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Google is now using AI to keep its data centers cool and save energy

by Tom Krazit on August 17, 2018August 17, 2018 at 12:35 pmComment

Google is practicing what it preaches, handing control of one of the most vital components of its data center operation over to its machine-learning algorithms during the past few months.… Read More

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TLDR: Amazon wants to expand presence in movie biz, Boring Co. plans high-speed transit under Dodger Stadium, Toronto’s innovation district

by Starla Sampaco on August 16, 2018August 16, 2018 at 5:15 pmComment

Today’s featured stories Amazon movie theaters? Tech giant vying to acquire Landmark chain, report says Elon Musk’s Boring Company takes a swing at building Dugout Loop to Dodger Stadium Alphabet’s… Read More

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TLDR: Real estate market slows, HQ2 cities that Seattleites are most interested in, Google’s massive Seattle campus

by Starla Sampaco on August 14, 2018August 14, 2018 at 4:48 pmComment

Today’s featured stories Redfin CEO warns of slowing national real estate market, as frustrated buyers are sitting out Seattleites are most likely to move to these Amazon HQ2 cities —… Read More

Google doubles down on massive Seattle campus with another new building in Amazon’s backyard

by Nat Levy on August 14, 2018August 14, 2018 at 10:09 pmComment

Google’s huge Seattle campus being built on Amazon’s backyard of South Lake Union is about to get a lot bigger. Paul Allen’s Vulcan Real Estate said today it is developing… Read More

As it awaits the close of the Microsoft deal, GitHub strikes partnership deal with Google Cloud

by Tom Krazit on July 26, 2018July 26, 2018 at 10:20 amComment

GitHub tried to put worries about its independence under Microsoft to rest Thursday, announcing a partnership with Google Cloud that will make it easier for developers to use a new… Read More

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TLDR: Facebook misses revenue expectations, new Gmail coming to businesses, AI-powered robotic hand wins Microsoft competition

by Starla Sampaco on July 25, 2018July 25, 2018 at 5:00 pmComment

Today’s featured stories Facebook shares sink 8% as Q2 revenue and user growth misses analyst estimates Google rolls out Gmail redesign to G Suite customers, plus new Google Voice beta… Read More

Google rolls out Gmail redesign to G Suite customers, plus new Google Voice beta

by Tom Krazit on July 25, 2018July 25, 2018 at 10:37 amComment

A few months after unveiling a new design for Gmail, Google is ready to roll that out to G Suite business customers alongside some new features for Google Voice and… Read More

Google adds machine-learning capabilities to its BigQuery cloud data warehouse

by Tom Krazit on July 25, 2018July 25, 2018 at 8:56 amComment

Google’s history of machine-learning research increasingly informs its cloud product development strategy, and it introduced a preview of machine-learning capabilities for its BigQuery data warehouse Wednesday at Google Cloud Next… Read More

How Google is turning its own difficult security lessons into tools for its cloud customers

by Tom Krazit on July 25, 2018July 25, 2018 at 11:26 amComment

If you have been one of the biggest tech companies on the planet for over a decade, a lot of people have tried to hack your network. Google now plans… Read More

Google bolsters edge computing strategy with new version of its TPU AI chips for edge devices

by Tom Krazit on July 25, 2018July 25, 2018 at 9:19 amComment

Now that the internet of things is really a thing, Google plans to release a version of its machine-learning chips designed for the tight spaces and power constraints of edge… Read More

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Google doubles down on the service mesh and hybrid cloud as it kicks off its big cloud event

by Tom Krazit on July 24, 2018July 24, 2018 at 10:14 amComment

As Google has committed itself to becoming an enterprise technology vendor, it has followed a path it knows very well in pitching big open-source projects as the solution to the… Read More

Google introduces new security tool for G Suite customers that helps identify internal threats

by Tom Krazit on July 24, 2018July 24, 2018 at 10:21 amComment

Customers of Google’s G Suite office productivity software will soon be able to access an investigative tool that lets them identify problematic users without having to sort through traffic logs,… Read More

