Both Amazon and Alphabet operate large cloud computing units, but their core businesses are quite different. Alphabet is growing faster than Amazon.

fool.com - 2026-07-15 16:20:00

One of the newest stocks added to the Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK) (NYSE:BRK) investment portfolio is Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL). While the position started towards the end of Warren Buffett's time as CEO of Berkshire, the legendary investor wants people to know he gets the credit for buying the stock.

benzinga.com - 2026-07-15 15:19:51

Meta Platforms is reportedly launching a cloud computing business to compete with the top players. But Alphabet already has a booming cloud computing business that is delivering incredible results.

fool.com - 2026-07-15 15:15:00

Apple has quietly published a rulebook for its new Maps ads, revealing a more curated approach than advertising giant Google.

techcrunch.com - 2026-07-15 14:21:22

The European Commission is preparing to issue a new wave of fines against Google, the Financial Times reported Wednesday (July 15). The move marks an escalation in the enforcement of the European Union's digital regulations, according to the report, which cited internal documents and unnamed sources.

pymnts.com - 2026-07-15 13:46:42

Vanguard's cheapest growth ETF carries a nearly perfect long-term track record and a three-cent price tag, but crack open the holdings and a very different story starts to take shape.

247wallst.com - 2026-07-15 13:45:09

Google said it has made its largest solar power and battery storage purchase to date. The first two phases of the project, located in Arkansas, will generate enough electricity to power about 6% of the state's peak demand.

techcrunch.com - 2026-07-15 13:39:54

Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) shares are advancing Wednesday after Warren Buffett publicly confirmed he personally drove Berkshire Hathaway Inc's (NYSE:BRK) decision to build a position in the company, while admitting he should have made the move years earlier. Here's what you need to know.

benzinga.com - 2026-07-15 13:31:18

A Google DeepMind researcher said he resigned over the company's work with the Pentagon. "When Google signed the deal, my conscience simply said 'nope,'" he told Business Insider.

businessinsider.com - 2026-07-15 13:24:35

Booking Holdings, Alphabet, and six other companies have underperformed their sectors despite improving earnings expectations, setting up potential upside during second-quarter earnings season.

barrons.com - 2026-07-15 13:20:00

Berkshire Hathaway disclosed the purchase of just over 17.8 million Alphabet shares in November, valued at $4.3 billion at the time. The investment firm expanded its bet earlier this year, adding 36.4 million more of Alphabet's Class A shares and 3.6 million Class C shares, bringing its total holdings to about 58 million shares.

forbes.com - 2026-07-15 13:05:11

Features of Google's AI-powered search engine “create unacceptable risks for kids” – including failing to detect when they are showing signs of eating disorders or suicide, according to a bombshell investigation.

nypost.com - 2026-07-15 13:04:08

Digital Realty's aggressive expansion and stronger cash position clash with Equinix's established global dominance, here's which metrics matter most.

fool.com - 2026-07-15 12:42:34

Alphabet's AI momentum across Search and Cloud, surging backlog and improving economics support its premium valuation despite heavy spending.

zacks.com - 2026-07-15 12:35:45

Alphabet (GOOG) possesses the right combination of the two key ingredients for a likely earnings beat in its upcoming report. Get prepared with the key expectations.

zacks.com - 2026-07-15 11:01:12

Alphabet (GOOGL) possesses the right combination of the two key ingredients for a likely earnings beat in its upcoming report. Get prepared with the key expectations.

zacks.com - 2026-07-15 11:01:03

Warren Buffett tells CNBC he initiated Berkshire Hathaway's investment in Alphabet

cnbc.com - 2026-07-15 07:17:11

The evolution of AI is a $15.7 trillion global addressable opportunity -- and market leaders like Alphabet, Meta Platforms, and Apple want their cut. One of Wall Street's top catalysts has reversed course, with companies halting share buybacks or issuing equity to fund their AI data center build-outs.

fool.com - 2026-07-15 07:06:00

Alphabet unit Google on Wednesday urged Europe's top court to dismiss EU antitrust regulators' appeal against a lower court ​ruling that scrapped a €1.49 billion ($1.7 billion) fine, saying the regulators' ‌arguments were flawed.

reuters.com - 2026-07-15 06:25:31

New York just hit pause on big data centers -- and 14 other states are considering similar moves.

fool.com - 2026-07-14 18:50:01

Alphabet Inc. (GOOG) closed at $357.33 in the latest trading session, marking a +1.9% move from the prior day.

zacks.com - 2026-07-14 18:45:21

A group of publishers and authors have filed a class action lawsuit against Google, accusing the tech giant of using their copyrighted works to train its AI platform, Gemini.

techcrunch.com - 2026-07-14 14:33:31

Reddit's rapid ad growth highlights its momentum, but GOOGL's AI-powered advertising ecosystem and earnings outlook make it the stronger digital ad stock.

zacks.com - 2026-07-14 13:55:13

The Swiss competition authority announced Tuesday that it had opened a preliminary investigation into Google's removal of the "choice screen" feature on Android devices in Switzerland.

techxplore.com - 2026-07-14 13:00:02

I keep hitting the buy button on Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG | GOOG Price Prediction), and every quarter hands me a fresh reason to do it again.

