The tech scene has been rocked by a huge surprise – Perplexity has made an official offer to buy Google Chrome for $34.5 billion. This move is considered one of the boldest strategic decisions in the history of the tech industry. Perplexity took the matter very seriously: the offer was addressed directly to Google CEO Sundar Pichai and contai...
Quantum computers have long been touted by the scientific community as a technology that could fundamentally change current computing. These computers, whose performance far exceeds the capabilities of today's devices, have seen a breakthrough with Google's new Willow quantum chip. In a test, this chip was able to solve an extremely complex calc...
The US Department of Justice is currently considering asking the court to break up Google, one of the leading technology players. The move could fundamentally change not only the future of Google, but also the future of the entire technology industry, the BBC reported. According to a statement from the ministry, "structural measures" are bein...
A recent report in the US media has shaken up the already sensitive debate about privacy in the digital age. There has been a leak of a commercial offer by Cox Media Group (CMG), which advertises exactly the kind of service that conspiracy theories have warned about and that some people have feared for years - listening in on conversations via s...
This year will be a challenge for the Google search engine. OpenAI has launched its search engine with artificial intelligence functionality that could significantly change the way we use internet search engines. The new SearchGPT search engine should be faster and more accurate than current standard search engines. How will SearchGPT work? ...
With an estimated price tag of $23 billion (approximately CZK 534 billion), the planned acquisition of Israeli startup Wiz was to be the largest ever purchase by US tech giant Alphabet, the parent company of Google. The deal, if completed, would significantly strengthen Alphabet's position in the cybersecurity field. However, Israeli startup Wiz...
Fast food chain McDonald's has postponed its plans to introduce AI-based automated service for McDrive. The system, which has been tested since 2019 in partnership with IBM, wasn't perfect and sometimes gave drivers incorrect orders. Frustrated customers filmed some of the situations on mobile phones and posted the videos on social media, the...
Recently, the main Google search page has changed. At first glance, it may look like it's back to the way it was, but it's actually no longer possible to click through to Google Maps directly from the results. This is not an accident, a mistake or a developer decision, but rather the result of new European laws that aim to ensure a fairer dig...
Tech giant Google has recently been in the crosshairs of legal action over allegations of privacy breaches. The company has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit filed against it in the United States worth five billion dollars. The whole affair revolved around the tracking of Chrome users who searched in so-called anonymous mode. The lawsui...