Google CEO confirms Target as big cloud customer, continuing retail moves toward AWS competitors

by Nat Levy on July 23, 2018July 23, 2018 at 8:05 pmComment

Target is one of Google Cloud’s newest big customers, furthering a trend of major retailers opting to join up with Amazon Web Services’ cloud rivals as they do battle with… Read More

Google nearly doubles spending on capital projects as it continues major cloud investment

by Nat Levy on July 23, 2018July 23, 2018 at 2:58 pmComment

Google parent Alphabet spent a whopping $5.5 billion on capital expenditures in the most recent quarter, nearly doubling that output from a year ago as the company continues to expand… Read More

Google fined $5 billion by EU for abusing Android’s dominance to restrict competition

by Nat Levy on July 18, 2018July 18, 2018 at 8:35 amComment

The European Union has hit Google with a $5 billion fine (€4.3 billion Euro) for forcing manufacturers to pre-install Google Search and other apps on Android devices, a move regulators… Read More

Spotify, Snapchat taken offline by networking problems at Google Cloud

by Tom Krazit on July 17, 2018July 17, 2018 at 2:51 pmComment

Google took a turn in the cloud doghouse Tuesday afternoon, after several issues forced popular consumer sites like Spotify, Snapchat, and Pokemon Go offline for about 40 minutes. Users started… Read More

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Grappling with Google Duplex: What happens when our AI assistants suddenly seem more human

by Corey Nachreiner on July 6, 2018July 7, 2018 at 6:57 amComment

When I first saw Google’s new Duplex technology, it was simultaneously thrilling and horrifying. It’s the kind of technological evolution that you initially see as furthering humanity and having the… Read More

A passing front? Diane Bryant out as Google Cloud COO after 7 months

by Tom Krazit on July 3, 2018July 3, 2018 at 8:54 am1 Comment

Former Intel executive Diane Bryant, who joined Google Cloud just last November to give some executive support to Diane Greene, is leaving the company. Business Insider reported Tuesday that Bryant… Read More

Google Cloud CEO wanted to buy GitHub, hopes Microsoft really keeps it neutral; Azure CTO vows not to mess with it

by Todd Bishop on June 27, 2018June 28, 2018 at 12:07 amComment

Google Cloud CEO Diane Greene was interested in buying GitHub, but she isn’t ready to buy Microsoft’s promise to keep the popular software development platform neutral. Addressing Microsoft’s GitHub deal… Read More

Google Doodle honors Seattle author Octavia E. Butler, a voice for sci-fi diversity

by Alan Boyle on June 22, 2018June 22, 2018 at 11:26 am1 Comment

Seattle science-fiction author Octavia E. Butler passed away in 2006, but she’s getting timely good wishes today on what would have been her 71st birthday in the form of a… Read More

Report: Google engineers resisted orders to build key cloud security feature needed for military deal

by Tom Krazit on June 21, 2018June 21, 2018 at 10:38 am1 Comment

Google continues to find itself in some tricky positions as it tries to balance its desire for more cloud computing revenue against growing distrust of the federal government among its… Read More

Google’s new Podcasts app syncs with Home speakers via Assistant, one-upping Amazon Alexa

by Todd Bishop on June 19, 2018June 23, 2018 at 6:45 amComment

Details of Google Podcasts, the search giant’s new Android app for listening to audio shows, leaked overnight in advance of its official release, and one feature is especially noteworthy for… Read More

Google to invest $550M in Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com, which just opened a fully automated warehouse

by Taylor Soper on June 18, 2018June 18, 2018 at 8:32 amComment

Google announced today that it will invest $550 million in Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com. The deal gives Google a path into the Chinese e-commerce market and does the same for… Read More

Inside the private event where Microsoft, Google, Salesforce and other rivals share security secrets

by Todd Bishop on June 15, 2018June 15, 2018 at 3:06 pmComment

REDMOND, Wash. — At first glance, the gathering inside Building 99 at Microsoft this week looked like many others inside the company, as technical experts shared hard-earned lessons for using machine… Read More

Don’t count Cortana out: Study predicts Microsoft’s digital assistant will rival Amazon and Google in business use

by Nat Levy on June 12, 2018June 12, 2018 at 10:42 amComment

Cortana is getting serious traction in the enterprise world, according to a new study that predicts Microsoft’s digital assistant will be neck-and-neck with counterparts from Google and Amazon. A new… Read More

