Google has agreed to acquire a part of HTC's extended reality (XR) business for $250 million, expanding its push into virtual and augmented reality The deal involves transferring some of the HTC VIVE engineering staff to Google and granting non-exclusive IP rights.

One of the most important changes in Samsung’s new phones is a simple one: when you long-press the side button on your phone, instead of activating Samsung’s own Bixby assistant by default, you’ll get Google Gemini .

Google worked with the Israeli military in the immediate aftermath of its ground invasion of the Gaza Strip, racing to beat out Amazon to provide AI services, according to company documents obtained by the Washington Post.

Taiwan's HTC said on Thursday it will sell part of its extended reality (XR) unit to Google for $250 million, with some members of the Taiwanese company joining the U.S. one. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of this year,

Google is updating Circle to Search to make it easier for users to find information and get things done. The feature allows people to search from anywhere on their phone by using gestures like circling,

Republished on January 22 with a new warning about the Generative AI tools now coming as standard from Google, Microsoft and others, and critical mitigation, as well as new security advice for those running Microsoft’s email platforms, including confirmation on end-of-support dates this year.

The AI contender to the apparent market leader finished a $2 million funding round and now has a $60 billion valuation.

Google today has announced that several features introduced at Samsung Unpacked will also be heading to other Android phones soon. Some of these are specific to the Pixel 9 lineup, but most are coming to all recent Android phones. Here's a look at what's on the way.

The new tranche of money from Google into Anthropic adds to a total investment of $8 billion from Amazon, the ecommerce group’s largest-ever venture investment, announced over the past 18 months. Amazon is also working to embed the Claude models into the next-generation version of its Alexa speaker.

The two tech giants are entering the race to create a pair of augmented reality glasses, competing with Apple and Meta.

After the search giant welcomed more ads from small rivals like Ask.com, Google ad costs for some nonprofits ballooned.