247wallst.com - 2026-07-14 12:00:36

GOOGL, MSFT, AMZN and CIEN offer cloud exposure as AI demand, scalability and cost efficiency fuel long-term market growth.

zacks.com - 2026-07-14 11:36:07

Evercore ISI's latest "beaten‑down beat and raisers" call fits squarely into a broader thesis they've been building: earnings strength is still powerful enough to flatten the "wall of worry” and extend the bull market, even if leadership rotates.

benzinga.com - 2026-07-14 10:25:53

The boss of Google's AI division, Demis Hassabis, on Tuesday called for a U.S.-led standards body to test new frontier models for national security risks. CNBC previously reported that Hassabis, along with other leading tech chiefs, called for an American-led AI coalition at a G7 meeting with world leaders, including U.S. President Donald Trump.

cnbc.com - 2026-07-14 10:01:03

That's not a bad thing at all.

fool.com - 2026-07-14 10:00:00

Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL | GOOGL Price Prediction) and NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) just posted AI-heavy quarters from opposite ends of the silicon stack.

247wallst.com - 2026-07-14 09:55:01

Germany's media regulator said on Tuesday that Google's AI Overviews and Perplexity AI are subject to the country's media laws, stepping up scrutiny ​of AI-generated content after a German court found Google liable for ‌inaccurate information produced by the feature.

reuters.com - 2026-07-14 08:45:01

Alphabet's Q2 earnings will likely normalize after a massive Q1 beat, shifting investor focus toward its growing in-house semiconductor operations. Hyperscalers are beginning to position their proprietary custom silicon segments as formidable standalone businesses to combat heavy cloud competition. While massive capital expenditures create depreciation risks for GAAP earnings, this infrastructure buildout should ultimately spur lucrative proprietary chip sales.

seekingalpha.com - 2026-07-14 08:15:00

When Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL | GOOGL Price Prediction) handed Sundar Pichai the Google CEO job on August 10, 2015, the company was still fundamentally a search-and-advertising business dressed up in moonshot ambition.

247wallst.com - 2026-07-14 07:30:39

The "Magnificent Seven" have lifted the broader market to new heights, with Alphabet, arguably, leading the charge.

fool.com - 2026-07-14 05:06:00

Switzerland's Competition Commission (COMCO) has launched a preliminary investigation into Google's removal of a feature that allows mobile ​phone users to opt out of using its ‌search engine as default, the authority said on Tuesday.

reuters.com - 2026-07-14 03:16:33

Alphabet (GOOGL) closed at $352.51 in the latest trading session, marking a -1.31% move from the prior day.

zacks.com - 2026-07-13 18:45:18

Alphabet Inc. is resilient due to its integrated hardware/software AI stack, but valuation is elevated at current levels. Cloud backlog stands at $462 billion, with significant customer concentration risk from Anthropic and a need to monitor backlog conversion rates. Capex is surging, with 2026 guidance at $185 billion and risks if spending outpaces monetization, especially into 2027-2028.

seekingalpha.com - 2026-07-13 17:57:59

Big tech hyperscalers like Amazon, Alphabet, Microsoft, and Meta are positioned for significant free cash flow growth as CapEx investments begin to yield returns post-2028. Semiconductor and memory stocks have led the market, but expectations are now high, making risk-to-reward more attractive in hyperscalers and select software names.

seekingalpha.com - 2026-07-13 17:00:19

Google maintained steady user and traffic growth in June while rivals Claude and Gemini extended sharp gains, according to a new note from Bank of America. BofA reiterated its Buy rating on Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG), pointing to comments from Google executives describing an "expansionary moment" for Search that could support continued strength into 2026.

proactiveinvestors.com - 2026-07-13 15:26:51

Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG | GOOG Price Prediction) and Broadcom (NASDAQ:AVGO) both delivered blockbuster AI quarters, but the results hide a widening strategic gap.

247wallst.com - 2026-07-13 14:49:16

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seekingalpha.com - 2026-07-13 13:45:49

Alphabet (GOOG) has been upgraded to a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), reflecting growing optimism about the company's earnings prospects. This might drive the stock higher in the near term.

zacks.com - 2026-07-13 13:01:09

Max Kettner, HSBC's chief multi-asset strategist, argued on CNBC's Closing Bell Overtime on July 7, 2026, that mega-cap tech business models have “fundamentally changed in terms of taking on debt and being cash flow negative,” but the real story is that Wall Street walks into Q2 earnings expecting the worst on capex, which sets up a beat with real fuel behind it.

247wallst.com - 2026-07-13 11:45:12

Ted Thatcher talks about his expectations for the second quarter of the earnings season believing Amazon (AMZN), Alphabet (GOOGL) and Meta Platforms (META) have strong stories right now. He looks inside the recent divergence between hyperscalers and chipmakers and says he expects more chops on semiconductors.

youtube.com - 2026-07-13 11:30:05

Google will report its Q2 on Wednesday, July 22. Shares are down about 2.5% in the last month and 7% since my last update. I believe Google's AI-related spending spree has been backed up by strong results, and I continue to view the outlook as positive.

seekingalpha.com - 2026-07-13 11:25:00

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zacks.com - 2026-07-13 10:46:07

Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG | GOOG Price Prediction) told investors on its Q1 2026 earnings call that it now expects to spend $180 billion to $190 billion on capital expenditures this year, raised from a prior range of $175 billion to $185 billion.

247wallst.com - 2026-07-13 10:43:23

Recently, Zacks.com users have been paying close attention to Alphabet (GOOG). This makes it worthwhile to examine what the stock has in store.

zacks.com - 2026-07-13 10:01:30

Recently, Zacks.com users have been paying close attention to Alphabet (GOOGL). This makes it worthwhile to examine what the stock has in store.

zacks.com - 2026-07-13 10:01:15

SentinelOne (NYSE:S | S Price Prediction) has quietly become one of the most digestible strategic assets in cybersecurity.

247wallst.com - 2026-07-13 09:15:41