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Alphabet:
Alphabet reports Q2 revenue up 14% YoY to $96.43B, vs. $94B est., net income up 19% to $28.2B, operating income up 14% to $31.27B, and Services revenue up 12%  —  MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - July 23, 2025 - Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG, GOOGL) today announced financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2025.
Matthew Keys / TheDesk.net:
Alphabet reports YouTube's Q2 ad revenue rose 13% YoY to $9.8B, vs. $9.56B est., and Google's advertising revenue reached $71.3B, up from $64.6B a year ago  —  Key Points:  — YouTube ad revenue rose to $9.8 billion in Q2 2025, up 13% compared to Q2 2024.  — Alphabet's total revenue climbed 14% to $96.4 billion.
Jennifer Elias / CNBC:
Alphabet reports Google Cloud Q2 revenue up 32% YoY to $13.62B, vs. $13.11B est., and raises its 2025 capex forecast to $85B, after in February projecting $75B
Bloomberg:
The White House unveils the AI Action Plan, seeking to have tech dominance over China, including proposals to revamp permitting for AI infrastructure projects  —  President Donald Trump signed executive orders to put in motion a new White House plan to boost artificial intelligence development …
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Financial Times:
The Trump administration plans to vet AI models for “ideological bias” and limit government contracts to tech companies whose models offer “objective truth”  —  Federal government will only do business with tech companies whose models offer ‘objective truth’
Deadline:
At an All-In Podcast summit, President Trump said forcing AI firms to pay for each copyrighted work is “not doable”, calling for “common sense” AI and IP rules  —  Donald Trump said that AI companies can't be expected to pay for the use of copyrighted content in their systems …
Annmarie Hordern / Bloomberg:
At an AI summit, President Trump says he considered breaking up Nvidia before aides told him that doing so was “very hard” and “I learned the facts here”  —  President Donald Trump said he considered attempting to break up Nvidia Corp. to increase competition …
Reuters:
Trump's new AI Action Plan, which includes ~90 recommendations, aims to loosen environmental rules and vastly expand AI software and hardware exports to allies
Ryan Gallagher / Bloomberg:
Eye Security: hackers have breached ~400 government agencies, corporations, and other groups via a Microsoft SharePoint flaw, up from an estimated 60 on July 22
Emma Roth / The Verge:
T-Mobile's Starlink-powered satellite service T-Satellite is now generally available as a standalone subscription for US users, not just T-Mobile customers  —  The service only supports texts and location sharing over satellite for now, but more features are on the way.
Abner Li / 9to5Google:
Google adds new features to Google Photos, including a Veo 2-powered photo-to-video tool and a Remix tool that applies styles like anime and sketches to photos  —  Photo-to-video lets you take an existing still image in your library and transform it into a “dynamic” six-second clip …
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
YouTube gives Shorts creators access to new generative AI features powered by Veo 2, such as new AI effects and a tool that turns photos into six-second videos
Dominic Preston / The Verge:
The Wireless Power Consortium launches faster Qi2 25W wireless charging, with “major Android smartphones” finally adopting the standard alongside the iPhone  —  But will Android support go further than the magnet-free Qi2 Ready? … The Wireless Power Consortium (WPC) …
Google DeepMind:
Google DeepMind unveils Aeneas, an AI model for contextualizing ancient Latin inscriptions, to help historians interpret, attribute, and restore text fragments  —  Introducing the first model for contextualizing ancient inscriptions, designed to help historians better interpret, attribute and restore fragmentary texts.
IGN:
Circana: Nintendo Switch 2 is the fastest-selling video game device in US history, with 1.6M units sold in June, topping the PS4's 1.1M units in November 2013  —  1.6 million units were sold during its launch month in the U.S., and 82% of buyers also got Mario Kart World.
Sarah Owermohle / CNN:
Sources: the US FDA's AI tool Elsa has fabricated nonexistent studies, misrepresented research, and cannot access relevant documents to assist with review work  —  White Oak, Md. CNN —  To hear health officials in the Trump administration talk, artificial intelligence has arrived …
Hugh Son / CNBC:
Goldman Sachs and BNY partner to let institutional investors purchase tokenized money market funds, with ownership recorded on Goldman's blockchain platform  —  Goldman Sachs and Bank of New York Mellon are set to announce that they've created the ability for institutional investors …
Dylan Butts / CNBC:
SK Hynix reports Q2 revenue up 35% YoY to ~$16.2B, vs. ~$14.9B est., operating profit up 68% to ~$6.7B, vs. ~$6.5B est., expects sustained HBM demand in 2025  —  South Korea's SK Hynix on Thursday posted record operating profit and revenue in the second quarter on sustained demand …
Emanuel Maiberg / 404 Media:
Google's AI Overviews, which a recent Pew study shows reduce clickthrough rates, are further eroding traffic to original publishers by linking to aggregators  —  Yesterday the Pew Research Center released a report based on the internet browsing activity of 900 U.S. adults which found …
Samantha Subin / CNBC:
ServiceNow reports Q2 revenue up 22.5% YoY to $3.22B, vs. $3.12B est., and net income up 47% YoY to $385M, fueled by AI growth; NOW jumps 7%+  —  ServiceNow posted strong second-quarter results and lifted its guidance Wednesday.  Shares climbed 7% following the report.
Wataru Suzuki / Nikkei Asia:
Gamma Data: China's female-oriented gaming market surged 124% YoY to $1B in 2024, driven by mobile game Love and Deepspace, which earned $400M, per Sensor Tower  —  SHANGHAI — A Chinese mobile game featuring a female hunter character who balances protecting the world from invaders …
Kate Krader / Bloomberg:
YouTube has become a valuable resource for professional chefs and, in recent years, has helped skilled amateurs build culinary reputations and open restaurants  —  In kitchens around the world, chefs are turning to YouTube to learn new skills and establish their culinary reputations.
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Iain Martin / Forbes:
A profile of Swedish AI coding startup Lovable, which became the fastest-growing software startup ever, reaching $100M+ in annualized revenue in eight months  —  ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE |  For decades coders have rushed to ship the minimum viable product.  Lovable CEO Anton Osika (right) …
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