By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS, May 27 (Reuters) - European leaders are divided on how far to go in curbing Big Tech as they weigh momentous decisions over giving EU firms preferential access to mobile
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European leaders are divided on how far to go in curbing Big Tech as they weigh momentous decisions over giving EU firms preferential access to mobile satellite spectrum and limiting large multinationals' access to EU cloud tenders. On Tuesday, Reuters reported Brussels was likely to leave an opening for Elon Musk's Starlink and Amazon's low-earth-orbit satellite business Leo to acquire lucrative European mobile satellite spectrum next year as a result of a compromise that will reserve the bulk of frequencies for European firms. A separate decision on EU cloud tenders set for June 3 is expected to temper the influence of U.S. firms such as Amazon, Alphabet's Google and Microsoft, which dominate the global cloud market with a combined 63% share.
By Stephen Nellis SAN FRANCISCO, May 26 (Reuters) - Apple and Alphabet's Google on Tuesday pushed to amend an online safety bill working its way through Canada's parliament to add judicial oversight
Shares of TeraWulf (Nasdaq: WULF) surged during market hours on May 26 after the Bitcoin miner-turned-AI infrastructure company announced the acquisition of a hyperscale high-performance computing site. TeraWulf is a United States-based digital infrastructure company founded in 2021 by energy ...
The Magnificent Seven's first-quarter earnings are in the books, and the seven companies registered their best profit growth in nearly five years. All remain pillars of the S&P 500 index. Collectively, Mag 7 earnings jumped 63.2% year over year, according to a report from FactSet.
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Dropbox said on Tuesday that CEO and co-founder Andrew Houston will step down after a transition period, promoting insider Ashraf Alkarmi to co-CEO ahead of his succession as the sole chief executive. The file hosting service provider's shares fell more than 1% in early trading. They have fallen over 3% this year.
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The European Union is planning to fine Alphabet's Google a high triple-digit million euro amount as part of an antitrust investigation, Germany's Handelsblatt newspaper reported, citing commission sources. The investigation, which was officially launched in March 2025, relates to concerns that Google favours its own services in search results and seeks to ensure the world's most popular internet search engine complies with local regulation. The European Commission and Google were not immediately available for comment.
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The ERShares Private-Public Crossover ETF (NYSEARCA:XOVR) sits at an awkward crossroad heading into summer 2026. Shares trade near $19.08, down 5% year-to-date even as the public-side AI mega-caps it holds have ripped higher. That disconnect matters because XOVR is the rare ETF that pairs late-stage private growth (SpaceX is the publicly known anchor) with public ... XOVR ETF: Watch Hyperscaler AI Capex Before Summer 2026 Earnings Season
The AI chip race has produced a handful of clear winners. Broadcom is one of them. But the question heading into its next earnings report is no longer about whether it is a top AI stock to own. The real debate now is: Can a company already pulling in billions from artificial intelligence keep ...
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The well-known venture capitalist who bet on Google says that the AI revolution is, if anything, underhyped.
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Alphabet's Google on Friday appealed a Washington federal judge's ruling that it holds illegal monopolies in online search and related advertising. • Google argued that U.S. Judge Amit Mehta made legal errors in his 2024 ruling, which found the company illegally blocked competitors by paying billions of dollars annually to firms including Apple to be the default search engine on new devices. • The arrangements did not prevent the device makers and browser developers from promoting rival search services like Microsoft's Bing, Google argued.
Strong first-quarter earnings growth and resilient AI spending are prompting strategists at UBS and CIBC to raise their S&P 500 targets.
Meta resolves a major school district case, but roughly 1,200 related lawsuits remain pending.

Elon Musk's private space operator, SpaceX (SPAX.PVT), released its S-1 filing this week as it plans to go public via IPO in June. The Wall Street Journal has reported that AI developer OpenAI (OPAI.PVT) is preparing to file for its own mega-IPO. As investors anticipate this mega-IPO, should they be equally cautious as they are bullish on these companies ? Portfolio Wealth Advisors president and CIO Lee Munson, Yahoo Finance Markets and Data Editor Jared Blikre, and Senior Business Reporter Ines Ferré weigh in on the wave of upcoming IPOs.
Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Commerce injected massive momentum into the quantum computing sector, announcing over $2.0 billion in federal incentives under the CHIPS and Science Act across nine quantum computing companies. D-Wave (QBTS) secured a $100 million letter of intent to accelerate domestic system fabrication, granting the federal government an equity stake. The stock surged immediately on the news, reflecting renewed investor confidence in sovereign backing for quantum infrastructu
Broadcom is locked in a clash of titans with rival artificial intelligence chip giant Nvidia but seems to be holding its own as the member of Investor's Business Daily's Sector Leaders list hovers just below a buy point. As it awaits its second-quarter results, due June 3, Broadcom ended trading Thursday just below a cup base's pivot of 414.61 after recently scoring an all-time high, according to chart analysis tools on IBD's MarketSurge. In April, Broadcom scored a partnership with Google parent Alphabet.
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What's better: paying $2 trillion for SpaceX, with under $20 billion in revenue, or $5 trillion for Google (GOOG), generating $400 billion in revenue and $100 billion in profits.
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