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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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The Justice Department for more than a year has investigated whether Google abuses its dominance over the interlocking technologies that deliver ads online.

Justice Dept. Said to Conduct New Interviews in Inquiry Into Google's Ad Tech

The Department of Justice sued Google in 2020 alleging the company maintained a monopoly in search.

DOJ Will Sue Google Over Ad Tech Business in September, Report Says

The Justice Department is poised to file an antitrust lawsuit against Alphabet Inc.'s Google as soon as September over its dominance in the online advertising market.

Justice Department expected to file antitrust lawsuit against Google as soon as September: report

Fresh off of an expansion to Mexico, Google today previewed the launch of new Google Cloud regions concentrated in Asia-Pacific (APAC), specifically Malaysia, Thailand and New Zealand. When they come online, they'll bring Google's total number of cloud regions to 34 — short of Azure's more than 60, but ahead of AWS' 26.

Google Cloud announces upcoming regions in Malaysia, Thailand and New Zealand

“We are aware of an electrical incident that took place today at Google's data center in Council Bluffs, Iowa, injuring three people onsite who are now being treated," Google said.

Explosion at Google facility leaves three people in critical condition: reports

Alphabet currently has a P/E [FWD] Ratio of only 22.59, which is 19.55% below its Average P/E Ratio of the last 5 years. In terms of risk and reward, the HQC Scorecard shows very attractive ratings for Alphabet in all categories.

Google: Very Attractive In All Categories Of The HQC Scorecard - Strong Buy

Baidu

General Motors

Tesla

The global autonomous vehicle market is expected to reach US$327b by 2030, representing a revised 2020-2030 CAGR of 22.6%. Statista quotes a faster adoption with US$396b by 2025. An update on the leading global autonomous vehicle companies with a focus on commercial advancements. Several companies are currently operating autonomous vehicle taxi services.

An Update On The Leading Global Autonomous Vehicle Companies And What To Expect Next

Apple

South Korea's communication watchdog, the Korea Communications Commission (KCC), said Tuesday it will investigate Apple and Google over potential violations of the country's in-app payment rule. Local media reports noted that the agency will start this investigation on August 16.

South Korea to probe Apple and Google over in-app payment rule break

Accenture Plc

NVIDIA

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Google, the internet search and advertising titan and other related products including maps, suffered a rare outage overnight.  The search engine was, according to outage tracking website Downdetector, down for more than 40,000 US users around 9.20 pm Eastern time, while users in the UK, Australia and Singapore also reported problems.

Google hit by global outage

Google has launched a website for its Read Along app for encouraging young children to practice reading. The website, which is introduced as a public beta, works with Chrome, Firefox, and Edge browsers on Desktop and Android, with support for iOS and more browsers such as Safari coming soon.

Google launches a website version of its Read Along education app for children

The outage, which lasted for around an hour, came hours after a fire in an Iowa-based Google data center. Google says the incidents are unrelated.

Google Goes Down Around the World, Chaos Ensues

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Is Google Cheap? 3 Ways To Value The Company

Google's search engine experienced a rare outage Monday night.

Google Search suffers rare but brief outage Monday night

Users also reported problems with Gmail, Google maps and Google images

Google hit by worldwide outage as users report search engine down

Users around the world are reporting outages on search engine Google, according to DownDetector.com.

Google outage reported by thousands of users around the world

Alphabet Inc's Google was down for thousands of users on Monday, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com.

Google down for thousands of users

Sonos

The lawsuits are the latest jab in a long-running legal battle between the two companies.

Google Sues Sonos Over Voice Control Technology

Google is suing Sonos (again) over patent infringement in what seems to be an unending legal fight series between two tech companies. The two new lawsuits filed Monday center around various patents involving keyword detection, charging using “technologies invented by Google” and determining what speaker from a group should respond to the keyword.

Google is suing Sonos over patent infringement once again

Amazon

Microsoft

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Disney

Intuitive Surgical

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DexCom

Shopify

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The market reaction post-Q2 earnings demonstrated that Google's near-term headwinds had been reflected. But, Google must contend with more competition amid slowing growth in ads. YouTube's growth slowdown could be bottoming out soon before recovering. However, Google Cloud also needs to demonstrate profitable growth to compensate for slowing growth in advertising.

Google: Don't Expect A Fast Recovery From Here

Bank of America

Wells Fargo

Exxon Mobil

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The AZEK Company

TechnipFMC

Millicom International Cellular S.A.

Qualtrics International

Playa Hotels & Resorts

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