"I think some folks need some sleep," CEO Sundar Pichai said on a recent Google podcast about the company's Gemini 3 launch and AI ambitions.

When I walked into a conference room in Google's San Francisco building last week, I expected to find the typical tech briefing setup with rows of chairs facing a wall of screens and a corporate voice managing a slide deck.

Novelty aside, Wall Street seems to believe that Alphabet has seized the momentum against its Magnificent 7 peers and other AI names. The past 12 months show a clean, decisive divergence. While the Big Tech stocks have traded as a group through most of this summer, shares of Alphabet broke out from the pack in September.

The internet giant has released new AI software and struck deals, such as a chip tie-up with Anthropic PBC, that have reassured investors the company won’t easily lose to ChatGPT creator OpenAI and other rivals.

Google is celebrating Thanksgiving with a new Doodle. The image above the search bar now features Tiny Chef dancing among pies and bread loaves.

Google is finally rolling out the new Power Saving Mode in Google Maps for Pixel 10 phones. The feature was announced as part of the November Pixel Drop and is now appearing for more users. As the name suggests, the new mode aims to extend your phone’s battery life during navigation.

Nvidia’s customers have a big incentive to explore cheaper alternatives. Bernstein, an investment-research firm, estimates that Nvidia’s GPUs account for over two-thirds of the cost of a typical AI server rack.

Google is upgrading Circle to Search with AI Mode, delivering richer, more context-aware follow-up answers and making visual search far more useful on Android devices.

Media you purchased through Google or YouTube should soon be available once again in Disney's Movies Anywhere.

Alphabet is closing in on a major milestone as investor excitement around AI accelerates. A recent high-level agreement could significantly alter how global institutions manage their most sensitive data.