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Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) is raising the stakes in its hardware battle with Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), unveiling a pricier Pixel 11 lineup built around deeper Gemini integration just weeks before Apple's expected annual iPhone refresh. The $100 increase on Google's base smartphone highlights rising component costs, but the bigger investor story is strategic: Google is increasingly using Pixel devices to put Gemini directly into consumers' hands and potentially pull more users into its paid AI ecosystem. Warning! 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On August 12, Europe's largest airline by passenger numbers said it would deploy Gemini AI tools and DeepMind models across its operations, rolling out Google Workspace and Google Cloud to 35,000 employees. It is a bet on technology at exactly the moment fares are sliding, and costs are climbing, and that tension is the real story here.Can Ryanair's (RYAAY) New AI Deal Offset Its Falling Fares? 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As Anthropic raced ahead with a preview of its powerful Claude Mythos model, Brin addressed hundreds of employees in an April town hall, urging the company's Google DeepMind AI lab to move faster, said one of the people on condition of anonymity. 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Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META), the social-media powerhouse behind Facebook and Instagram, entered a courtroom fight Wednesday that could hit far closer to its core business than the usual regulatory headache. Shares dropped roughly 1.6% in morning trading as 29 states accused Meta of improperly collecting and using children's data. Four states are going even further, challenging allegedly addictive platform designs and Meta's representations about consumer safety. Meta denies the allegations. The immediate stock move is modest. 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Shares of Alphabet (GOOGL) fell about 0.5% Wednesday after Google unveiled its Pixel 11 smartphone lineup, with higher memory costs contributing to a $100 increase in starting prices. Google set the Pixel 11 starting price at $899, while the Pixel 11 Pro and Pixel 11 Pro XL will begin at $1,099 and $1,299, respectively. Each model now comes with 256GB of storage, and sales are scheduled to begin Aug. 20. Warning! GuruFocus has detected 7 Warning Signs with DELL. Is GOOG fairly valued? Test your thesis with our free DCF calculator. 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The Trade Desk (NasdaqGM:TTD) is facing rising competitive pressure as Amazon and Google roll out new advertising products that threaten its core demand-side platform model. Amazon is shifting ad tech services toward higher margin AWS infrastructure, working on AI driven advertising with Warner Bros. Discovery, and reviewing its DSP, which could reshape how brands buy digital ads. 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Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG), the parent of Google, YouTube and Google Cloud, slipped roughly 0.1% Wednesday morning as Australia turned up the regulatory heat on Big Tech. The government wants major digital platforms to strike content deals with at least eight eligible Australian media organizations, according to Reuters, up from six under an earlier proposal. Google has been down this road before. It already pays publishers under Australia's existing framework. Now Canberra wants more deals and it is putting real money behind the threat. Warning! 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Meta's paused buybacks leave stock-based compensation unhedged, quietly expanding share count while Alphabet's $53B free cash flow absorbs vesting pressure. Alphabet's Pichai and four C-suite executives bought stock on July 25 while Meta's CFO Susan Li and CTO Andrew Bosworth were net sellers. Act now: the analyst who called NVIDIA in 2010 just named his top 10 AI stocks \u2014 and Google didn't make the cut. Grab the names FREE today. 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GOOGL trades at a trailing P/E of 18 versus MSFT's 28, while 58 of 64 analysts rate it Buy toward a $428 consensus target. Free cash flow turned negative, long-term debt nearly doubled to $98 billion, and 2026 capex is guided to $175 to $185 billion. It sounds nuts, but SoFi1 is giving new Active Invest users up to $3,000 in stock for a limited time, and all it takes is a $50 deposit to get started.2 See for yourself (Sponsor) At $343.80, Alphabet (N", "date_published": "2026-08-12T13:22:35+00:00", "authors": [{"name": "finance.yahoo.com"}], "tags": ["Earnings", "GOOG"], "_sharemaestro": {"country": "Canada", "coverage": "Main company", "market_context": null, "companies": [{"symbol": "GOOG", "name": "Alphabet Inc.", "sentiment_url": "https://sharemaestro.com/sentiment/84edbc13-a1a4-48c7-9d64-c83073075601/"}]}}, {"id": "source:8dd617aef579efbcd76e3f27bc2e3b86d3fec887624cfd33c787417d244a1818", "url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/market-shaved-10-off-meta-131121652.html", "external_url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/market-shaved-10-off-meta-131121652.html", "title": "The Market Shaved 10% Off Meta Over a Month: One Analyst Targets 87% Returns Over The Next Year", "content_text": "Quick Read Meta's Q2 EPS missed estimates by 14%, burdened by $2.4B in legal charges and $1.2B in severance that collapsed free cash flow 91%. 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(META, Financials), the parent of Facebook and Instagram, is heading into its biggest youth social media trial yet, with potential damages the company says could reach as high as $1.4 trillion. Warning! GuruFocus has detected 2 Warning Sign with META. Is META fairly valued? Test your thesis with our free DCF calculator. The trial begins Wednesday in California and involves claims from 29 states that Meta illegally collected children's data and designed its platforms to keep younger users hooked. 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(GOOGL) vs. Meta Platforms, Inc. (META): Washington and Brussels Both Turn Up the Heat on AI Safety", "content_text": "Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL)'s Google, along with Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META), Anthropic, and OpenAI, will meet White House officials on Tuesday to discuss voluntary safety testing for the most advanced AI models. The meeting follows disclosures that Anthropic's and OpenAI's own AI systems breached other companies' computer systems during testing, alarming lawmakers about whether powerful AI models could enable real cyberattacks. Why Regulators on Two Continents Are Closing In at Once The White House finalized details of voluntary hacking-capability tests this week and wants industry bu", "date_published": "2026-08-11T22:19:47+00:00", "authors": [{"name": "finance.yahoo.com"}], "tags": ["Earnings", "GOOG"], "_sharemaestro": {"country": "Canada", "coverage": "Main company", "market_context": null, "companies": [{"symbol": "GOOG", "name": "Alphabet Inc.", "sentiment_url": "https://sharemaestro.com/sentiment/84edbc13-a1a4-48c7-9d64-c83073075601/"}]}}, {"id": "source:1892eec6b2058448165a568cf19ffc7f1d76d4da22659ec3b6aee2dffd3a3809", "url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/ai-firm-manus-resume-independent-174930225.html", "external_url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/ai-firm-manus-resume-independent-174930225.html", "title": "AI firm Manus to resume 'independent' operations after China blocks Meta deal", "content_text": "China has been cracking down on a practice known as \"Singapore-washing,\" which is when companies leave the country to take advantage of looser regulations and funding opportunities (GREG BAKER) AI startup Manus said Tuesday it would resume \"operating as an independent company,\" months after Beijing blocked Meta's multi-billion-dollar acquisition of the Chinese-developed, Singapore-based company. Some data going back to late December will be deleted as a result, and Manus urged users impacted by the change to back up their data. \"This is part of our separation from Meta; we must take this step ", "date_published": "2026-08-11T17:49:30+00:00", "authors": [{"name": "finance.yahoo.com"}], "tags": ["Deals and strategy", "META"], "_sharemaestro": {"country": "Canada", "coverage": "Main company", "market_context": null, "companies": [{"symbol": "META", "name": "Meta Platforms, Inc.", "sentiment_url": "https://sharemaestro.com/sentiment/562ab912-61d0-4e70-b5cf-6621545818f1/"}]}}]}