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New Scientist has raised concerns over Google’s push to bring artificial intelligence into the classroom, arguing that the technology company should not pressure educational institutions into adopting its AI software. Source: New Scientist

Google has turned on generative artificial intelligence features by default for student accounts on its educational platform, drawing criticism from child safety advocates and privacy watchdogs. The policy shift automatically grants young users access to AI-driven tools during their daily schoolwork unless administrators specifically switch the settings off. The integration brings Google’s AI technology, including

Google is rolling out advertisements within its generative AI Search experience to international audiences, aiming to unlock fresh revenue streams as expansion in its traditional search advertising segment continues to decelerate. The global monetization push was unveiled during Alphabet’s third-quarter earnings presentation, which reported overall revenue of $127.6 billion—a 25 percent increase year over year.

Trans-Pacific undersea internet cables funded by major American technology companies, including Google and Meta, are among the most vulnerable to maritime sabotage and gray-zone interference, according to a report published by the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission. The research, conducted by the London-based China Strategic Risks Institute, evaluated routes across the Pacific using a

Android devices automatically link their active SIM card phone numbers to every signed-in Google account on the hardware, extending even to secondary and workplace profiles. The policy, which has been enabled by default since September 2025, operates during device setup and applies retroactively to accounts added later as well as new SIM cards inserted into

Google has altered its global privacy policy to permit data from connected services such as Gmail, Drive, and Google Photos to influence personalized advertising when users link them to other tools like Search. The revised terms introduce an exception to Google’s previous policy, which unqualifiedly stated that content from Drive, Gmail, or Photos would not

Google has revised its privacy policy to reflect that user data from services such as Gmail, Drive, and Photos can influence advertising when routed through its Personal Intelligence feature. The change modifies longstanding documentation that previously stated Google would not display personalized ads based on content stored in those specific applications. First spotted by Android

Google has rolled out a fix for a server glitch that triggered certain Google Home Speakers to consume massive amounts of home bandwidth by continually downloading a software update on a loop. The issue came to light through Reddit discussions highlighted by 9to5Google, where one user reported their smart speaker had pulled down three terabytes

Google has officially open-sourced TorchTPU, a dedicated PyTorch implementation designed to execute native artificial intelligence applications directly on the company’s proprietary Tensor Processing Units. The release allows developers to migrate existing PyTorch workloads to Google Cloud and TPU hardware through basic configuration updates, eliminating the requirement to rewrite codebase logic. The move follows a similar