Google has reportedly shifted its focus from “moonshot” projects to core products like its search engine and artificial intelligence (AI) businesses. This change comes at a time of shrinking budgets and expanding chatter about AI, Bloomberg’s Julia Love told Big Take podcast host Sarah Holder,...
Big Tech companies have reportedly been increasing their investments in artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure, with a particular focus on expanding their presence in international markets. Microsoft and Amazon have already allocated over $40 billion combined for AI-related and data center projects worldwide this year, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Thursday...
Alphabet, Meta Platforms and OpenAI are reportedly in talks with Hollywood studios to license content for their artificial intelligence video generation software. The companies are developing technology that can create realistic scenes based on text prompts and have offered financial incentives to partner with studios, Bloomberg reported Thursday (May 23). The discussions come as studios...
Google parent company Alphabet is reportedly in continuing talks with HubSpot about acquiring that company. The companies have discussed the potential terms of a deal, although the deliberations are ongoing, there is no certainty the two companies will come to an agreement, and another potential buyer could emerge, Bloomberg reported Thursday (May 9),...
July 02, 2023
June’s over, and thus far, two quarters in, the year’s been notably strong for the CE 100 Index. All indices were in the black, again, this past week, continuing a string of positive performances. And it was the Move sector, this time around — with a sanguine outlook on travel spending — that, well, helped […]
May 15, 2023
Just a few years back, “every company” was going to be a FinTech company. Now, artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities are the future-fit infrastructure integration du jour, as generative solutions enter...
April 10, 2023
Short sellers — who profit when stocks decline — held sway this past week. The CE 100 Stock Index slipped 2.2% as only one pillar gained ground in a holiday-shortened...
March 20, 2023
No surprise – this past week was all about the banking sector. Investors fled banks, worried about how bad the contagion would get in the wake of the collapses of...
June 07, 2024
Google parent Alphabet’s trial on antitrust charges around its advertising technology will be decided by a judge rather than a jury. Judge Leonie Brinkema ruled Friday (June 7) after Alphabet paid the federal government an amount covering the damages eight federal government agencies alleged that they suffered because of Google’s actions — $2.3 million, Bloomberg […]
May 27, 2024
Google has reportedly shifted its focus from “moonshot” projects to core products like its search engine and artificial intelligence (AI) businesses. This change comes at a time of shrinking budgets...
May 23, 2024
Big Tech companies have reportedly been increasing their investments in artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure, with a particular focus on expanding their presence in international markets. Microsoft and Amazon have already allocated over $40...
May 23, 2024
Alphabet, Meta Platforms and OpenAI are reportedly in talks with Hollywood studios to license content for their artificial intelligence video generation software. The companies are developing technology that can create realistic scenes based on text prompts and have...
