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A look at Microsoft Excel's evolution, as it remains the most widely used spreadsheet software with 500M paying users despite competition from Google and others (Bloomberg)

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A look at Microsoft Excel's evolution, as it remains the most widely used spreadsheet software with 500M paying users despite competition from Google and others — Before it took over her life, Leila Gharani mostly took Microsoft Excel for…

SG60 voucher, Barbie Hsu and Ian Fang among top Google searches in Singapore in 2025

On Friday (Dec 5), Google unveiled the 2025 edition of its annual Year In Search lists, which highlight the topics that captured the attention of Singaporeans in 2025.

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Jimmy Kimmel Thanks Trump for Google Superstardom in 2025

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The host said he wouldn’t have been the third-most-trending person in Google searches this year “without the support of loyal viewers” like the president.

Google rolls out Gemini 3 Deep Think for Google AI Ultra users

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Google’s Gemini 3 Deep Think helps users to solve complicated math, science and logic problems that can take longer to process

CEO Matthew Prince says Cloudflare has blocked 416B AI bot requests for its customers since July 1, and that Google can see 3.2x more internet pages than OpenAI (Lily Hay Newman/Wired)

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CEO Matthew Prince says Cloudflare has blocked 416B AI bot requests for its customers since July 1, and that Google can see 3.2x more internet pages than OpenAI — Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince claims the internet infrastructure company's…

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Pope, Charlie Kirk, iPhone 17, TikTok ban top 2025 Google’s global search trends

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Discover the top 2025 Google search trends. See why Charlie Kirk, the new Pope, iPhone 17, and the TikTok ban dominated global searches this year.

Google Year in Search 2025 Shows Rise in Conversational Query Patterns

Google released its Year in Search 2025 report on December 4. The report tracks trending queries by measuring the highest traffic spikes over sustained periods in 2025 compared to 2024, not total search volume. Gemini topped the global…

Google Rolls Out Powerful In-Call Scam Protection for Android Users

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Google's new Android in-call scam protection warns users during suspicious financial calls, offering instant options to end calls or stop screen sharing.

Akpoti-Uduaghan, Buhari, Rufai among most searched Nigerians in 2025 — Google

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Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has emerged as the most searched Nigerian in Google’s 2025 Year in Search report.

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Your notifications just got smarter and quieter with Google’s new update

Google’s Android 16 QPR2 update introduces AI-powered notifications, improved dark mode, scam detection, and new safety tools, making everyday phone use smoother, safer, and more intuitive.

Google debuts Titans, an architecture combining RNN speed with transformer performance for real-time learning, able to scale effectively to a 2M+ context window (Google Research)

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Google debuts Titans, an architecture combining RNN speed with transformer performance for real-time learning, able to scale effectively to a 2M+ context window — Ali Behrouz, Student Researcher, Meisam Razaviyayn, Staff Researcher, and…

Google: We Searched & Hummed KPop Demon Hunters, Taylor Swift, Bad Bunny In 2025

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Google shows which song lyrics people typed and songs they hummed, led by Bad Bunny, Taylor Swift, Doechii, Alex Warren, Ravyn Lenae and KPop Demon Hunters soundtrack.

Google executive sees AI search as expansion for web

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Robby Stein, vice president of product for Google Search, addressed concerns that the company’s efforts to provide more AI-powered features would reduce traffic to external websites

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Google is working on supporting new gestures on its Pixel Watches

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Google is now working on supporting more gestures on its Pixel Watches, as revealed today through a teardown of the newest version of the Pixel Watch app.

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2025 Year in Search: Labubu, Achalugo, Buhari, Peter Rufai top as Google reveals moments, music, and movements that captivated Nigeria

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From political shifts to the ‘Labubu’ craze, the 2025 Year in Search lists capture the pulse of Nigerian curiosity. The nation paused to reflect on the passing of major icons, including former President Buhari and Super Eagles legend Peter…

Does Google’s Quantum Echoes bring Q-day closer?

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Google’s latest quantum experiment marks a major leap in verifying quantum behaviour — but not yet a threat to modern encryption

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Google Fi’s Messages for web and RCS will work offline in the future

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Google today officially detailed the new Fi Web Calls & Messages that started rolling out yesterday. The MVNO acknowledges that there are a “few changes to how things work under the hood.”

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D4vd Was Google’s Top Trending Musician in 2025 Amid Death Investigation

Data arrives several weeks after LAPD confirmed the case was an “investigation into murder”

Google Wallet rolling out nearby notifications, flight check-in alerts

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Following the announcement at I/O 2025 in May, Google Wallet is letting users set up nearby pass notifications.

A Polymarket trader netted $1M+ in 24 hours, mostly by placing suspiciously accurate bets on Google's 2025 Year in Search rankings (Boaz Sobrado/Forbes)

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A Polymarket trader netted $1M+ in 24 hours, mostly by placing suspiciously accurate bets on Google's 2025 Year in Search rankings — Boaz Sobrado is a fintech leader and entrepreneur. — A Polymarket trader known as AlphaRaccoon has ignited…