Google Translate gets smarter offline translation features that account for context

by Nat Levy on June 12, 2018June 12, 2018 at 9:51 amComment

Google is beefing up Google Translate with more accurate offline translations in 59 languages. The new feature, offline Neural Machine Translation, takes in to account the context of an entire… Read More

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TLDR: Google AdWords won’t run campaign ads in WA state, LinkedIn adds commute times to job postings, Amazon to stream U.K. soccer matches

by Starla Sampaco on June 7, 2018June 7, 2018 at 4:16 pmComment

[Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s tech news rundown show, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Watch today’s update above, subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube, check back weekday afternoons for more, and sign up for TLDR… Read More

Google releases guidelines for how it will use AI, vows to tread carefully with military and surveillance customers

by Tom Krazit on June 7, 2018June 7, 2018 at 1:44 pmComment

When Google first promised that it wouldn’t be evil, the world was a simpler place. On Thursday, Google released guidelines for how it would use artificial intelligence technology in its… Read More

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Google will pause election ads in Washington state in unprecedented response to new law

by Todd Bishop on June 6, 2018June 7, 2018 at 4:28 pm 6 Comments

Google says it will stop running state and local election ads in Washington state, citing new rules that require what amounts to real-time disclosure of detailed information about election ads… Read More

Google and Facebook sued by Washington state AG for alleged violations of campaign finance law

by Todd Bishop on June 4, 2018June 4, 2018 at 5:25 pmComment

Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed suit against Facebook and Google on Monday, alleging that the tech giants aren’t complying with a state law requiring them to disclose basic… Read More

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Google is now using AI to keep its data centers cool and save energy

TLDR: Amazon wants to expand presence in movie biz, Boring Co. plans high-speed transit under Dodger Stadium, Toronto’s innovation district

TLDR: Real estate market slows, HQ2 cities that Seattleites are most interested in, Google’s massive Seattle campus

Google doubles down on massive Seattle campus with another new building in Amazon’s backyard

As it awaits the close of the Microsoft deal, GitHub strikes partnership deal with Google Cloud

TLDR: Facebook misses revenue expectations, new Gmail coming to businesses, AI-powered robotic hand wins Microsoft competition

Google rolls out Gmail redesign to G Suite customers, plus new Google Voice beta

Google adds machine-learning capabilities to its BigQuery cloud data warehouse

How Google is turning its own difficult security lessons into tools for its cloud customers

Google doubles down on the service mesh and hybrid cloud as it kicks off its big cloud event

Google introduces new security tool for G Suite customers that helps identify internal threats

Google CEO confirms Target as big cloud customer, continuing retail moves toward AWS competitors

Google fined $5 billion by EU for abusing Android’s dominance to restrict competition

Spotify, Snapchat taken offline by networking problems at Google Cloud

Grappling with Google Duplex: What happens when our AI assistants suddenly seem more human

A passing front? Diane Bryant out as Google Cloud COO after 7 months

Google Cloud CEO wanted to buy GitHub, hopes Microsoft really keeps it neutral; Azure CTO vows not to mess with it

Google Doodle honors Seattle author Octavia E. Butler, a voice for sci-fi diversity

Report: Google engineers resisted orders to build key cloud security feature needed for military deal

Google’s new Podcasts app syncs with Home speakers via Assistant, one-upping Amazon Alexa

Google to invest $550M in Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com, which just opened a fully automated warehouse

Inside the private event where Microsoft, Google, Salesforce and other rivals share security secrets

Don’t count Cortana out: Study predicts Microsoft’s digital assistant will rival Amazon and Google in business use

Google Translate gets smarter offline translation features that account for context

TLDR: Google AdWords won’t run campaign ads in WA state, LinkedIn adds commute times to job postings, Amazon to stream U.K. soccer matches

Google releases guidelines for how it will use AI, vows to tread carefully with military and surveillance customers

Google will pause election ads in Washington state in unprecedented response to new law

Google and Facebook sued by Washington state AG for alleged violations of campaign finance law

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