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Amazon’s cloud business is surging — and so is its capital spending
Amazon Web Services posted 28% year-over-year net sales growth to $37.6 billion, with the fastest AWS growth in 15 quarters, as part of broader first-quarter results that beat earnings expectations. The narrative notes continued AI-driven demand but also highlights a drop in free cash flow to $1.2 billion trailing twelve months. Disagreements across sources exist on implications; TechCrunch articles emphasize the spending surge alongside revenue, while others focus on implications for capital expenditure plans. Source: TechCrunch (left-center).
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Meta shares slide as tech giant hikes AI spending forecast, warns of youth social media backlash
Meta Platforms raised its annual capital spending forecast on Wednesday, plowing billions more into artificial intelligence infrastructure even as it grapples with possible losses from a global youth social media backlash . The Facebook parent projects 2026 capital expenditure between $125 billion and $145 billion.
Alphabet's first-quarter profit soars as Google's big AI bets help push stock to new highs
Google’s transition into the era of artificial intelligence continued to pay off for its corporate parent, Alphabet Inc. , which on Wednesday announced another quarter of the stellar growth that helped to more than double its already lofty market value during the past year. Alphabet earned $62.6 billion, or $5.11 per.
Meta beats revenue expectations, boosts capital spending forecast for 2026
Instagram and Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. posted results Wednesday for the first quarter that exceeded expectations, showing growth in earnings, but the social media giant also increased its forecasted capital expenditures for the year. The company earned $26.77 billion, or $10.44 per share, in the.
Amazon’s cloud business is surging — and so is its capital spending
Amazon was one of several tech giants that on Wednesday beat Wall Street’s first-quarter earnings expectations, offering more financial evidence that the AI boom continues to reward companies that supply the picks and shovels. Amazon’s cloud business is the latest example. Amazon Web Services, buoyed by its role in.
Meta is still burning money on AR/VR
When Meta released its quarterly earnings report on Wednesday evening, a colleague pointed out how Meta lost $4 billion on Reality Labs, the division responsible for its AR glasses, VR headsets, and VR software. I yawned at first. Meta losing $4 billion on Reality Labs just didn’t seem surprising . It’s a given.
Satya Nadella says he’s ready to ‘exploit’ the new OpenAI deal
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella was asked point-blank by a Wall Street analyst on Wednesday how its revised OpenAI partnership would impact Microsoft’s financials. He said that the new agreement was a good deal for everyone. “We feel good about our partnership with OpenAI. I’m always very focused on any partnership and.
Amazon, Meta join fight to end Google Pay, PhonePe dominance in India
Amazon and Meta are among the big companies set to lobby India’s payments body over the dominance of Walmart-owned PhonePe and Google Pay in the country’s fast-growing instant payments network. Executives representing platforms including Amazon Pay, WhatsApp, CRED, MobiKwik, and Flipkart’s Super.money are scheduled to.