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A.I. is “too important not to regulate well,” Pichai wrote, while Altman suggested that a body like the IAEA would soon be needed to oversee A.I.

The last few months have not been good for tech workers. Groupon laid off 500 employees, Spotify axed 600, Yahoo nixed 1,600, Paypal cut 2,000, Salesforce let go of 7,000, Microsoft fired 10,000, and Alphabet — Google’s parent company — parted ways with 12,000. Meta, the company behind Facebook, Instagram,…

A large increase in put options in Alphabet stock (GOOG, GOOGL) today. These trades can be analyzed to see if we can learn from them, as they are likely initiated by hedge funds.

While most mega-cap technology stocks have posted impressive rallies this year, the performance of Cisco Systems (CSCO ) is an exception. With technology stocks such as Alphabet (GOOGL ) and Apple (AAPL ) soaring more than +30% this year, Cisco Systems is down -1.5%. While growth in other mega-cap tech...

Top company executives are mentioning artificial intelligence (AI) this earnings season, which has become a factor in determining companies’ stock performance. According to transcripts analyzed by Bloomberg, there have been around 1,600 mentions of AI by U.S. and European companies in this season’s quarterly conference calls, a record number. Interest...

Tech summer internships, famous for giving college students a taste of Silicon Valley life, are among the most sought after gigs. This year, there will be fewer of them.

What you need to know… The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) Thursday closed down -0.17%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed down -0.66%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed up +0.31%. Stock indexes Thursday settled mixed. An -8% slump in...

Alphabet's stock is up 32% in 2023. Will this tech stock continue to move higher, or will shares pull back in the next 12 months?

Too little too late?

Apple hired fewer people than its peers during the pandemic, and so has avoided giant layoffs even as Meta, Amazon and others cut tens of thousands of jobs.

Positive report comes after company’s rare stumbles on revenue, profit and sales in February and highlights strength of the brand