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Google has hired Windsurf co-founder Varun Mohan and key team members in a $2.4 billion IP licensing deal to enhance Gemini’s AI coding capabilities. The move intensifies the AI talent race, marking a strategic win over rival OpenAI.

Google has expanded Circle to Search to over 300 million Android devices, now enhanced with AI Mode for deeper topic exploration and real-time gaming support. Users can get contextual insights and help without leaving their app, using the updated AI Overview feature.

Google has rolled out a new Gemini feature that transforms photos into eight-second AI-generated videos with sound. Available to AI Pro and Ultra users in 150+ countries, the tool is backed by Veo 3 and prioritizes user safety with embedded watermarks.

Google has begun rolling out its AI Mode in Search for all users in India. Initially introduced via Labs, the feature now offers voice, text, and image-based queries, delivering AI-powered summaries, helpful links, and deeper topic exploration tools in English.

A 35-year-old Hyderabad man lost Rs 5.4 lakh to cyber fraudsters posing as representatives of a delivery company. They lured him with a fake franchise offer and took money under various pretexts. A police investigation is underway

Donald Trump has suspended US-Canada trade talks over Ottawa’s 3% digital services tax on tech firms like Amazon and Google. The levy, retroactive and set to begin Monday, could cost U.S. companies $2 billion. New tariffs may follow

Hyderabad-based Equal has been named a 2025 Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum. Recognised for its secure data-sharing platform, the company joins a global list of innovators including Google and Spotify, highlighting India’s growing influence in tech innovation

Google has launched ‘Search Live’, a new voice-based feature in its Android and iOS app for users in the AI Mode Labs experiment. It allows real-time, back-and-forth conversations with Search, with audio responses, transcripts, and interactive web links.

Google's first-ever Safety Engineering Centre in the Asia-Pacific region, inaugurated in Hyderabad will serve as a cybersecurity and AI research hub, focusing on safeguarding users from online fraud, protecting infrastructure, and advancing responsible AI development tailored to India’s digital landscape.

Android 16 begins rolling out to Pixel phones, introducing features like smarter notifications, native hearing aid controls, Advanced Protection, and enhanced tablet productivity tools. Google says more devices and updates are coming later this year, including desktop windowing and external display support.

It’s not clear how many employees are affected, but voluntary exit offers were made to staff in Google’s search, advertising, research and engineering units, according to The Wall Street Journal

A young newcomer in Hyderabad lost Rs 6,800 to an online scam while trying to buy a vape, a product banned in India. Tricked through WhatsApp after a Google search, he now plans to file a police complaint and warns others.

Google begins direct sales of Pixel devices allowing consumers to purchase smartphones, watches, buds, and accessories directly for the first time in India

Flow represents the evolution of Google’s earlier VideoFX experiment and is now available in the U.S. for subscribers to Google AI Pro and Google AI Ultra plans. With access to state-of-the-art generative video technology, users can produce visually stunning content that adheres closely to prompts while maintaining realism and physics.

More than seven million developers are now building with Gemini — a fivefold increase compared to the same time last year — and its usage on Vertex AI has surged 40 times, said Sundar Pichai at the ‘Google I/O 2025’ conference in the US.

All postpaid and Wi-Fi customers will get access to six months of 100 GB of Google One cloud storage at no extra cost. After six months, a fee of Rs 125 per month will be added to the customer's monthly bill

As part of the pact, Google will implement its cloud-based Google SecOps at no cost through Ilois Digital; MoU will remain in effect for three years

Google’s Little Language Lessons makes learning a new language fun and simple. With quick lessons, help from Google Translate, and voice tools, you’ll pick up useful words and phrases in no time—anytime, anywhere! It’s like having a pocket-friendly language coach wherever you go.

Twenty years later, YouTube, with over 20 billion videos and more than a billion monthly active users, is an integral part of our lives

Globally, Google suspended over 39.2 million advertiser accounts, removed 5.1 billion ads and restricted over 9.1 billion ads, the company said in its annual ads safety report