
Alphabet rides AI wave
ChatGPT hasn’t killed Google’s cash cow
Alphabet is laughing all the way to the bank with another quarter of fat profits, proving the panic over chatbots eating Google’s lunch was premature.

Entire Google Pixel 10 series lineup revealed
Courtesy of Google Play Store
Although Google is hosting the Pixel 10 event on August 20, where we expect to see the Pixel 10, Pixel 10 Pro, Pixel 10 Pro XL, and the Pixel 10 Pro Fold, the entire lineup has now leaked online.

Musk hunts for another $12 billion to fuel xAI’s AI arms race
Looking down the back of the sofa
Elon Musk is scraping together yet more billions to keep xAI from falling behind in the blood-soaked artificial intelligence arms race.

AI search traffic jumps as brands scramble to keep up
Chatbots chip away at Google’s dominance
AI-powered chatbots are fast becoming a go-to for online answers, eating into the long-standing grip of traditional search engines and giving marketers another headache.

Microsoft can’t keep EU data out of US paws
Cloud Act clashes with Europe’s fantasy of digital sovereignty
Software King of the World, Microsoft has admitted it cannot keep French citizen data safe from the reach of US authorities, even when it is locked up in EU data centres.

EU pushes ahead with AI code of practice
Stricter AI rules spark row across pond
The EU has launched its final code of practice for general‑purpose AI models such as OpenAI’s GPT‑4 and Google’s Gemini.

OpenAI plans own browser
Altman eyes Google's ad cash and your data
OpenAI is reportedly gearing up to lob an AI-powered browser into the ring, taking a swing at Alphabet’s Chrome and hoping to nick a chunk of the Google empire’s advertising goldmine.

Geopolitics strangling AI server growth
Tariff fears and supply chain turmoil hit forecasts despite big tech spending spree
AI servers may be the backbone of today’s tech boom, but global shipment growth forecasts are slipping thanks to geopolitical headaches and tariff threats.

China uses cut-price AI to break the US tech chokehold
DeepSeek and Alibaba muscle into markets as Western firms squabble over premiums
The Wall Street Journal reckons China is building an AI ecosystem that dodges US influence and the rest of the world seems happy to go along with it.

Microsoft axes 9,000 staff in AI cash shuffle
Tech giant sheds four per cent of workforce to keep AI wheels turning
Software King of the World, Microsoft is slashing around 9,000 jobs globally as it shuffles cash towards its ever-growing AI empire. The move carves out about four per cent of its 228,000-strong workforce and comes hot on the heels of earlier bloodlettings in May and January.