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I thought Windows 11 broke GIFs, but the real reason was Google quietly pulling the plug on this service

Windows 11 emoji panel showing "GIF service is not available"? Here's why GIFs disappeared, how to fix the problem, and why results have changed.

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Africa’s First Applied AI Lab: All Five Major Announcements at Google Inaugural Cloud Summit

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Google Cloud today hosted its inaugural Cloud Summit in Africa at the Sandton Convention Centre in South Africa, gathering 3,000 business leaders, developers, public sector leaders, and partners. Anchored by the central theme, “Building…

GAME OVER: Court Denies Motion To Dismiss VPPA Claims Against Gaming Website Over Google Tag Video-Viewing Disclosures

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In Saul v. Valnet Inc., No. 1:25-cv-12236-JEK, 2026 WL 1878312 (D. Mass. June 30, 2026), the District of Massachusetts denied a gaming news website’s motion to dismiss a Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) class action, rejecting both its…

Swedish court orders Google to pay Klarna $2 billion

Courts in Sweden told Google to pay price comparison website and Klarna subsidiary PriceRunner nearly $2 billion after the court found that Google favored its own price comparison service. PriceRunner initially sought more than $8 billion…

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Report: Google Billionaire Sergey Brin Said to Be Exiting Capitalism-Hating Mamdani’s NYC Real Estate Market

Google co-founder Sergey Brin has been consistent with his warnings about the move toward socialism in blue states across the country.

Google Gemini Spark Comes to Mac With Local File Automation

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Google today launched Gemini Spark for its macOS desktop app, allowing the AI agent to automate tasks involving local files and desktop workflows.

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I work at Google, but my 8-year-old is mostly offline. I want her to learn to be intentional about AI use.

Even though I work with AI at Google, I'm teaching my daughter to pause, struggle, and think before turning to ChatGPT for answers.

Google and Akuna Group Launch $1 Million Initiative for African Creative Talent

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Google and Akuna Group have announced a new partnership aimed at expanding opportunities for underrepresented creators across Africa through artificial intelligence education and access to advanced digital tools. Unveiled during Google…

Swedish court orders Google pay nearly $2 billion for favoring its price comparisons

Pricerunner filed its suit following a European Union General Court ruling that the tech giant breached EU antitrust laws.

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Google kills yet another API, shutting out all non-Google platforms from favoured gif database

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I'm told that the youths of today find using animated gif reactions 'cringe'. As a millennial who misspent her youth on Tumblr, reacting to good game news with a gif of The Arm from Twin Peaks rubbing his hands together has become an…

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Alphabet stock rally exposes Google’s unusual AI problem

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Alphabet (GOOGL) just got one of the most renowned promotions in the stock market. Google parent Alphabet officially entered the Dow Jones Industrial Average on June 29, replacing Verizon Communications (VZ) and giving the 30-stock blue…

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Klarna’s PriceRunner Awarded $1.97 Billion in Google Antitrust Case

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Klarna-owned price comparison website PriceRunner has prevailed in its antitrust lawsuit against Google. A Swedish court on Wednesday (July 1) awarded PriceRunner $1.97 billion, Klara said in a news release, calling it compensation for…

Stockholm's Patent and Market Court orders Google to pay nearly $2B to Klarna's PriceRunner in a dispute over abuse of power in the shopping comparison market (Bloomberg)

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Stockholm's Patent and Market Court orders Google to pay nearly $2B to Klarna's PriceRunner in a dispute over abuse of power in the shopping comparison market — Alphabet Inc.'s Google was ordered to pay almost $2 billion to Klarna Group…

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7 Lesser-Known Google Account Settings You Should Change

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Adjust your options for things like account recovery, ad personalization, and which parts of your Google profile are shared publicly.

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Google Launches AI Image and Video Tools: 4-Second Images, Conversational Video Editing

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Google AI image and video generation expanded June 30 with Nano Banana 2 Lite, a four-second image model at $0.034 per image designed for high-volume workflows, and Gemini Omni Flash, a multimodal video tool that lets developers edit clips…

Google agents-cli: One Command Adds AI Agent Lifecycle Skills to Claude Code and Codex

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Google agents-cli turns Claude Code, Codex, or any coding assistant into an expert at building and deploying AI agents on Google Cloud. The open-source tool bundles seven skill files covering the full ADK lifecycle, from scaffolding…

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Internet pioneer Vint Cerf, who has served as Google's VP and Chief Internet Evangelist since 2005, plans to step down from his role next week and retire (Tim Fernholz/TechCrunch)

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Internet pioneer Vint Cerf, who has served as Google's VP and Chief Internet Evangelist since 2005, plans to step down from his role next week and retire — Vinton Cerf will step down from his role as Google's chief internet evangelist next…