Google announces Gemini 3 as battle with OpenAI intensifies
Samuel Boivin | Nurphoto | Getty Images Google is debuting its latest artificial intelligence model, Gemini 3, as the search giant races to keep pace with ChatGPT creator OpenAI. The new AI model will allow users to get better answers to more complex questions, “so you get what you need with less prompting,” Alphabet CEO […]
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Buffett’s Google bet comes 2 decades after billionaire investor ‘inspired’ search giant’s IPO
Key Points Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway revealed late Friday that it owns a $4.3 billion stake in Google parent Alphabet as of the end of the third quarter. Alphabet shares rallied on Monday and are now up about 50% this year, driven in part by the artificial intelligence boom. Berkshire’s rare bet on a big […]
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Waymo begins offering freeway robotaxi rides in San Francisco, LA and Phoenix
Waymo robotaxis will now take passengers on freeways in three major U.S. cities, marking a major milestone for the driverless, ride-hailing company. Alphabet-owned Waymo on Wednesday said it will begin offering those types of trips in the San Francisco, Phoenix and Los Angeles markets “when a freeway route is meaningfully faster.” The Google sister company […]
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Waymo announces new CFO Steve Fieler
A Waymo autonomous self-driving Jaguar electric vehicle sits parked at an EVgo charging station in Los Angeles, California, on May 15, 2024. Patrick T. Fallon | AFP | Getty Images Waymo has tapped Google executive Steve Fieler as its new chief financial officer, the self-driving company announced on Monday. The new CFO comes as the […]
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Former Google, Meta executives raise $100 million for high-capacity AI servers startup
Ofer Shacham is CEO of Majestic Labs. Tal Givony Three former Meta and Google silicon executives on Monday announced they’ve raised a total of $100 million to build technology they say will reduce cloud companies’ spend on data center buildouts. Called Majestic Labs, the startup’s co-founders are Ofer Shacham, Sha Rabii and Masumi Reynders, all […]
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Palantir communications chief calls the company’s political shift ‘concerning’
CEO of Palantir Technologies Alex Karp attends the Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit on the campus of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on July 15, 2025. Andrew Caballero-reynolds | Afp | Getty Images Palantir‘s head of global communications said Wednesday that the company’s political shift toward the Trump administration is “concerning.” “I think it’s […]
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Google expects ‘significant increase’ in capital expenditure in 2026, execs say
Sundar Pichai, chief executive officer of Alphabet Inc., during the Bloomberg Tech conference in San Francisco, California, US, on Wednesday, June 4, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Google parent Alphabet is planning a “significant increase” in spend next year as it continues to invest in AI infrastructure to meet the demand […]
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Alphabet set to report Q3 earnings after the bell Wednesday
Alphabet is set to report third-quarter earnings after the bell Wednesday. Here’s what analysts are expecting according to LSEG consensus: Revenue: $99.89 billion Earnings per share: $2.33 Wall Street is also watching several other numbers in the report: YouTube advertising revenue: $10.01 billion, according to StreetAccount Google Cloud revenue: $14.74 billion, according to StreetAccount Traffic acquisition costs (TAC): $14.82 […]
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Applied Materials lays off 4% of workforce
Signage outside Applied Materials headquarters in Santa Clara, California, U.S., on Thursday, May 13, 2021. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Chip equipment manufacturer Applied Materials is laying off 4% of its workforce. The company on Thursday began notifying impacted employees around the world “across all levels and groups,” it said in a […]
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Google adds limits to ‘Work from Anywhere’ policy that began during Covid
Sundar Pichai, chief executive officer of Alphabet Inc., during the Bloomberg Tech conference in San Francisco, California, US, on Wednesday, June 4, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Google is continuing to put restrictions on remote work, this time with a popular policy called “Work from Anywhere” that was established during the […]
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