NEW DELHI, Jan 5 (Reuters) – Google is preparing to approach India’s Supreme Court within days to try to block a ruling by the country’s antitrust watchdog that will force the U.S. company to change how it markets its Android platform, two people familiar with its strategy told Reuters. The Competition Commission of India (CCI) in October fined the Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O) unit $161 million for exploiting its dominant position in the market for Android which powers 97% of smartphones in India,… Source link
Read More »When one veteran portfolio manager will feel good about buying battered tech stocks
Jaw-dropping layoff announcements from giant tech names Amazon (AMZN) and Salesforce (CRM) to kick off 2023 may not make their battered stocks great buys just yet. “I think we go through this round of quarterly earnings reports and hopefully companies guide very ugly because it’s in their benefit to do so for next year,” veteran tech watcher Paul Meeks explained on Yahoo Finance Live (video above). “So they announce their blood-letting, whether it being operational costs including trimming… Source link
Read More »Buy Microsoft as latest investment can help it end Google’s search dominance, D.A. Davidson says
Microsoft ‘s investment in OpenAI should offer “significant underappreciated upside” for the big technology stock in the months ahead, according to D.A. Davidson. The firm initiated coverage of the tech bellwether with a buy rating and $270 price target, viewing its investment in the research company, which operates ChatGPT, as a potential short-term catalyst for shares that help support its premium valuation. “Longer-term, we believe incorporating ChatGPT capabilities into Bing may provide… Source link
Read More »Why investors should stop fixating on Apple and Tesla in 2023
This article first appeared in the Morning Brief. Get the Morning Brief sent directly to your inbox every Monday to Friday by 6:30 a.m. ET. Subscribe Thursday, January 5, 2023 Today’s newsletter is by Jared Blikre, a reporter focused on the markets on Yahoo Finance. Follow him on Twitter @SPYJared. Read this and more market news on the go with Yahoo Finance App. Two trading days into the new year, and 2023 is already off to a rocky start for Apple (AAPL) and Tesla (TSLA), arguably the two most… Source link
Read More »Viva-MTS +Premium offers additional 30 GB, Yandex Plus subscription
January 5, 2023 – 12:24 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net – Viva-MTS has announced that subscribers can add 30 GB more Internet to their “X”, “Y”, “Z”, “Viva” or “START” tariff plan and get subscription to Yandex Plus. Within the service, they can enjoy unlimited movies, shows, music, podcasts, audiobooks, and get a chance for trips with Yandex GO at 10% more affordable tariffs. When using the Yandex Music, Kinopoisk and Yandex GO apps within the Yandex Plus service, the MBs of… Source link
Read More »Google Chrome set to stop working for millions next week
Millions of Microsoft users still using older Windows versions 7, 8, or 8.1 will no longer be able to use Google Chrome from next week, when the internet giant drops its support for the operating systems. The move comes in unison with Google’s newest Chrome release, the first version to require Windows 10 or later. As Google Chrome rolls out version 110 on February 7, it leaves behind version 109 – the last Chrome browser to support older versions of Windows. Watch the latest News on Channel… Source link
Read More »Google Urges Apple Not to ‘Drop the Ball’ on Fixing Messaging in New Billboard Pushing RCS
Google is continuing on with its #GetTheMessage campaign attempting to convince Apple to adopt the RCS messaging protocol, this time taking out a large New Year’s-themed ad at Harmon Corner in Las Vegas. The digital billboard urges Apple not to “drop the ball” on fixing its “pixelated photos and videos.” Hey Apple, it’s Android the ball may have dropped on 2022, but you don’t have to drop the ball on fixing your pixelated photos and videos. Here’s some code to get the ball rolling… After… Source link
Read More »Amazon CEO says job cuts to exceed 18,000 roles
By Jeffrey Dastin and Uday Sampath Kumar (Reuters) -Amazon.com Inc’s layoffs will now increase to more than 18,000 roles as part of a workforce reduction it previously disclosed, Chief Executive Andy Jassy said in a public staff note on Wednesday. The layoff decisions, which Amazon will communicate starting Jan. 18, will largely impact the company’s e-commerce and human resources organizations, he said. The cuts amount to 6% of Amazon’s roughly 300,000-person corporate workforce and represent a… Source link
Read More »How ChatGPT could help Microsoft dethrone Google Search
Microsoft is attempting to dethrone Google as the search champion by integrating ChatGPT into its Bing search engine. That’s according to a new report from The Information — but will the gamble pay off? ChatGPT only launched in November 2022, but it’s already been making waves among artificial intelligence researchers and the general public alike due to the unerring realism of its output. Chuck in any prompt you can think of and you’ll get back something that keenly resembles… Source link
Read More »Stocks close higher after volatile session
U.S. stocks rose Wednesday after back-and-forth trading as investors weighed a batch of economic data and minutes from the Federal Reserve’s December policy meeting. The S&P 500 (^GSPC) gained 0.8% in a volatile session, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) added 130 points, or 0.4%. The technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) advanced 0.7%. A readout of discussions from the U.S. central bank’s December gathering indicated Fed officials were reticent an “unwarranted” easing of… Source link
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