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Boeing Partners With Microsoft, Amazon, Google For Cloud Services

Boeing Co (NYSE:BA) is deepening its strategic relationship with Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) to drive its digital transformation. Boeing will use the Microsoft Cloud and its AI capabilities to upgrade its technology infrastructure and mission-critical applications with intelligent new data-driven solutions, opening up new ways of working, operating, and conducting business. Boeing also expanded its relationship with Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN)…

Benzinga · Apr 6, 2022

Google Backed VerSe Commands $5B Valuation After Latest Funding Round: Reuters

India's VerSe Innovation has raised $805 million in a funding round led by Canada's top pension fund. The funding has put a $5 billion valuation on the Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google-backed parent of short-video app Josh and news aggregator Dailyhunt, Reuters reports. Josh, which has more than 150 million monthly active users, competes in…

Benzinga · Apr 6, 2022

Jack Ma, Warren Buffett Backed Paytm Looks To Breakeven Soon: Bloomberg

Paytm, backed by SoftBank Group Corp (OTC:SFTBY) (OTC:SFTBF) and Alibaba Group Holding Ltd's (NYSE:BABA) fintech affiliate Ant Group, looks to break even on an operating basis over the next year-and-a-half, Bloomberg reports. The Indian digital payments pioneer doubled its gross merchandise value to $34.3 billion in the March quarter. Paytm looks to become profitable in…

Benzinga · Apr 6, 2022

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EU Introduces Regulatory Fee For Big Online Platforms

Major online platforms will face a fee of up to 0.1% of annual net income to cover the costs of monitoring compliance with new European Union rules, Reuters reports. The EU countries and lawmakers would likely settle the Digital Services Act (DSA) rules later this month. The overall amount of the…

Benzinga · Apr 5, 2022

Alphabet And 2 Other Stocks Insiders Are Selling

Although the Nasdaq Composite dropped around 2% on Tuesday, there were a few notable insider trades.

Benzinga · Apr 5, 2022

Former DeepMind Officials Get Together To Develop AI For Stock and Crypto Picking

Martin Schmid, Rudolf Kadlec, and Matej Moravcik left Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL)-owned DeepMind in January to set up EquiLibre Technologies, CNBC reports. The trio seek to develop artificial intelligence for stock and crypto picking. They look to use reinforcement learning to train an AI system to buy and sell shares and make a…

Benzinga · Apr 5, 2022

Trump's Social Media Venture Abruptly Loses Key Officials; Sparks Concerns

Tech chief Josh Adams and product development chief Billy Boozer have resigned from former President Donald Trump's 'Truth Social' in less than a year, Reuters reports. Sources said, "If Josh has left… all bets are off," calling him the "brains" behind Truth Social's technology. Boozer also had a significant leadership role…

Benzinga · Apr 4, 2022

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Goldman Sachs Turns Bullish On Leslie's - Read Why

Goldman Sachs analyst Kate McShane upgraded Leslie’s Inc (NASDAQ:LESL) to Buy from Neutral with a price target of $27, up from $26, implying a 29.4% upside. McShane predicts the sales growth to continue, given the maintenance of a larger pool base, management execution in Pro and acquisitions, and a lift from solid migration trends. The…

Benzinga · Apr 4, 2022

US Big Tech Continue To Raise Global Regulatory Concerns

The House Oversight Committee on Friday launched an investigation into Amazon.com Inc's (NASDAQ:AMZN) labor practices, CNBC reports. The House demanded information about a deadly warehouse collapse in Illinois in 2021 as a tornado hit the warehouse, killing six workers. The workers had alleged inadequate safety protocols for severe weather events. The Competition Commission…

Benzinga · Apr 1, 2022

Read About Apple's Latest Subscription Offering As It Looks To Reduce Dependence On Devices

Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) launched Apple Business Essentials, a new program for businesses to set up, manage and install software on workers' iPhones, iPads, and Macs. The product is aimed at smaller customers, primarily those without dedicated IT departments. It comes at a monthly price of $2.99 to $24.99 per worker. The product enables…

Benzinga · Apr 1, 2022

How Is The Market Feeling About Google - Class C Capital Stock?

Alphabet Inc - Class C Capital Stock's (NASDAQ:GOOG) short percent of float has risen 4.92% since its last report. The company recently reported that it has 1.77 million shares sold short, which is 0.64% of all regular shares that are available for trading.

