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Alphabet:
Alphabet reports Q1 revenue up 22% YoY to $109.9B, vs. $107.2B est., and Google Cloud revenue up 63% to $20B, vs. $18.05B est.; GOOG jumps 6%+ after hours  —  MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - April 29, 2026 - Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG, GOOGL) today announced financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2026.
Jennifer Elias / CNBC:
Alphabet updates its 2026 capital expenditure guidance range to $180B to $190B, up from $175B to $185B, and expects capex to “significantly increase” in 2027  —  Alphabet reported first-quarter earnings after the bell Wednesday, showing revenue that topped expectations boosted by its surging cloud business.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Alphabet reports YouTube's Q1 ad revenue rose 10.7% YoY to $9.88B, vs. $9.99B est., and Google's ad revenue reached $77.25B, up from $66.89B in Q1 2025
Riley Griffin / Bloomberg:
Meta raises its 2026 capex to between $125B and $145B, exceeding analysts' estimates, after previously forecasting $115B to $135B; META drops 6%+ after hours  —  Meta Shares Plunge as AI Investments Raise Spending Outlook  —  Video Player is loading.  —  Unmute  —  Current Time 0:00 Loaded: 12.32% Playback Rate
Meta:
Meta reports Q1 revenue up 33% YoY to $56.31B, net income up 61% to $26.77B, says “scrutiny on youth-related issues” and trials may “result in a material loss”  —  Meta Platforms, Inc. (Nasdaq: META) today reported financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2026.
Microsoft:
Microsoft reports Q3 revenue up 18% YoY to $82.9B, net income up 23% to $31.8B, and says its AI business surpassed an annual revenue run rate of $37B, up 123%  —  Microsoft Cloud and AI Strength Fuels Third Quarter Results  —  REDMOND, Wash. — April 29, 2026 — Microsoft Corp. today announced …
Emma Roth / The Verge:
Microsoft reports Q3 Xbox hardware revenue fell 33% YoY and Xbox content and services revenue, which includes Game Pass, dropped 5% YoY
Amazon:
Amazon reports Q1 revenue of $181.5B, up 17% YoY, net income of $30.3B, up 77%, and operating income of $23.9B, up 30% YoY  —  Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced financial results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2026.  - Net sales increased 17% to $181.5 billion in the first quarter …
Angel Au-Yeung / Wall Street Journal:
Musk v. Altman: Elon Musk says he was a “fool” for backing OpenAI, accusing Altman and Brockman of manipulating him into donating tens of millions of dollars  —  Billionaire says OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman wasn't honest about nonprofit mission
Bloomberg:
Sources: Anthropic has begun weighing a new funding round at a $900B+ valuation, after previously resisting investor proposals at an $800B+ valuation  —  Anthropic PBC has begun weighing a fresh funding round that would value the artificial intelligence developer at more than $900 billion …
Ian King / Bloomberg:
Qualcomm reports Q2 revenue down 3% YoY to $10.6B and says a top hyperscaler is on track to begin using its chips later this year; QCOM jumps 12%+ after hours  —  Qualcomm Inc. rallied in late trading after the company said it was making headway in the lucrative data center market and predicted …
Dylan Butts / CNBC:
Samsung reports Q1 revenue up 69% YoY to ~$90.2B, vs. ~$89.4B est., and operating profit up 756% to ~$38.5B, vs. ~$37.2B est., driven by AI-linked memory demand  —  Samsung Electronics reported an over eight-fold increase in first-quarter operating profits on Thursday, hitting a new record …
Fortune:
Meta quietly rolled out USDC stablecoin payouts on Solana and Polygon for select creators in Colombia and the Philippines  —  Meta has reentered the stablecoin market.  Four years after pulling the plug on an earlier attempt, the tech giant has quietly rolled out the digital currency payouts …
Chris Welch / Bloomberg:
Motorola unveils its 2026 foldables lineup, including its first book-style model, which costs $1,900; prices for clamshell models have gone up by up to $200  —  The company's clamshell phones have gone up by as much as $200, while its first book-style foldable barely undercuts Samsung at $1,900.
Natalie Lung / Bloomberg:
Uber partners with Expedia to launch a hotel booking integration in its app in the US, and plans to add Expedia's Vrbo brand later in 2026  —  Uber Technologies Inc. is adding hotel bookings in its flagship app, marking the ride-hail company's biggest push yet into the travel market as it seeks to create an everything platform.
Gian Volpicelli / Bloomberg:
The European Commission issues preliminary DSA findings against Meta, saying Instagram and Facebook fail to prevent under-13 users from accessing the services  —  The European Union's executive arm accused Meta Platforms Inc. of failing to keep young children off its services, ramping up a probe that could result in hefty fines.
Abner Li / 9to5Google:
Google says the Gemini app can now generate files; supported formats include PDF, Microsoft Word and Excel, Google Docs and Sheets, plain text, and Markdown  —  You can now ask the Gemini app to directly generate “downloadable and ready-to-share files.”  Google wants you to …

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Axios:
Sources: WH officials believe NYT's Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan obtained audio recordings of Situation Room meetings for their upcoming book Regime Change

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The NYT says it is reviewing columnist Nick Kristof's work that favorably mentioned former donors to his 2022 Oregon governor bid, including Bill Gates

Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
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Jay Peters / The Verge:
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