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Alphabet

DeepMind Technologies Limited is a British artificial intelligence company founded in September 2010.  Acquired by Google in 2014, the company has created a neural network that learns how to play video games in a fashion similar to that of humans, as well as a Neural Turing machine, or a neural network that may be able to access an external memory like a conventional Turing machine, resulting in a computer that mimics the short-term memory of the human brain.

DeepMind

YouTube is an American video-sharing website headquartered in San Bruno, California. The service was created by three former PayPal employees—Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim—in February 2005. Google bought the site in November 2006 for US$1.65 billion; YouTube now operates as one of Google's subsidiaries.

YouTube

Android is a mobile operating system developed by Google, based on a modified version of the Linux kernel and other open source software and designed primarily for touchscreen mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets. In addition, Google has further developed Android TV for televisions, Android Auto for cars, and Wear OS for wrist watches, each with a specialized user interface. Variants of Android are also used on game consoles, digital cameras, PCs and other electronics.

Android

Nest Labs is a home automation producer of programmable, self-learning, sensor-driven, Wi-Fi-enabled thermostats, smoke detectors, security cameras, and other security systems. It introduced the Nest Learning Thermostat in 2011 as its first product. The Nest Protect smoke and carbon monoxide detector was then introduced in October 2013. After the acquisition of Dropcam, the rebranded Nest Cam was introduced in June 2015. Finally, in July 2016, the Nest Cam Outdoor was released.

Nest Labs

Boston Dynamics is an American engineering and robotics design company founded in 1992 and headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, and is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Japanese conglomerate SoftBank Group. Boston Dynamics is best known for the development of BigDog, a quadruped robot designed for the U.S. military with funding from Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), and DI-Guy, software for realistic human simulation. Early in the company's history, it worked with the American Systems Corporation under a contract from the Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division (NAWCTSD) to replace naval training videos for aircraft launch operations with interactive 3D computer simulations featuring DI-Guy characters. The company is a pioneer in the field of robotics and it is one of the most advanced in its domain. Marc Raibert is the company's president and project manager. He spun the company off from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1992.

Boston Dynamics

Alphabet, Inc. is a holding company, which engages in software, health care, transportation, and other technologies. It operates through the following segments: Google Services, Google Cloud, and Other Bets. The Google Services segment includes products and services such as ads, Android, Chrome, devices, Google Maps, Google Play, Search, and YouTube. The Google Cloud segment refers to infrastructure and platform services, collaboration tools, and other services for enterprise customers. The Other Bets segment relates to the sale of healthcare-related services and internet services. The company was founded by Lawrence E. Page and Sergey Mikhaylovich Brin on October 2, 2015 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

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Alphabet (GOOGL) reports robust Q2 earnings, Cloud hits $10B revenue

Alphabet's Q2 performance reflects strong financials, particularly in Google Services and Cloud, while facing challenges in the Other Bets segment.
The company's strengths lie in AI-driven innovations across Search, Cloud, and autonomous driving, with opportunities in marketing and user experience enhancements.
Efforts to reengineer costs and address analyst inquiries on AI adoption and revenue mix present ongoing challenges and opportunities for Alphabet.
Overall, Alphabet's Q2 earnings call showcases a mix of solid performance, strategic strengths, challenges to address, and promising growth avenues.

Alphabet (GOOGL) excels in Q3 with AI-driven growth and cloud success

Alphabet's Q3 earnings call highlighted impressive revenue growth, particularly in Google Cloud and YouTube, driven by AI innovation. Executives emphasized the company's strong focus on AI, cloud services, and autonomous driving, while acknowledging challenges in cloud margins and user experience. With a solid financial performance and strategic initiatives in place, Alphabet is poised for continued success and growth in the tech sector.

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Oracle

American Express

The quest for the best tech stocks to buy remains a top priority for investors. However, those with smaller portfolios might make the rookie mistake trying to maximize their accounts rather than seeking out high quality companies.

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Alphabet's advertising service leads the industry. Its generative AI model is one of the best available.

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Stellantis N.V. 

Stellantis, the automaker that owns 14 brands including Chrysler, Jeep and Ram, and autonomous vehicle technology company Waymo are not only still working together, the companies are deepening the partnership, CEO Carlos Tavares told TechCrunch in a recent interview.

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Amazon

Netflix

Amazon, Netflix, and Alphabet are making significant moves to power the next bull market, each from their unique vantage points. Economic conditions are improving, setting the stage for a rebound in digital advertising and consumer spending.

