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Google keeps cranking out Flash models: the company on Wednesday announced two versions of a new 3.8 Flash.  The variants include a standard Flash, a “workhorse” model for agentic tasks, software development, and multi-step reasoning, and Flash Cyber optimized for vulnerability detection and mitigation.

For 2026 Q3, the expectation is that total S&P 500 earnings will increase +23.0% from the same period last year on +11.1% higher revenues, with 14 of the 16 Zacks expected to enjoy positive earnings growth and 6 sectors producing double-digit growth.

The Justice Department has spent years attempting to break up Google's gargantuan advertising business across two separate antitrust lawsuits: one filed in 2020 focused on Google's dominance in search, and a second filed in 2023 that specifically targeted Google's ad-technology business. Both cases argued that the search giant's grip on the digital ad economy represents an illegal monopoly.

On Sept. 2, 2026, the battery storage provider climbed 18.75% after the clean-energy collaboration announcement tied to about 200 expected jobs.

Google's position as a “significant player” in AI was a “fundamental” reason behind Berkshire Hathaway's decision to invest in the tech giant, according to CEO Greg Abel.

GOOG faces renewed downside risk as it tests critical daily support, while weekly support near $323 could determine whether the broader bullish trend survives.

A federal judge is coming under harsh criticism for sparing Google from a forced breakup of its digital advertising empire – despite earlier ruling that the Big Tech giant was operating two separate illegal monopolies in the online ad sector.

Google avoided a forced breakup of its advertising technology business, Reuters reported Wednesday (Sept. 2). U.S.

NVIDIA and four tech giants offer quantum exposure through cloud, software and infrastructure, helping investors tap the boom beyond pure plays.

An Arkansas federal judge denied a request by an energy company to temporarily block the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette from publishing additional details from confidential documents that the newspaper obtained about the company's involvement in building a facility that will supply power to a $4 billion Google data center in that state, a court filing showed. The company, Entergy Arkansas, also had asked Judge Lee Rudofsky to order that the Democrat-Gazette remove from its website information an article published on Monday about the documents.

Judge declines to make Google sell AdX in win for firm against US antitrust enforcers' attempts to break up big tech

Elon Musk told G20 leaders that AI and robotics will add up to $30 trillion a year to the global economy, naming a specific deadline.

CNBC's MacKenzie reports on news regarding Google.

A federal judge rejects the government's request that Google sell its online advertising business.

A U.S. federal judge on Wednesday refused to force Google to sell a division of its digital advertising business, rejecting the government's push to break up part of the company's ad empire.

Breaking up is never easy. And now Google doesn't have to do it.

Geothermal energy company Fervo notched another win as Google agreed to buy nearly half a gigawatt of electricity to power a planned new data center in Utah.

Warren Buffett bet big on Alphabet to gain exposure to the AI boom, Greg Abel says. Berkshire Hathaway's new CEO said Buffett is still weighing in on big decisions at the company.

CNBC's MacKenzie Sigalos reports on a new Gemini model that could arrive as soon as this week as Google races to strengthen its coding capabilities.

A judge declined to make Google sell AdX, where publishers pay Google a 20% fee to sell ads in auctions that happen instantly when users load websites.

A federal judge ordered an end to practices that depress ad rates for web publishers, but declined to order a divestiture of Google's ad exchange and other technology.

In a long awaited ruling, the judge said Google must make some changes to its ad tech business to handle antitrust issues, but did not disclose the measures publicly.

Alphabet's Google escaped a breakup of its advertising ​technology business on Wednesday, when ‌a judge in Virginia rejected U.S. antitrust enforcers' bid to force ​a sale of Google's ​online advertising exchange.

Jim Cramer celebrated a blockbuster Google deal as proof that Marvell's CEO scores again, but the stock just shed nearly 10% after the earnings call revealed something the headline never mentioned.

Shares of Eos Energy Enterprises Inc. (NASDAQ:EOSE) are trading higher Wednesday morning after the company announced a major commercial collaboration with Google and MN8 Energy.

Google parent Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) remained in focus Wednesday after Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK) CEO Greg Abel backed the company's artificial intelligence position and revealed a sharp increase in the conglomerate's stake. The vote of confidence comes as investors assess Alphabet's heavy AI infrastructure spending and its potential returns.

Google will soon begin rolling out its image creation/editing tool for Google Workspace. Google Pics will be available over the coming weeks to all Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers and most Workspace business customers, the tech giant announced in a blog post Tuesday (Sept.

