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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg defends AI spending: ‘We’re seeing the returns’
Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., during the Meta Connect event in Menlo Park, California, US, on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is sounding a familiar tune when it comes to artificial intelligence: better to invest too much than too little. […]
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YouTube offers voluntary buyouts as company reorganizes around AI
A Youtube podcast microphone is seen at the Variety Podcasting Brunch Presented By YouTube at Austin Proper Hotel in Austin, Texas, on March 8, 2025. Mat Hayward | Variety | Getty Images YouTube is offering voluntary buyouts with severance for U.S.-based employees as it restructures its product organization to focus more on artificial intelligence. The […]
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Microsoft takes $3.1 billion hit from OpenAI investment
Microsoft Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella (L), speaks with OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman, who joined by video during the Microsoft Build 2025, conference in Seattle, Washington on May 19, 2025. Jason Redmond | AFP | Getty Images Microsoft took a $3.1 billion hit to its net income in the first quarter […]
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Microsoft reports earnings beat as Azure revenue climbs 40%
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks at Axel Springer Neubau in Berlin on Oct. 17, 2023. Ben Kriemann | Getty Images Microsoft reported better-than-expected results for its fiscal first quarter as revenue in the company’s Azure cloud business jumped 40%. The stock slipped in extended trading. Earnings per share: $4.13 adjusted vs. $3.67 per share expected […]
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Snowflake says exec shared unauthorized guidance in Instagram street interview
The Snowflake Inc logo, which represents the American cloud computing-based data company that offers cloud-based storage and analytics services, is being displayed on their pavilion at the Mobile World Congress 2024 in Barcelona, Spain, on February 28, 2024. Joan Cros | Nurphoto | Getty Images Snowflake had to make a Securities and Exchange Commission filing […]
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Microsoft hit with Azure, 365 outage ahead of quarterly earnings report
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella departs following a meeting of the White House Task Force on AI Education in the East Room of the White House in Washington on Sept. 4, 2025. Eric Lee | Bloomberg | Getty Images Microsoft was hit with outages in its Azure cloud and 365 services on Wednesday, hours before the […]
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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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Meta to report third-quarter earnings after the bell
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg wears the Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses, as he delivers a speech presenting the new line of smart glasses, during the Meta Connect event at the company’s headquarters in Menlo Park, California, U.S., Sept. 17, 2025. Carlos Barria | Reuters Meta is slated to report third-quarter earnings on Wednesday after the bell […]
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Character.AI to block romantic AI chats for minors a year after teen’s suicide
Cfoto | Future Publishing | Getty Images Character.AI on Wednesday announced that it will soon shut off the ability for minors to have free-ranging chats, including romantic and therapeutic conversations, with the startup’s artificial intelligence chatbots. The Silicon Valley startup, which allows users to create and interact with character-based chatbots, announced the move as part of […]
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang starts a key trip to South Korea — here’s what he might be up to
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang delivers remarks next to U.S. President Donald Trump at an ‘Investing in America’ event in Washington, D.C., on April 30, 2025. Leah Millis | Reuters Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is headed to South Korea, one of the company’s most important markets, ahead of meeting there between U.S. President Donald Trump and […]
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