The Latest Breaking News from Alphabet Inc

Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:FB) looks to use Broadcom Inc's (NASDAQ:AVGO) custom chips to build its metaverse hardware, becoming the chipmaker's next billion-dollar ASIC customer, J.P. Morgan analysts said. The analysts saw application-specific integrated circuit chips drive approximately $2 billion to $2.5 billion in revenue for Broadcom in 2022, aided by its deals…

Social media company Snap (SNAP) has reduced its growth forecast due to several macroeconomic headwinds and a global economic slowdown. These headwinds, coupled with increased regulations, will likely affect other companies in the digital ad space. Thus, we think the stocks of digital ad companies Meta Platforms (FB), Alphabet (GOOGL),…

Twitter, Inc (NYSE:TWTR) refused to remove Silver Lake co-CEO Egon Durban from its board after failing to win the support of the necessary majority of Twitter investors.  The board considered Durban a highly influential member bringing an unparalleled operational knowledge of the industry, a unique perspective, and an invaluable skill set and experience…

Research firm MoffettNathanson slashed its 2025 revenue estimates for each Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL), Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:FB), Snap Inc (NYSE:SNAP), and Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) by double-digit percentages, Reuters reported. MoffettNathanson expects online advertising in the U.S. to grow by 12.5% annually through 2025, down from the previous estimate of 18.5% annual growth. "After years of uber-bullishness, we are truly concerned…

Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google Cloud head Thomas Kurien clarified that its deal with oil giant Saudi Aramco did not include oil production, Bloomberg reports. “We work with Aramco system integration division, not with the oil-and-gas division,” Kurian said. Google’s critics, including its employees, have claimed that providing cloud tools to oil-and-gas…

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Alphabet Inc's (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google and the Indian government have discussed integrating its shopping services with India's open e-commerce network ONDC, Reuters reports. Google's talks follow the success of its payments business due to the government's initiative for financial transactions, the Unified Payments Interface (UPI). An expert emphasized ONDC's need for a…

Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google Maps contract workers are amid a standoff with their vendor Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp (NASDAQ:CTSH) on resuming back office, Bloomberg reports. The workers who are paid an hourly rate of $16 - $28 and do not enjoy the same perks as direct employees are also subject to the company's…

Britain's competition regulator launched its second probe into the advertising practices of Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google for allegedly distorting competition and illegally favoring its services, Reuters reports. The Competition and Markets Authority examined three critical parts of the ad tech stack chain, services that mediate ad tech since Google owned the largest…

Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG) subsidiary Google said on Wednesday that its Google Docs application will now allow users to make multiple text selectio

Luminar Technologies, Inc (NASDAQ:LAZR) roped in Christopher “CJ” Moore, a manager on Apple Inc’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) car project and a former director of Autopilot at Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA), to lead global software development, Bloomberg reports. Moore, who had joined Apple in August, will lead Luminar’s software team to develop autonomous safety features integrated with its lidar or…