Alphabet surges 11 per cent on strong earnings, unveils first dividend payout April 26, 2024 Alphabet shares surged in after-hours trading on Thursday after Google's parent company impressed investors with a blowout first-quarter earnings report and initiated a $70 billion stock buyback program alongside its first-ever dividend declaration.
Regulator: Working with big tech including Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Apple and Meta is top priority April 22, 2024 If the FCA deems technology companies' data useful for finance, it will "incentivise" sharing through Open Banking.
‘Magnificent Seven’ sell-off ahead of big week for big tech April 22, 2024 Big tech share prices have been dented by a sector-wide sell-off of risky assets ahead of four "Big six" firms reporting Q1 results.
Google backs £9.5m London legal tech firm which ‘combines AI with human lawyers’ April 15, 2024 Google Ventures (GV) has led a seed round worth £9.5m to fund legal tech company Lawhive, along with participation from Episode 1 Ventures.
Dr Martens sues Temu over use of trademark on Google search April 14, 2024 Dr Martens filed the legal action against Temu filed at the High Court last week over alleged trademark infringements.
Competition watchdog issues warning on AI foundation models like ChatGPT April 12, 2024 The CMA said it is concerned about the concentration of market power among a handful of incumbent technology giants' AI models.
Is there an AI bubble and will it burst? April 10, 2024 As stocks like Nvidia have risen over 200 per cent in the last year, some are worried an AI bubble is emerging. Jess Jones and Elliot Gulliver-Needham take a closer look
Are Tesla and Apple losing the big tech war? Here’s how Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, Nvidia and Alphabet compare April 6, 2024 Tesla has tanked over 30 per cent while Apple is down roughly nine per cent since year to date, compared to the S&P 500 which has risen.
Amazon, Dell, Google and Microsoft: Nearly 60,000 tech layoffs so far in 2024 and ‘more pain to come’ April 4, 2024 The tsunami of tech layoffs which plagued much of 2023 has continued to hit companies of all sizes this year.
UK proposes new laws to crack down on push payment fraud March 12, 2024 New legislation to crack down on push payment scams via banking apps will be brought to parliament, the government has announced today.