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The AI boom continues to reshape the globe, with chip manufacturer Nvidia outstripping rival giants Microsoft and Apple to become the most valuable company in the world.

Nearly every major browser now has a private browsing mode. Here's a look at what they do and don't do for surfers.

Google is accused of tracking user's internet activity, even when they have 'incognito' mode activated.

Unhappy with your search results? Now you can do something about it.

Most people hear "fall detection" and imagine an older person struggling to stand, but it's a feature cyclist Bruce Mildenhall says all but saved his life.

Giant kelp may not be a household name, but chances are you live quite close to some.

The stock market's favourite artificial intelligence darling is continuing to swell to staggering heights.

The country had their eyes on Taylor Swift yesterday while she cheered on her boyfriend's team from the crowd.

Snap joins a number of the biggest tech companies in the world who have announced major layoffs.

Google has announced two new AI tools that it says will make searching for things online "radically more helpful".

Google has agreed to settle a US$5 billion ($7.3 billion) privacy lawsuit alleging that it spied on people who used the “incognito” mode in its Chrome browser.

From world disasters to election results at home, these are the top news events you searched for.

The changes will come into effect from December 1.

And testing it on four types of coffee around Melbourne.

Google has turned 25, and we're celebrating by showcasing the best Doodles - where the company logo gets a brief makeover - over the last 25 years.

Family of the father-of-two claim the tech giant failed to update its navigation system about a bridge collapse.

The US Department of Justice claims Google pays more than $15 billion a year to maintain search dominance.

Few other inventions have had an impact on everyday life like Google, but is its dominance under siege by AI?

Online behemoths have long struggled to combat misinformation, leading to all kinds of societal and political flash points and problems.

The stuff of science fiction could become a reality if AI is not kept in check, top execs from Google, Microsoft and others are warning.

The US Supreme Court handed Silicon Valley a massive victory on Thursday as it protected online platforms from two lawsuits that legal experts had warned could have upended the internet.

After Chat-GPT gave them a "Code Red", the search engine that holds up most of the internet is preparing for a major revamp.

From curious wombats to inquisitive eagles, there are "signs of hope" in the aftermath of Australia's bushfire emergency.

Apple and Google propose standard alerts for anyone who may be being tracked by a Bluetooth device.

If you've ever taken to Google to try work out how you can save money, you're not alone. Aussies all over the country are searching for cost of living relief at unprecedented rates.

If you've entered that search into Google in the past year, you're not alone, exclusive data obtained by 9news.com.au has revealed.

An update to Google Maps has provided a sobering look at the damage wrought by the Russian invasion of Ukraine on one of its most impacted cities.

Much of the focus in recent months has been on privacy concerns around popular social media app TikTok.

Artificial intelligence imaging can be used to create art, try on clothes in virtual fitting rooms or help design advertising campaigns.

In Europe, Google is offering severance packages it hopes will encourage workers to voluntarily leave and Amazon has dangled up to a year's pay for senior managers to quit, Bloomberg reports.

Getting your home blurred on Google Maps Street View is simple and straightforward. Here's how you can do it.

Staff will be told virtually whether they have lost their jobs, reports say.

Employees were left scrambling to determine who had been let go and those affected had no opportunity to say goodbye to colleagues or pack up their desks.

Google is treading carefully with the rollout of its AI tools, in part because it has more to lose if the technology spits out inaccurate information

The all-digital pass can access buildings, pay for printing, transport and more with mobile devices.

Google's much-hyped new AI chatbot tool Bard, which has yet to be released to the public, is already being called out for an inaccurate response it produced in a demo this week.

With the revamped Bing, users will be able to use search for things in a completely new way.

Google moved quickly to shut down claim that the unreleased program was so advanced it had shown signs of consciousness.

Huge attention on ChatGPT reportedly prompts Google's management to declare a "code red" situation for its search business.

MusicLM was trained on a dataset of 280,000 hours of music to learn to generate coherent songs

Google parent Alphabet is eliminating about 12,000 jobs, or 6 per cent of its workforce, the company said, in the latest cuts to shake the technology sector.

Australia's consumer watchdog will pay the legal costs for one of the world's biggest companies after a court dismissed a claim Google deceived or misled users about the use of their data.

We're almost three full years into the COVID-19 pandemic, but people still have plenty of questions about the disease which has turned the world on its head.

The entrants that scored a place on the top 10 might surprise some people. In fact, the most Googled phrase of 2022 was completely unknown just a year ago. 

It may come as no surprise that health, sport and war largely dominated search trends, however, the most popular search term of 2022 was practically unheard of just a year ago.

Apple is working on a project to simplify the "Hey Siri" trigger phrase to just "Siri."

Google has unveiled its new Pixel 7 smartphone line-up and its first-ever Pixel smartwatch, packed with tracking and health features from its subsidiary Fitbit.

Google Australia started with one employee working from their loungeroom in 2002.

The huge Optus cyberattack is only the latest data breach and hacking that has disrupted modern society.

The economic and military power of the US and its allies faces a crippling blow if China continues to lead key technology sectors, a report warns.