hardware, but asserts the flexibility of its AI chips.

Google TPUs garner attention as AI chip alternative, but are only a minor threat to Nvidia's dominance
By Luke James published
Premium Meta’s reported deal with Google shows a growing interest in alternative AI hardware, but Nvidia says its platform remains unmatched.

Billion-dollar AI chip deal between Google and Meta could be on the cards
By Jon Martindale published
The deal is said to be worth billions to both firms, and has already helped boost Google's parent company to a near $4 trillion valuation

Google and Meta delay undersea cable projects over security concerns
By Luke James published
Google and Meta have delayed segments of their subsea cable projects crossing the Red Sea, citing continuing security risks
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