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The $10 trillion race: How Nvidia and Alphabet are powering, and profiting from, the AI industrial revolution

TechDefused Newsroom · 15:47, 7 May 2026

Prediction market bettors give Nvidia 69% chance of holding world's biggest company crown

TechDefused Newsroom · 10:50, 4 May 2026

Big Tech earnings arrive this week with AI spending and monetisation under the microscope

TechDefused Newsroom · 15:57, 27 Apr 2026

YouTube bets on the living room as TV viewing tops 44% of watch time

TechDefused Newsroom · 17:23, 8 Apr 2026

AI spending hits $750bn but economists and academics say the productivity gains will take years to arrive

Ian Lyall · 13:59, 6 Apr 2026

The era of zero-click: Google is spending $185bn to break the thing it depends on

Ian Lyall · 13:22, 28 Mar 2026 · Updated 14:50, 28 Mar

In a zero-click world, the only content that survives is content AI cannot steal

Ian Lyall · 14:30, 28 Mar 2026

Jury finds Meta and YouTube liable for engineering addiction in children

Ian Lyall · 20:07, 25 Mar 2026

YouTube launches Top Sports Podcast Lineup

TechDefused Newsroom · 18:26, 20 Mar 2026

Google Maps adds AI assistant and 3D navigation in biggest overhaul in a decade

TechDefused Newsroom · 19:40, 12 Mar 2026

Google DeepMind releases AI model that understands text, images, video and audio together

TechDefused Newsroom · 19:17, 10 Mar 2026

Sundar Pichai's new pay deal could reach almost $700m. Google's founders, meanwhile, are buying mansions in Miami.

Ian Lyall · 18:43, 8 Mar 2026

Google’s AI Month: Quantum Speed, Cancer Clues, and a New Boss at Work

Jamie Ashcroft · 19:02, 4 Nov 2025 · Updated 20:01, 25 Feb

The Curator’s Latest Drafts: AI Ambitions, Sparse Circuits, and Corporate Hype Machines

Ian Lyall · 11:16, 16 Nov 2025 · Updated 20:00, 25 Feb

Buffett Finally Buys Google. So Why Now?

Ian Lyall · 21:40, 17 Nov 2025 · Updated 20:00, 25 Feb

Google’s Gemini 3 Puts More Pressure on the Frontier AI Pack

Ian Lyall · 19:37, 18 Nov 2025 · Updated 20:00, 25 Feb

Sundar Pichai Says Google’s AI Era Is Only Just Beginning

Ian Lyall · 20:51, 26 Nov 2025 · Updated 19:58, 25 Feb

Google exec says AI search will expand the web, not erode it

Ian Lyall · 20:34, 4 Dec 2025 · Updated 19:56, 25 Feb

Alphabet’s $4.75bn Intersect deal shows AI race is now a power and concrete problem

TechDefused Newsroom · 18:09, 22 Dec 2025 · Updated 19:45, 25 Feb

Google Search adds special animation to mark America’s 250th anniversary

TechDefused Newsroom · 21:04, 12 Jan 2026 · Updated 19:34, 25 Feb

Gemini API expands file input options and raises upload limits

TechDefused Newsroom · 21:45, 12 Jan 2026 · Updated 19:34, 25 Feb

Google names Tunisian filmmaker winner of Global AI Film Award

TechDefused Newsroom · 14:50, 14 Jan 2026 · Updated 19:33, 25 Feb

YouTube adds new parental controls and guidance for teen and family accounts

TechDefused Newsroom · 15:07, 14 Jan 2026 · Updated 19:32, 25 Feb

Google rolls Demand Gen features into general release, expanding shoppable TV ads

TechDefused Newsroom · 20:54, 22 Jan 2026 · Updated 19:26, 25 Feb

Waymo seeks $16bn funding round at near $110bn valuation

Ian Lyall · 08:32, 1 Feb 2026 · Updated 19:17, 25 Feb

Liberty Global strikes AI partnership with Google Cloud

TechDefused Newsroom · 11:47, 3 Feb 2026 · Updated 19:15, 25 Feb

Alphabet’s results were strong. So why is the market so uneasy?

