Google's biggest problem might be itself

Our daily selection of the global stories that really matter. Discover the news beyond the headlines with Curio. Every morning, host Manish Verma selects analytical and thought-provoking articles from the world’s leading publications, leaving you better informed and ready for your day. In today's episode... Google is at the head of Silicon Valley's AI arms race. But in our first piece, Richard Waters and Madhumita Murgia explain there’s one huge problem in its way: its search engine. Then later, as Google's parent company, Alphabet, lays off 6 per cent of its workforce, Steven Levy explains how its pioneering employee-first philosophy has started to shift, bowing down to Wall Street.