As four of the Magnificent Seven tech giants rolled out results late Wednesday, Alphabet is distinguishing itself as the big winner in the cloud space. Shares popped more than 6% in extended trading. Alphabet’s stock outperformed those of its Big Tech peers Amazon , which was up 3%, and Meta Platforms , down more than…
Quotable Claire Finkelstein, an American legal expert, says former FBI Director James Comey will likely fight his indictment over a social media post seen as critical of President Trump, arguing it was protected free speech. Comey made a brief court appearance in the case Wednesday. Published On 29 Apr 202629 Apr 2026 Click here to…
Meta, Alphabet and peers are growing smartly, but their value hinges on hard-to-answer questions about AI supremacy
The sheriff of New Orleans was hit on Wednesday with a sweeping 30-count indictment alleging malfeasance and payroll fraud amid an outside investigation into her office that was prompted by a massive jailbreak nearly a year earlier. The indictment against sheriff Susan Hutson, whose duties include operating the New Orleans jail, was brought by Louisiana…
29 April 2026 Sir Stephen Fry is suing the organisers of a tech conference where he fell off the stage for $100,000 in damages. Sir Stephen Fry suffered multiple broken bones The 68-year-old broadcaster was giving the keynote speech at the CogX convention at London’s O2 Arena in September 2023 when he took a tumble,…
Gold held losses after the US Federal Reserve kept interest rates steady and said the war in Iran was clouding the economic outlook.
As Mali’s military government battles to reassert control, spokesperson for Tuareg rebels says it will fall ‘sooner or later’. Published On 29 Apr 202629 Apr 2026 Mali’s Tuareg rebels, involved in a continuing uprising, including the assassination of the country’s defence minister, have said they want to drive the military government’s Russian backers out of…
Governments in Europe should impose much higher taxes on alcohol and unhealthy food to tackle the continent’s 284,000 deaths a year from liver disease, experts say. Taxes on those products should rise sharply enough for the money raised to cover the huge costs they place on health services, the criminal justice system and social services….
Despite the lingering perception that no one really uses Copilot, Microsoft said Wednesday that its user base and engagement are growing for the AI tool that’s baked into M365 apps like Word, Excel, and Outlook email. M365 Copilot now has 20 million paid enterprise Copilot seats, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said during the company’s quarterly…
Outrage moves at the speed of social media in the Donald Trump era, but the wheels of media regulation turn far more slowly. That is the main takeaway from Deadline’s conversations in recent days with more than a dozen sources across media, Washington and Wall Street about the clash between ABC late-night host Jimmy Kimmel…
