The tech giant will join in as an investor in the latest funding round for the Bengaluru-based company

Google's annual I/O developer conference 2024 hosted on May 14 has unveiled a series of transformative upgrades set to reshape the digital landscape. Here are the key highlights from Google I/O 2024.

Alphabet reported profit of $23.7 billion on revenue of $80.5 billion, Microsoft's revenue was $61.9 billion, with net profit up by 20 percent to $21.9 billion

Google has recently laid off 28 employees involved in a public protest against the tech giant's cloud contract with the Israeli government, as per an official statement by the company.

Google Photos is set to launch a suite of AI-powered editing tools including Magic Eraser, Photo Unblur, and Magic Editor, which will become available to all Google Photos users starting May 15. Users will be able to access these tools for free of cost on a wider range of devices, including Pixel tablets.

Google is reportedly developing a new ‘Lookup’ button that allows users to quickly search phone numbers directly from their recent calls screen, therefore identifying unknown callers. The discovery was first made by an X user named AssembleDebug, who found this upcoming feature in the latest beta version of the Google Phone app, as reported by PiunikaWeb, an India-based tech news platform.

Google is planning on introducing fees for premium features on its generative AI-driven search engine, according to a recent report by the Financial Times. The report adds that the traditional search engine would remain free of charge, with ads continuing to appear alongside search results even for subscribers.

A quiet revolution is brewing in the search bar. Google's foray into AI-powered summaries offers a glimpse into a future where curated snippets replace the open web, fundamentally altering how we navigate the vast digital landscape.

Apple is in negotiations to incorporate Google's Gemini artificial intelligence (AI) engine into iPhones, as per a recent report by Bloomberg News.

Since assuming the role of CEO in 2015, and subsequently of Alphabet in 2019, Pichai has been lauded for his stewardship during more stable times.

Google removed  many Indian apps, including Matrimony.com's popular Bharat Matrimony and job search app Naukri

Google has recently been sued for $2.3 billion by 32 media groups, including the German multinational mass media company Axel Springer and the Norway-based digital consumer brand Schibsted. According to the 2.1 billion euro lawsuit, the media companies have suffered losses because of Google's digital advertising practices.

Microsoft and Amazon have recently attracted scrutiny in Britain, the EU and the US over their market power in cloud computing

Google has announced its decision to prevent users from generating images of individuals on the newly introduced image generation feature in Gemini AI. This decision comes in response to the AI tool portraying Nazi-era soldiers as individuals from various ethnic backgrounds as per a prompt shown by a user in X, formerly Twitter.

Google plans to start producing Pixel smartphones in India as early as next quarter, as per a report by the Japanese-English daily Nikkei Asia. The report states that Google has already informed suppliers of this plan,  even though no official statement has been made by the company yet.

Google has pledged 25 million euros ($26.98 million) to help people in Europe learn to use AI

Google has recently decided to discontinue ‘cached sites’, the practice of storing a backup of the entire internet. This feature, previously available in Google Search, provided an alternative means to access websites that were inaccessible or altered. 

Google agreed to pay $350 million to settle a lawsuit by shareholders related to a security bug at its now-defunct Google+

Meta to detect and label images generated by other companies' artificial intelligence services

Mounting costs of developing AI products irked investors hoping for a big boost to sales from the new technology.