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Google To Make MFA Mandatory Next Year
Improving security. Mandatory multi-factor authentication (MFA) is coming to the Google Cloud by the end of 2025
Spotify, Paramount Sign Up To Use Google Cloud ARM Chips
Google Cloud signs up Spotify, Paramount Global as early customers of its first ARM-based cloud CPUs, as AI drives skyrocketing power costs
Google Unveils ARM-based AI CPU, Google Axion
Google announced first ARM-based CPU Google Axion, as well as upgraded TPU AI chips, but it won't be selling them to customers
Alphabet Profits But Cloud Sales Disappoints
Share price drops after Google Cloud miss, overshadows better-than-expected results for Alphabet's third quarter
Ofcom To Investigate Amazon, Microsoft Over Cloud Domination – Report
UK regulator is reportedly pushing for an antitrust investigation into Amazon and Microsoft's cloud dominance
John Lewis Signs Google Deal To Utilise AI Tech
UK retailer John Lewis signs Google deal to harness latest artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) tech
Officials Point To Russia After Electoral Commission Hack
Cyberattack allows hackers to access the names and addresses of tens of millions of voters on the UK's electoral register
Alphabet CFO Steps Aside, As Q2 Profit Beats Expectations
CFO Ruth Porat to take charge of Google's 'Other Bets' portfolio, as second quarter profit beat expectations
China-Based Hackers Breached US Govt Email Accounts
White House and Microsoft confirm that China-based hackers have breached US government Exchange email accounts
Google Files FTC Cloud Protest Against Microsoft
Cloud battle. Submission made by Google to US antitrust regulator, alleging anti competitive practices by Microsoft Azure
Amazon, Microsoft Cloud Services Face UK Antitrust Probe
Ofcom proposing to refer UK cloud market and two of its leading service providers to British antitrust watchdog
Alphabet’s Sundar Pichai Admits Some Google Offices Are Like ‘Ghost Town’
Google CEO defends desk-sharing policy during staff meeting, and admits that some offices are like a ‘ghost town’
Pentagon To Split $9bn Cloud Contract With Microsoft, Amazon, Google, Oracle
You can all share the spoils. DoD's JWCC project (formerly JEDI) is to be split between four cloud service providers
Alphabet To Cut Hiring By Half, As YouTube Declines
Second bellwether for tech sector posts its financials – Alphabet reveals disappointing ad sales, sparking fears for digital media sector
Amazon, Microsoft, Google Face UK Cloud Services Probe
Ofcom confirms it will examine the role of Amazon, Microsoft and Google, which dominate the cloud services market
Alphabet Misses Earnings Forecast, But Pleases With Strong Ad Performance
Narrow miss on quarterly results gives hope Alphabet is in a decent position to weather the economic slowdown impacting others
Google Data Centre In London Outage Blamed On Cooling Failure
As the UK temperature soared to a record high on Tuesday, a cooling failure resulted in an outage at a Google data centre in London
Google Cloud Adopts ARM-based Chips
Bad news for Intel, AMD? Google Cloud unit has begun offering virtual machines (VMs) based on chip designs from the UK's ARM Holdings
Spanish Renewable Energy Company Links With Google Cloud
Spanish renewable energy firm Capital Energy in deal with Google Cloud, which also announces unified support for popular Red Hat clone Rocky Linux
Google To Acquire Mandiant For $5.4 Billion
Mandiant is to be acquired by Google, after the Alphabet division agrees to pay $5.4 billion for the cybersecurity veteran
Google Parts Ways With Cloudera Cofounder – Report
Executive Amr Awadallah reportedly departs from Google Cloud, after staff complaints over leadership style and personal manifesto
Google Opens Doors Of First Ever Retail Store
Google retail store in a trendy New York neighbourhood open doors for businesses, to showcase hardware devices and online services to potential customers
Google Cloud, SpaceX Sign Deal For Enterprise Cloud Services
Elon Musk's SpaceX is to deliver Google Cloud services to enterprises at the 'network edge', via the Starlink constellation
Google Closes Internal Stadia Gaming Studios
Another closure. Internal Stadia gaming studios is being shuttered, but Google insists Stadia cloud platform will continue
Google Cloud Offers ‘Zero-Trust’ Security
Google Cloud's BeyondCorp Enterprise eliminates distinction between internal and external users, as enterprises grapple with implications of SolarWinds hack
Spotify Service Suffers Worldwide Outage
Music streaming service Spotify suffers rare worldwide outage, amid reports that an outdated TLS certificate was to blame
Google ‘Grace Hopper’ Subsea Cable To Link US, UK, And Spain
New subsea cable from Google named after pioneering computer scientist Grace Hopper and will run from New York to Bude in Cornwall
Google Cloud Wins Pentagon Cyber Threat Contract
No, not the JEDI contract. Google Cloud wins contract to help the US defense department detect and respond to cyber threats
Google AI Scheme Targets Banks Overwhelmed By Pandemic
Google Cloud's PPP Lending AI Solution aims to help banks analyse and process loan applications under US government's aid scheme for small businesses