TechDefused Newsroom · 08:03, 5 Feb 2026 · Updated 19:14, 25 Feb

YouTube opens auto dubbing to all users and expands to 27 languages

TechDefused Newsroom · 16:27, 5 Feb 2026 · Updated 19:14, 25 Feb

Google reshapes advertising and shopping tools around AI for 2026

TechDefused Newsroom · 17:46, 11 Feb 2026 · Updated 19:10, 25 Feb

Google Cloud warns state-backed hackers are targeting Western defence suppliers

TechDefused Newsroom · 18:01, 12 Feb 2026 · Updated 19:08, 25 Feb

Google's quantum chip just finished a calculation that should have taken longer than the universe has existed. The im...

Ian Lyall · 16:37, 14 Feb 2026 · Updated 19:08, 25 Feb

Fifteen tech companies from ten countries form alliance on transparency and data protection

TechDefused Newsroom · 17:23, 14 Feb 2026 · Updated 19:07, 25 Feb

YouTube summit brings together independent journalists to share platform growth strategies

TechDefused Newsroom · 13:08, 25 Feb 2026

Google's new AI model is impressively intelligent and frustrating to actually use

Ian Lyall · 17:41, 22 Feb 2026

Google appeals landmark US search ruling and seeks pause on key remedies

TechDefused Newsroom · 13:31, 17 Jan 2026

Alphabet, Apple, Meta: Is Big Tech’s AI Reality Check About To Arrive?

Ian Lyall · 15:24, 29 Oct 2025 · Updated 13:44, 7 Jan

NVIDIA and Google Cloud Want to Power the Entire AI Universe, From Data to Digital Twins

Ian Lyall · 21:10, 20 Oct 2025 · Updated 13:43, 7 Jan

The Great AI Reckoning: Meta’s Big Bet Rattles Tech as Wall Street Questions the Price of Intelligence

Ian Lyall · 14:43, 30 Oct 2025

The $10 trillion race: How Nvidia and Alphabet are powering, and profiting from, the AI industrial revolution

Prediction market bettors give Nvidia 69% chance of holding world's biggest company crown

Big Tech earnings arrive this week with AI spending and monetisation under the microscope

YouTube bets on the living room as TV viewing tops 44% of watch time

AI spending hits $750bn but economists and academics say the productivity gains will take years to arrive

The era of zero-click: Google is spending $185bn to break the thing it depends on

In a zero-click world, the only content that survives is content AI cannot steal

Jury finds Meta and YouTube liable for engineering addiction in children

YouTube launches Top Sports Podcast Lineup

Google Maps adds AI assistant and 3D navigation in biggest overhaul in a decade

Google DeepMind releases AI model that understands text, images, video and audio together

Sundar Pichai's new pay deal could reach almost $700m. Google's founders, meanwhile, are buying mansions in Miami.

Google’s AI Month: Quantum Speed, Cancer Clues, and a New Boss at Work

The Curator’s Latest Drafts: AI Ambitions, Sparse Circuits, and Corporate Hype Machines

Buffett Finally Buys Google. So Why Now?

Google’s Gemini 3 Puts More Pressure on the Frontier AI Pack

Sundar Pichai Says Google’s AI Era Is Only Just Beginning

Google exec says AI search will expand the web, not erode it

Alphabet’s $4.75bn Intersect deal shows AI race is now a power and concrete problem

Google Search adds special animation to mark America’s 250th anniversary

Gemini API expands file input options and raises upload limits

Google names Tunisian filmmaker winner of Global AI Film Award

YouTube adds new parental controls and guidance for teen and family accounts

Google rolls Demand Gen features into general release, expanding shoppable TV ads

Waymo seeks $16bn funding round at near $110bn valuation

Liberty Global strikes AI partnership with Google Cloud

Alphabet’s results were strong. So why is the market so uneasy?

YouTube opens auto dubbing to all users and expands to 27 languages

Google reshapes advertising and shopping tools around AI for 2026

Google Cloud warns state-backed hackers are targeting Western defence suppliers

Google's quantum chip just finished a calculation that should have taken longer than the universe has existed. The im...

Fifteen tech companies from ten countries form alliance on transparency and data protection

YouTube summit brings together independent journalists to share platform growth strategies

Google's new AI model is impressively intelligent and frustrating to actually use

Google appeals landmark US search ruling and seeks pause on key remedies

Alphabet, Apple, Meta: Is Big Tech’s AI Reality Check About To Arrive?

NVIDIA and Google Cloud Want to Power the Entire AI Universe, From Data to Digital Twins

The Great AI Reckoning: Meta’s Big Bet Rattles Tech as Wall Street Questions the Price of Intelligence

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