EducateKaro – Handpicked Tech & Startup News | Quick, Smart Summaries
Handpicked Tech & Startup News | Quick, Smart Summaries
Alphabet’s CEO Sundar Pichai says AI won’t cut jobs—it’ll help employees work smarter. He’s optimistic about hiring more engineers next year as AI speeds up development. While past layoffs happened, Pichai points to growth in YouTube, Waymo, and quantum computing. He’s hopeful about AI’s progress, but admits we can’t be sure AGI will ever truly arrive.
Read more on: TechCrunch
Google is postponing the wider release of its Gemini-powered “Ask Photos” tool due to performance issues. Product manager Jamie Aspinall cited problems with latency, quality, and user experience. The feature, which enables natural language searches within Google Photos, was first announced at Google I/O. A revised version is expected to launch in about two weeks.
Read more on: TechCrunch
Google is stepping up its AI game. The company just rolled out GitHub integration for Gemini, its AI-powered chatbot — but there’s a catch. This new feature is available exclusively to subscribers of the $20/month Gemini Advanced plan.
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The U.S. Department of Justice has asked a court to force Google to sell parts of its advertising business — including AdX and Google Ad Manager. The move follows an antitrust ruling that Google unfairly dominated the ad tech market. Google plans to fight back, offering smaller changes instead of a full breakup.
Read more on The Verge
Google just released a surprise early preview of Gemini 2.5 Pro (I/O Edition), its updated AI model built to help developers write, edit, and ship better code — faster. This version sharpens its frontend, UI, and video coding chops just ahead of Google I/O.
Read more on Google Developers Blog
Tech giants like Google, Microsoft, Amazon, IBM, and Intel, alongside startups such as Akhetonics, Alice & Bob, Atom Computing, D-Wave, EeroQ, Fujitsu, RIKEN, IonQ, IQM, Pasqal, PsiQuantum, Qilimanjaro, Quandela, Quantinuum, QuantWare, QuEra, Rigetti, SEEQC, SpinQ, and Xanadu, are pushing quantum chip breakthroughs for real-world applications.
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Alphabet’s Q1 was powered by strong growth in Search, Cloud, and YouTube, with AI at the core. Gemini 2.5 launched, boosting products like Search, Pixel, and Workspace. Cloud saw major AI adoption and agent innovations. YouTube hit 20 years and 1B+ podcast users, while Waymo expanded rapidly. AI-driven momentum continues ahead of major 2025 events.
Read more on Google Blog
Anthropic has upgraded Claude with two big features: direct access to Gmail, Calendar, and Docs, turning it into a true workplace assistant, and a new “Research” tool that runs multi-step searches with citations. These upgrades aim to rival Microsoft’s Copilot, while Anthropic promises more powerful updates soon — all while addressing privacy and accuracy concerns.
Read more on TheVerge
The Indian government is investing ₹1,000 crore to support space startups, aiming to boost the country’s role in the global space race. Managed by SIDBI Venture Capital, this funding is part of a larger ₹10,000 crore plan over five years to spark innovation and growth in India’s fast-emerging space sector.
Read more on entrackr
Google has launched its seventh-gen AI chip, Ironwood, designed for fast AI inference tasks like powering chatbots. The chip can work in clusters of over 9,000 units and delivers double the energy efficiency of its predecessor. Available only through Google Cloud, Ironwood boosts Google’s AI edge. Alphabet shares jumped 9.7% following the announcement.
Read more on Reuters
