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Global tech giants' spending spooks investors and drives bonds rally

US bonds rally as investors question returns on massive AI investments; crypto slides after Binance hack concerns, while oil rises on Strait of Hormuz risks

Big tech's $750 billion AI bet faces strain with slowing core growth

The earnings reports and the ensuing stock selloffs expose the tensions escalating over big tech's transition to new AI-powered products, and the spending required to get there

Alphabet loses over $500 billion in market value as AI hits Google search

Alphabet lost over $500 billion in market value as weaker-than-expected search and advertising sales raised concerns over AI's impact on Google's core business and soaring infrastructure costs.

Google unveils Gemini 3.7 Flash AI model for coding, agent workflows

Google's latest Gemini 3.7 Flash targets coding and autonomous business tasks at a lower cost, as investors await the delayed flagship Gemini 3.5 Pro model

Google announces new undersea cables linking Panama, Chile, Florida

Google's new Alisios cable will connect Chile, Panama and the Dominican Republic, while Canoa and OlaLuz will extend links to Bermuda and Florida.

Alphabet rolls back AI image feature in Google Earth over policy concerns

The feature, powered by Google's Nano Banana 2 AI model, had allowed ‌users to generate photorealistic images ​grounded in Google Earth's satellite, ​aerial and 3D imagery by typing a text prompt

Google bets on selfie video for account recovery, but experts urge caution

Google's selfie video feature could make account recovery easier and more secure, but experts warn that facial data is permanent and increasingly targeted by AI-enabled fraud

Google hit with $1 billion EU fine for breaking antitrust regulations

The European Commission fined Google €890 million for breaching Big Tech rules, while acknowledging progress in the company's efforts to comply with the EU's Digital Markets Act

Alphabet-led project drives 44% jump in India's foreign investment: UN

Total FDI rose 44% to $39 billion last year, UN Trade and Development said in its annual World Investment Report released Tuesday

Google loses EU top court battle over $4.7 bn Android antitrust fine

The European Court of Justice ruled on Thursday that Google's earlier defeat against a European Commission penalty should stand

South Korea accuses Google of abusing Android app market dominance

The Korea Fair Trade Commission's (KFTC) Market Surveillance Bureau found Google's alleged abuse of market dominance in the Android app marketplace affected $9.1 billion in revenue

Nobel prize winner John Jumper to leave Google's DeepMind for Anthropic

Jumper played a key role in Google's AI coding efforts, and his exit adds to the company's challenges in competing with Anthropic, OpenAI and Elon Musk's SpaceX in the AI race

Anthropic valued at $965 bn after latest funding round, eclipsing OpenAI

Alphabet Inc.'s Google contributed several billion dollars to the round as part of a previously announced commitment to invest up to $40 billion in Anthropic over time

Google, Blackstone launch $5 billion AI cloud company to challenge Nvidia

The new venture will allow companies to rent AI computing power using Google's custom TPU chips instead of building costly infrastructure

Judge denies Google bid to pause search data-sharing order in monopoly case

US District Judge Amit Mehta denied Google's request for now, saying that any data sharing is at least months away and therefore the company is not at risk of any immediate harm

Google offers changes to Search spam policy to avert EU antitrust fine

The EU watchdog has said that its monitoring showed that Google's spam policy demotes news media and other publishers' websites and content in Google search results when those websites include content

Alphabet's Q12026 sales at $94.7 bn, Google Cloud sees 63% revenue surge

Alphabet shares jumped 7.6% to $376.35 in early trading in New York on Thursday. The stock had risen 12% this year through Wednesday's close

Google strengthens AI push with $40 billion investment in Anthropic

Anthropic's Claude Code tool has gained strong traction among developers. The company's annual run-rate revenue surpassed $30 billion this month, up from about $9 billion at the end of 2025

Alphabet issues rare $11 billion 100-year bond to fund AI: What it means

Alphabet has raised over $11 billion through global bond sales, including a rare 100-year bond, as it ramps up spending on artificial intelligence and long-term technology investments

Why Google is ramping up AI investment to as much as $185 billion

Strong profits and cash flow are driving Google's plan to double AI spending to $185 bn; the money will go into AI models, cloud infrastructure and data centres as demand continues to rise