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DeepMind Technologies Limited is a British artificial intelligence company founded in September 2010.  Acquired by Google in 2014, the company has created a neural network that learns how to play video games in a fashion similar to that of humans, as well as a Neural Turing machine, or a neural network that may be able to access an external memory like a conventional Turing machine, resulting in a computer that mimics the short-term memory of the human brain.

DeepMind

YouTube is an American video-sharing website headquartered in San Bruno, California. The service was created by three former PayPal employees—Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim—in February 2005. Google bought the site in November 2006 for US$1.65 billion; YouTube now operates as one of Google's subsidiaries.

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Android is a mobile operating system developed by Google, based on a modified version of the Linux kernel and other open source software and designed primarily for touchscreen mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets. In addition, Google has further developed Android TV for televisions, Android Auto for cars, and Wear OS for wrist watches, each with a specialized user interface. Variants of Android are also used on game consoles, digital cameras, PCs and other electronics.

Android

Nest Labs is a home automation producer of programmable, self-learning, sensor-driven, Wi-Fi-enabled thermostats, smoke detectors, security cameras, and other security systems. It introduced the Nest Learning Thermostat in 2011 as its first product. The Nest Protect smoke and carbon monoxide detector was then introduced in October 2013. After the acquisition of Dropcam, the rebranded Nest Cam was introduced in June 2015. Finally, in July 2016, the Nest Cam Outdoor was released.

Nest Labs

Boston Dynamics is an American engineering and robotics design company founded in 1992 and headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, and is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Japanese conglomerate SoftBank Group. Boston Dynamics is best known for the development of BigDog, a quadruped robot designed for the U.S. military with funding from Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), and DI-Guy, software for realistic human simulation. Early in the company's history, it worked with the American Systems Corporation under a contract from the Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division (NAWCTSD) to replace naval training videos for aircraft launch operations with interactive 3D computer simulations featuring DI-Guy characters. The company is a pioneer in the field of robotics and it is one of the most advanced in its domain. Marc Raibert is the company's president and project manager. He spun the company off from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1992.

Boston Dynamics

Alphabet, Inc. is a holding company, which engages in software, health care, transportation, and other technologies. It operates through the following segments: Google Services, Google Cloud, and Other Bets. The Google Services segment includes products and services such as ads, Android, Chrome, devices, Google Maps, Google Play, Search, and YouTube. The Google Cloud segment refers to infrastructure and platform services, collaboration tools, and other services for enterprise customers. The Other Bets segment relates to the sale of healthcare-related services and internet services. The company was founded by Lawrence E. Page and Sergey Mikhaylovich Brin on October 2, 2015 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

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Alphabet addresses revenue challenges, bets big on AI innovation

Alphabet navigated revenue challenges in Q4 2022, emphasizing AI opportunities and cost efficiency. The company is focused on innovation, cost reengineering, and sustainable growth across its divisions. Strategic investments in AI, hardware, and Other Bets are key priorities.

Alphabet excels in Q1 with strong Search and Cloud performance

Alphabet's Q1 performance reflects strength in Search, Cloud, and YouTube segments, with a focus on AI and innovation.
Challenges include economic headwinds, expense management, and profitability in Other Bets segment.
Opportunities for growth lie in AI development, Shorts monetization, and evolving partnerships for sustainable growth.
Alphabet emphasizes innovation, user value, and expense optimization to drive long-term profitability and growth.

Alphabet (GOOG) reports strong Q2 earnings driven by Search and Cloud innovation

Alphabet's Q2 performance reflects revenue growth and operational efficiency improvements. The company's focus on innovation in AI and cloud services positions it well for future growth. Challenges in the Other Bets segment and infrastructure investments require strategic management.

Alphabet (GOOG) reports robust Q3 performance amidst AI-driven innovations

Alphabet's Q3 performance showcased strong revenue growth, driven by key segments like Search, YouTube, and Cloud, supported by AI advancements and hardware innovations.
While facing challenges related to geopolitical impacts on advertising and margin concerns, Alphabet's strategic strengths in AI integration, responsible deployment, and diversified revenue streams position it well for future growth.
Opportunities in leveraging AI for advertising efficiency, expanding AI-driven capabilities, and navigating privacy regulations present avenues for Alphabet to drive innovation, revenue growth, and market leadership.
With a focus on customer adoption, technological advancements, and strategic partnerships, Alphabet remains poised to capitalize on its strengths, address challenges, and seize opportunities for sustainable growth.

Alphabet posts strong Q4 earnings driven by AI and cloud growth

Alphabet's Q4 performance reflects robust revenue growth, profitability, and strategic focus on AI, subscriptions, and cloud services.
Strengths in Google Services and YouTube ads underscore revenue diversification and innovation, while challenges in Other Bets and rising costs warrant attention.
Opportunities abound in AI-driven growth, product expansion, and infrastructure investments, positioning Alphabet for continued success and market leadership.

Alphabet (GOOG) reports robust Q1 earnings, eyes $100B YouTube and Cloud run rate

Alphabet's Q1 2024 earnings call highlighted strong revenue growth, AI leadership, and innovation in Search, YouTube, and Cloud. Despite facing challenges in cost management and Cloud adoption, the company is leveraging its strengths in AI and efficiency to drive positive user engagement and monetization. With a focus on research and innovation, Alphabet is well-positioned for future growth and opportunities.

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Alphabet's advertising business continues to grow after several quarters of deceleration, thanks in large part to competition from TikTok. Management spent a good portion of the call explaining how generative AI is being leveraged on YouTube and Google Search.

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All three major stock indexes, including the Nasdaq Composite, have swung between bull and bear markets this decade. Bargains abound for growth-seeking investors when the Nasdaq Composite is well below its record-closing high.