Benzinga · Mar 31, 2022

Disney Roped In Google Veteran As Streaming CTO

The Walt Disney Co (NYSE:DIS) roped in Alphabet Inc’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google veteran Jeremy Doig as the new CTO of its streaming organization, Variety reports. Disney Streaming, a part of Disney Media & Entertainment Distribution, helps to monetize content from Disney’s studios and networks. From April, Doig would lead the global technology teams that…

Benzinga · Mar 30, 2022

Global Regulators Continue To Penalize Big Tech Over Antitrust Concerns

The Paris Commercial Court penalized Alphabet Inc’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) Google by €2 million ($2.2 million) over abusive practices toward its app store developers, Bloomberg reports. The Court ordered Google to change seven clauses from its contracts dating back to 2015 and 2016, including a 30% commission on developer revenue on the Google Play…

Benzinga · Mar 29, 2022

Russians Plan to Launch Alternative to Google Play on Victory Day

Russian tech developers are building an alternative to Alphabet Inc's Google Play store and plan to launch it on May 9, a national holiday in Russia that celebrates victory in World War Two, the organization behind the initiative said on Tuesday. YouTube and Google Play this month suspended all payment-based…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 29, 2022

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Benzinga · Mar 29, 2022

Researchers Accuse Russia's Yandex Of Breach Of User Privacy

Researchers alleged that Russian internet company Yandex NV (NASDAQ:YNDX) had embedded code into apps found on mobile devices that help to transmit user information to Russian servers, the Financial Times reports. Yandex's software helped developers create apps for devices running Apple Inc's (NASDAQ:AAPL) iOS and Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google's Android, systems that ran the vast majority…

Benzinga · Mar 29, 2022

Morgan Stanley Downgrades Pinterest Amid Challenges From Facebook, Google

Morgan Stanley analyst Brian Nowak downgraded Pinterest Inc (NYSE:PINS) to Equal Weight from Overweight with a price target of $30, down from $53. The price target implies an upside of 13.4%. Pinterest's user and time spent trends were challenging while it shifted existing time spent toward lower-monetizing creator videos. Nowak acknowledged the edge in larger…

Benzinga · Mar 29, 2022

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Benzinga · Mar 29, 2022

DOJ Supports Antitrust Bill Targeting Big Tech - Read Why: WSJ

The Justice Department supported American Innovation and Choice Online Act and similar legislation banning large digital platforms from favoring their products and services over competitors, the Wall Street Journal reports. The DOJ saw the rise of dominant platforms like Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) and Alphabet Inc’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google jeopardizing open markets and competition. Amazon, Google, Apple…

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Benzinga · Mar 29, 2022

This AI Startup Roped In Big Tech Executives From Google, Meta As Founding Members

LinkedIn (NASDAQ:MSFT) founder Reid Hoffman and DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman poached artificial intelligence gurus from Alphabet Inc's (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google, and Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:FB) for their AI startup, Inflection, CNBC reports. Inflection' looked to develop AI software products that enabled hassle-free communication between humans and computers. Heinrich Kuttler quit his research engineering manager role at…

Benzinga · Mar 25, 2022

Evercore Lists Amazon's USPs - Shipping Elasticity, Brand Advertising, Grocery Delivery, Cheap Valuation

Analysts led by Mark Mahaney at Evercore ISI reiterated their Outperform rating on Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) with a target price on the stock of $4,300, implying more than 30% upside. Amazon remains the investment bank advisory group's top mega-cap long holding. Mahaney and his team highlight four underappreciated elements of the company. Firstly, Amazon's recent…

Benzinga · Mar 25, 2022

Alphabet's Drone Division Roped In New CFO: Bloomberg

Alphabet Inc's (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Wing unit roped in Shannon Nash as CFO as it looked to expand its drone-delivery operations, Bloomberg reports. Nash previously served as the CFO of Reputation.com Inc. Wing recently promoted its CTO, Adam Woodworth, as the CEO. In the first two months of 2022, it completed over 30,000…

Benzinga · Mar 25, 2022

After US, Big Tech Sees More Trouble From EU: Reuters

Strict new rules targeting the U.S. tech giants will likely be effective in October, Reuters reports based on EU antitrust chief. In 2021, Margrethe Vestager proposed a list of dos and don'ts for Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN), Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL), Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:FB), Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) unit Google and Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ:MSFT) under the Digital Markets Act. Also Read: US Senate Votes…

Benzinga · Mar 24, 2022

Google Tries Its Luck At Health Monitoring From Home Like Apple

Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google looked to test whether capturing heart sounds and eyeball images via smartphones could help people identify elevated risk issues at home. Google investigated whether the smartphone's built-in microphone could detect heartbeats and murmurs when placed over the chest to enable early detection of heart valve disorders, the company…

Benzinga · Mar 24, 2022

Google Fielded Pay-Related Questions At Recent Meet

Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google leaders faced a storm of criticism from employees on issues related to compensation, CNBC reports. Google defended the company's competitiveness at a recent all-hands meeting while conceding that the performance review process could change. Recently, Google's internal survey had reflected growing dissatisfaction with pay packages. Its peer Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN), looked…

Benzinga · Mar 24, 2022

Google Submits Fitbit's Passive Heart Rate Monitoring Feature For FDA Approval

Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) has submitted data to the FDA

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