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Proposals would mark first time any of the software group’s core product falls behind a paywall
...Microsoft is now worth more than $3tn compared with Alphabet’s of market cap of slightly less than $2tn....
...The EU has launched probes into Apple, Alphabet and Meta in the first use of a landmark new law designed to rein in Big Tech’s market power....
...The EU this morning announced investigations into Apple, Alphabet and Meta in the first applications of its landmark Digital Markets Act....
...Sundar Pichai, Alphabet and Google chief executive, said on Tuesday that there were “signs of stabilisation”....
...Friday interview: Herbert Hovenkamp If you own shares in Apple, Alphabet, Meta or Amazon, you need to know about US antitrust law....
...Shares in Alphabet, Google’s parent company, hit record highs in January amid a broader surge in tech stocks....
...Microsoft and Alphabet report earnings this afternoon; Apple, Amazon and Meta follow on Thursday....
...Google’s parent company Alphabet reduced depreciation costs by extending the working life of its servers and network equipment from four and five years respectively to six years, saving $3.9bn in 2023 and...
Tech group’s AI tools will assist project to track oil and gas infrastructure
...Its largest holdings included Alphabet, Canadian National Railway, Visa, General Electric and rating agency Moody’s as at the end of September, according to a regulatory filing....
...That compares with combined orders of more than 700,000 last year in Phoenix, San Francisco and Los Angeles, according to Waymo, the self-driving car developer of Google’s parent company Alphabet....
...The writer is chief executive of Google and Alphabet Last year saw rapid and significant technological change powered by progress in artificial intelligence....
Work shows power of AI to improve real-world technology in fields from renewable energy to advanced computation
Pact ends stand-off with government that led search giant to threaten to cut links to articles from its services
...Alphabet’s net profit of $18.4bn was well ahead of the $16.9bn expected by Wall Street....
...Google parent Alphabet lost $100bn in market value on a single day when the bot gave the wrong answer to a question during a demonstration....
...Neither Alphabet nor Apple likes to talk about how much money changes hands annually to make Google the default search engine on iPhones and other devices....
...Indeed, one recent lawsuit filed by the Arkansas news organisation Helena World Chronicle in a class action against Google and Alphabet argues that the “unlawful tying” arrangements, in which the search...
...Collectively, companies including Tesla, Alphabet, General Motors, Uber, Baidu and Ford have invested billions of dollars in the technology. Safety records are impressive....
...The PEG ratios of Apple, Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia and Tesla are 4.6, 1.3, 1.3, 1.2, 2.6, 0.7 and 2.1, respectively....
...Alphabet shares extended their decline on Wednesday, ending the day down 9.5 per cent....
...While the indemnification policies announced by Microsoft, Amazon and Alphabet are similar, their customers may want to negotiate more specific indemnities in contracts tailored to their needs, though that...
...Take Google’s parent company Alphabet, which reported investments in nearly 50 companies in its last 13F. Many are medtech or biotech companies, including Decibel Therapeutics and Fulcrum Therapeutics....
...“I believe the transition we are seeing right now with AI will be the most profound in our lifetimes, far bigger than the shift to mobile or to the web before it,” said Google and Alphabet chief executive...
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