Anthropic, SpaceX Hand Google Profit Windfall by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer, July 23, 2026 At least on paper, for now, Google’s investments in Anthropic and SpaceX have paid off and enabled its parent company, Alphabet, to offset any losses when quarterly financial reports come. A footnote in Alphabet’s Q2 2026 earnings release provides a … Continue reading Anthropic, SpaceX Hand Google Profit Windfall
Google Local Ads For Services Transitions Into Wider Campaign Platform by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer, July 20, 2026 Google is retiring its stand-alone Local Services Ads (LSA) dashboard, as it pushes advertisers into managing local leads inside its existing and centralized Google Ads platform in a phased rollout that begins this year. Automation for … Continue reading Google Local Ads For Services Transitions Into Wider Campaign Platform
July 18, 2026 It’s Google Maps—but for pinball BY Justin Pot If there’s one universally beloved form of nostalgia-inducing retro tech, it’s pinball. The thing about pinball, though, is you can’t just play a particular table at home whenever you want—at least, not unless you’re willing to spend thousands of dollars to own and maintain it. … Continue reading It’s Google Maps—but for pinball
Google Explains New Predictive Metric by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer, July 10, 2026 Google introduced a Gemini powered metric in Google Ads that predicts the long-term revenue impact of top-of-funnel campaigns by connecting early actions, like brand searches, to expected future sales. “Qualified Future Conversion (QFC)” was announced during Google Marketing Live in May 2026. Not to … Continue reading Google Explains New Predictive Metric
Google will now count all Android backup data toward your storage cap Fortunately, it shouldn’t take too much extra space. By Anna Washenko July 6, 2026 ZikG/Shutterstock This week will see a shift in the calculations Google uses for account storage. Beginning July 7, all data in your Android backups will count toward the storage … Continue reading Google will now count all Android backup data toward your storage cap
Why AI Makes It Difficult For Amazon, Google To Zero Out Carbon Emissions by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer, July 3, 2026 Amazon and Google have pledged to zero out their respective carbon emissions in the coming years, but their respective sustainability reports for 2025 released this week show that artificial intelligence (AI) has made … Continue reading Why AI Makes It Difficult For Amazon, Google To Zero Out Carbon Emissions
Google Brings Two Lower-Cost AI Models To Market by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer, June 30, 2026 Google brought two new generative artificial intelligence (AI) media models to market on Tuesday, adding them to the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform that specializes in images and video, as well as keeping costs down. The company calls “Nano … Continue reading Google Brings Two Lower-Cost AI Models To Market
Google Tests New Labels In Search Ads by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer, June 24, 2026 Google continually tests new ways to improve the Search Ads experience. This week it began running a small experiment by adding what it calls a label for “Strongest match” or “Strong match” to certain Search ads. Ginny Marvin, Google Ads … Continue reading Google Tests New Labels In Search Ads In U.S.
A24 takes on Google money to build AI tools One imagines Kane Parsons is less than pleased. By Lawrence Bonk June 22, 2026 A24 Google is investing $75 million in the film studio A24 and the companies are teaming up to develop, wait for it, AI tools. Google says the “partnership aims to expand what … Continue reading A24 takes on Google money build AI tools
June 20, 2026 This official Google workaround gives you ad-free YouTube anytime BY JR Raphael One word: Whoa. A wise reader of these ramblings recently stumbled onto a discovery that still has me doing a double-take. It’s a seemingly secret website that lets you watch any YouTube video ad-free anytime—without paying a dime. It sounds too … Continue reading This official Google workaround gives you ad-free YouTube anytime
