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Google CEO Sundar Pichai gives a thumbs up as he arrives to attend the Artificial Intelligence Action Summit at the Grand Palais in Paris on February 11, 2025.Benoît Tessier | Reutersgoogle’s parent company alphabet market capitalization exceeded apple’s First time since 2019.Alphabet’s market cap ended Wednesday at $3.88 trillion. Alphabet stock rose more than 2% on Wednesday, closing at $322.03. Meanwhile, Apple stock has fallen more than 4% over the past five days, ending Wednesday with a market capitalization of $3.84 trillion.The market capitalization reversal highlights the different directions Alphabet and Apple are heading in terms of their respective artificial…
President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he “will not allow” defense companies to pay dividends or buy back stock until they accelerate production of munitions and address other grievances about the defense industry.President Trump also criticized executive pay at defense contractors as “exorbitant and unfair” in a lengthy post on Truth Social.”Defense companies are not producing our nation’s superior military equipment fast enough, nor are they maintaining it properly and promptly once it is produced,” he wrote.Until these companies build new production plants, President Trump declared, “no executive should be allowed to earn more than $5 million.”shares of general dynamics,…
European leaders, including France and Germany, announced they are working on plans in case the United States carries out its threat to take over Greenland amid rising tensions.French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrault told France Inter Radio on Wednesday that countries want to take action if the United States tries to seize Greenland from its ally Denmark, but “in cooperation with our European partners.”Recommended stories list of 4 itemsend of list”I myself was on the phone yesterday with the (U.S.) Secretary of State (Marco Rubio)…he dismissed the idea that what happened in Venezuela could happen in Greenland,” Barot said.On Saturday, the…
According to Sky Sports News, West Ham are expected to retain Nuno Espirito Santo as manager for now.This is despite growing concerns within the club over their recent performance following a 10-game winless run and defeats to relegation rivals Wolverhampton Wanderers and Nottingham Forest. Tuesday night’s performance in the 2-1 home defeat to Forest was seen as an improvement and a positive response to Saturday’s 3-0 loss to bottom-of-the-table Wolves. Use Chrome Browser for a more accessible video player Watch for free: Highlights of the Premier League match between Nottingham Forest and West Ham. A discussion is expected to take…
Vanessa Larco, partner at Premise and former partner at NEA, believes 2026 is finally the year of consumer AI. Larco, who has spent years investing in consumers and prosumers, believes AI will transform the way consumers spend their time online by powering “concierge-like” services. The question is: Will traditional consumer products like WebMD and TripAdvisor continue to exist as standalone apps, or will they just be absorbed into ChatGPT and Meta AI? And where can startups carve out an AI-powered niche for themselves? Today on TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, Rebecca Bellan speaks with Larco about why consumers are coming back, what…
Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during the daily briefing in the Brady Briefing Room at the White House on January 7, 2026 in Washington, DC. Mandel Gunn | AFP | Getty ImagesHealth and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins shared the nation’s new nutritional guidelines Wednesday, advising Americans to eat more “real food” and reduce their intake of highly processed foods and foods with added sugar.The government’s new food pyramid replaces the MyPlate diagram released under President Barack Obama and focuses on protein, full-fat dairy and vegetables. The…
Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai.Claudia Radecca | Null Photo | Getty Imagesgoogle Character.AI plans to settle with a family that sued the company over harm to minors, including suicide, allegedly caused by its artificial intelligence chatbot. According to court documents filed this week, the family and the company have agreed to terms of a settlement.In one case, plaintiff Megan Garcia sued Google and Character.AI after her son died by suicide. The complaint alleges that Character.AI’s chatbot caused harmful interactions with the plaintiff’s 14-year-old son, Sewell Setzer III, and alleges negligence, wrongful death, deceptive trade practices and product liability.”The parties have agreed…
Lewis Hamilton has written a message to fans on his 41st birthday, saying it was “time for a change” after a “very draining year”.Hamilton celebrates his 41st birthday on Wednesday and is preparing for his second season with Ferrari after a disappointing first season in which he failed to finish on the podium for the first time in his F1 career. The seven-time world champion said he would “step away from the Matrix” during the off-season, but referred to the Chinese New Year by exchanging vows and entering the “Year of the Horse,” one of the 12-year zodiac signs. “I’m…
According to the Wall Street Journal, Anthropic is preparing to raise $10 billion in new funding at a valuation of $350 billion. TechCrunch confirmed the increase and valuation, according to a person familiar with the matter. The makers of Claude last raised a $13 billion Series F round three months ago at a valuation of $183 billion, so this latest raise nearly doubles the AI company’s value. In March, Anthropic secured $3.5 billion at a valuation of $61.5 billion. Kotu Management and Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC will lead the new round, WSJ reported, citing people familiar with the deal.…
Last year was a good year for stock investors. The overall stock market boomed in 2025, with the S&P 500 index posting a 16% return, marking the index’s third consecutive year of double-digit gains. Of course, you could have done better if you owned certain stocks. For example, microchip giant Nvidia’s annual profit margin has increased by about 40%, and Google’s parent company Alphabet has increased by about 65%. But there were some names you probably haven’t heard of that performed even better. Consider the Russell 1000 index. It tracks approximately 1,000 stocks traded in the United States, including names…