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Apple Stock Too Pricey? Analyst Warns Of Rising Competition, Tariff Risks, Favors 2 Tech Giants
Wednesday, June 4, 2025 - 11:33am | 792An Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) analyst is moving to the sidelines with a downgrade on the stock, which has multiple headwinds, including competition, valuation, and earnings at risk from tariffs. The Apple Analyst: Needham analyst Laura Martin downgrades Apple stock from Buy to Hold and withdraws a...
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Google CEO Sundar Pichai Insists 'Overall Query Growth' Persists Shrugging Off Eddy Cue's Warning, Calls Search 'Far From Zero-Sum Game'
Wednesday, May 28, 2025 - 10:39am | 441Google chief executive Sundar Pichai pushed back on claims that artificial-intelligence tools are eroding the company's search engine. What Happened: Pichai told The Verge's Nilay Patel that "we're seeing overall query growth in search" even on Apple devices despite rival assertions to the contrary...
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Fake Books, Real Deception: How AI-Generated Summer Reading List Fooled Google, Readers
Wednesday, May 21, 2025 - 6:11pm | 717There could be plenty of good to come from artificial intelligence, including search results and fact-finding on the web. While artificial intelligence can help write stories, a newspaper found out the hard way that it's important to check the work of a writer, even if it's a computer. What...
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Alphabet 'Well Positioned' For Google Search Dominance: Analyst Says Can 'Navigate The Shift To AI Search'
Wednesday, May 21, 2025 - 12:32pm | 804Analysts break down the potential impact of new products and features from Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG, NASDAQ:GOOGL) on the stock following the company's I/O developer conference. The Alphabet Analysts: Citizens analyst Andrew Boone maintained a Market Perform rating on Alphabet with no price...
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Google Faces Growing Threat As Chatbots Reshape How Users Search For Brands: Are ChatGPT, Claude And Others AI Bots Set To Be The 'Ultimate' Influencers?
Monday, April 28, 2025 - 3:03am | 660As AI chatbots like OpenAI's ChatGPT, Anthropic's Claude, and Perplexity reshape how users search for information, brands are adjusting their strategies to maintain visibility in this new search environment, which is increasingly displacing traditional search engines like Alphabet Inc.'s (NASDAQ:...
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Alphabet Q1 Earnings Highlights: Google Search, YouTube, Cloud Show 'Robust Momentum'
Thursday, April 24, 2025 - 4:24pm | 503Tech giant and Magnificent Seven member Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG)(NASDAQ:GOOGL) reported first-quarter financial results after market close Thursday. Here are the highlights. What Happened: Alphabet reported first-quarter revenue of $90.23 billion, up 12% year-over-year. The revenue total beat a...
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Alphabet Q1 Earnings Preview: Google Parent Stock At 'Fork In The Road,' While Antitrust Concerns Remain
Thursday, April 24, 2025 - 10:29am | 974Tech giant Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) is set to report quarterly financial results Thursday after market close as the company faces a key antitrust case that could change the structure of the company's business segments moving forward. Here are the analyst estimates for the first...
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Alphabet Stock 'Should Trade At A Premium': 5 Analysts Highlight AI, CapEx, How Much YouTube Could Be Worth
Wednesday, February 5, 2025 - 3:27pm | 955Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG)(NASDAQ:GOOGL) analysts share thoughts about the company's latest CapEx estimate and provide sum-of-the-parts valuations of how much YouTube could be worth after the company reported a mixed fourth-quarter. The Alphabet Analysts: Morgan Stanley analyst Brian Nowak...
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Alphabet Q4 Earnings Highlights: AI, Cloud, YouTube Momentum Continues, $75 Billion CapEx Guidance Spooks Investors
Tuesday, February 4, 2025 - 5:25pm | 516Tech giant Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG)(NASDAQ:GOOGL) reported fourth-quarter financial results after the market close Tuesday. Here are the key highlights. What Happened: Alphabet announced fourth-quarter total revenue of $96.5 billion, up 12% year-over-year. The revenue total missed a Street...
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Alphabet CEO Pichai Warns Employees Of High Stakes 2025: 'We Are Facing Scrutiny Across The World'
Monday, December 30, 2024 - 2:08pm | 568At a strategy meeting featuring Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG)(NASDAQ:GOOGL) executives, CEO Sundar Pichai addressed key 2025 topics, including artificial intelligence, competition and regulatory pressure. "The stakes are high," Pichai said at the Dec. 18 gathering, as reported by CNBC. "I think 2025...
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Jake Paul, Mike Tyson, Simone Biles And More: The Most-Searched Athletes On Google In 2024
Tuesday, December 10, 2024 - 4:15pm | 738When it comes to the world of sports, top searches on Google in 2024 for athletes centered on boxing and the 2024 Summer Olympics. Here are the year’s top 10 most-searched athletes on Google, the search engine owned by Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG)(NASDAQ:GOOGL): Imane Khelif Mike Tyson Lamine...
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'Inside Out 2,' 'Deadpool & Wolverine,' 'Baby Reindeer' Google's Top 2024 Entertainment Searches
Tuesday, December 10, 2024 - 3:45pm | 1081The year 2024 brought a flood of new movies and TV shows to theaters, broadcast networks, and streaming platforms. Here's a look at the most-searched items across the world of entertainment in 2024. Movies and Television: When looking for information on television shows and movies, consumers often...
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Copa América, Summer Olympics, Donald Trump, Presidential Election, Hurricanes And More Top 10 Google Searches In 2024
Tuesday, December 10, 2024 - 12:01pm | 986As 2024 draws to a close, it leaves behind a series of impactful and memorable news stories that defined the year. When looking for information on top news stories, many people around the world turned to Google, the search engine owned by Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL), where they...
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DOJ Targets Google Chrome, Poll Shows 64% Oppose Alphabet Breakup: YouTube Seen As Top Prize
Friday, November 22, 2024 - 11:24am | 727A poll of Benzinga readers found that they don't believe Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) should be broken up. This comes as the Department of Justice (DOJ) suggested divesting the Chrome browser to break a search monopoly. What Happened: Google parent Alphabet has long been a target of...
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Apple Stares At Multi-Billion Dollar Hit Amid Google's Antitrust Ruling: Here's What Investors Should Know
Wednesday, November 20, 2024 - 6:25am | 826Alphabet Inc.'s (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) lucrative agreement to pay Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) over $20 billion a year to make its search engine the default on iPhones is now under threat. What Happened: In May earlier this year, an antitrust lawsuit against Google’s parent company revealed...