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Microsoft

Big Tech's consumption of water at its data centers is already massive, but artificial intelligence makes it a lot worse. The companies talk sustainability, but AI's demands continue to grow.

Microsoft, Meta, and Alphabet Struggle to Limit AI's Demand for Water

The maker of the popular videogame “Fortnite,” which battled Apple Inc. AAPL, +2.07% in federal court on similar grounds in 2021, is set to open arguments in a jury trial expected to last several weeks starting Nov. 6 in San Francisco. It claims Alphabet Inc.'s GOOGL, +0.82% GOOG, +0.79% Google Play Store restricts competitors from directly distributing their own apps, and instead forces them to have their apps installed via the Play Store.

Epic Games is the latest to take on Google in court over antitrust charges

Alphabet/Google's Q3 earnings miss resulted in a nearly 10% stock decline, wiping out $160 billion in value. The market overreacted to Google Cloud's growth expectations, despite it gaining market share and becoming profitable. Google Cloud is growing 20% annually and is expected to grow operating profits by 1400% by 2028 or 71% annually.

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Tesla

When stock market turbulence picks up, investors tend to flock to industry leaders, such as the nine top-notch companies that have enacted stock splits since July 2021. One high-profile stock-split stock is effectively cheaper than it's ever been as a publicly traded company.

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Google has been making cuts to its real estate investments and has now ended its agreement with a developer of future campuses

Google ends agreement with lead developer of four California campuses

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CNBC's Jim Cramer on Thursday reaffirmed his faith in the "Magnificent Seven" tech stocks, saying they have recovered from their earnings season sell-offs.

Jim Cramer praises 'Magnificent Seven' stocks, says last week's mega-cap tech sellers missed out

Lance Roberts is chief editor of the Real Investment Report, a weekly subscriber based-newsletter that is distributed globally. He also writes a daily blog at Real Investment Advice.

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Palantir Technologies

With the generative artificial intelligence megatrend still gaining momentum, investors remain interested about which AI stocks to buy. Yet while there are plenty of names with high exposure to this megatrend, which ones are currently in the “Green Zone?

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Alphabet has reported solid Q3 earnings, delivering an 11.1% revenue growth after three consecutive quarters of single-digit growth, as the advertising business recovers. Google's Cloud Unit has reported slower-than-expected growth of 22.4%, below the previous 28%, missing analysts' expectations and sending the stock into correction territory. Google is projected to grow both its advertising business and cloud business, estimating a revenue growth of 7.8% and an EPS growth of 12% CAGR over the next decade.

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YouTube said it's limiting how often videos related to topics such as body weight and social aggression come up as recommendations for teen users.

YouTube Announces Limits On Recommended Videos To Teens Amid ‘Mental Health Crisis'

The bulls abandoned Alphabet over the past year as its cloud growth cooled off. But Google's advertising business is recovering and its subscription business is booming.

Will Alphabet Be a $2 Trillion Dollar Stock Again by 2025?

We have no idea which companies will dominate the stock market a decade from now — the “Magnificent Seven” of 2033, in other words.

Today's ‘Magnificent Seven' stocks are destined to ride off into the sunset

For now, Google and YouTube parent company Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG , NASDAQ: GOOGL ) has a dominant position in the search-engine market. However, nowadays there are other companies, like Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT ), which could use artificial intelligence technology to steal Alphabet's market share.

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Microsoft has a broader business than Alphabet with multiple product categories generating more than 20% growth last quarter. Alphabet, however, could have the better assets in Google Search and YouTube.

Has Microsoft Proved It's a Better Growth Stock Than Alphabet?

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In recent weeks volatility in the stock market has increased markedly. With rising geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, interest rates pushing 16-year highs and every other economist warning about the impending recession, it is no wonder investors are getting nervous.

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Google has begun the rollout of Product Studio, a set of artificial intelligence (AI) tools that help merchants create and manage product imagery. The tools, whose upcoming launch was initially announced in May, began rolling out Wednesday (Nov.

Google Begins Rollout of AI Tools for Creating Product Imagery

The former head of search at Alphabet Inc."s Google told colleagues in February 2019 that his team was "getting too involved with ads for the good of the product and company," according to emails shown at the Justice Department's landmark antitrust trial against the search giant.

Google's 2019 'Code Yellow' blurred line between search, ads

Google has revealed plans to trim dozens of jobs in the Bay Area in a fresh round of job cuts—but these most recent reductions represent a tiny fraction of the layoffs the tech titan had disclosed early this year.

Google trims Bay Area jobs at offices it had leased a few years ago

People want to make conscious choices and contribute to the success of local and independent enterprises. This inclination to “shop small” is driven by various factors, including a desire to nurture the local economy, promote unique and artisanal products, and build a stronger sense of community.

Google Aims New Shopping Tools at Boosting Small Business Sales

Alphabet experienced strong revenue growth during the pandemic but has started to normalize in the post-pandemic era. The total advertising business represents a significant portion of Alphabet's revenue and has shown growth during the pandemic. Alphabet's cloud business accounts for approximately 10% of their revenue and is expected to continue growing rapidly in the future.

Google: Advertising Revenue Starts To Normalize, Initiates With 'Buy'

Google Cloud's revenue growth slowed in Q3. Other business areas saw accelerating growth.

Here's Why I'm Buying the Dip On Alphabet's Stock Hand Over Fist

You wouldn't know it from the many negative headlines about the lower-than-expected revenue of Alphabet's (NASDAQ: GOOG , NASDAQ: GOOGL ) Google Cloud business last quarter, but advertising accounts for most of the firm's revenue. And, in line with my previous predictions, the growth of the company's advertising revenue meaningfully accelerated last quarter as fears about a recession in the U.S. considerably eased.

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