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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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Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales isn’t worried about Elon Musk’s Grokipedia: ‘Not optimistic he will create anything very useful right now’
Elon Musk’s Wikipedia rival Grokipedia got off to a “rocky start” in its public debut, but Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales didn’t even have to take a look at the AI’s output to know what he expected. “I’m not optimistic he will create anything very useful right now,” Wales said at the CNBC Technology Executive Council […]
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Meta’s AI app has seen growth soar since launch of Vibes, but trails OpenAI’s Sora
Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., wears a pair of Meta Oakley Vanguard AI glasses during the Meta Connect event in Menlo Park, California, US, on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Meta’s AI app has seen a major jolt in downloads since launching its Vibes […]
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GitHub unites OpenAI, Google and Anthropic AI agents in one place to bring ‘order to the chaos’
Signage at the Microsoft campus in Mountain View, California, US, on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025. Benjamin Fanjoy | Bloomberg | Getty Images Microsoft’s GitHub unit on Tuesday announced Agent HQ, a new “mission control” interface that will allow software developers to manage coding agents from multiple vendors on a single platform. An artificial intelligence agent […]
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OpenAI completes restructure, solidifying Microsoft as a major shareholder
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks to media following a Q&A at the OpenAI data center in Abilene, Texas, U.S., Sept. 23, 2025. Shelby Tauber | Reuters OpenAI on Tuesday announced it has completed its recapitalization, cementing its structure as a nonprofit with a controlling stake in its for-profit business. The artificial intelligence startup said its […]
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Google investors have big expectations after stock’s sharpest quarterly rally in 20 years
Google CEO Sundar Pichai waves as he arrives to attend the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Action Summit at the Grand Palais in Paris, France, February 11, 2025. Benoit Tessier | Reuters Alphabet has a high bar to clear when it reports earnings Wednesday. The company’s stock price soared 38% in the third quarter, its best quarterly […]
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Amazon laying off about 14,000 corporate workers as it invests more in AI
People pass by The Spheres in downtown Seattle, Washington, on June 25, 2025. Juan Mabromata | AFP | Getty Images Amazon said Tuesday that it will lay off about 14,000 corporate employees, marking the latest cuts in the company’s multi-year effort to rein in costs. In a blog post, the company wrote that the layoffs […]
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