Enterprise
Alphabet jumps 3% as search, advertising units show resilient growth
Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai during the Google I/O developers conference in Mountain View, California, on May 10, 2023. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Alphabet‘s stock gained 3% Friday after signaling strong growth in its search and advertising businesses amid a competitive artificial intelligence environment and uncertain macro backdrop. “GOOGL’s pace of GenAI […]
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Alphabet expects ‘slight headwind’ to ads business this year, executives say
President Donald Trump’s trade policies will have a negative impact on Google parent Alphabet‘s core advertising business, an executive from the company said Thursday. Alphabet, which reported stronger-than-expected revenue in its first quarter of the year, faces an online ads market that’s on edge due to concerns about how Trump’s tariffs will affect the economy […]
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ServiceNow shares pop 15% on strong earnings, upbeat guidance
Bill McDermott, chairman and CEO of ServiceNow, speaks during an interview on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange on Oct. 26, 2023. Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters ServiceNow shares surged 15% on stronger-than-expected first-quarter results and an upbeat forecast despite the uncertain macroeconomic environment. The enterprise technology company posted adjusted earnings of $4.04 per […]
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IBM beats on earnings and revenue, maintains full-year guidance
IBM CEO Arvind Krishna speaks at the SXSW conference in Austin, Texas, on March 11, 2025. Andy Wenstrand | Sxsw Conference & Festivals | Getty Images IBM reported better-than-expected earnings and revenue for the first quarter on Wednesday. Here’s how the company performed: Earnings per share: $1.60 adjusted vs. $1.40 expected Revenue: $14.54 billion vs. […]
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Amazon has paused some data center lease commitments, Wells Fargo says
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy speaks at a company event in New York on Feb. 26, 2025. Amazon has rebooted Alexa with artificial intelligence, marking the biggest overhaul of the voice-activated assistant since its introduction over a decade ago. Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Amazon has delayed some commitments […]
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Musk says he’s looking to put ‘proper value’ on xAI during investor call, sources say
Tesla CEO Elon Musk attends a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 10, 2025. Nathan Howard | Reuters Elon Musk is looking to put “proper value” on his artificial intelligence startup xAI, sources told CNBC’s David Faber. The comments came during a call with xAI investors last week, sources familiar […]
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The biggest questions facing Big Tech ahead of earnings
Guests including Mark Zuckerberg, Lauren Sanchez, Jeff Bezos, Sundar Pichai and Elon Musk attend the inauguration of Donald J. Trump in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 20, 2025. Trump takes office for his second term as the 47th president of the U.S. Julia Demaree Nikhinson | Getty Images As tech’s megacap […]
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Meet Partiful, the Gen Z party-planning staple that’s taking on Apple
Partiful’s CEO, Shreya Murthy, and CTO, Joy Tao Courtesy: Partiful When Shreya Murthy and Joy Tao decided to launch a party-planning startup in 2020, they settled on a business goal of “bringing people together in person.” The Covid-19 pandemic demanded the exact opposite. Despite the challenge of the pandemic, Partiful survived, and five years later, […]
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Nintendo Switch 2 retail preorder to begin April 24 following tariff delays
An attendee wearing a Super Mario costume uses a Nintendo Switch 2 game console while playing a video game during the Nintendo Switch 2 Experience at the ExCeL London international exhibition and convention centre in London, Britain, April 11, 2025. Isabel Infantes | Reuters Nintendo on Friday announced that retail preorder for its Nintendo Switch […]
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Brain implant cleared by FDA for Precision Neuroscience, a Musk Neuralink rival
Precision Neuroscience’s Layer 7 Cortical Interface Courtesy of Precision Neuroscience Neurotech startup Precision Neuroscience on Thursday announced that a core component of its brain implant system has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, a major win for the four-year-old company. Precision is building a brain-computer interface, or a BCI, which is a […]
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