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Want to disappear? In the AI era, deleting your chat history may not be enough

The case of Mali and Liel Yahalomi, found after consulting Gemini about their escape plan, exposed a little-known truth: deleting a chat may not erase the data; what stays on servers, for how long and how easily can authorities access it?

Raphael Kahan | 08.17.26

Google’s Pixel 11 is more than a phone: AI moves deeper into everyday life

Google unveiled the Pixel 11 lineup, Pixel Watch 5 and Pixel Tag in New York, with AI at the heart of the new devices; Prices are also rising sharply, driven by soaring global memory costs

Raphael Kahan | 08.14.26

As Google starves the web of traffic, it builds the next AI engine

For two decades Google sent users across the open web, but AI Mode is keeping them inside search, cutting traffic to publishers and businesses as the company develops a new chip designed to accelerate Gemini

Raphael Kahan | 07.22.26

Israeli-founded startups make up a third of Google’s new cybersecurity program

Eleven Israeli or Israeli-founded companies selected for Google’s 33-member Gemini Startup Forum, working with Google Cloud, DeepMind and Wiz on AI-driven defenses

ynet Global | 07.21.26

מייסד Wiz אסף רפפורט שבראש קבוצת ההייטקיסטים

Wiz CEO Assaf Rappaport builds global investment empire after record Google deal

Following Wiz’s roughly $32 billion sale to Google Cloud, Rappaport expands into dozens of cybersecurity and artificial intelligence startups, leading venture capital funds, Israeli media companies and a potential stake in a major private hospital

Meir Orbach, Calcalist | 07.15.26

Google loses EU appeal, must pay $4.7 billion Android antitrust fine

Europe’s top court rejects Google and Alphabet’s appeal over a 2018 antitrust penalty, ruling that Android agreements requiring preinstalled Google Search and Chrome helped cement the company’s dominance in online search

News Agencies | 07.02.26

Even Kylie Jenner was recruited: The race to put smartphones on our faces

After Google Glass flopped, smart glasses are back, powered by AI, cameras and billions; Meta leads, Google and Samsung are gearing up and Apple is waiting; but will we swap smartphones for computers on our faces?

Raphael Kahan | 06.28.26

Google AI chief: Creativity and taste will matter most in the age of human-level AI

Demis Hassabis predicts human-level AI will arrive by decade’s end, saying taste, creativity and cross-disciplinary thinking will be humanity’s edge; OpenAI and Anthropic executives offer similar forecasts, while Meta rejects the idea

Israel Wullman | 06.24.26

The dark side of AI revolution: water, power and waste on an unprecedented scale

Nearly four years after ChatGPT’s launch, a new UN study warns the AI boom could consume water equal to the basic needs of 1.5 billion people, generate millions of tons of e-waste and widen the gap between rich and poor nations

Daniela Ginzburg | 06.23.26

Google’s Israeli AI star leaves Gemini team for rival OpenAI

Noam Shazeer, a co-author of the landmark 2017 transformer paper and founder of Character.AI, is leaving Google less than two years after the company paid about $2.7 billion to license his startup’s technology and bring him back

Israel Wullman | 06.18.26

FBI: Chinese hackers behind massive AI-powered phishing network that stole millions of cards

FBI, Google and Lumen dismantled Chinese phishing network that stole 3.87M credit cards, causing $1.9B in losses, using Google’s Gemini AI to create fake sites and bypass security systems, US indictment says

Raphael Kahan | 06.17.26

הציור המדובר, Interior: The Lady in Black

Google’s Gemini AI solves 60-year art mystery, painting sells for $254K

Hanging for nearly 60 years, a $100 thrift-store painting was identified by AI as a Cadell and auctioned for $254,000

News Agencies | 06.11.26

Google, Nvidia eye Intel as backup chipmaker, report says

Alphabet's Google has ordered more than three million tensor processing units from Intel for 2028; Nvidia is also evaluating Intel technology for future chips, in a potential boost to the US chipmaker's turnaround efforts

Dennis Bihler | 06.08.26

Did your browser become an AI monster? These alternatives offer control

AI buttons, auto summaries and intrusive text boxes are making browsers feel bloated, driving more users to seek cleaner, simpler alternatives

Israel Wullman | 06.03.26

Google I/O 2026: tech giant launches autonomous AI era, transforming search at cost to core business

Google unveils Gemini agents and a generative search overhaul in a direct push against OpenAI and Perplexity, risking ad revenue, publisher ties, privacy and margins as it tries to preserve its internet dominance

Raphael Kahan | 05.27.26