A.I. Start-Up Perplexity Offers to Buy Google’s Chrome Browser for $34.5 Billion

The tiny start-up hopes to take advantage of an upcoming antitrust ruling against the tech giant.

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Google Hires Top A.I. Leaders From Windsurf, Which OpenAI Was Courting

In a $2.4 billion deal, Google recruited the chief executive and a co-founder of Windsurf, which OpenAI had been in talks to buy, as the battle to dominate artificial intelligence escalates.

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Google Unveils ‘A.I. Mode’ Chatbot, Signaling a New Era for Search

The tech giant is taking its next big step in artificial intelligence by adding interactive capabilities to its flagship product.

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Will a Federal Judge Break Up Google?

On Monday, the tech giant and the U.S. government face off in court over how to fix the company’s online search monopoly. The outcome could alter Google and Silicon Valley.

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Tech C.E.O.s Spent Millions Courting Trump. It Has Yet to Pay Off.

With inauguration donations and Mar-a-Lago visits, leaders of the biggest tech companies sought favor with the president in an attempt to steer regulation and tariffs, to little avail.

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Google Calendar Removes a Number of Cultural Events

The Silicon Valley giant said it made the change last year because it was difficult to keep up with every occasion, but some users questioned the decision.

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Silicon Valley Tech Workers Quietly Protest Their Bosses’ Embrace of Trump

As Mark Zuckerberg and other tech titans have embraced President Trump and muffled internal dissent at their companies, their mostly left-leaning employees have objected with subtle acts of defiance.

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Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg and Other Billionaires at the Inauguration

The sight of Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg and others at President Trump’s swearing-in was another sign of how business is adapting to a new Washington.

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Packed In for Trump’s Indoor Inauguration, Awkwardness Abounds

Tech billionaires, foreign leaders, ex-presidents and political nemeses. How did everyone behave?

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Sundar Pichai on A.I., Regulation and What’s Next for Google

Listen to our interview with Sundar Pichai.

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