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Google expanded its partnership with Fervo Energy via a 396-megawatt geothermal power purchase agreement, potentially scaling to 1 GW by 2030. The deal helps Google secure critical 24/7 clean baseloa…
Barclays raised its year-end 2026 S&P 500 target to 7,950 from 7,800, boosting EPS forecasts following resilient corporate earnings. Strategists emphasized solid Big Tech performance, driven by Alpha…
Trump highlighted AI data centers as crucial economic drivers while critiquing Google for overseas projects. Google reported surging Cloud growth and revenue, balanced by massive quarterly capex of n…
The Magnificent Seven generate roughly $2.3 billion daily in operating profits, led by Nvidia's $541 million per day. While cloud giants Microsoft, Alphabet, and Amazon show strong run rates, perform…
Elon Musk and John Carmack sparked discussion over AI making manual coding obsolete. Carmack compared hand-coding to martial arts evolving into a craft, while industry leaders noted rising automated …
Alphabet has absorbed key talent from AI startup Mechanize into its DeepMind division to boost AI coding and chatbot midtraining. Over a dozen researchers joined, including co-founder Tamay Besiroglu…
Alphabet closed up 1.92% at $338.99 ahead of earnings, where consensus projects EPS of $2.93 and revenue of $111.44 billion. Holding a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), the stock trades at a forward P/E of 16.21…
Alphabet closed up 1.53% at $335.45, outpacing major indices. Ahead of its upcoming earnings, analysts project 2.09% EPS growth and 27.41% revenue growth year-over-year. Currently rated a Zacks Rank …
Google is rolling out a redesigned full-screen interface for passes in Google Wallet on Android. The update expands loyalty cards and boarding passes to fill the screen with branded backgrounds and s…
Arm and Sandisk offer contrasting AI exposure through chip design licensing versus physical NAND memory manufacturing. Sandisk shows explosive revenue growth backed by hyperscaler multi-year contract…
U.S. stocks surged as falling crude oil prices overshadowed firm core CPI inflation and rising Fed rate-hike odds. Tech titans Apple and Alphabet led market gains, pushing the Nasdaq and S&P 500 high…
Alphabet committed roughly $15.1 billion to build AI infrastructure in Finland, spanning data centers and renewable energy. The initiative includes a 22-year deal to purchase nuclear power from Fortu…
SpaceX secured a new AI compute hosting deal worth approximately $13 billion in annual recurring revenue. Driven by explosive compute demand, the expansion highlights strong operational ties and prio…
Morningstar warns that traditional diversification has degraded as emerging market and value ETFs heavily concentrate in AI and tech names. Taiwan Semiconductor anchors 22% of major EM indexes, while…
Google Cloud and Accenture launched the Accenture Gemini Enterprise Business Group, training up to 1,000 forward-deployed engineers to drive corporate adoption of Gemini. The initiative tackles enter…
Alphabet beat expectations as Cloud revenue surged 82% YoY with expanding margins. Conversely, Meta missed EPS estimates by over 14% after legal costs and restructuring dragged free cash flow down 91…
Amazon and Alphabet reveal highly profitable cloud economics despite massive AI capex. Amazon reports server breakeven under three years with multi-year backlogs, while Alphabet achieves payback in u…
Alphabet holds a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) following stagnant near-term earnings revisions despite solid projected revenue growth. With a Value Style Score of D reflecting premium multiples relative to pe…
The S&P 500 is experiencing broader market participation as the equal-weight index outperforms the cap-weighted version year-to-date. With tech concentration historically high, investors are rotating…
US stock indexes climbed higher as declining oil prices and solid cloud earnings outweighed CPI data and rising rate hike expectations. Megacap tech equities led gains, with Alphabet rising over 1% a…