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First came the Magnificent Seven. And then Wall Street analysts began doubting the strength of the tech sector, quickly coining the term "Fantastic Four" to exclude several of the biggest laggards in 2024. Now, Evercore ISI is pairing together a new group of tech stocks as big as the previous two — "the Electric Eleven," comprised of Airbnb (ABNB), Alphabet (GOOG, GOOGL), Amazon (AMZN), Booking Holdings (BKNG), DoorDash (DASH), Meta Platforms (META), Netflix (NFLX), Shopify (SHOP), Spotify (SPOT), The Trade Desk (TTD), and Uber (UBER). Evercore ISI Senior Managing Director and Head of Internet Research Mark Mahaney explains where the similarities between these companies lie and their core drivers. "I think most of these digital-first companies are beneficiaries of gen AI. They're going to be able to figure it out, they're going to deploy, or they already have in ways that improve products and processes and they're and I think shareholders will benefit from that," Mahaney explains. For more expert insight and the latest market action, click here to watch this full episode of Yahoo Finance Live. Editor's note: This article was written by Luke Carberry Mogan...

Alphabet's Google on Thursday will seek to fend off criticism about changes to its core services mandated by landmark EU tech rules, according to a copy of a senior Google executive's speech seen by Reuters. Oliver Bethell, a lawyer who leads Google's EMEA competition team, will tell regulators and rivals that balancing the various interests has required the tech company to make complex trade-offs, according to the document. Under the Digital Markets Act (DMA), which kicked in on March 7, users can remove any Google pre-installed software or app if they want while Google will need their consent to use their data across its various services or for personalised ads...

A federal judge on Wednesday declined to sanction Michael Cohen, the former fixer for Donald Trump, for mistakenly giving his lawyer fake case citations generated by artificial intelligence, calling the episode "embarrassing." U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman in Manhattan also refused to end court-supervised release for Cohen, who pleaded guilty in 2018 to campaign finance violations and tax evasion and served time in prison, and suggested Cohen may have perjured himself. Furman's decision came as Cohen prepares to be a star witness against Trump in the former president's upcoming criminal trial in Manhattan...

Amazon's (AMZN) AWS extends collaboration with NVIDIA to strengthen its portfolio offerings with generative AI technology...

Alphabet's (GOOGL) Google launches a new Transit feature for Google Maps on Wear OS, boosting the Google Services segment...

Google's €250 million defeat in a long-running showdown with French news publishers comes with an AI twist...

Two tech titans are poised to outperform in the AI-driven market shift. Jumping on the Meta Platforms bandwagon might not be your best move when these superior choices exist...

The fine has been levied due to Google's AI training practices...