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AI hype shaking things up for 'MegaCap-8' stocks

Artificial intelligence and this week's market melt-up are driving mega cap tech stocks higher. Yardeni Research President Ed Yardeni joins Yahoo Finance Live to discuss the trends seen across the tech space and the potential to broaden out to other industries.

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  Google ramps up return-to-office push with new mandates

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  Apple tries to distance itself from Meta, competition: Don’t call it a headset

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Nvidia, Palantir becoming overvalued due to AI hype, strategist says

Tech speculators may be starting to grow wary of the growth promised by the artificial intelligence hype bubble. WealthWise Financial CEO Loreen Gilbert details which major tech stocks remain independently strong, while benefiting from AI trends.

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  Abortion access debate hits the business world

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  The AI boom hasn't moved the needle on the VC funding landscape yet

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Google Union Pushes Back on Three-Day Return-to-Office Mandate

(Bloomberg) -- Google employees are pushing back against the tech giant’s mandate that staffers spend at least three days a week in the office. Most Read from BloombergRussian Elite Is Souring on Putin’s Chances of Winning His WarAmericans Are Leaving Portugal as Golden Visa Honeymoon EndsDonald Trump Charged in Florida Over Secret Documents CaseLeaving New York for Miami Can Save Nearly $200,000S&P 500 Enters Bull Market as Tech Rally Resumes: Markets Wrap“Overnight, workers’ professionalism ha

Google Contract Staff That Helped Train AI Seek To Unionize

(Bloomberg) -- A group of Alphabet Inc. contract workers are launching a unionization campaign, saying they need a greater voice at the company that has tasked them with work on its most high-profile products, including training generative AI answers in Google’s search engine and chatbot.Most Read from BloombergRussian Elite Is Souring on Putin’s Chances of Winning His WarAmericans Are Leaving Portugal as Golden Visa Honeymoon EndsDonald Trump Charged in Florida Over Secret Documents CaseLeaving

Google listens to your heart

Google is looking to patent a device that can determine "chest conditions from radiograph data" using machine learning. This AI-powered tech...

How Google plans to finally force workers back to the office

A year ago, Google greeted staff members coming back to the office for the first time with a lavish party.

AI Revolution: These Canadian Companies Are Leading the Charge

Canadian tech companies like Kinaxis Inc (TSX:KXS) are leading the charge in AI. The post AI Revolution: These Canadian Companies Are Leading the Charge appeared first on The Motley Fool Canada.

As the AI industry booms, what toll will it take on the environment?

Tech companies remain secretive over the amount of energy and water it takes to train their complex programs and models

Why Alphabet Rose 14.5% in May

Shares of search and cloud giant Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) rose 14.5% in May, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. The Google parent unveiled many new technologies during its I/O conference early in the month. Alphabet had been a relative laggard during the first quarter compared with some of its big-tech brethren, as investors feared that generative AI could disrupt the conglomerate's core search business.

Is Alphabet (GOOGL) a Buy as Wall Street Analysts Look Optimistic?

According to the average brokerage recommendation (ABR), one should invest in Alphabet (GOOGL). It is debatable whether this highly sought-after metric is effective because Wall Street analysts' recommendations tend to be overly optimistic. Would it be worth investing in the stock?

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  Is It Worth Investing in Coke (KO) Based on Wall Street's Bullish Views?

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  Is Walmart (WMT) a Buy as Wall Street Analysts Look Optimistic?

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Alphabet Inc. (GOOG) Is Considered a Good Investment by Brokers: Is That True?

Based on the average brokerage recommendation (ABR), Alphabet Inc. (GOOG) should be added to one's portfolio. Wall Street analysts' overly optimistic recommendations cast doubt on the effectiveness of this highly sought-after metric. So, is the stock worth buying?

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  Is Ares Capital (ARCC) a Buy as Wall Street Analysts Look Optimistic?

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  Is Walmart (WMT) a Buy as Wall Street Analysts Look Optimistic?

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Twilio (TWLO) Teams Up With Google Cloud on Customer AI

Twilio (TWLO) strengthens its partnership with Google Cloud to bring generative AI into its customer engagement product base, which includes Flex, and improve customer experiences and satisfactions.

An Intrinsic Calculation For Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Suggests It's 24% Undervalued

Key Insights Alphabet's estimated fair value is US$160 based on 2 Stage Free Cash Flow to Equity Current share price of...

Where Will Alphabet Stock Be in 3 Years?

Did you know that Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL), the parent company of Google, is already the third-largest American company? Not bad for a company that debuted on the stock market less than 20 years ago.

Are Alphabet's Best Growth Days Behind It?

After overcoming an initial stumble over its artificial intelligence (AI) launch earlier this year, Alphabet's (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) stock has put up impressive results through 2023. There's new competition in search from ChatGPT and Bing, which is now powered by ChatGPT technology, and while Bard AI may have won over critics, it could be hard for the company to pivot to an AI-first search model and still preserve its advertising business. There are also signs that the digital advertising market, which is the source of nearly all of Alphabet's revenue, may be maturing.

Microsoft's Stock Is Near Its All-Time High: Is It Still a Good Buy?

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), the company that invested billions into ChatGPT's owner, OpenAI, is no exception. Year to date, Microsoft's shares are up around 40% and the Redmond, Washington-based tech giant is now at a $2.5 trillion valuation and right around its all-time highs. Has the stock become too expensive, or is Microsoft still a good buy right now?

Microsoft, Google strategy to test AI search ads irks some brands

Alphabet's Google and Microsoft are inserting ads into AI experiments without providing an option to opt out of participation, an approach that has already rankled some brands and risks further pushback from the industry, ad buyers told Reuters. The two tech giants are racing to revamp their search engines with artificial intelligence that can produce written responses to open-ended queries. Microsoft is testing ads in the Bing AI chatbot, which began rolling out to users in February, by relocating some traditional search ads and inserting them into the AI responses, the company said.

Did Apple Just Change the Game?

From Google Glass to Magic Leap to Meta's Oculus division, tens of billions of dollars have gone into building computing goggles, with minimal returns to show for it. After Facebook changed its name to Meta (NASDAQ: META) in 2021 and said it was investing at least $10 billion a year into building AR and VR products, industry hype went into overdrive and the term "metaverse" became a household name. Apple revealed its Vision Pro augmented reality device to the world this week, which looks like sleek skiing or snorkeling goggles.

I Declare Shenanigans on the New Bull Market

Though the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite have bounced more than 20% off of their intra-day lows in 2022, numerous internal indicators suggest Wall Street isn't as healthy as it appears.