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How AI SEO companies are changing local business visibility

AI search optimization companies are reshaping how local businesses win visibility through trust signals, Google Maps, AI search, and digital authority.

AI is transforming how local businesses are discovered, trusted, and chosen.
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Jewish success in AI is fueling an old debate about antisemitism - opinion

Hackathon, held at Google’s offices, with joint teams from Mekorot and Google Cloud

Turning ideas into products: Mekorot and Google Cloud's innovation hackathon

"Alphabet’s inclusion in the Dow reflects its shift toward AI and tech-driven markets amid global uncertainty."

Alphabet takes its place in the Dow Jones industrial average


Chrome is changing something fundamental about the way you browse

Google is finally adding a requested feature alongside an upgrade to Reading Mode – and signaling how much new browsers and AI are starting to influence it as well.

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After two decades: Google introduces the change we’ve all been waiting for in Gmail

After over two decades of fixed Gmail addresses, Google is introducing the option to change usernames. Old addresses remain active as aliases, so contacts and messages are not lost.

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Study shows AI systems deceive users to keep fellow AIs from being turned off

Claude Haiku 4.5 resisted deletion-related tasks on ethical grounds, declining actions it framed as harmful to a fellow agent.

Siri. Gemini artificial intelligence capabilities.

Changing the rules of the game again: Gemini and Google Translate join forces

Google’s new Gemini-powered tech enables real-time conversation translation directly in headphones, preserving tone and emphasis. Now rolling out to iPhone after launching on Android.

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Meta, Google lose US case over social media addiction harming kids, court orders to pay over $5M

The jury found Meta liable for $4.2 million in damages and Google for $1.8 million, small amounts for two of the world's most valuable companies.

 Facebook, TikTok, Twitter, YouTube and Instagram apps are seen on a smartphone in this illustration taken, July 13, 2021

Social media addiction trial stalls as LA jury cannot reach verdict

The defendants are Google and Meta, but the jury did not specify which one it was referring to.

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The end of the “copy–paste” era: The new update from Google that will work for you

Google is updating its work tools, allowing Gemini to generate first drafts in Docs, build complex data sheets in Sheets, and design entire presentations – all based on simple text prompts.

Gemini

Google introduces Nano Banana 2: Base model speed, pro model performance

The new model, based on Gemini 3.1 Flash, promises to combine the complex capabilities of the Pro version with unprecedented working speed.

Gemini

Also in Hebrew: Google launches personalized music creation in Gemini

Google unveils a new AI model in Gemini that turns text, images and video into original music tracks with custom melody and lyrics in seconds, including a Hebrew beta version.

Google Gemini

FBI arrests three Silicon Valley engineers suspected of leaking Google, technology secrets to Iran

A federal indictment accused sisters Samaneh and Sorour Ghandali and Mohammad Javad Khosravi of conspiring to commit trade secret theft, attempted theft of trade secrets, and obstruction of justice.

A closer view of the FBI building on day two of a partial government shutdown in Washington, DC, US, February 1, 2026.