Google sets a target to be a carbon-free operation by 2030, using AI
Google said that it is planning to shift its whole processes, including data centers, to renewable energy by the year 2030, in a bid to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The company’s plans include working with other organizations to enable them to adopt sustainable operations faster.
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Google invests $450M in a security firm ADT, to drive Nest sales
Google has greenlit a $450 million investment into ADT, a security company, in return for a 6.6% stake. The move is part of a deal to drive the sales on Google’s Nest devices. ADT was established back in 1874, making it one of the oldest security companies in the world.
They are known for thei... Read more
‘Former Google-CEO Eric Schmidt quits Alphabet for good’
Former Google-CEO Eric Schmidt quit his role as technical advisor for Google and the mother company Alphabet, according to a source from CNET.
Schmidt's departure marks the end of an era. Over the past twenty years, the company has grown into one of the most important tech companies in the world... Read more
Alphabet wants to use AI to make fish farms more efficient
In an effort to contribute to making it easier to breed certain species of fish, Alphabet, Google's parent company, created Tidal. It is a system that can be used on fish farms to recognise different fish species and fish populations.
Tidal has mainly focused on implementing a system that is cap... Read more
AWS sees growth slowing down, while Google Cloud sales rise sharply
Amazon Web Services has seen its growth fall to its lowest point since the results of this Amazon division were reported separately. In the meantime, Google Cloud is experiencing considerable growth.
The growth of Amazon Web Services (AWS) in the second quarter of this year was 37 percent compared t... Read more
US Department of Justice opens competition investigation into tech giants
The U.S. Department of Justice has announced the launch of a major investigation into large tech companies. The purpose of the competition investigation is to find out whether the companies are impeding unlawful competition.
The investigation is led by Attorney General William Barr and goes beyond t... Read more
HP, Dell, Microsoft, Alphabet and Amazon want to extract production from China
Several large American companies - including HP, Dell, Microsoft, Alphabet and Amazon - want to source a large part of their production from China. The cause is the trade war between Washington and Beijing.
Plans for the relocation of production were reported to Nikkei by sources. How much of the pr... Read more
Security company Chronicle goes together with Google Cloud
Alphabet has announced its enterprise security company Chronicle later this year to merge with Google Cloud, reports CNBC. The security company was founded in January 2018 and comes from X, Alphabet's experimental project lab.
Chronicle launched its first product in March: Backstory. Backstory is a... Read more
Waymo investigates with Renault and Nissan launch autonomous car services
Waymo, a subsidiary of Alphabet and sister company of Google, has started a partnership with Renault and Nissan to explore the launch of autonomous mobility services in the international market. The three companies will focus specifically on France and Japan, where Renault and Nissan have their head... Read more
Siemens and Alphabet subsidiary Chronicle protect energy infrastructure
Siemens AG has entered into a partnership with Chronicle, a subsidiary of Alphabet. The two parties will work together to secure systems in the energy infrastructure industry.
The plan is for Siemens to use Chronicle's Backstory network security platform to provide greater visibility into a power c... Read more