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Record quarter by Apple, Alphabet, Microsoft gives way to growth scepticism

The world's largest tech companies have gotten larger at a torrid rate

Google sued by 36 states over alleged Play Store abuses: Report

The lawsuit alleges that Google imposes technical barriers that strongly discourage or completely prevent third-party app developers from distributing apps outside the Google Play Store

Google lays out new features to keep users clicking after lockdown

Google's search, video-conferencing and other tools have been increasingly used in the past year as lockdowns and other pandemic restrictions forced people to shop and communicate online.

Alphabet pushes S&P 500 to record high, bolsters Nasdaq index

Market participants are also prepping for results of Apple Inc and Facebook Inc after markets close.

Big Tech uses AI to arrest blindness among India's burgeoning diabetics

Diabetic retinopathy is a leading cause of blindness and vision loss in adults and tech giants such as Intel and Google are building AI-based innovations to address such problems

Google starts enrollment for Google Career Certificates in various fields

Infosys to hire 500 graduates; Cognizant among others to have joined the employer consortium to hire from this programme

Alphabet-backed Oscar Health valued at $7.09 billion in lackluster debut

The company's shares opened at $36 on the New York Stock Exchange, below its initial public offering (IPO) price of $39 per share

Google pledges changes to research oversight after internal revolt

Google Research executives said they were working to regain trust after the company ousted two prominent women and rejected their work

Alphabet-backed Oscar Health eyes as much as $6.7 bn IPO valuation

The offering is expected to be priced between $32 and $34 per share, valuing the company at $6.7 billion at the upper end of the pricing range

Zuckerberg, Pichai, Dorsey due back for new grilling in US Congress

House antitrust panel to consider legislation that may curb the companies' dominance; hearings slated for next week

Facebook shares dip as Wall Street ponders Australia news fallout

Along with Google owner Alphabet, it now controls more than half of the digital advertising markets globally

Alphabet's VC arm backs OnePlus co-founder Carl Pei's 'Nothing' company

The funding would help 'Nothing' to release its first smart devices in the coming months.

Alphabet's VC arm backs OnePlus co-founder Carl Pei's 'Nothing' Company

The Nothing founder left OnePlus last year to focus on his new company

Wall Street rally cools after two-day climb; Alphabet jumps over 7%

Alphabet jumped 7.3% as it benefited from lockdowns that drove retail and other advertisers online

S&P 500, Nasdaq open higher after strong Alphabet, Amazon quarter results

(Reuters) - The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq opened higher on Wednesday after strong quarterly showing from heavyweights Alphabet and Amazon, while investors counted on more fiscal stimulus to aid an economic recovery.

Alphabet's Google posts record sales as retailers shell out for ads

Google, which generates more revenue from internet advertising than any other company, benefited from lockdowns that drove retail and other clients online

YouTube growing fast, Shorts gets 3.5 bn daily views: Sundar Pichai

Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai has revealed that videos in the new YouTube Shorts player are receiving 3.5 billion daily views, and the company will bring it to more countries in 2021.

Wall Street climbs ahead of Amazon, Alphabet earnings; stimulus in focus

Ten of the 11 major S&P sectors advanced, with economy linked energy, financial and industrials gaining the most

All eyes on Alphabet's first-ever disclosure of Google Cloud profit

Alphabet will provide a detailed annual breakdown for Cloud going back three years

Not viable: Alphabet closing Loon, a balloon alternative to cell towers

Founded in 2011, Loon aimed to bring connectivity to areas of the world where building cell towers is too expensive or treacherous using balloons the length of tennis courts and solar-powered gear