How Google and AI Nearly Made a Seasoned Reporter Spiral

I thought I had missed something major in my reporting. Turns out I had stumbled into an AI-fueled feedback loop that ...

Google’s AI buildout drove 37% increase in electricity use in 2025

Google reported that its annual electricity consumption rose by 37 percent in 2025—the largest increase in the company’s ...
Microsoft

Photo ZIP campaign targeting hospitality industry delivers Node.js implant for persistent access

Microsoft Threat Intelligence identified an active multi-stage intrusion campaign targeting hospitality organizations in ...
The Next Web

Gemini 3.5 Flash can now see and control your screen, and Google wants enterprises to trust it

Google has made computer use a built-in tool in Gemini 3.5 Flash, replacing the standalone model and adding enterprise safety guardrails.

Google's Gemini 3.5 Flash can now build agents to operate across platforms

Google upgrades Gemini 3.5 Flash with native computer use, enabling custom agents across browser, mobile & desktop plus new ...
Android

Here's how Google's Fake Call Detection actually works to stop deepfake scam calls

Here’s how Android’s new Fake Call Detection works: when a contact calls you on Phone by Google, their device sends a silent, encrypted confirmation to yours. If a scammer is spoofing the number, that ...
Virtualization Review

Hands-On Lab: Turning PowerShell Scripts into Tools Worth Sharing

Learn how to transform everyday PowerShell one-liners and batch scripts into advanced functions with validation, pipeline support and help. Understand how to organize reusable code into modules with ...
Wall Street Journal

Google and Blackstone to Create New AI Cloud Company

Alphabet’s GOOGL1.06%increase; up pointing triangle Google and Blackstone BX 2.60%increase; up pointing triangle plan to create an artificial-intelligence cloud company to rival the likes of CoreWeave ...
Forbes

Google Pixel Call Screening Feature No Longer Exclusive: Android Bound

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. The Google Pixel AI-powered voicemail and call screening feature, Take A Message, may be ...
Search Engine Roundtable

Google Ads Call Recording To Default To Yes On July 1st

Google sent out emails notifying applicable advertisers that they will default call recording to Yes, to always record calls, if you don't pick an option yourself. Google wrote, "Starting July 01, ...
WeLiveSecurity

Fake call logs, real payments: How CallPhantom tricks Android users

There’s an app for everything nowadays… right? Well, looking up call records for a phone number of choice is not one of those things, as potentially millions of Android users found out after paying ...
Reuters

Anthropic commits to spending $200 billion on Google's cloud and chips, the Information reports

May 5 (Reuters) - Anthropic has committed to spend $200 billion with Google Cloud over five years as part of a recent agreement, The Information reported on Tuesday, citing a person with knowledge of ...