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Alphabet

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 (GOOGL) reports robust Q2 earnings, Cloud hits $10B revenue

Alphabet's Q2 performance reflects strong financials, particularly in Google Services and Cloud, while facing challenges in the Other Bets segment.
The company's strengths lie in AI-driven innovations across Search, Cloud, and autonomous driving, with opportunities in marketing and user experience enhancements.
Efforts to reengineer costs and address analyst inquiries on AI adoption and revenue mix present ongoing challenges and opportunities for Alphabet.
Overall, Alphabet's Q2 earnings call showcases a mix of solid performance, strategic strengths, challenges to address, and promising growth avenues.

Alphabet (GOOGL) excels in Q3 with AI-driven growth and cloud success

Alphabet's Q3 earnings call highlighted impressive revenue growth, particularly in Google Cloud and YouTube, driven by AI innovation. Executives emphasized the company's strong focus on AI, cloud services, and autonomous driving, while acknowledging challenges in cloud margins and user experience. With a solid financial performance and strategic initiatives in place, Alphabet is poised for continued success and growth in the tech sector.

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Despite the DOJ's lawsuit against the company, I still find Alphabet stock a screaming buy.

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Salesforce

ChatGPT sparked explosive interest in generative artificial intelligence (AI) after becoming the fastest-growing consumer application in history earlier this year. Alphabet is bringing generative AI capabilities to its ad tech software and cloud products to reinforce its strong presence in both markets.

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Intel

Lowe's

Alphabet took the top spot on DesignRush's customer loyalty rankings thanks to positive customer reviews. Lowe's has focused heavily on improving the customer experience, and those efforts are paying off.

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Google's Q2 2023 earnings highlight its dominance in the tech industry, particularly in search and digital advertising. The company's stock price shows a strong foundation and suggests potential for upward movement. Google's investments in AI, such as the launch of its generative chatbot "Bard" and Google Lens, position it to lead the future of search.

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General Motors

San Francisco has formally requested state regulators redo an August hearing that expanded robotaxi permits for Cruise and Waymo, giving both companies permission to widen commercial operations throughout the city 24/7. The contentious decision was met with much opposition as city agencies and residents questioned the far-reaching impact of the expansions.

San Francisco requests redo on Cruise, Waymo robotaxi expansion hearing

The company, which is part of Alphabet Inc. GOOG, +1.05% GOOGL, +1.01%, continues “to invest in top engineering and technical talent while also meaningfully slowing the pace of our overall hiring,” the spokesperson said in an email to MarketWatch. “In line with this, the volume of requests for our recruiters has gone down.

Google to lay off hundreds of recruiting staffers

Google confirmed it will lay off hundreds of staff members who helped recruit and hire employees, as Silicon Valley continues its cost-cutting efforts.

Google is laying off hundreds in its recruitment division

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited

Billionaire investor Bill Ackman (Trades, Portfolio), head of Pershing Square Capital Management, is known for taking large positions in a handful of underperforming companies and pushing for change in order to unlock value for shareholders.

3 Undervalued Stocks in Bill Ackman's Portfolio

Alphabet cut about 12,000 jobs in January, reducing its workforce by 6%.

Google parent Alphabet lays off hundreds — first Big Tech firm to cut jobs this quarter

Alphabet Inc's (NASDAQ: GOOGL) Google has decided to further reduce the number of employees in its recruiting organisation. Hiring at Google remains slow Earlier this year, the multinational lowered its global headcount by 6.0% – a move that affected about 12,000 of its employees including many in its recruiting organisation (source).

Google reduces the size of its hiring team

The tech giant has sought to trim expenses to pay for artificial intelligence investments; it had earlier cut 12,000 jobs in January.

Google Sheds Hundreds of Recruiters in Another Rounds of Layoffs

Google says it will face slower hiring the next several quarters and has a decreasing need for recruiters

Google is cutting hundreds of jobs in its recruiting organization

Alphabet (GOOGL) introduces the latest Android app updates for tablet users to enhance customer experience.

Alphabet's (GOOGL) Google Updates Apps on Android Tablets

Justice department takes on tech giant in court, seeking to prove it illegally used its power to maintain monopoly on internet search

Google accused of spending billions to block rivals as landmark trial continues

Apple

Amazon

Microsoft

Apple has yet to reveal a unified generative AI strategy. This has led one analyst to conclude that Apple could cede its market cap crown to several of its big tech rivals.

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The Justice Department questioned a former Google executive about billion-dollar deals with mobile carriers and others that helped make Google the default search engine, in the second day of a once-in-a-generation antitrust trial on Wednesday.

US presses on with fight against Google's search and advertising clout

Sirius XM Holdings Inc

Verizon

When it comes to communications stocks, knowing which ones to avoid is at least as important as knowing which ones to buy. I would definitely avoid any of the streaming stocks in general, and I'd stay far away from the companies that own both cable channels and streaming channels.

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Federal prosecutors opened a landmark antitrust trial against Alphabet Inc.'s Google on Tuesday with charges the search-engine giant for years intentionally snuffed competition through exclusive contracts with wireless carriers and phone makers.

Google spent billions to build an illegal monopoly, Justice Department says as trial gets under way

Tech stocks bounced back this year from a rough 2022 thanks in part to artificial intelligence, which promises years of industry growth ahead. Here are three tech stocks that possess solid histories of dependable and stable success, important qualities for retirement accounts such as IRAs.

3 Great Tech Stocks for Your IRA

Bill Ackman recently explained his criteria for selecting stocks. His hedge fund owns one AI stock that could meet all of those criteria.

Billionaire Bill Ackman Just Explained His 8 "Basic Commandments" of Investing -- and This Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stock Might Check Off All of Them

Baidu

NVIDIA

Artificial intelligence (AI) could add $15.7 trillion to the global economy by the turn of the decade. Two somewhat similar businesses with abundant operating cash flow have the puzzle pieces in place to take advantage of the AI revolution.

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Google has denied abuse of power allegations in a Washington DC court this week, as the search engine operator goes to trial over claims it holds a monopoly over the search engine market.   U.S. Department of Justice prosecutor, lawyer Kenneth Dintzer, heralded the trial as pivotal for the “future of the internet” in his opening remarks.

Google denies it holds a monopoly in the search engine space

During a high-stakes antitrust trial, a Google lawyer, John Schmidtlein, reportedly said that companies choose Google as their default search engine not because of a lack of competition but because it is simply the best option available. Making his opening statements Tuesday (Sept.

Google Defends Position on First Day of Antitrust Trial

The first day of the government's landmark antitrust trial against Google began in Washington, D.C. District Court on Tuesday.

Google engaged in a monopolistic feedback loop to maintain search dominance, DOJ alleges in first day of trial

In opening statements for the government's first monopoly trial of the modern internet era, Google defended itself and said people had many choices for online search.

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