Tag: Sundar Pichai
Perplexity AI makes audacious $34.5bn bid for Google Chrome
In a bold and somewhat unexpected move, AI startup Perplexity AI has announced an unsolicited $34.5 billion all-cash offer to acquire Google Chrome. The bid, which comes from the three-year-old […]
Banning phones in schools not improving wellbeing, Google misses revenue target – just
Banning phones in schools is not linked to pupils getting higher grades or having better mental wellbeing, the first study of its kind suggests. Students’ sleep, classroom behaviour, exercise or […]
Virgin Media revives interest in TalkTalk, Google One hits 100 million subscribers
Ding, ding.. round two. News reports claim that Virgin Media (VMO2) has allegedly revived its interest in a takeover of budget broadband ISP TalkTalk. But this time they’re reportedly focusing much more specifically […]
Tech Digest daily roundup: Sega to buy Angry Birds owner for £625 million
The maker of Angry Birds video games has agreed to be bought by the Japanese gaming giant behind the Sonic the Hedgehog character. Japan’s Sega Sammy Holdings is paying €706m […]
Tech Digest daily roundup: Google to cut 12,000 jobs worldwide
Google’s parent company Alphabet will cut 12,000 jobs, in the latest staff redundancies to hit the tech industry. Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai said he took “full responsibility” for […]
Tech Digest daily roundup: Royal Mail wants fleet of 500 drones
The Royal Mail wants a fleet of 500 drones to help deliver the mail to remote communities across the UK. In the next three years it hopes up to 200 […]
Tech Digest daily round up: Toddington hopes to transform service stations
Toddington Harper thinks he may have been destined to transform the motorway network since his parents named him after Toddington services on the M1 in Bedfordshire. The businessman from Iver, […]
Google announces mid-range Pixel 3a and 3a XL smartphones
Google has unveiled two new mid-range versions of its Pixel smartphones as the technology giant attempts to broaden its appeal. The company will sell the new Pixel 3a starting at […]
Google announces video game streaming platform Stadia
Google has unveiled its new video game streaming platform Stadia, which will allow gamers to play across multiple devices. Company boss Sundar Pichai revealed details about the service, outlining its […]
Protesters gather against Google’s ‘Project Dragonfly’ Chinese search engine
Protesters gathered outside the offices of Google in London on Friday to demonstrate against its controversial Project Dragonfly, a censored search engine for China. A group of activists turned up […]
