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Microsoft, Google earnings shine as AI drives revenue
Microsoft, Google earnings shine as AI drives revenue
Technology
by  AFP

Microsoft and Google on Thursday drubbed quarterly earnings expectations as the tech titans continued investing heavily in artificial intelligence promising to shake up the way people live. In its push, Microsoft has moved beyond OpenAI and signed partnerships with other promising AI startups such as Mistral AI, as well as investing heavily internationally.

Google parent Alphabet's Q1 profits beat estimates: company
Google parent Alphabet's Q1 profits beat estimates: company
Technology
by  AFP

Google's parent Alphabet on Thursday trounced revenue and profit expectations for the first quarter of this year, causing shares to leap more than 12 percent. Alphabet shares that ended the formal trading day down slightly leapt more than 12 percent to $177 in after-market trades that followed release of the earnings figures.

DR Congo accuses Apple of using 'blood minerals' from war-torn east
DR Congo accuses Apple of using 'blood minerals' from war-torn east
Economy
by  AFP

The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo is accusing Apple of using "illegally exploited" minerals extracted from the country's embattled east in its products, lawyers representing the African country said Thursday. Macs, iPhones and other Apple products are "tainted by the blood of the Congolese people", the DRC's lawyers said.