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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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Google said that it will require election advertisers to disclose when their spots include content that has been “digitally altered or generated,” including via the use of artificial intelligence. The announcement comes amid increasing concerns over the ability of AI to manipulate candidate images and statements in advance of the 2024 presidential election.

Google To Require Labelling For Political Ads That Use Artificial Intelligence

Google created new disclosure rules for election advertisers that use AI in their messages or visuals.

Google will soon require disclosures for AI-generated election ads

Google is facing a new lawsuit in Britain, which accuses the US tech giant of stifling competition in the search engine market and causing prices to rise across the UK economy, a statement said Thursday.

Google faces £7 bn claim on behalf of UK consumers

Adyen NV

Some Wall Street analysts are forecasting substantial gains for Alphabet and Adyen shareholders. Alphabet should benefit as digital advertising and cloud computing expand, along with generative AI.

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Google on Wednesday said it will mandate that political advertisements on its platforms disclose when images and audio have been altered or created using tools such as artificial intelligence (AI).

Google to require political ads to disclose AI creations

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #BigTech--£7bn UK lawsuit alleges Google shut out competition in mobile search, raising prices for advertisers, with consumers ultimately paying the cost.

Hausfeld: Google faces new multibillion-pound lawsuit from UK consumers for stifling competition in the search engine market, causing price rises across the UK economy

Google reached an agreement in principle with US states to settle an antitrust lawsuit for its alleged conduct in the Google Play Store, according to a Tuesday court filing.

US states reach tentative settlement with Google over Play Store case

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Recently, Goldman Sachs has become increasingly confident that the United States economy will stick to the soft landing projection among analysts' and economists' forecasts. In a research report, Goldman Sachs revised its estimated probability of a U.S. recession occurring in the next 12 months.

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The requirement will take effect this November in an update to Google's political content policy.

Google Will Require Advertisers To Add Disclosures For AI-Generated Election Ads

Lawsuit claims search engine stifled competition, contributing to rising cost of living for consumers

Google faces multibillion-pound lawsuit from UK consumers

Alphabet Inc's Google will make it mandatory for all election advertisers to add a clear and conspicuous disclosure starting mid-November when their ads contain AI generated content, the company said on Wednesday.

Google to make disclosure of AI-generated content mandatory for election advertisers

Google parent Alphabet tentatively settled claims that the tech giant's Google Play Store for apps and games has a monopoly over the Android ecosystem. The proposed financial sum wasn't disclosed.

Google tentatively settles antitrust claims that it abuses control over apps

While Alphabet Inc.'s stock is at risk of a significant decline due to recession risks, Google is situated well for a stagflation environment and long-term growth. Google's moonshot projects and investments in new technologies offer potential long-term growth opportunities. Balancing the risk of recession with the potential benefits of long-term growth is difficult with limited data.

Google: Dominant, Innovative And Adaptable - Yet, Recession Risk Remains

Disney

Disney and Google's animus and censorship towards conservatives is well known, but it is now extending as these companies are dominating the Streaming TV business and

Streaming Anti-Conservative Bias: Google And Disney Up To Same Old Tricks?

Apple

Amazon

Microsoft

New European Union rules will rewrite the basic tenets of business on the internet and on mobile, upending how Big Tech makes money and how consumers access these services.

Factbox: How the EU's Digital Markets Act challenges Big Tech

Google tentatively settled a class action suit accusing it of abusing monopoly power to overcharge customers through its U.S. Play Store. If approved, the settlement will allow Google to avoid trial.

Google Tentatively Settles Class Action Suit Over Play Store Charges

Alphabet Inc. late Tuesday reached a settlement in a long-running antitrust case with a coalition of 36 states and Washington, D.C., led by Utah who claimed the company ran its app store as an illegal monopoly.

Google reaches settlement with 36 states over antitrust litigation

Alphabet's ad revenue growth declined due to a slowdown in the advertising industry. But the company owns two businesses in a good position to boost revenue in the period ahead.

Alphabet Is Primed for Strong Revenue Growth Thanks to These Businesses

Johnson & Johnson

PepsiCo

Procter & Gamble

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The European Union named six tech giants as "gatekeepers" that have to comply with new laws. The Digital Markets Act aims to give more choice to users and open up the market for competitors.

Apple, Amazon, and Meta among 6 tech giants deemed 'gatekeepers' set to face strict competition rules under new EU law

The European Union on Wednesday targeted Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, Google parent Alphabet, Facebook owner Meta and TikTok parent ByteDance under new digital rules aimed at reining in the market power of online companies.

EU targets Apple, Amazon, Alphabet, ByteDance, Meta, Microsoft in next phase of digital crackdown

The European Union on Tuesday unveiled a list of six designated "gatekeepers" set to come under its new Digital Markets Act.

EU lists Alphabet, Amazon, Meta and three other tech giants as 'gatekeepers' under strict competition rules

The European Union has named six tech giants whose market power it hopes to be able to rein in by applying a new set of up-front rules on how these gatekeepers can operate so called core platform services. The six so-called gatekeepers are: Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, ByteDance, Meta, Microsoft.

EU confirms six (mostly US) tech giants are subject to Digital Markets Act

Fundamentally, Alphabet stock looks cheap even though the stock has soared this year. Shares are still down about 10% from their all-time high.

Up More Than 50% So Far This Year, Is Alphabet Stock a Buy?

The tech giant is facing the greatest legal threat in its history, and hopes the stolid approach of Kent Walker, its top lawyer, will once again prevail.

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