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AI Search Wars Intensify as Google Overhauls Its Engine and Challengers Gain Ground

Google just rolled out its most significant search changes in a quarter century. The updates, announced at the company’s I/O event this month, introduce an intelligent search box that handles natural language explanations rather than keyword strings. Users can now attach documents, images or browser tabs and receive synthesized answers powered by the latest Gemini

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China’s Subsea AI Vault: Offshore Wind and Ocean Depths Power First Commercial Underwater Data Center

Off the coast of Shanghai, in waters 10 meters deep, a cluster of sealed modules now hums with activity. Nearly 2,000 servers process artificial intelligence workloads. They draw electricity straight from offshore wind turbines. Seawater handles the cooling. No massive chillers. No sprawling facilities on land. This is China’s latest move in the race to

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Ecosia’s Bet on Leaner, European AI Challenges Big Tech’s Power-Hungry Models

Berlin-based Ecosia has spent years turning web searches into forests. Now the not-for-profit search engine wants its artificial intelligence to pull its weight for the climate too. On May 22, 2026, the company announced it had shifted its AI almost entirely to a European model provider. The move promises lower energy use, stricter privacy rules

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Pichai Faces the Boos: Google’s CEO Prepares Stanford Speech as AI Optimism Meets Graduate Fury

Eric Schmidt took the stage at the University of Arizona this month. He praised artificial intelligence. The crowd erupted in boos. Not once. Multiple times. “I know what many of you are feeling about that. I can hear you,” the former Google CEO said, pausing amid the jeers. NBC News captured the moment in full.

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Citi Spots AI Inflation Twist That Could Hand New Fed Chair Warsh Room to Ease

Markets have spent months debating whether artificial intelligence will one day crush inflation. Right now, the data tell a different story. Surging demand for memory chips and servers has pushed specific tech prices higher. Those increases show up in core inflation readings. And analysts at Investing.com report that Citi sees this as a potential opening

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Memory Now Claims Two-Thirds of AI Chip Costs as HBM Shortages Reshape Industry Economics

High-bandwidth memory has seized control of AI hardware expenses. Once a secondary line item, HBM now represents 63% of total component spending on leading AI chips. That figure stood at 52% just six quarters earlier. The numbers come from fresh analysis by Epoch AI. Its May 21, 2026 report tracks costs across chips from Nvidia,

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Tempus AI Brings Artera’s Prostate Test Into Its Platform, Targeting Treatment Choices for Metastatic Patients

Tempus AI moved quickly this week. On May 21, 2026, the precision medicine company launched the ArteraAI Prostate Test for patients with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer. The prognostic tool, now clinically available through Tempus, marks the first time an externally developed digital pathology algorithm has been integrated into the company’s ecosystem for routine use. Clinicians

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Why Samsung Loyalists Still Resist the Pixel Temptation

Google keeps improving its Pixel phones. Cameras deliver magic. Software arrives first. Yet Samsung holds its massive user base with remarkable grip. One writer spent a full month on a used Pixel and came away with fresh insight into that stubborn loyalty. MakeUseOf contributor Digvijay Kumar tested a Pixel 10 Pro as his sole device.

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Google’s $20B Safari Pact With Apple: Fair Competition or Locked-In Monopoly?

Google just fired back at the antitrust judgment that branded its long-standing payments to Apple illegal. In a fresh appeal filed this week, the search giant insists the arrangement that funnels roughly $20 billion a year to Apple for default placement in Safari rests on quality and user preference. Not exclusion. The filing lands nearly

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Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 8 Wide Leak Exposes a Radical Bet Against Apple’s Foldable Push

Samsung is preparing to shake up its foldable lineup this summer with not one but two book-style devices. The standard Galaxy Z Fold 8 will arrive with modest tweaks. Yet the real story centers on a companion model known internally as the Z Fold 8 Wide. Leaks suggest this variant adopts a squarer, passport-style shape

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