AlphaSense, a market intelligence and search platform, has raised $650 million in funding, co-led by Viking Global Investors and BDT & MSD Partners.

Alphabet -- Google’s parent company -- is in advanced talks with Foxconn to manufacture Pixel smartphones in Tamil Nadu, an industrial state which will also double up as drone-manufacturing hub for the US tech giant soon, writes Shine Jacob in Business Standard. 

Google agreed to destroy billions of records to settle a lawsuit claiming it secretly tracked the internet use of people who thought they were browsing privately in its Chrome browser’s incognito mode, according to the report.

Kyndryl has announced a new phase in its partnership with Google Cloud, aimed at advancing the development and adoption of generative AI technologies among businesses.

Technology companies are investing heavily in artificial intelligence, and some workers are already paying the price, writes Megan Cerullo. Here is the link: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tech-layoffs-artificial-intelligence-ai-chatgpt/