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AI spending worries cast gloom over Alphabet, Microsoft

The concession from Meta in its quarterly report late on Wednesday cast a cloud over Microsoft and Alphabet , which will both report quarterly earnings on Thursday.

25 April 2024, 09:49 IST

AI spending worries cast gloom over Alphabet, Microsoft

25 April 2024, 09:49 IST

30,000 lines of code, 11 hours of audio: Sundar Pichai touts Google's upgraded Gemini AI's analysis capabilities

Beginning Thursday, Google said it would open its million-token AI to a limited number of business customers, while any developer could build with version 1.0 and swap in the latest generation once available.

15 February 2024, 16:04 IST

30,000 lines of code, 11 hours of audio: Sundar Pichai touts Google's upgraded Gemini AI's analysis capabilities

15 February 2024, 16:04 IST

Investors punish Microsoft, Alphabet as AI returns fall short of lofty expectations

Google and Microsoft's stock drop has put them on track to lose about $59 billion and $28 billion in market value, respectively.

31 January 2024, 14:29 IST

Investors punish Microsoft, Alphabet as AI returns fall short of lofty expectations

31 January 2024, 14:29 IST

Google-parent Alphabet reports quarterly ad revenue below estimates

Alphabet has been seeing tough competition for ad budgets, amid mixed economic signals in the United States, from other online platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Amazon.com.

31 January 2024, 00:55 IST

Google-parent Alphabet reports quarterly ad revenue below estimates

31 January 2024, 00:55 IST

Google pledges $8 million to help Israeli tech firms, Palestinian businesses

Google said its $4 million support fund would be provided to AI startups in Israel and another $4 million would go to early-stage Palestinian startups and businesses to help them continue operating.

24 January 2024, 16:19 IST

Google pledges $8 million to help Israeli tech firms, Palestinian businesses

24 January 2024, 16:19 IST

Alphabet’s Moonshot X Lab cuts staff, turns to outside investors

The division, known as X, has in recent months ramped up discussions on funding with venture capitalists and other investors, according to people with knowledge of the matter who asked not to be named as it is private.

22 January 2024, 17:23 IST

Alphabet’s Moonshot X Lab cuts staff, turns to outside investors

22 January 2024, 17:23 IST

Google, Meta, Qualcomm team up to push for open digital ecosystems

Calling itself the Coalition for Open Digital Ecosystems (CODE), the group said it wants to promote more open platforms and systems to boost growth and innovation in Europe.

13 December 2023, 10:39 IST

Google, Meta, Qualcomm team up to push for open digital ecosystems

13 December 2023, 10:39 IST

Google CEO Sundar Pichai to testify in US antitrust trial

Pichai, who is being called as a witness for Google, will likely be asked about the company's investments aimed at keeping its online search engine dominant, especially as smartphones took over, and innovation in search advertising.

30 October 2023, 12:53 IST

Google CEO Sundar Pichai to testify in US antitrust trial

30 October 2023, 12:53 IST

Google paid $26 bln to be default search engine in 2021: Bloomberg News

The amount of payments Google made for the default status has more than tripled since 2014.

28 October 2023, 02:07 IST

Google paid $26 bln to be default search engine in 2021: Bloomberg News

28 October 2023, 02:07 IST

Strong showing by Alphabet, Meta signal ad market rebound underway

Meta, which said its ads viewed in the quarter increased by 31 per cent from a year earlier, indicated plans to invest heavily in AI next year. The company's average price per ad decreased by 6 per cent, but the pace of the fall was the slowest in seven quarters.

26 October 2023, 02:02 IST

Strong showing by Alphabet, Meta signal ad market rebound underway

26 October 2023, 02:02 IST