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Alphabet is no stranger to strong financial gains. As of June 30, Alphabet had $118 billion of cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities compared to just $14 billion of long-term debt. In 2022, Alphabet's ROIC was a stellar 22%...

The head of Germany's cartel office has warned that artificial intelligence may boost Big Tech's market power and regulators should be on the lookout for any anti-competitive behaviour. The comments by Andreas Mundt underscore regulatory concerns that tech giants, with their vast troves of user data, may get a competitive edge in the new technology used in smart homes, web search, online advertising, cars and many other products and services. Alphabet's Google and Microsoft have recently become rivals in artificial intelligence (AI), with the latter investing heavily in OpenAI and the former building the Bard AI chatbot among other investments...

Advanced AI capabilities are coming to your favorite devices sooner than you think...

Generative AI is taking the world by storm. The technology is expected to add trillions of dollars in value to the global economy, according to a McKinsey study. With the excitement surrounding new AI applications in software, investors are betting big on the companies revolutionizing the space. D.A. Davidson Managing Director and Senior Research Analyst Tom Forte and Roth MKM Managing Director Rohit Kulkarni join Yahoo Finance Live to discuss their picks and what investors should be looking for. As the “Godfather of AI,” Alphabet-parent Google (GOOGL, GOOG) is a top pick for Kulkarni, who said that because the company is currently behind Microsoft in the roll out of AI features, they are at an advantage considering they have undergone “evolutions of developing consumer-use cases unlike many others.” Viewed as a technology company focused on home e-commerce, Wayfair (W) is Forte’s “wildcard” AI investment. According to Forte, the company is leveraging AI with enhancements like their product-identifying feature that allows consumers to search for an item in their extensive product catalog by taking a photo. For more from this episode of NEXT:AI's software revolution: How Google, Microsoft, & Apple are ushering in an new eraHow Microsoft's AI-based Copilot is going to be 'everywhere that you need it'...

Three of the biggest tech companies in the world, Apple (AAPL), Google-parent Alphabet (GOOGL, GOOG), and Microsoft (MSFT), are finding new ways to deliver artificial intelligence both at the workplace and at home. Yahoo Finance Senior Tech Editor Dan Howley breaks down how the latest technologies from the three companies are helping to bring AI to the masses. For more from this episode of NEXT: How Microsoft's AI-based Copilot is going to be 'everywhere that you need it' AI stocks: Why the 'godfather' & the 'wildcard' are analysts' top picks...

EU antitrust regulators are asking Microsoft's users and rivals whether Bing should comply with new tough tech rules and also whether that should be the case for Apple's iMessage, people familiar with the matter said on Monday. The European Commission in September opened investigations to assess whether Microsoft's Bing, Edge and Microsoft Advertising as well as Apple's iMessage should be subject to the Digital Markets Act (DMA)...

Alphabet (GOOGL) has received quite a bit of attention from Zacks.com users lately. Therefore, it is wise to be aware of the facts that can impact the stock's prospects...