Google’s new CFO makes earnings call debut, says company can ‘push a little further’ on cost cuts In her first earnings call as Alphabet CFO, Anat Ashkenazi said more streamlining will be needed so the company can invest in AI.

Reddit shares soar 22% on earnings beat and better-than-expected forecast Reddit reported third-quarter results that exceeded analysts’ estimates and gave a forecast for the current period that was well ahead of estimates.

Snap shares jump 10% on profit beat, stock buyback Snap reported third-quarter results on Tuesday that beat on the top and bottom lines, but the company issued light fourth-quarter guidance.

Sam Altman’s Reddit stake now worth over $1 billion after post-earnings pop OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s stake in Reddit has ballooned to more than $1 billion in value, as of after-hours trading on Tuesday.

AMD shares fall as forecast fails to impress despite strong AI growth AMD shares are up about 20% so far in 2024, although rivals such as Nvidia and Broadcom have had much greater gains during the same period, driven by AI chips.

Alphabet shares rise on earnings beats boosted by cloud revenue Google parent Alphabet reported third-quarter earnings that beat on top and bottom lines.

PayPal beats on earnings but misses on revenue PayPal reported better-than-expected third-quarter earnings on Tuesday, but revenue came in slightly below expectations.

Bitcoin briefly tops $70,000 for the first time since June as investors await earnings, Election Day Bitcoin has struggled to reclaim the $70,000 level this year after reaching a record of $73,797.68 in March.

AI boom thrusts Europe between power-hungry data centers and environmental goals The growth in demand for AI could come at a cost to Europe’s decarbonization goals as the specialized chips used by firms like Nvidia are expected to result in a rise in energy use of already power-hungry data centers.

Microsoft says Google is running ‘shadow campaigns’ in Europe to influence regulators Microsoft suggested Google has a pattern of funding organizations with the mission of discrediting the software company with regulators.

Trump accuses Taiwan of stealing U.S. chip industry. Here’s what the election could bring Trump said tariffs should be put on Taiwan’s chips during an appearance on “The Joe Rogan Experience” podcast.

Apple releases Apple Intelligence. Here’s how to get it on your iPhone The release is a critical milestone for Apple, which is relying on the feature launch to power its marketing campaign for the iPhone 16.

Oracle applies to join Epic and others in new federal medical record network Oracle announced Monday that it intends to join a federally-backed medical information exchange network called TEFCA

Apple announces new iMac with M4 chip, starts at $1,299 Apple on Monday announced an updated iMac with the company’s latest M4 chip.

Wise’s billionaire CEO fined £350,000 by UK regulators over failure to report tax issue Kristo Käärmann, CEO and co-founder of Wise, was ordered by regulators to pay a £350,000 fine due to a breach of senior manager conduct rules.

How I turned ChatGPT into my tour guide in Italy I’ve tried out ChatGPT a lot since adding it to my repertoire, but my favorite use case so far has been as a tour guide in Italy.

Delta sues CrowdStrike after widespread IT outage that caused thousands of cancellations Delta is seeking damages for its losses from the July IT incident, as well as litigation costs and punitive damages.

Apple returns to top 5 smartphone ranking in China with iPhone 16 as Huawei battle ramps up Apple returned to the top five ranking of China’s smartphone market, helped by the launch of the iPhone 16, but its growth was still outpaced by Huawei.

Behind the scenes with the team of ex-prosecutors fighting Amazon’s counterfeit problem Counterfeits on Amazon skyrocketed after sales from Chinese-based sellers more than doubled in 2015. Here’s how Amazon is trying to stop the problem.

Alphabet’s self-driving unit Waymo closes $5.6 billion funding round as robotaxi race heats up in the U.S. Alphabet-owned driverless vehicle unit Waymo just closed a $5.6 billion funding round to expand its robotaxi service across the U.S.