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Google announces construction underway for second data center campus in Kansas City

KSHB 41 reporter Charlie Keegan covers politics in Kansas, Missouri and at the local level. Share your story idea with Charlie. The boom of data center construction across Kansas City is set to ...
Business Insider

Google is shaking up its compensation to incentivize higher performance

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CNBC

Google parent beats on revenue, projects significant AI spending increase

Alphabet beat Wall Street's expectations for earnings and revenue. The company reported Capex spend in the range of $175 billion to $185 billion — nearly double its 2025 spend. The company saw revenue ...
Ars Technica

We let Chrome’s Auto Browse agent surf the web for us—here’s what happened

We are now a few years into the AI revolution, and talk has shifted from who has the best chatbot to whose AI agent can do the most things on your behalf. Unfortunately, AI agents are still rough ...
Forbes

Insights Influence Decisions, and Decisions Sway Insights: 3 Ways To Improve Decisions

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I chase unique people and stories. So far, that's everyone. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice ...
The New York Times

Job Growth Was Overstated, New Data Shows

Annual revisions show that employers added far fewer jobs in 2024 and 2025 than previously estimated. Change in nonfarm employment since Jan. 2023. Note: Data is seasonally adjusted. Source: Bureau of ...
Reuters

Google goes from laggard to leader as it pulls ahead of OpenAI with stellar AI growth

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Alphabet is taking on OpenAI with a gusto that underscores Wall Street's perception that the Google parent is the leader in AI, a turn of events from a year ago when ...
Reuters

Alphabet says capital spending in 2026 could double, cloud business booms

Alphabet plans $175 billion-$185 billion capex in 2026, exceeding analyst expectations Google Cloud's revenue grew 48%, surpassing Microsoft Azure's growth Google's competitor to ChatGPT reaches 750 ...
WHYY

Pa. Gov. Josh Shapiro wants more data centers but they need to bring their own power

FILE - Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro watches warmups before an NFL football game between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Detroit Lions on Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum ...
CNBC

Alphabet resets the bar for AI infrastructure spending

Alphabet announced Wednesday that its capex spend in 2026 could be more than double what the company spent in 2025. The capex will go toward AI compute capacity for Google DeepMind and to meet ...
Business Insider

Google offers buyouts to staff in its business unit who aren't 'all in'

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ZDNet

You can turn off Gemini in Gmail, Photos, Chrome, and more - here's how

Accelerate your tech game Paid Content How the New Space Race Will Drive Innovation How the metaverse will change the future of work and society Managing the ...