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Alphabet reports Q4 revenue up 18% YoY to $113.83B, above $111.43B est., Cloud revenue up 48% to $17.66B, vs. $16.18B est., and net income up 30% to $34.46B — MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - February 4, 2026 - Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG, GOOGL) today announced financial results for the quarter ended December 31, 2025.
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| Stephen Morris / Financial Times: |
Alphabet says it expects 2026 capex to be between $175B and $185B, above ~$120B est. and up from $91.4B in 2025; Q4 capex was $27.9B, up from $14B in Q4 2024 — Search giant reports more than $400bn in annual revenue for the first time — Google said it plans to double its capital expenditure … | Lauren Forristal / TechCrunch: |
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| Dylan Butts / CNBC: |
Sony reports Q3 revenue up 1% YoY to ~$23.7B, vs. ~$23.5B est., operating profit up 22% to ~$3.3B, vs. ~$3B est., and raises FY operating profit outlook by 8% — Sony on Thursday reported a rise in operating profit that beat expectations, supported by favorable foreign exchange rates despite surging memory chip costs.| Sam Nussey / Reuters: |
Sony reports Q3 gaming and network services revenue down 4% YoY to $10.5B, profit up 19% YoY to ~$889M, and PlayStation 5 sales down 16% YoY to 8M units — Japan's Sony (6758.T) on Thursday reported a 22% rise in third-quarter operating profit that trounced forecasts and lifted its full-year outlook …
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| Sam Altman / @sama: |
Sam Altman says Anthropic's Super Bowl ads are funny but “dishonest”, and Anthropic serves a “product to rich people” while OpenAI is “committed to free access” — First, the good part of the Anthropic ads: they are funny, and I laughed. But I wonder why Anthropic would go for something so clearly dishonest. Our most important principle for ads says that we won't do exactly this; we would obviously never run ads in the way Anthropic
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| Dan Gallagher / Wall Street Journal: |
Investor fears that software companies face an AI-driven extinction event are exaggerated, but the belief that they might be facing one is damaging their stocks — Fears that software companies are facing an extinction event are exaggerated, but other dangers are real
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| Reuters: |
Arm reports Q3 revenue up 26% YoY to $1.24B, above $1.22B est., and license and other revenue up 25% YoY to $505M, below $519.9M est.; ARM drops 7%+ pre-market — Shares of Arm Holdings (O9Ty.F), fell on Wednesday as its licensing revenues slightly missed Wall Street estimates …
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| Bobby Allyn / NPR: |
Researchers say TikTok's server outage in late January disrupted all post categories, not just political content as users claimed, based on limited public data — As a consortium of investors led by Oracle's Larry Ellison took control of TikTok's U.S. business, users accused the app … | Reuters: |
Qualcomm reports Q1 revenue up 5% YoY to $12.25B, vs. $12.21B est., and projects Q2 revenue below est. due to memory supply shortages; QCOM drops 9%+ pre-market — Chip supplier Qualcomm (QCOM.O) forecast second-quarter revenue and profit below Wall Street estimates on Wednesday …
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| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
Andy Jassy taps Dharmesh Mehta, Amazon VP of worldwide selling partner services, as technical advisor, a “shadow” role often leading to greater responsibilities — Amazon CEO Andy Jassy has tapped one of the company's top marketplace executives to be his new “shadow” advisor, the company announced Wednesday.
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| Bloomberg: |
TSMC plans to produce 3nm chips at its second plant in Kumamoto, Japan; sources say that is an upgrade from an original plan to produce 7nm chips by late 2027 — Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. plans to make advanced 3-nanometer chips in Japan, stepping up its semiconductor manufacturing roadmap … | Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg / Wall Street Journal: |
Spotify partners with Bookshop.org to let Premium users in the US and UK buy hardcover and paperback books via its app in spring; Bookshop.org fulfills orders — Streaming service is joining with Bookshop.org to appeal to readers who read in multiple formats — Spotify Technology is getting into the physical book business.| Reuters: |
Amazon MGM Studio plans to develop new AI tools via its “AI Studio” to speed TV and film production and cut costs, in collaboration with AWS and LLM providers — Amazon (AMZN.O) plans to use artificial intelligence to speed up the process for making movies and TV shows …
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| Janko Roettgers / The Verge: |
A look at the informal economy of rogue streaming box resellers, who sell hardware that offers free access to sports games, cable TV, and streaming services — Walk the rows of the farmers market in a small, nondescript Texas town about an hour away from Austin, and you might stumble across …
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| Muyao Shen / Bloomberg: |
Bitcoin fell below $70,000, its lowest level since President Trump's election in November 2024 and down 44% from its October 2025 peak, as global markets fall — Bitcoin slumped below $70,000, a level last seen 15 months ago, as a broad risk-off sentiment engulfed global markets.
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| Paayal Zaveri / Bloomberg: |
AI accounting startup Accrual, incubated by General Catalyst, emerges from stealth and raised $75M; Accrual is part of General Catalyst's $1.5B Creation fund — General Catalyst — the storied venture capital firm that's undergoing a transformation into a broader and more ambitious financial company … | Karin Matussek / Bloomberg: |
Germany's Federal Cartel Office rules Amazon must stop enforcing price controls for retailers on its German marketplace and seizes €59M; Amazon can appeal — Amazon.com Inc. must stop enforcing price controls for retailers on its German marketplace, according to the nation's antitrust watchdog … | Jeremy Kahn / Fortune: |
London-based Lawhive, whose lawyers and AI tools help individuals and SMBs automate legal tasks, raised a $60M Series B, after a $40M Series A in December 2024 — Lawhive cofounders Flinn Dolman (left), Pierre Proner (center), and Jaime Van Oers.PHOTO COURTESY OF LAWHIVE
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| Bloomberg: |
Analog chipmaker SiTime agrees to acquire Tokyo-based Renesas' timing unit for $1.5B in cash and 4.13M shares in a ~$2.9B deal, set to close by the end of 2026 — Analog chipmaker SiTime Corp. has agreed to acquire Renesas Electronics Corp.'s timing unit in a cash-and-stock transaction valued at about $2.9 billion.
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| Bloomberg: |
Palo Alto Networks: an Asian cyber-espionage group broke into systems belonging to 70 critical infrastructure organizations and governments in 37+ countries — State-aligned attackers targeted government agencies and critical infrastructure. — An Asian cyber-espionage group has spent …
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google teases the Pixel 10a in a new 15-second video, revealing a completely flat dual-camera system on the back, and says preorders begin on February 18 — Google this morning officially announced the Pixel 10a via a video teaser emphasizing the updated design.
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| Daniel Kuhn / The Block: |
Multicoin co-founder and Managing Partner Kyle Samani says he is stepping back from the VC firm and has transitioned to an advisory role — Quick Take — Kyle Samani, known for his early investment in Solana as part of Multicoin, is stepping back from the crypto-focused venture capital firm.
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| Wall Street Journal: |
A look at India's push to become a major provider of AI services, as US tech companies pledge tens of billions in Indian data center investments — Lured by big, tech-savvy population, Google and other giants sinking tens of billions into Indian market — NEW DELHI—American tech behemoths …
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