July
- Analysis
- The Breakdown
Investors aren’t buying Google’s AI future – yet
The search giant’s parent, Alphabet, produced solid earnings, but shareholders are tiring of claims about future magic without answers to important questions.
- Paul Smith
April
Alphabet surges past $3 trillion, announces first-ever dividend
Google’s parent company rose nearly 16 per cent after first-quarter earnings beat expectations and a $US70 billion stock buyback was approved.
- Greg Bensinger and Akash Sriram
- Analysis
- AI
Google’s Gemini AI can now write your emails and create spreadsheets
It turns out Google’s new AI isn’t only good for generating images of black Nazis. Soon you’ll be able to generate spreadsheets and emails with it, too.
- John Davidson
- Exclusive
- Cloud
Google ‘ghosts’ Aussie staff on promotions as cloud boss quits
The boss of Google’s local cloud division has resigned, with employees saying it has scaled back promotions as it struggles to compete with Amazon and Microsoft.
- Tess Bennett
March
- Analysis
- AI
Cheat sheet: what Nvidia has launched, and why so many people care
Everyone knows that Nvidia is the most important company in the AI world right now, but what did it actually release on Tuesday, and what does it do?
- Paul Smith and John Davidson
- Analysis
- Competition
Google’s plan to dodge day in court over ‘killing’ Aussie start-up
It is six years since an arbitrary ruling by Google killed a $200m Melbourne start-up. Now, its founder’s costly crusade for justice hangs on a US judge’s ruling.
- Paul Smith
Gates, Fink, Zuckerberg set to party with Asia’s richest man
The lavish pre-wedding celebrations for Mukesh Ambani’s son include chartered jets and a performance by Rihanna. Wall Street and Silicon Valley titans are coming.
- Anto Antony and Bhuma Shrivastava
February
Bye-bye, Bard: Google rebrands its AI to take on ChatGPT
Google has introduced Gemini, a free AI app to let users rely on technology to write, interpret what they’re reading and deal with other tasks.
- Michael Liedtke
January
- Analysis
- AI
The AI revolution’s first year: has anything changed?
Whether generative AI turns out to be as revolutionary as boosters claim, or merely a useful addition to the IT arsenal, should start to become clearer in 2024.
- Richard Waters
December 2023
Google loses landmark antitrust case to Fortnite video game maker
A jury in California has found the big tech group abused its power to secure billions of dollars in profit from the Play Store.
- Michael Acton
November 2023
Google chief Pichai grilled over excessive fees
The tech giant’s top executive was questioned over contracts and payments in his testimony in a trial brought by Epic Games over its app store.
- Michael Acton
- Analysis
- The Breakdown
Google is paying someone else $40b to make sure you keep using it
The US government has made its case to prove Google is a monopolist. The Breakdown explains why some of the tech giant’s excuses are tortured.
- Nick Bonyhady
- Exclusive
- Media & marketing
The Aussie who testified against Google for the US government
At the top of a multibillion-dollar media and advertising giant, Joshua Lowcock was the perfect choice for the US Department of Justice’s case, colleagues say.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
October 2023
Microsoft and Google’s quarterly results reveal contrasting fortunes
The performance of the two tech arch-rivals underlines the early lead Microsoft has taken in the AI race while Google struggles to catch up in the cloud.
- Richard Waters and Camilla Hodgson
Microsoft sales jump in AI arms race against Google
The technology company has invested in ChatGPT developer OpenAI and launched a series of AI-powered tools for its Office and Word products recently.
- Matthew Field
Lachlan Murdoch asked Google chief to lift ban on start-up he backed
Failed Aussie start-up Unlockd has made a last-ditch plea to a US judge to let it take Google to court for banning its app before investing millions in a rival.
- Paul Smith
Emails show Google boss knew Apple deal was bad ‘Optics’ years ago
Google’s Sundar Pichai raised concerns years before he became CEO that the deal with Apple to be its only default search option, looked bad from a competition perspective.
- Leah Nylen
Microsoft boss says Google default makes search choice ‘bogus’
Satya Nadella said Google’s power in online search was so dominant because of contracts that make the tech giant the default search engine on mobile devices.
- David McCabe and Cecilia Kang
September 2023
Musk, Gates, Pichai meet behind closed doors on AI
Silicon Valley titans gathered with Congress leaders in Washington to grapple with the risks of Artificial Intelligence.
- Updated
- Cecilia Kang
Google ‘pays $15.6b a year’ to maintain search dominance
US prosecutors are seeking to prove Google rigged the market in its favour by locking in its search engine as the default choice in places and devices.
- Paul Wiseman and Michael Liedtke