Google’s emissions up 51% as AI electricity demand derails efforts to go green
Increase influenced by datacentre growth, with estimated power required by 2026 equalling that of Japan’s
Google could be forced to change UK search as watchdog takes steps
CMA proposes tightening regulation, which could lead to site giving users option to choose alternative services
UK government rollout of Humphrey AI tool raises fears about reliance on big tech
Critics question speed and scale of embedding AI into public sector when debate rages about use of copyrighted material
As big tech grows more involved in Gaza, Muslim workers are wrestling with a spiritual crisis
Is working in big tech halal? Muslim workers are reckoning with the possibility that their jobs go against their religious obligations
Google battling fox incursion on roof of £1bn London office
Foxes have ‘begun to dig burrows’ in soil of rooftop garden at the as yet unopened King’s Cross headquarters
Advanced AI suffers ‘complete accuracy collapse’ in face of complex problems, study finds
‘Pretty devastating’ Apple paper raises doubts about race to reach stage of AI at which it matches human intelligence
The ‘death of creativity’? AI job fears stalk advertising industry
WPP and others roll out AI-generated campaigns as Facebook owner Meta plans to let firms create their own ads
Australians may soon be able to download iPhone apps from outside Apple App Store under federal proposal
Tech company warns government not to follow EU in forcing platform to allow third-party payments and app downloads
Google working on AI email tool that can ‘answer in your style’
Demis Hassabis, head of Google DeepMind, says he wants AI to clear inboxes by making ‘some of the easier decisions’
Scattered Spider hackers in UK are ‘facilitating’ cyber-attacks, says Google
US retailers being targeted after attacks on Britain’s Marks & Spencer, the Co-op and Harrods
‘Aggressive’ hackers of UK retailers are now targeting US stores, says Google
Alphabet warns of ‘Scattered Spider’, network of hackers reportedly behind cyber-attack against UK retail giant M&S
Minister accused of being too close to big tech after rise in meetings
Exclusive: Technology secretary Peter Kyle had 28 meetings with people in or close to tech sector in six months
Google age ID proposal may not suit Australia’s under-16 social media ban, expert says
Proposed system of storing passports or drivers licences in Google Wallet app likely to benefit adults, but usefulness in identifying teenagers without ID documents unclear
Can US monopoly laws rein in Silicon Valley?
The EU has issued hundreds of millions in fines, but the US is hounding big tech much more harshly. Plus, Musk’s Doge time is up amid abysmal Tesla earnings
Google reports strong earnings amid DoJ antitrust lawsuits and Trump tariffs
Tech giant exceeds Wall Street expectations despite 17% drop in stock price and tariffs levied on its trade partners