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Britain's biggest bank HSBC has partnered with Google to finance fast-growing climate technology firms behind some of the world's most promising solutions to global climate change, executives from both firms told Reuters. Under terms of the partnership, HSBC will look to provide financing to companies cherry-picked by the U.S. technology giant to join its Google Cloud Ready-Sustainability programme. Members of the programme undergo a validation process, with Google assessing quality and efficacy of the technology in development as well as its traction among customers...

Britain's biggest bank HSBC has partnered with Google to finance fast-growing climate technology firms behind some of the world's most promising solutions to global climate change, executives from both firms told Reuters. Under terms of the partnership, HSBC will look to provide financing to companies cherry-picked by the U.S. technology giant to join its Google Cloud Ready-Sustainability programme...

EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager on Thursday voiced doubts as to whether Big Tech will fully comply with landmark EU rules aimed at reining in their power and ensure a level playing field for smaller rivals. "I have reservations as to whether or not we will have full compliance," Vestager told a news conference, a sign that she may open investigations into some of the companies in the coming months. Alphabet's Google, Apple, Amazon , Meta Platforms, Microsoft and ByteDance will have to adapt their core platform services to comply with the Digital Markets Act (DMA) on March 7...

Wall Street analysts see more upside in Alphabet than Nvidia over the next 12 months...

To reduce financial scams, Google has started a new program to prevent users from sideloading certain apps in Singapore. The company is looking to block sideloaded apps that abuse Android permissions to read one-time passwords received through SMS and notifications. Google said there are four sets of permissions that bad actors exploit to commit financial fraud. According to the company's survey, most of these apps are sideloaded, which are installed onto the device manually — not through the Pl...

PayPal beat Wall Street estimates for fourth-quarter profit on Wednesday as more Americans used its payments platform for shopping during the holiday season. This was also the company's first full quarterly results under the stewardship of CEO Alex Chriss, who is expected to announce plans on strategic initiatives later in the day. "We're driving significant transformation across our company and are committed to making the necessary changes to our business to drive profitable growth in the years ahead," Chriss said in a statement...

Google has strong historical revenue growth and is expected to have higher revenue growth than its competitors in the future. Read why GOOGL stock is a Buy...

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A driverless Waymo car collided with a cyclist in San Francisco on Tuesday causing minor injuries and the incident is being reviewed by the state's auto regulator. Waymo, Alphabet's autonomous driving unit, said by email on Tuesday it called the police to the scene and that it was also contacting relevant authorities about the incident. The California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) is reviewing the incident and has no further comment at this time, it told Reuters by email on Wednesday...