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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

No Longer Evil Thermostat hack strips Google from Nest thermostat
By Mark Tyson published
Google’s sunsetted Nest Gen 1 and Gen 2 thermostats have been given a new breath of life by a frustrated developer's No Longer Evil Thermostat firmware.

Google deploys new Axion CPUs and seventh-gen Ironwood TPU
By Anton Shilov last updated
Chips complete Google's portfolio of custom silicon.

Google exploring putting AI data centers in space
By Jowi Morales published
Google is looking into putting AI data centers into orbit, but it still needs to solve a ton of engineering and cost challenges.
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