The New York Times

Google Buys Data Center Company for $4.75 Billion

The deal for Intersect, a data center and energy developer, is set to help Google build out its infrastructure for artificial intelligence. By Eli Tan Reporting from Seattle Google has agreed to buy ...
Ars Technica

Google will end dark web reports that alerted users to leaked data

Google began offering “dark web reports” a while back, but the company has just announced the feature will be going away very soon. In an email to users of the service, Google says it will stop ...
Search Engine Roundtable

Google Search Console Adds Weekly & Monthly Views Granular Data

Google announced today at the Search Central Live event in Zurich that Search Console is rolling out more granular data. Google launched weekly and monthly views in Search Console for performance ...
The Verge

Google’s AI Mode can now help you visualize your travel plans

Your AI Mode trip plan is auto-generated in a Canvas itinerary with flight and hotel options as well as suggested activities. Your AI Mode trip plan is auto-generated in a Canvas itinerary with flight ...
Android

Google Still Mining Data From Discontinued Nest Thermostats

A security researcher found that discontinued first- and second-gen Nest Thermostats are still sending extensive data, including motion and temperature logs, to Google. This data stream continues ...
Houston Chronicle

3 giant AI data centers coming to Texas in $40 billion Google expansion

Google plans to pour $40 billion into three new data centers in Texas, a massive bet on the infrastructure needed to power the next wave of artificial intelligence. The company announced Friday that ...
New York Post

Impressive new visualization tool is the ‘Google Maps’ for Ancient Rome, according to researchers

When in Rome, do as the Romans do. A social media trend revealed a few years ago that men think about the Roman Empire, the most impressive one in human history, more often than they probably ever ...
ZDNet

Google Play users are starting to see age verification checks - here's how it works

Age verification is rolling out in the Google Play Store. Users will have several methods to prove their age. Access to apps is limited until they verify their age. Several months after AI-powered age ...
Futurism

Residents Shut Down Google Data Center Before It Can Be Built

Google nixed plans for a gigantic $1 billion data center on more than 460 acres of land in Indiana after residents hotly protested the proposal due to concerns that the complex would jack up ...
TechRepublic

Google Releases Data Commons MCP Server to Supercharge AI Agents

Google Releases Data Commons MCP Server to Supercharge AI Agents Your email has been sent What is MCP? From queries to reports in a single step Testing the server in the field Building trust into AI ...
The Indianapolis Star

Is Franklin Township data center dead? Google withdraws petition just before Council hearing

A proposed Google data center in Franklin Township might be dead. Minutes before a highly-anticipated City-County Council vote on Sept. 22, Google withdrew their rezoning petition. Opposed Franklin ...
UPI

Google's experimental Mixboard uses AI to visualize ideas

Sept. 24 (UPI) --Google on Wednesday launched Mixboard, an experimental artificial intelligence tool that allows users to explore, expand and refine ideas with visuals and text. The Google Labs ...