Europe has a new lobbying body, one with a self-stated mission to “improve competition, transparency, and resilience” in the cloud computing sector. The Open Cloud Coalition (OCC) counts 10 members at launch, the most notable one being… Article Source https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/28/google-backed-open-cloud-coalition-launches-to-lobby-european-lawmakers/
The European cloud wars are heating up. Microsoft has accused its old foe Google of waging a clandestine war against the Azure cloud company, to curry favor with policymakers and antitrust authorities in Europe. In a blog post today, Microsoft… Article Source https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/28/microsoft-accuses-google-of-shadow-campaign-to-influence-cloud-regulation-in-europe/
Google Search’s AI Overviews, which display a snapshot of information at the top of the results page, are beginning to roll out in more than 100 countries and territories, the company announced on Monday. Google first launched the feature in… Article Source https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/28/google-expands-ai-overviews-in-search-to-more-than-100-countries/
Meta has released an “open” implementation of the viral generate-a-podcast feature in Google’s NotebookLM. Called NotebookLlama, the project uses Meta’s own Llama models for much of the processing, unsurprisingly. Like NotebookLM, it… Article Source https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/27/meta-releases-an-open-version-of-googles-podcast-generator/
Google said Wednesday that it is revamping the Google Calendar’s web interface following the Material Design 3 guidelines. The update also includes support for dark mode. The updated elements include controls like button, dialogs, and a… Article Source https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/24/google-calendar-gets-a-design-refresh-along-with-dark-mode/
Google said Wednesday that it is revamping the Google Calendar’s web interface following the Material Design 3 guidelines. The update also includes support for dark mode. The updated elements include controls like button, dialogs, and a… Article Source https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/24/google-calendar-gets-a-desgin-refresh-along-with-dark-mode/
Starting next week, the Google Photos app will add a new disclosure for when a photo has been edited with one of its AI features, such as Magic Editor, Magic Eraser, and Zoom Enhance. When you click into a photo in Google Photos, there will now… Article Source https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/24/google-adds-new-disclosures-for-ai-photos-but-its-still-not-obvious-at-first-glance/
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang announced a series of partnerships with Indian firms on Tuesday to deploy its AI chips and technology, deepening his firm’s push into a key growth market as demand for AI infrastructure surges. The U.S. chip designer… Article Source https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/23/nvidia-deepens-india-ai-drive-with-new-partnerships/
Andreessen Horowitz has a massive cluster of Nvidia H100 GPUs to help its portfolio of AI startups meet their compute needs, the venture capital firm confirmed for the first time on Wednesday. The program, called Oxygen, allows their portfolio… Article Source https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/23/andreessen-horowitz-helps-founders-meet-compute-needs-with-oxygen-private-gpu-cluster/
Wiz co-founder and VP of R&D Roy Reznik told CNBC last week that the company has hit $500 million in annual recurring revenue, and plans to double that in 2025 to $1 billion. He also reiterated that the $1 billion-mark is a prerequisite for the… Article Source https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/23/wiz-hopes-to-hit-1b-in-arr-in-2025-before-an-ipo-after-turning-down-googles-23b/