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Elizabeth Warren, Democrats Demand Answers About Google's $24.5 Million Trump Settlement: 'The Public Deserves To Know'

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Ron Wyden (D-Ore), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore) have demanded answers from Alphabet Inc.'s (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google executives about the company's $24.5 million settlement with President Donald Trump.

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Bitcoin, Ethereum, Tesla On 5x Steroids: VolatilityShares Seeks SEC Approval For Its Wildest Ride Yet

VolatilityShares, a pioneer in crypto-themed ETFs, has submitted a filing to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) seeking to roll out a line of extremely leveraged products, such as 5x ETFs that follow bitcoin, ether, XRP, and Solana, as well as volatile stocks like Coinbase Global Inc (NASDAQ:COIN), Strategy…

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Billionaire Gautam Adani Calls It A 'Monumental Day' As Google Partners With AdaniConneX And Airtel To Set Up $15 Billion AI Hub In India

On Tuesday, Sundar Pichai-led Alphabet Inc.'s (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google announced plans to invest $15 billion over the next five years to build a massive artificial intelligence data center in India. This deal marks the tech giant's largest investment in the country to date.

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Google Sends Clear Message To Investors Ahead Of Earnings: AI Isn't Killing Search — It's Making It Stronger, Says Gene Munster

As fears swirl about artificial intelligence upending Alphabet Inc.'s (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google's dominance in search, Deepwater Asset Management's Gene Munster says the company is sending one message loud and clear — AI is boosting, not breaking, its core business.

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Chamath Palihapitiya Says Hyperscalers Like Microsoft, Google Need To Cushion Rising Power Bills Or 'See A Lot More Pushback'

On Friday, venture capitalist Chamath Palihapitiya warned that Big Tech firms such as Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) and Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) could face growing backlash from local communities unless they act to offset rising electricity rates tied to massive AI data center expansion.

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Irving Azoff Slams YouTube For Paying Artists Just One-Fifth Of What Spotify And Apple Do: '...Nobody Stands Up To Them'

On Thursday, Irving Azoff hurled allegations at YouTube, a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc.'s (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google. He accused the platform of bullying tactics and paying creators less than companies like Spotify Inc. (NYSE:SPOT), Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) and Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL).

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Google Tightens 'Work From Anywhere' Policy, With Even 1 Remote Day Counting As Full Week: Report

Alphabet Inc.'s (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google is reportedly scaling back one of its most popular pandemic-era benefits — its "Work From Anywhere" policy.

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Affirm Extends Its Google Partnership To Bring Smarter, More Flexible Ways To Pay

Affirm Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:AFRM) announced on Thursday a strategic move to support Alphabet Inc.’s (NASDAQ:GOOGL) (NASDAQ:GOOG) Google Agent Payments Protocol (AP2).

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Dan Ives Says Q3 Tech Earnings Will 'Exceed The AI Hype,' Expert Adds Tariff Impact On Other Firms Will Be 'Much Less Than Anticipated'

Prominent tech analyst Dan Ives is predicting a “very strong” third-quarter earnings season for tech stocks, suggesting the results will “match/exceed the AI hype.”

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Fear Of An AI Bubble? This Time Is Different, Goldman Says

"This time is different" may be the most dangerous phrase in investing—but Goldman Sachs is embracing it, claiming today's AI-driven tech boom doesn't fit the script of past financial bubbles.

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Anthropic's New Claude Detects Evaluations: 'I Think You're Testing Me' — Raising Fresh Questions About AI Self-Awareness

Anthropic's newest artificial intelligence model, Claude Sonnet 4.5, surprised its creators by recognizing that it was being tested. The company behind the model is supported by Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) and Jeff Bezos-founded Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN).

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Bill Ackman's Bet On Google Pays Off: Up $830 Million Since Q2

Legendary investor Bill Ackman made a big bet on Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG)(NASDAQ:GOOGL), picking the company as one of the winners in the artificial intelligence space. The initial stake and increased position size in Alphabet have paid off nicely for Ackman in recent months.

