Alphabet surges 11 per cent on strong earnings, unveils first dividend payout Markets 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 Tech If the FCA deems technology companies' data useful for finance, it will "incentivise" sharing through Open Banking.
Google backs £9.5m London legal tech firm which ‘combines AI with human lawyers’ Tech 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.
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.
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.
AI will design drugs in the next couple of years, says Google Deepmind boss February 27, 2024 The chief of Google DeepMind has said artificial intelligence (AI) could be designing drugs in clinics within the next couple of years.
Big tech faces backlash over big water consumption February 25, 2024 Tech giants like Microsoft, Google, and Meta have ramped up their water usage to cool their data centres, increasingly used for AI services.
Tech’s boom or bust cycle will only whip up trust issues February 18, 2024 High levels of volatility are giving tech investors the ick, says Mike Maynard
Labour will ‘get under the bonnet’ of Britain’s growth problem, Starmer to say January 31, 2024 Labour will “roll up our sleeves and get under the bonnet” to fix Britain’s stagnating growth problem, Sir Keir Starmer is set to tell bosses and CEOs.