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HOUSTON — energyRe, a developer of large-scale renewable energy projects, has signed an greement which allows Google to invest in and purchase Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) from a portfolio of more than 600 MW of new solar and solar with storage projects being developed by energyRe in South Carolina. This marks Google’s second collaboration with energyRe, which combined […]

Elementl Power, an advanced nuclear project developer and independent power producer, announced the signing of a strategic agreement with Google to pre-position three project sites for advanced nuclear energy. “Innovative partnerships like this are necessary to mobilize the capital required to build new nuclear projects, which are critical to deliver safe, affordable and clean baseload power […]

MOUNTAIN VIEW and NEW YORK — Google has struck a massive deal to acquire Wiz, Inc., a leading cloud security platform headquartered in New York, for a staggering $32 billion in an all-cash transaction. Once closed, Wiz will join Google Cloud. This acquisition represents an investment by Google Cloud to accelerate two large and growing […]

SUNNYVALE — Google Cloud has announced new generative AI (gen AI) capabilities in Vertex AI Search for healthcare, including a new feature called Visual Q&A that searches tables, charts, and diagrams, and the availability of Gemini 2.0 as one of the models now within the offering. Vertex AI Search for healthcare’s new, multimodal search capabilities […]

STUTTGART, Germany and SUNNYVALE — Mercedes-Benz and Google Cloud announced the expansion of their strategic partnership to introduce new conversational capabilities to the MBUX Virtual Assistant, powered by Google Cloud’s new Automotive AI Agent. Built using Gemini on Vertex AI, Google Cloud’s Automotive AI Agent is specially tuned for the automotive industry and can reference information from Google […]

Google Play has named the best games and apps of 2024. This year’s awards are a thank you to the talented developers who make the Android ecosystem so vibrant, building fantastic apps and games across all your devices. Best overall app and game Best app: Partiful Event planning platform Partiful took home Play’s Best App award […]

Google’s network of sites — including YouTube — ranked No. 1 overall in the month of September according to data firm Comscore. Google had 278.4 million unique visitors in the U.S. with a reach of 100%. Yahoo was second with 246.8 million visitors and an 88% reach. Here are the top 50 sites below for […]

NEW YORK and SUNNYVALE — KPMG LLP and Google Cloud have announced a major expansion of their U.S. alliance focused on advancing generative AI, data analytics, and cybersecurity among Fortune 500 companies and global enterprises. KPMG will make a landmark $100 million investment in its Google Cloud practice, which KPMG estimates will drive $1 billion in incremental growth for the […]

NEW YORK and SUNNYVALE — Citi, one of the nation’s largest banks, has joined forces with Google Cloud in a multi-year agreement to support Citi’s digital strategy through cloud technology and artificial intelligence (AI). This collaboration focuses on modernizing Citi’s technology infrastructure and enhancing employee and client experiences on cloud-based applications. Through the collaboration, Citi will migrate […]

Google websites are the most popular in the U.S. according to research firm Comscore. For May 2024, Google sites had 278.4 million visitors in the U.S. which includes desktop, mobile and social platforms. Yahoo ranked second with 249.3 million users and Microsoft was third with 245.9 million users. # Property Unique Visitors/Viewers (000) % Reach […]