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Media company AllSides' latest bias analysis found that 63% of articles that appeared on Google News over a two-week period were from leftist media outlets last year.

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Google's Gemini chatbot is as "woke" as its revisionist history image generator.

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Mastercard

NVIDIA

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Google has apologized (or come very close to apologizing) for another embarrassing AI blunder this week, an image generating model that injected diversity into pictures with a farcical disregard for historical context. While the underlying issue is perfectly understandable, Google blames the model for “becoming” over-sensitive.

‘Embarrassing and wrong': Google admits it lost control of image-generating AI

Google apologized Friday for a tranche of historically inaccurate images generated on its Gemini AI image service, saying the feature “missed the mark” after widely circulated images sparked backlash from right-wing users and billionaire X owner Elon Musk.

Google Apologizes For Inaccurate Gemini Photos: Tried Avoiding ‘Traps' Of AI Technology

Apple

Microsoft

Tesla

The "Magnificent Seven" refers to seven mega-cap companies that have been driving most of the EPS growth in 2023 & 2024. The group has now shrunk to a "Fantastic Four" with Microsoft, Nvidia, Amazon, and Meta experiencing significantly better returns. The combined market cap of the Magnificent Seven is $13 trillion, driving ETF concentration and overshadowing economies of whole countries.

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The "Magnificent Seven" dominate the stock market to a worrying extent, one expert says. Deutsche Bank's economics chief, Jim Read, said investors should be wary of an economic slump.

'Magnificent 7' tech stocks are dangerously dominant — and recession's still a real risk, top economist warns

Google on Thursday announced it will “pause” some features of its AI image generator Gemini after backlash over its depiction of gender and ethnic diversity, but the company has a number of competitors in the space, such as from OpenAI, Microsoft and Adobe establishing themselves in the fast growing sector.

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First Trust US Equity Opportunities ETF

Invesco AI and Next Gen Software ETF

Renaissance IPO ETF

Invesco NASDAQ Internet ETF

Global X Social Media ETF

Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund

As Reddit prepares for its stock market debut, industry observers eagerly anticipate the platform's future trajectory and its role in the ever-evolving landscape of social media and technology.

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Google's AI model Gemini has faced backlash over image-generation issues. Critics claim Gemini's inaccurate images are the result of it being "woke.

Google just can't seem to catch a break

As far as recent earnings are concerned, Q4 2023 looked impressive for the advertising giant Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG , NASDAQ: GOOGL ). The company reported strong 13% revenue growth, with advertising revenues expected to climb further in 2024, driven by events like the Olympics and Elections.

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Elon Musk took aim at Google search on Friday after claiming the company's AI business is biased and “racist,” expanding his attacks on the tech giant and fanning conspiracy theories it is working to rig the 2024 election amid intense backlash over diversity in its now-halted Gemini AI image generator.

Elon Musk Targets Google Search After Claiming Company AI Is ‘Insane' And ‘Racist'

Nvidia Worth More Than Alphabet, Amazon

Google Cloud's revenue in 2023 was $33.09 billion, a 25.9% increase from the previous year. Google Cloud turned a profit in 2023, a significant improvement from previous years. Despite competition from Amazon and Microsoft, Alphabet has shown growth and margin improvements.

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FTAI Aviation Ltd

New Linde PLC

Palo Alto Networks

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PayPal

Vertex Pharmaceuticals

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Reddit Inc

Reddit has struck a deal with Google that allows the search giant to use posts from the online discussion site for training its artificial intelligence models and to improve services such as Google Search.

Reddit strikes $60M deal allowing Google to train AI models on its posts, unveils IPO plans

Rapid developments in artificial intelligence could help strengthen defenses against security threats in cyber space, according to Google CEO Sundar Pichai.

AI can 'disproportionately' help defend against cybersecurity threats, Google CEO Sundar Pichai says

Apple Inc. AAPL, +1.12% debuted “Apple Sports” on Wednesday, an iPhone app that gives sports fans access to real-time scores, stats, lineups and betting odds, in an effort to become the go-to place sports fans get their latest news.

Why Apple's new Sports app could be bad news for Google

Alphabet's Google said on Thursday it will integrate its Gemini artificial intelligence models into an existing product for advertisers, bringing its advanced AI capabilities to more of the tech giant's customers.

Google upgrades AI product for advertisers with Gemini models

Google said it "will re-release an improved version soon.”

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