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Google gets its swag back

Alex Heath

created: July 25, 2025, 7:52 p.m. | updated: July 26, 2025, 11:06 p.m.

This week, I take a look at the surprisingly strong state of Google, Meta gets a new chief AI researcher, and more. Meanwhile, Google is sending fewer clicks to websites, which threatens the give-and-take model that has fueled its business to this point. There’s a real chance that Google’s business may be broken up by the US government. Even still, AI so far isn’t the threat to Google’s business that many thought it would be. Over at Microsoft, AI chief Mustafa Suleyman landed several recruits from Google DeepMind (his former employer), including the VP of engineering for Gemini, Amar Subramanya .

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