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Alphabet Q1 Earnings Highlights: Google Search, YouTube, Cloud Show 'Robust Momentum'
Thursday, April 24, 2025 - 4:24pm | 503Tech giant and Magnificent Seven member Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG)(NASDAQ:GOOGL) reported first-quarter financial results after market close Thursday. Here are the highlights. What Happened: Alphabet reported first-quarter revenue of $90.23 billion, up 12% year-over-year. The revenue total beat a...
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If You Invested $1,000 in Google Stock When It Acquired YouTube, Here's How Much You'd Have Today
Thursday, April 24, 2025 - 11:52am | 695In 2006, Google made its largest acquisition in company history. The company, which is now known as Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG)(NASDAQ:GOOGL) acquired video platform YouTube for $1.65 billion, a move that has boost the company's annual revenue. Here's a look at how Google stock has performed since...
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Alphabet Q1 Earnings Preview: Google Parent Stock At 'Fork In The Road,' While Antitrust Concerns Remain
Thursday, April 24, 2025 - 10:29am | 974Tech giant Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) is set to report quarterly financial results Thursday after market close as the company faces a key antitrust case that could change the structure of the company's business segments moving forward. Here are the analyst estimates for the first...
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Mark Zuckerberg Defends Meta In Landmark Trial As FTC Seeks To Decouple WhatsApp, Instagram
Monday, April 14, 2025 - 10:27pm | 765On Monday, Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META) CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified in a Washington, D.C., courtroom. What Happened: The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Meta opened arguments in a trial that could lead to the forced divestiture of Instagram and WhatsApp, reported CBS News. "There's...
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MrBeast Reveals What He'd Fix at Meta If He Were CEO — And Zuckerberg Agreed
Sunday, March 30, 2025 - 2:30pm | 557In a recent interaction with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, YouTube star MrBeast proposed ways to enhance Meta‘s multilingual content reach, emphasizing the potential of AI-generated dubbing to increase viewer retention. What Happened: MrBeast, whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson, appeared on a...
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MrBeast Is Writing A 'Squid Game' Style Thriller And Media Companies Are Ready To Bid Eight-Figures For The Rights
Friday, March 28, 2025 - 2:47pm | 504Content creator Jimmy Donaldson, better known as MrBeast, has conquered YouTube, with reality game shows, candy bars and many more items over the last few years. He now has his eyes set on a novel that could launch him further into the media sector. What Happened: MrBeast is the co-author of a new...
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Bill Gates Calls Pickleball A 'Funny American Game:' But He's Been Obsessed With It For 50 Years And Wants You To Try It Too
Saturday, March 22, 2025 - 4:40am | 634Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates may be best known for transforming the tech world, but he says a quirky racquet sport has held his heart for decades—and it's called pickleball. What Happened: In an interview with Times Now, Gates opened up about how he relaxes, revealing that pickleball is...
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MrBeast's New Challenges Are Absolutely Unhinged (Again): A Jet, A Jail, A Gym—And $1.5 Million On The Line
Thursday, March 20, 2025 - 3:25am | 1324YouTube's ultimate showman, Jimmy Donaldson, popularly known as MrBeast, is back at it—this time with a fresh set of mind-bending, millionaire-making challenges that are bigger, weirder, and more unhinged than ever. What Happened: In a post on X, formerly Twitter, Wednesday, MrBeast revealed that...
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YouTuber Crashes Tesla Into Fake Road Wall, Fooling Vehicle Cameras In Misleading Video
Monday, March 17, 2025 - 3:09pm | 585Former NASA engineer and YouTuber Mark Rober pitted Tesla Inc‘s (NASDAQ:TSLA) Autopilot system against a lidar system from Luminar Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:LAZR) in his latest video. Although the road conditions were terrible, the results were clear, but there’s a catch. What To Know:...
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Financial Crime Weekly: Man Sentenced To 78 Months For Investment Scheme, Woman Convicted Of $20 Million Insurance Fraud
Sunday, March 16, 2025 - 2:40pm | 610Man Sentenced To 78 Months In Prison For Tax Crimes, Investment Fraud Rick Tariq Rahim of Great Falls, Virginia was sentenced on Friday to 78 months in prison for tax crimes and a wire fraud scheme. Rahim owned multiple businesses, including laser tag facilities and an Amazon reseller, failed...
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Google Faces Congressional Scrutiny As House Panel Demands Internal Communications On Government Pressure: 'YouTube… Was A Direct Participant In The Federal Government's Censorship Regime'
Saturday, March 8, 2025 - 8:17am | 712On Thursday, the House Judiciary Committee subpoenaed Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL), the parent company of Google, which owns YouTube, demanding it turn over communications with the executive branch regarding content moderation and alleged government pressure to censor speech. What...
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Moscow Slaps Google With Fine For YouTube Video Showing Russian Troops How To Surrender
Tuesday, February 18, 2025 - 1:41am | 540A Russian court has imposed a fine on Alphabet Inc.'s (NASDAQ:GOOGL) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google for hosting a YouTube video that provides instructions to Russian soldiers on how to surrender. What Happened: The fine amounts to 3.8 million roubles ($41,530), reported Reuters on Monday, citing Russia...
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Super Bowl Commercials 2025: Complete List of Super Bowl LIX Ads And Companies Behind Them
Monday, February 10, 2025 - 12:18pm | 2287Super Bowl LIX aired on Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025 and the Philadelphia Eagles defeated the Kansas City Chiefs 40-22, ending the Chiefs' attempt to be the first three-peat Super Bowl winners. The game also featured dozens of commercials advertising products and showcasing new movies and television shows...
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Alphabet Stock 'Should Trade At A Premium': 5 Analysts Highlight AI, CapEx, How Much YouTube Could Be Worth
Wednesday, February 5, 2025 - 3:27pm | 955Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG)(NASDAQ:GOOGL) analysts share thoughts about the company's latest CapEx estimate and provide sum-of-the-parts valuations of how much YouTube could be worth after the company reported a mixed fourth-quarter. The Alphabet Analysts: Morgan Stanley analyst Brian Nowak...
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Alphabet Q4 Earnings Highlights: AI, Cloud, YouTube Momentum Continues, $75 Billion CapEx Guidance Spooks Investors
Tuesday, February 4, 2025 - 5:25pm | 516Tech giant Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG)(NASDAQ:GOOGL) reported fourth-quarter financial results after the market close Tuesday. Here are the key highlights. What Happened: Alphabet announced fourth-quarter total revenue of $96.5 billion, up 12% year-over-year. The revenue total missed a Street...