Alphabet
6 mentions across all digests
Search and advertising company spending massively on AI data centers to defend its search and ad business against Microsoft Bing.
Google to sell its TPUs to some customers, who also fancy big-G GPUs
Google is monetizing its proprietary TPU chips by selling them to external AI labs and HPC firms, positioning custom silicon as a complementary hardware play to compete alongside GPU infrastructure starting this year.
Big Tech is spending $226,000 a day on lobbying Congress, advocacy group finds
Anthropic and OpenAI nearly doubled their lobbying spend in Q1 2026 (to $1.56M and $1.02M respectively), as AI companies race to shape emerging federal regulation ahead of Congress.
Tesla launches robotaxis in Dallas and Houston, and oops, it’s already unavailable
Tesla's robotaxi debut in Dallas and Houston shows minimal actual vehicle availability despite the promotional push, highlighting execution gaps that rival Waymo's own cautious rollout.
The hidden menace behind Big Tech’s AI arms race: Meta, Amazon, and others are spending billions on hardware that’s worthless in 3 years, says CEO of Research Affiliates
Hyperscalers like Meta and Amazon are locked in an unsustainable AI arms race: hardware becomes economically worthless in 3 years, far shorter than their official 5-6 year depreciation timelines.
YouTube now world's largest media company, topping Disney
YouTube's $62 billion 2025 revenue—powered by $40+ billion in advertising—eclipsed Disney's media division, marking the definitive shift of media dominance from traditional studios to algorithm-driven platforms.