US warns its citizens to leave Iraq as Trump repeats call for allies to help secure Strait of Hormuz

Meanwhile, a fire continues to burn at the port of Fujairah in the UAE after it was targeted by a drone strike earlier.

Google Is Not Ruling Out Ads in Gemini

WIRED spoke with Nick Fox, Google’s SVP of knowledge and information, about how AI is changing the company’s advertising business.

Google Maps Gets Chatty With a New Gemini-Powered Interface

Ask Maps,” rolling out today to Google Maps on mobile, lets you ask Gemini questions about locations and even to plan trips on your behalf.

I bombed my first interview at Google so badly that it took 3 years to get another one. Here's what I learned.

Andrew Yeung's career story reveals key interview lessons and how embracing authenticity led to success in tech and entrepreneurship.

I work at Google and saw AI change the tech industry. Here's how I upskilled and made a 'future-defining' career pivot.

A Google engineer noticed that clients were mentioning AI more often. She up-skilled even though she was nervous, and said it ...
The Indiana Lawyer

Google settles with Epic Games with offer to lower its app store commissions

Epic’s attack against Google’s Play Store coincided with a similar crusade against Apple’s iPhone app store that still remains entangled in some legal disputes about how alternative payment systems ...
Time

He Did PR for Zuckerberg, Musk, and Google. Now He Says He ‘Only Told Half the Story’

Dex Hunter-Torricke in London on Feb. 9. 2026. Correspondent Thirty thousand feet in the air, Mark Zuckerberg turned to his speechwriter. The duo were flying in Zuckerberg’s jet to the United Nations ...
The Washington Post

He spent decades perfecting his voice. Now he says Google stole it.

David Greene had never heard of NotebookLM, Google’s buzzy artificial intelligence tool that spins up podcasts on demand, until a former colleague emailed him to ask if he’d lent it his voice. “So… ...