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Ema raises $77M as AI starts eating into enterprise software and services

Ema has raised $140 million to date and has more than 50 enterprise customers, including Google and Microsoft.

TechCrunch•Jagmeet Singh1h ago

UK competition watchdog wants to give Android and Chrome users more search engine choices

UK regulator is trying to introduce more search choices where Google has the tightest control: Android and Chrome.

Engadget•staff@engadget.com (Steve Dent)2h ago

• neutral toward Android · 98%

UK regulator proposes giving consumers more search choice on Google

• neutral toward Google · 98%

Which football stadiums have the highest and lowest Google ratings? | The Knowledge

Plus: the longest waits for 0-0 draws, more early replica kits and champions with the smallest ground Mail us with your all of your questions and answers “As someone who occasionally has to search for stadiums to find directions and the like, I always enjoy that people take the time to rate their experience of visiting a football ground,” begins our very own Will Unwin. “Hull City, for example, have 4.3 stars from 3,655 reviews. I therefore ponder … which ground has the highest and lowest Google rating?” Pete Tomlin comes up clutch with this answer and one of the most impressive tables in Knowledge history. “I have literally searched every home football ground in the Football League via Google and I have recorded the rating and number of votes for every one,” he starts. “The range is not particularly large – the highest recorded rating is 4.7 and the lowest is 4.0. Therefore, where the scores are tied, I have used the higher number of votes as the decider with the largest number of votes being the winner. Not surprisingly, the bigger and more successful clubs tend to have the higher ratings. The nine highest-rated grounds are all Premier League clubs. Continue reading...

The Guardian•Guardian sport6h ago

• neutral toward Google · 98%

How to use Google's Find Hub to locate your Android phone

Is your Android phone missing? Here's how you can use Find Hub to look for it.

Engadget•staff@engadget.com (Mariella Moon)19h ago

• neutral toward Android · 99%

OpenAI’s leaders among the few who got an invite to Trump-China state dinner: report

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and Google CEO Sundar Pichai are also expected to attend

The Independent•Graig Graziosi19h ago

Andreessen Horowitz is launching an ‘academy’ with no homework and partnerships with Palantir, Google, and Meta

Venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is creating an "academy" positioned as a pipeline for young people to build or join a Silicon Valley startup. The "Horowitz Andreessen Academy" will launch with 10 partners, including Anduril, Anthropic, Coinbase, Google, Meta, NVIDIA, OpenAI, Palantir, Replit, and Stripe, along with $42 million in funding led by a16z. […]

The Verge•Emma Roth21h ago

• neutral toward Meta · 98%

What I learned after 30 days with the Pixel 11 [Video]

It has been almost 30 days since Google officially launched the Pixel 11 lineup, and the 11 might be the most sensible device of the bunch. Here’s what I have learned, having used it for the full month post-launch. more…

9to5Google•Damien Wilde21h ago

A dean of libraries explains how AI gives you 4 types of answers — and only one of them is ‘factual’

University of Virginia Dean Leo S. Lo found that Google's AI treats questions requiring medical judgment and interpretation with the same confident tone.

Fortune•Leo S. Lo, The Conversation22h ago

Android Auto rolls out game support, no longer in beta

Google is graduating game support on Android Auto from a limited beta to broad availability, allowing developers to bring games to your car’s display. more…

9to5Google•Ben Schoon22h ago

What to Know About Recent A.I. Hacks

OpenAI, Google and others recently disclosed breaches by their artificial intelligence models that amplified concerns about the advancing capabilities of the technology.

The New York Times•Kate Conger22 Sept

Hundreds protest Google data centre planned for small Austrian town

Residents are concerned about a lack of transparency around the project and unanswered questions about the cooling systems, water use and their impact on the River Enns.

Euronews22 Sept

• neutral toward Google · 96%

Google opens pre-orders for AI-powered Googlebook laptops

Washington: Alphabet's Google opened pre-orders on Monday for Googlebook, a new category of premium laptops designed for Android users and powered by artificial intelligence and the company’s Gemini technology. The first models, manufactured by Acer, ASUS, Dell, HP and Lenovo, start at $899 and are powered by processors from Intel or Qualcomm. Google said the devices offer up to 14 hours of video playback and combine premium laptop hardware with on-device AI capabilities. The launch comes as Apple strengthens its presence in the lower-priced laptop market with the MacBook Neo, which starts at $699 in the United States, intensifying competition in a segment where Chromebooks have traditionally targeted students and consumers seeking affordable, easy-to-use devices. Googlebook is built on the Android technology stack combined with desktop foundations from ChromeOS, providing closer integration between Android phones and laptops. The devices incorporate Gemini-powered tools designed to assist with tasks, understand on-screen content and enable users to continue work begun on an Android phone. The new category marks Google’s latest effort to showcase its vision for premium personal computing following the Pixelbook in 2017 and Pixelbook Go in 2019.

• favorable toward Googlebook · 68%

Google Admits Gemini AI Hacked Three Companies—It Stayed Silent for 7 Weeks

Google learned in late July that Gemini had breached three real companies during a May security test, but said nothing publicly for seven weeks.

Decrypt•Jose Antonio Lanz21 Sept

• critical toward Gemini · 97%
• critical toward Google · 95%

How to turn off your Google location history

Google Maps' Timeline feature is great for looking back at your past travels, but it's also discomforting to see all that history in one place.

Engadget•staff@engadget.com (Deven McClure)21 Sept

• favorable toward Google · 78%

What do you actually use a laptop for, and would Googlebook be able to do it? [Poll]

Following a mediocre teaser back in May, Googlebook is officially here and, well, I’m still pretty skeptical. I’m not sure I see Google’s vision of this new lineup or laptops because, frankly, I’m not solving any of the problems Chromebooks already faced. more…

9to5Google•Ben Schoon21 Sept

Kairos Power gets up to $100M from Samsung group to build nuclear reactor for Google

Future Google supplier Kairos Power inked a deal with Samsung C&T to help build its first 50 megawatt nuclear power plant.

TechCrunch•Tim De Chant21 Sept

• neutral toward Samsung Electronics · 98%

Google Fined €403 Million Over GDPR Violations Tied to Location Data

Google has been fined €403 million for breaking the EU's data protection law, the GDPR, in the way three of its features handled people's location data from May 2018 to February 2020. Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC), Google's lead regulator in the EU, also ordered the company to make its processing comply with the law within 6 months. The DPC has not said publicly which

The Hacker News•info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News)21 Sept

• neutral toward Google · 97%

Google confirms Gemini models hacked three companies in May 2026

A third-party cybersecurity firm accidentally gave experimental Gemini models access to the Internet.

Ars Technica•Ryan Whitwam21 Sept

• neutral toward Google · 82%

Google Vs Samsung: What features set their digital wallets apart?

Google and Samsung's digital wallets are solid options for storing cards, passes, tickets and IDs on Android devices, but there are some subtle differences.

Engadget•staff@engadget.com (Jack Peachey)21 Sept