Google has officially announced that it will unveil its next generation of Pixel devices on August 12, 2026. Breaking from historical precedent, the search giant plans to host the launch event during the evening, allowing consumer tech enthusiasts and media to watch the hardware team’s latest reveals outside of standard working hours. Read: Bandwidth Blog…
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), Europe’s highest court of appeal, has definitively upheld a record-setting €4.1 billion ($4.67 billion) antitrust fine against Google and its parent company, Alphabet. The ruling officially dismisses Google’s final appeal and solidifies the penalty originally levied in 2018 for anti-competitive practices surrounding its Android operating system….
Novastar Ventures and Google launched an Applied AI Lab for African startups and researchers building artificial intelligence tools in healthcare, agriculture and education. Applications opened on July 1. The lab is backed by Google’s AI Futures Fund and supported by Google DeepMind and Google Research. The first cohort will select between 5 and 10 startups…
Maureen Costello, VP for UK, Ireland and Sub-Saharan Africa at Google Cloud, with Discovery founder and group CEO Adrian Gore. Google’s Johannesburg Cloud Region is expected to contribute $90.6 billion (R1.7 trillion) in additional gross economic output and support almost 315 000 jobs in SA by 2030. This, as African businesses accelerate the adoption of…
Google Play today launched its first Indie Games Fund, committing $1 million to support rising, innovative game studios from across 32 countries in Africa to scale their games and reach a global audience. The fund provides equity-free capital, technical support, and expert mentorship empowering African game developers with the skills and resources they need to…
Google has exceeded a five-year target to invest $1bn in Africa, it said on Wednesday, 2 July, as it made public initiatives on infrastructure and development of AI to accelerate the continent’s digital growth. File photo: A Google Cloud logo is pictured at a trade fair in Hannover Messe, in Hanover, Germany, 22 April 2024….
Google Africa MD Alex Okosi Google has confirmed the Eastern Cape as the site for a “digital exchange hub” that will act as a subsea cable landing station, part of its Umoja project – the first fibre-optic route to directly connect Africa with Australia. Speaking to TechCentral in an interview at South Africa’s inaugural Google…
Following a brief teaser last year, Google has officially opened pre-orders for its completely reimagined Google Home smart speaker. Arriving just slightly past its initial mid-2026 projection, the upgraded hardware is available for purchase starting today at $100, with official retail store shelves slated to stock the device on June 25. Read: Meta rolls out…
Google will appeal a German court ruling which said it is legally liable for false claims appearing in AI Overviews, the US tech company said on Friday, in a case that will likely impact other AI developers. The challenge came after a Munich court issued a landmark judgment against Google’s AI-generated summaries that appear above traditional search…
Google is significantly lowering the financial barrier to its consumer artificial intelligence ecosystem by restructuring its entry-level subscription tier. The Google AI Plus plan will now cost $5 per month, down from its original launch price of $8 per month, according to an announcement by Vikas Kansal, Google’s Product Lead for Gemini AI Subscriptions. To…