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Tim Sweeney Declares End Of 'Scare Screens' As Google's Supreme Court Bid Over Android App Store Fails

On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to block a lower court order requiring Alphabet Inc.'s (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google to overhaul its Play Store, marking a major win for "Fortnite" maker Epic Games.

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Chamath Palihapitiya Warns AI Push By GOOGL, META, MSFT And AMZN Using NVDA Chips Could Double Electricity Rates

The burgeoning artificial intelligence boom, driven by tech titans like Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL), Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ:META), Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT), and Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) relying heavily on Nvidia Corp. (NASDAQ:NVDA) powerful GPUs, could lead to a dramatic doubling of electricity rates within the next five years.

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Amazon, Meta Beware: The AI Spending Boom Is Pushing Tech Firms Into A Debt Spiral

U.S. tech giants like Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ:META), Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN), Microsoft Corp. (NYSE:MSFT) and Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL)(NASDAQ:GOOG) have plowed hundreds of billions into artificial intelligence over the past two years, initially using their hefty cash piles — but Goldman Sachs says that cushion is wearing thin, and debt is…

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Meta's Superintelligence Labs Turns To Vercel, GitHub To Speed Up AI Prototyping: Report

Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ:META) is shifting its AI prototyping work to external developer platforms.

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Eric Jackson Quips 'Paging Nancy Pelosi About OPEN' As Cleo Fields Buys Current Retail Favorite Opendoor

Founder of EMJ Capital, Eric Jackson, drew attention to a recent stock purchase by Rep Cleo Fields (D-La.) with a social media post reading, "Paging Nancy Pelosi about OPEN," referencing the Congressman's new investment in Opendoor Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:OPEN).

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S&P 500 Enters Its Best Quarter Of The Year: 5 Stocks To Watch This Month

As October kicks off, Wall Street is stepping into what's statistically the most rewarding quarter of the year, with seasonal optimism likely tied to year-end consumer spending and holiday sales.

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Apple, Google And Meta Can't Escape Gambling Lawsuits, Judge Rejects Section 230 Shield In Landmark Ruling On Casino-Style Apps

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google and Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META) will have to face lawsuits accusing them of profiting from illegal casino-style apps after a federal judge ruled Section 230 does not shield their payment processing practices.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene Loads Up On Six-Figure Treasury Bill— Diversifies Portfolio With Bitcoin ETF, Tech Stocks

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) made a significant six-figure investment into a U.S. Treasury Bill in mid-September, anchoring a flurry of trading activity that also saw her purchase shares in popular technology stocks and a Bitcoin ETF.

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Trump To Receive $24.5 Million In YouTube Settlement, Google's Video Platform Will Not Admit Wrongdoing

YouTube, a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc.'s (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) Google, has agreed to pay $24.5 million to settle a lawsuit from President Donald Trump over the platform's suspension of his account in the aftermath of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.

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Gavin Newsom Says He's Signing A Law To Install 'Common-Sense Guardrails' For AI Safety: What This Means For Google, Meta And Nvidia

On Monday, Governor Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.) signed a landmark law requiring artificial intelligence giants such as OpenAI, Alphabet Inc.'s (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) Google, Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ: META) and Nvidia Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) to disclose how they plan to prevent their most advanced models from causing potential catastrophic risks.

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Anthropic's $1.5 Billion Settlement Over AI Training On Pirated Books Sets Precedent As Lawsuits Against OpenAI, Meta Loom

A federal judge in California has given preliminary approval to Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL)-backed Anthropic's $1.5 billion settlement with authors who accused the AI company of using millions of pirated books to train its Claude chatbot.

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Mark Zuckerberg's Meta May Lean On Rival Google To Improve Ad Targeting Despite Billions Spent On In-House AI

Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ: META) is reportedly in early talks with Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) to use Google's Gemini AI models to strengthen its ad business.

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Google Just Made Cipher Mining An AI-Crypto Hybrid Bet

Cipher Mining Inc (NASDAQ: CIFR) just landed one of the most eye-catching endorsements in crypto infrastructure: Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG). Google took a 5.4% stake in the Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) miner, securing roughly 24 million warrants as part of a 10-year, $5 billion AI hosting deal.

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