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Google is a US company providing internet-related products and services, including internet search, cloud computing, and software and advertising technologies. Founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, the company has established itself in the mobile sector through its widely used Android operating system, and has a major presence in the smartphone market.
CEO / Managing Director
Sundar Pichai
Sundar Pichai
Website
google.com
Headquarters address
Googleplex, Mountain View, California, U.S.
Stock Code
NASDAQ:GOOG
NASDAQ:GOOGL
Year founded
1998
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Art Basel

How a 2000 Takashi Murakami exhibition led to the Labubus of today

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Artificial intelligence

MiniMax debuts AI model built for long and complex coding tasks

Semiconductors

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Alibaba

Alibaba AI voice model beats OpenAI, xAI to bridge Chinese dialect gap

The new model supports more than 30 languages, seven major Chinese dialects and over 20 regional accents.

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Science

China touts AI ‘brain’ to speed up satellite targeting

Researchers say their AI ‘brain plus tool army’ cuts analysis time and overcomes obstacles without human intervention.

Artificial intelligence

US banks roll out American AI in Hong Kong despite geopolitical tensions

US AI companies have restricted access for users in Hong Kong and mainland China, forcing banks to navigate a compliance minefield.

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Artificial intelligence

Alibaba AI beats Google and OpenAI in global coding rankings

The Chinese tech giant is the only non-US firm to crack the top five in Code Arena’s latest leaderboard.

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The logo of Chinese technology firm Alibaba is seen at its office in Beijing. Photo: AP
Indonesia

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US-China tech war

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China could be a leading player in the new technological battlefield, but the US has a substantial lead in essential tools such as reusable rockets.

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Alibaba

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The tech giant released previews of new flagship artificial intelligence models, which scored well on a crowdsourced platform.

The company logo at an Alibaba office. Photo: Handout
Science

Did Chinese scientists simulate what could be the ‘end of the universe’?

Tsinghua University team’s tackles one of most unsettling ideas in theoretical physics to possibly open a new pathway in quantum computing.

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United States

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The suit is the first of over 1,200 cases nationwide in which school districts allege that social media addiction has disrupted learning.

Science

Does China’s Jiuzhang 4.0 computer herald the age of quantum supremacy?

New programmable photonic quantum computing prototype completed a complex calculation in microseconds, developers say.

Artificial intelligence

Ex-Meta Chinese star joins race for self-improving AI with US$4.6b start-up

The funding round was led by venture capital firms GV and Greycroft, with ‘major participation’ from Nvidia and AMD.

AI systems that can automate the AI research and development process have long been seen as the holy grail of AI research. Photo: Shutterstock Images
Artificial intelligence

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Alibaba will focus its AI capex on cloud services, while Tencent is prioritising internal demand with its spending.

Alibaba Cloud signage is pictured at the Alibaba office in Beijing on April 1, 2026. Photo: AFP
Science

‘Basically a Chinese racket’: how China streaked ahead at a global AI conference

Mainland China accounted for 44 per cent of the top 50 institutions contributing to the ICLR in Rio de Janeiro, according to analysis.

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Icons and Influencers

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The ex-Facebook employee met her future husband during her time with the company, has 3 sons – and doesn’t have a public Instagram account.

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Artificial intelligence

China deepens footprint at AI conference despite NeurIPS dispute, US tensions

Alibaba, ByteDance, other Chinese tech giants top paper submissions in conference, quelling worries over geopolitics impacting participation.

Alibaba submitted 135 papers, followed by Huawei with 111, ByteDance with 107 and Tencent Holdings with 94. Photo: AP
Artificial intelligence

Alibaba brings chat-style shopping to Taobao, Qwen amid AI gateway push: source

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Artificial intelligence

How Chinese developers bypass restrictions to access top US AI models

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ByteDance

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Icons and Influencers

Meet OpenAI’s Charles Porch – who attended the Met Gala

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Mainland China

Samsung reshuffle signals shift beyond hardware as China rivalry intensifies

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Banking & finance

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From energy, inflation and trade to slowing global growth and investment uncertainty, these mini-crises have the makings of a massive crisis.

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United States

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The deal comes even as some tech workers raise concerns about the use of AI for autonomous weapons and mass surveillance.

The Pentagon seen from Air Force One as it flies over Washington in 2022. Photo: AP
Artificial intelligence

Chinese firms face pressure on AI investments as US peers’ spending soars

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Google and Microsoft both expect 2026 capex to reach about US$190 billion. Photo: AP Photo
Ant Group

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US-China relations

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Trump administration is targeting several visa categories, including popular H-1B pathway, with bias towards fewer numbers and more revenue.

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