Rise in the US Treasury Yields put pressure on the market resulting into bearish weekly start on Wall Street. Yields surge past 5% with Fed planning for higher-than-longer interest rates. Macro pressure continues to hover over Wall Street as the 10-year US Treasury yields surged higher even today on Monday, October 23. The treasury yields continue to hover at multi-year highs as investors prepare for higher-for-longer interest rates from the Federal Reserve. Around 5:54 a.m. ET, the...
Read More »Google Conducting Another Round of Layoffs in Its News Division
Over the last 2 years, there have been a few cuts within the company as part of its goal to “deliver durable savings through improved velocity and efficiency”. Tech giant Google LLC (NASDAQ: GOOGL) has cut at least 40 jobs in its Google News division. According to those familiar with the matter, the reason behind the layoff round is the uncertainty and sensitive time for online platforms and publishers. The exact number of those who lost their job at the Google News unit is not confirmed....
Read More »Tech Giants Gained $2.4 Trillion from Artificial Intelligence (AI) in 2023
A new report notes that AI has brought trillions in good fortune to tech giants in the United States, like Microsoft, Apple, and Amazon. The ongoing AI explosion has benefited several tech companies in the US, adding trillions to their market capitalizations in a year. According to a venture capital firm Accel report, AI has helped US tech giants increase their valuations by $2.4 trillion. Tech Giants Enjoy AI Boom Accel published its annual Euroscape Report, noting the benefits tech...
Read More »Qualcomm to Lay Off over 1200 California Employees
Out of the 1,258 job cuts, more than 750 positions are from different levels of Qualcomm’s engineering ranks. The rest of the reductions cover a broad range of roles such as internal technical staff and accounting. American largest chipmaker Qualcomm Inc (NASDAQ: QCOM) will lay off about 1258 employees in its California unit. According to a filing with the California Employment Development Department, as many as 1,064 of its San Diego employees and 194 of its Santa Clara employees will be...
Read More »Analysts Predict: Generative AI Will Face Reality Check Next Year
CCS Insight predicts that the EU will indeed be the first to introduce specific regulations for AI. CCS Insight, a leading technology research firm has made a bold prediction that generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) is in for a reality check in 2024, as the hype surrounding this transformative technology gives way to the practical challenges it poses. The Cold Shower for Generative AI in 2024 According to recent reports, CSS Insight shared this prediction in its annual roundup of top...
Read More »Amazon to Launch First Satellite Test Mission for Project Kuiper
The company initially planned to test its internet satellites aboard ULA’s new Vulcan rocket earlier this year. However, the e-commerce giant faced an unforeseen setback when the rocket experienced an explosion. Amazon is set to take its internet satellite “Project Kuiper” on its first mission to space on Friday, October 6. In a recent announcement on Tuesday, the company said that Project Kuiper will be taking a “protoflight” mission into space with the launch of two test satellites,...
Read More »OpenAI Rival Anthropic Taps Google and Others to Raise $2 Billion
With the massive fundraise, Anthropic will focus on making significant developments on Claude Next and increase spending to boost its AI model. A week after raising $1.25 billion from tech giant Amazon, OpenAI rival firm Anthropic has tapped Google and others to raise an additional $2 billion in fresh funding. Google had already picked up a 10% stake in Anthropic last year in 2022. Sources familiar with the matter stated that Google is planning to raise its stake further. The two-year-old...
Read More »Amazon Sees Record-Breaking Thanksgiving Shopping Weekend in 2022
According to Amazon, Home, Fashion, Toys, Beauty, and Amazon Devices were the top-selling categories during the record Thanksgiving shopping weekend.E-commerce giant Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) has recorded its biggest Thanksgiving shopping weekend this year. This came despite the unstable economy, inflation, and investment losses affecting many. As November ended, the e-commerce company said it saw record-breaking sales within the five days of holiday shopping, between the 24th and the 28th of...
Read More »Is Microsoft (MSFT) Stock a Better Investment Choice Than FAANG?
For a long time now, FAANG stocks have been the unofficial standard by which the S&P 500 is measured. FAANG which is an acronym for five of the biggest tech and internet companies – including Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix and Google parent Alphabet Inc., – were regarded by investors, traders and even analysts alike, as the stocks that account for a large percentage of the general returns gotten from the index.For the better part of 2018, FAANG pulled in amazing returns for investors...
Read More »Here’s How Much You’d Make If You Invested $1,000 in Google 10 Years Ago
Even though there might be more than a few worthy contenders, Google (GOOGL) is one of the world’s most popular companies and has been that way for many years. However, If we decide to narrow down the “qualifiers” to just tech or internet companies, then the number of contenders drastically drops, leaving Google somewhere in the first few. The tech giant with its hands in several cookie jars is also one of the world’s most successful companies.Google is currently into software and hardware...
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