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Google faces US government attempt to break it up

Google faces US government attempt to break it up

The US government may ask a judge to force the breakup of Google’s business as it attempts to challenge the tech corporation’s monopoly over the internet search market. The Department of Justice has filed court papers that say it is considering enforcing “structural remedies” that would prevent Google from using some of its products such […]

Google DeepMind scientists and biochemist win Nobel chemistry prize

Google DeepMind scientists and biochemist win Nobel chemistry prize

Two scientists at Google DeepMind and an American biochemist have been awarded the 2024 Nobel prize in chemistry for breakthroughs in predicting and designing the structure of proteins. Demis Hassabis, DeepMind’s British founder, and John Jumper, who led the development of the company’s AI model AlphaFold– which predicts the structure of proteins based on their […]