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Homeland Security Demands Social Media Sites Reveal Names Behind Anti-ICE Posts

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By:Sheera Frenkel and Mike Isaac
13 February 2026 at 18:24
The department has sent Google, Meta and other companies hundreds of subpoenas for information on accounts that track or comment on Immigration and Customs Enforcement, officials and tech workers said.

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The Department of Homeland Security is expanding its efforts to identify Americans who oppose Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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YouTube Argues It Isn’t Social Media in Landmark Tech Addiction Trial

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By:Eli Tan and Cecilia Kang
10 February 2026 at 16:28
The app said in opening statements that it was more of an entertainment platform. The lawsuit claims social media companies design products that cause personal injury.

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Neal Mohan, left, the chief executive of YouTube, in 2024. The company’s lawyers argued in court on Tuesday that YouTube was an entertainment platform, not a social media platform.

These Mathematicians Are Putting A.I. to the Test

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By:Siobhan Roberts
12 February 2026 at 17:04
Large language models struggle to solve research-level math questions. It takes a human to assess just how poorly they perform.

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Martin Hairer, a mathematician at the Swiss Federal Technology Institute of Lausanne. He splits his time between there and the Imperial College London.

These Mathematicians Are Putting A.I. to the Test

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By:Siobhan Roberts
12 February 2026 at 17:04
Large language models struggle to solve research-level math questions. It takes a human to assess just how poorly they perform.

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Martin Hairer, a mathematician at the Swiss Federal Technology Institute of Lausanne. He splits his time between there and the Imperial College London.

Google Workers Demand End to Cloud Services for Immigration Agencies

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By:Tripp Mickle
6 February 2026 at 13:52
More than 800 employees delivered a petition to management, condemning the Trump administration’s use of Google technology in immigration enforcement.

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Federal agents leaving the area where Renee Good was killed in Minneapolis.

Google Plans to Double Spending Amid A.I. Race

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By:Tripp Mickle
4 February 2026 at 19:43
Profits jumped 30 percent to $34.5 billion last quarter, and the tech giant is increasing its capital spending this year to as much as $185 billion.

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A Google ad in Times Square.

Trump Unveils $12 Billion Critical Minerals Stockpile

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By:Alan Rappeport and Tony Romm
2 February 2026 at 19:57
The “Project Vault” initiative is intended to reduce U.S. reliance on China for key technology components.

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A rare earth mine in Mountain Pass, Calif. The United States is working to develop its own supply chain for critical minerals.

Amazon and Google Eat Into Nvidia’s A.I. Chip Supremacy

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By:Cade Metz
29 January 2026 at 11:12
The rivals made billions of dollars in the business over the past year, showing other companies that Nvidia isn’t the only game in town.

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Google’s chips for artificial intelligence are increasingly being used by companies other than Google.

With AlphaGenome, Researchers Are Using A.I. to Decode the Human Blueprint

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By:Carl Zimmer
29 January 2026 at 21:59
AlphaGenome is a leap forward in the ability to study the human blueprint. But the fine workings of our DNA are still largely a mystery.

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DNA electrophoresis in a lab. Scientists at Google DeepMind have trained their A.I on a vast wealth of molecular data, enabling it to make predictions about thousands of genes.

With AlphaGenome, Researchers Are Using A.I. to Decode the Human Blueprint

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By:Carl Zimmer
29 January 2026 at 21:59
AlphaGenome is a leap forward in the ability to study the human blueprint. But the fine workings of our DNA are still largely a mystery.

© Volker Steger/Science Source

DNA electrophoresis in a lab. Scientists at Google DeepMind have trained their A.I on a vast wealth of molecular data, enabling it to make predictions about thousands of genes.

The Social Media Addiction Trials: What to Know

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By:Cecilia Kang
27 January 2026 at 12:01
Landmark trials beginning this week will test a new legal strategy claiming that Meta, TikTok, Snap and YouTube caused personal injury through addictive products.

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The lawsuits are for the first time putting social media companies on the spot for creating harmful products, exposing them to new kinds of liability.

Apple Teams Up With Google for A.I. in Its Products

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By:Kalley Huang
12 January 2026 at 16:23
Apple was facing increasing questions about its plans for artificial intelligence as other big tech companies invested tens of billions in the technology.

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New versions of Apple’s Apple Intelligence models will be based on Google’s Gemini A.I. models and its cloud computing services.

Google Co-Founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page Reduce Ties to California

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By:Ryan Mac · Theodore Schleifer and Heather Knight
9 January 2026 at 11:26
Sergey Brin is joining his Google co-founder, Larry Page, in reducing ties to the state where they built their fortunes.

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Google and Character.AI to Settle Lawsuit Over Teenager’s Death

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By:Natallie Rocha
7 January 2026 at 18:22
The settlement came in the case of a 14-year-old in Florida who had killed himself after developing a relationship with an A.I. chatbot.

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Megan L. Garcia holds her phone with an image of her son Sewell Setzer III, who killed himself after conversing with an A.I. chatbot from the company Character.AI.

Optimism About Nuclear Energy Is Rising Again. Will It Last?

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By:Ivan Penn
6 January 2026 at 12:36
Companies like Kairos Power are building new types of reactors with the encouragement of the Trump administration, but their success is far from assured.

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Kairos Power, which is developing a new kind of nuclear reactor, makes many of its parts at a facility in Albuquerque, N.M.

Gmail to Let Users Change Their Addresses While Keeping Data

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By:Adeel Hassan
28 December 2025 at 13:47
Under the shift, which Google said would eventually be rolled out to all users, old addresses would remain active. Messages and services would not be lost.

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Google has quietly started to roll out a way for users to change their Gmail addresses ending with @gmail.com, and keep all their emails.

Texas Age-Verification Law for App Stores Is Blocked, a Win for Apple and Google

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By:Ryan Mac
23 December 2025 at 22:02
A preliminary injunction in federal court cited the First Amendment, handing a win to tech companies like Apple and Google.

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Texas’ App Store Accountability Act was set to take effect next month.

Google Buys Data Center Company for $4.75 Billion

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By:Eli Tan
23 December 2025 at 12:48
The deal for Intersect, a data center and energy developer, is set to help Google build out its infrastructure for artificial intelligence.

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Google, led by Sundar Pichai, above, had already been working with Intersect to build data centers and invested in the company a year ago.

Senators Investigate Role of A.I. Data Centers in Rising Electricity Costs

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By:Ivan Penn and Karen Weise
16 December 2025 at 13:57
Three Democrats are seeking information from tech firms about the growing energy use of data centers and the utility bills of individuals and other businesses.

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The energy needs of data centers used for artificial intelligence are forcing utility companies to spend billions of dollars to upgrade the power grid, the lawmakers said.

How Tech’s Biggest Companies Are Offloading the Risks of the A.I. Boom

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By:Karen Weise and Eli Tan
15 December 2025 at 16:08
The data centers used for work on artificial intelligence can cost tens of billions to build. Tech giants are finding ways to avoid being on the hook for some of those costs.

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Meta is investing billions in new data centers, like one being constructed in Eagle Mountain, Utah.

Can OpenAI Respond After Google Closes the A.I. Technology Gap?

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By:Cade Metz and Mike Isaac
11 December 2025 at 14:58
A new technology release from OpenAI is supposed to top what Google recently produced. It also shows OpenAI is engaged in a new and more difficult competition.

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OpenAI’s newest technology comes after Google claimed it had topped its young competitor.
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