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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.

YouTube

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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An institutional investor is a legal entity that pools money from multiple investors to invest in various assets and securities.

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Amid all the focus around how AI will transform Google Search, investors are missing the AI-driven opportunities of the powerful YouTube platform. In contrary to streamers like Netflix suffering from the writers' strike amid the threat of generative AI, YouTube stands to be a big beneficiary. However, the use of generative AI could also invite new problems for Google.

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T-Mobile US

Investors are preparing for companies to start reporting earnings for the second quarter of 2023. Despite the recent growth that entire sectors have been experiencing recently, there may be dark clouds ahead.

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C3.ai

AI stocks have emerged as a top investment trend, driven by the increasing value of artificial intelligence and the exponential growth of data. However, for investors following this trend, most of the news flow thus far has centered on the semiconductor industry, and giants such as Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA ).

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Tech stocks enjoyed a blistering rally in this year's first half. After getting pummeled throughout 2022 as interest rates moved higher, tech stocks have come roaring back, with many share prices having more than doubled over the last six months.

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PayPal

Alphabet is the cheapest FAANG stock despite its huge gains this year. PayPal's valuation is the most attractive it's ever been.

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CrowdStrike

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing

In the dynamic landscape of AI stocks, it's crucial to carefully approach this exciting realm with thoughtfulness. A prudent strategy is a basket approach that diversifies across multiple companies.

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An article in The Information stated that the tech mainstay will delay the launch of a fully customized chip for its Pixel smartphone. It now aims to roll it out in 2025, per the article's sources.

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AbbVie

Duke Energy

Robert Half Int.

Republic Services

Welltower

Investing features many similarities to the game of baseball, which helps drive the case for the best long-term stocks in July. Unlike the NFL where teams play only 17 regular-season games, in MLB, there are 876 – no, excuse me, 162 games.

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Verizon

AbbVie is a heavily discounted healthcare stock whose business is in fine shape. Verizon offers a mouthwatering dividend at a very manageable payout ratio.

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Agilent Technologies

Autodesk

Amgen

Bank of America

Biogen

Bank of New York Mellon

Blackrock Inc

Comcast

CME Group

Compass Minerals

Campbell Soup

Copart

Cheniere Energy Partners

Corteva Inc

Disney

Domino's Pizza

Ecolab

Equifax

Estee Lauder

Emerson Electric

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Gilead Sciences

Our 3-step process focuses on wide-moat stocks (as per Morningstar's rating). We are only interested in those targets that are attractively valued in historical comparison. We share the heat map of the most investable candidates that may be worth your time for further analysis.

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Alphabet Inc's Google has delayed the release of a fully custom chip for its Pixel smartphones until 2025, The Information reported on Thursday, citing two people familiar with the matter.

Google delays release of fully custom phone chip until 2025, The Information reports

We need a lot more research and results in the field of machine unlearning, namely getting AI to forget things. Here's a look at why this is such a tough problem.

Google Announces Machine Unlearning Challenge Which Will Help In Getting Generative AI To Forget What Decidedly Needs To Be Forgotten, Vital Says AI Ethics And AI Law

The Canadian government sees a path forward in resolving a dispute with Google and Meta Platforms over a new law on paying online news publishers that has led to the internet companies deciding to end news access on their platforms in Canada, Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez said on Wednesday.

Canada govt sees possible resolution with Google, Meta on news law

PwC Australia provided Google confidential information about the start date of a new tax law leaked from Australian government tax briefings, according to two sources familiar with the matter.

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When uncertainty picks up on Wall Street, investors typically turn their attention to stocks enacting splits. Over the past two years, eight prominent companies have conducted forward stock splits.

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The Biden administration wants to restrict China's access to U.S. cloud-computing services that use advanced AI chips, The Wall Street Journal reported.

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Cisco Systems

QUALCOMM

Many tech stocks have been doing well in 2023. The Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 (NASDAQ: QQQ ) is up roughly 40% year-to-date (YTD).

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Alphabet's Google, Amazon , Apple , Meta Platforms and Microsoft have notified the European Commission that they qualify as gatekeepers under new EU tech rules, EU industry chief Thierry Breton said on Tuesday.

Amazon, Google, Apple, Meta, Microsoft say they meet EU gatekeeper status

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Lennar

Building long-term wealth requires patience. Instead of short-term trading, it requires finding companies that can compound for decades.

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Sweden on Monday ordered four companies to stop using a Google tool that measures and analyses web traffic as doing so transfers personal data to the United States, fining one company the equivalent of more than $1.1 million.

Sweden orders four companies to stop using Google tool

General Motors

A street was blocked for road work in my San Francisco neighborhood this month, with a worker holding a large STOP sign to direct traffic.

Driverless cars are driving San Francisco crazy — ‘They are not ready for prime time'

Did you just watch as the Nasdaq jumped nearly 40% in the first half. What do stock market predictions say now?

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The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite jumped 32% over the first half of 2023. That's the index's best start to a year in four decades, according to the Financial Times.

The AI boom just powered tech stocks to their strongest start to a year since 1983

Google has reportedly developed a quantum computer that performs calculations in an instant, which would otherwise take the world's best supercomputers 47 years, marking a significant stride in the evolution of quantum computing, According to the Daily Telegraph, this new machine, with a significantly improved qubit count of 70 compared to 53 in its 2019 predecessor, offers an exponential boost in power, making it 241 million times more potent than the previous model. Quantum computers could potentially revolutionise fields like climate science and drug discovery, but they also pose challenges for today's encryption systems, making them a top priority for national security.

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