Berkshire Hathaway Chief Executive Greg Abel said on Wednesday he sees significant ​opportunities for the conglomerate's energy business ‌from the buildout of AI data centers, after Berkshire made Google parent Alphabet its third-largest common stock ​holding.

Fervo Energy secures a landmark 396 MW PPA with Google, validating enhanced geothermal as a viable baseload for hyperscaler data centers. FRVO's relationship with Google spans equity, pilot projects, and now a large commercial contract, signaling deep strategic alignment and de-risking early-stage execution. Transmission curtailment remains the key near-term constraint, with 2027 revenue guidance of $60–$80M well below prior expectations despite robust capital resources.

Berkshire Hathaway CEO Greg Abel joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the company's investment in Japan, Berkshire's strategic partnership with Tokio Marine, impact of high Japanese bond yields, Berkshire' investment portfolio, his relationship with Warren Buffett, AI investment opportunities, data center growth opportunity, and more.

Berkshire CEO Abel says Alphabet a 'significant player' in AI after growing stake in Q2

Alphabet's custom-designed AI computing units have attracted new clients. Google Cloud is rapidly growing.

Today, Sept. 1, 2026, the geothermal developer signed a landmark commercial agreement that validates firm power demand and clears a path to Cape Station revenue.

Internal tests of Gemini 3.8 Flash show progress in an area where the company has lagged behind Anthropic and OpenAI. A release is expected this week.

On Tuesday, Google announced it's rolling out five new updates designed to make Android phones more accessible, useful, and personalized. Announced in a blog post on Tuesday, the features include those aimed at reducing motion sickness, helping blind and low-vision users navigate their surroundings, remembering where users leave important items, and another that adds new ways to personalize Google Messages.

Amazon's Zoox and Alphabet's Waymo on Tuesday separately announced expansions of their driverless ride-hailing operations into new ​U.S. cities, weeks after Zoox started paid services.

Fervo will supply nearly 400 MW to Alphabet's Google to power a data center. The deal significantly expands Fervo's contracted capacity and makes Google a key customer.

EU antitrust regulators are seeking feedback from publishers on Google's proposal to let them ​opt out of AI search without affecting their rankings ‌in search results, a questionnaire seen by Reuters showed.

Google is entering the creative design market with a new image creation and editing tool called Google Pics, which will become a part of its Google Workspace suite for business customers and premium Google AI subscribers.

Alphabet's cloud business just posted growth numbers that look more like a startup than a mega-cap, yet the stock still trades at a forward multiple that suggests the market hasn't noticed. Here's what the bears are missing.

Waymo argued last week that fully autonomous vehicles are not possible without using a mix of sensors, and that “pure end-to-end” AI systems are not safe enough — shots at Tesla, despite the Alphabet-owned company not naming names.

The sticker shock in Big Tech earnings this year came from the capital expenditure line. Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT | MSFT Price Prediction) spent $115.95 billion on property and equipment in the fiscal year ended June 2026.

The AI-driven benefits that Alphabet is reaping go well beyond Google's advertising business. Unlike some of its hyperscaler peers, Alphabet's free cash flow remains positive.

AMD has already surged triple digits this year while Alphabet trades at a bargain valuation despite exploding cloud growth, and choosing between them now could define your AI portfolio returns through 2030.

Waymo has started to offer its robotaxi service to the public in Denver, San Diego, and Tampa, extending the Alphabet-owned company's commercial operations to 14 U.S. cities.

OpenAI's advertising business is still tiny compared with Google Search, but D.A. Davidson analyst Gil Luria says the growth trajectory should have Alphabet investors paying attention.

What happens after you lose a six-figure job at one of the world's biggest tech companies? Four former employees of Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Intel discuss the shock they felt when they were laid off, the difficult search for a new job, and the financial and emotional fallout that followed.

Waymo is starting paid driverless rides in Denver, San Diego and Tampa, Florida. Amazon's Zoox said it's planning to start testing this month in Houston and San Diego with human supervisors on board.

A 45-year-old investor with a million dollars on the line and a third of it riding on three stocks asked Wes Moss how to escape. His answer starts with a mindset shift most investors resist making.

ANN ARBOR, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #AVAC2026--The Association for Advancing Automation (A3) today announced the speaker lineup and agenda for its Advanced Vision & AI Conference, September 23–24, 2026, in Santa Clara, California. Featuring experts from Waymo, NVIDIA, Tesla, Intrinsic, GE Vernova, Intel, FANUC, Cognex, Siemens Digital Industries, and more, the two-day conference will focus on how vision and AI technologies are being deployed across manufacturing and other industrial environments. Regis.