News & Reviews:   Sundar Pichai

Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai announced that Google Gemini now has over 750 million monthly active users (MAU). This was revealed in Alphabet's latest financial report yesterday, up from 650 million (MAU) announced last quarter.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai has revealed that Google Search recently recorded its highest-ever traffic during the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Final between France and Argentina. The final, held on Sunday (18 December 2022), was one of the most entertaining finals in World Cup history and Google was effectively the information hub for many people around the world for the match and the World Cup finals as a whole.

Google employees have been told by its chief executive officer (CEO) Sundar Pichai to work with ‘greater urgency’ and ‘hunger’ as well as be ‘more entrepreneurial’ amidst a potential global economic recession. Asserted by Pichai in an email to staff yesterday (12 July 2022), the tech giant also announced that it plans to slow down hiring for the remainder of the year.

The Pixel 6 series's launch is getting nearer as it's supposed to happen in September. We can't wait to see what Google has prepared for us this time around after seeing all the rumours hinting at a major change for the Pixel smartphones. During the quarterly earnings call, CEO Sundar Pichai briefly talked about Android 12 and upcoming products, and the words he used are making us more eager to find out what the company has in store.

The developments from Google and Alphabet in Artificial Intelligence (AI) are getting more and more advanced nowadays. It is undeniable the AI projects from the companies have provided many benefits to society, no matter if it's for normal consumer use or professional use. However, the companies’ CEO Sundar Pichai is worried about the technology would be misused in certain aspects, so he wants to bring stronger regulations for the use of AI by working with governments.