Alphabet Inc. provides various products and platforms in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia-Pacific, Canada, and Latin America. It operates through Google Services, Google Cloud, and Other Bets segments. The Google Services segment offers products and services, including ads, Android, Chrome, hardware, Gmail, Google Drive, Google Maps, Google Photos, Google Play, Search, and YouTube. It is also involved in the sale of apps and in-app purchases and digital content in the Google Play store; and Fitbit wearable devices, Google Nest home products, Pixel phones, and other devices, as well as in the provision of YouTube non-advertising services. The Google Cloud segment offers infrastructure, platform, and other services; Google Workspace that include cloud-based collaboration tools for enterprises, such as Gmail, Docs, Drive, Calendar, and Meet; and other services for enterprise customers. The Other Bets segment sells health technology and internet services. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Mountain View, California.

Alphabet Inc.

Jeffries analysts lifted their 12-month target price on shares of Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) to $285 per share from $230 to reflect the search giant's recent rapid pace of artificial intelligence (AI) improvement.  In a note to clients on Thursday, the analysts see “untapped potential” for Google Gemini, believing Google can turn search into the “ultimate decision engine.

Alphabet analysts see ‘untapped potential' for Google AI, boost target price

How can Alphabet's stock build on its gains? By driving search and cloud momentum that sends earnings estimates higher, a Morgan Stanley analyst says.

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Alphabet's Google said hackers are sending extortion emails to an unspecified number of executives, claiming to have stolen sensitive data from their Oracle business applications.

Google says hackers are sending extortion emails to executives

Google has a new range of Nest-branded hardware, including a pair of video cameras, a new doorbell and a compact speaker. Bloomberg's Dana Wollman discusses how Google and rivals are aiming to attract new buyers to AI-powered devices.

Google Revamps Smart Home Lineup

Shares of Alphabet (GOOG 0.85%) climbed 14% higher in September, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. The parent company of Google, YouTube, and Google Cloud was helped by an antitrust ruling and new artificial intelligence (AI) services it launched last month.

Why Shares of Alphabet Stock Climbed 14% Last Month

OpenAI likely needs ads to bridge the gap between its revenue and spending plans. But its AI-video generator app Sora faces heavy competition from Facebook, TikTok and more.

OpenAI wants to build a social-media business. Can its Sora app take on Meta and Google?

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Google laid off more than 100 employees from design roles within the company's cloud unit, CNBC has learned. The roles often focus on using data, surveys and other tools to understand and implement user behaviors that inform product development and design.

Google cuts more than 100 design-related roles in cloud unit

CNBC's MacKenzie Sigalos reports on Google's move to embed Gemini AI across its home devices, as tech giants rush to make voice the next major interface for AI.

Google and Amazon race to upgrade voice assistants with AI as OpenAI raises the stakes

CNBC's MacKenzie Sigalos reports on Google's latest smart home devices, its AI revamp and how AI is leveling up smart home assistants.

What to know about Google's smart home AI revamp

Google's Cloud unit had staff cuts on Monday, Business Insider has learned. Staff working on user experience projects were primarily affected.

Google just cut staff in its Cloud unit

In India, Bollywood stars are asking judges to protect their voice and persona in the era of artificial intelligence. One famous couple's biggest target is Google's video arm YouTube.

Spooked by AI, Bollywood stars drag Google into fight for 'personality rights'

Google and Comcast-owned NBCUniversal have entered a short-term extension on their existing carriage deal for YouTube TV, Variety reported on Wednesday, citing a Google spokesperson.

NBCUniversal, YouTube TV ink short-term deal extension, Variety reports

After a series of big cloud computing deals this month, Citigroup analysts now expect AI spending to exceed their already eye-watering forecast.

Citi Sees Big Tech Spending Even More on AI Next Year—Here's How Much

A federal judge on Tuesday denied Apple , Google and Meta Platforms' requests to dismiss lawsuits claiming they promoted illegal gambling by hosting and accepting commissions from casino-style apps that addict users.

Apple, Google, Meta must face lawsuits over casino-style gambling apps

Alphabet's Class A stock rose 38% in the third quarter as Google's Gemini and cloud-computing businesses took off, defying doubters.

Alphabet's stock just had its best quarter in two decades thanks to AI

Google is willing to cough up more advertising data to publishers to fix its illegal monopoly over digital advertising technology, a top executive admitted Tuesday.

Google willing to share digital ad data with publishers to address monopoly, executive testifies

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YouTube settles WHOPPING $24M Trump lawsuit

Alphabet Inc. is downgraded from Strong Buy to Buy due to valuation and increased macroeconomic risks, despite strong business fundamentals. GOOG's search dominance remains unchallenged, with no significant user or advertiser shift to Bing, and regulatory risks have eased. Gemini AI has caught up with ChatGPT, attracting interest from Meta and strengthening Alphabet's competitive position across business segments.

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Online advertising could be set to gain from an “AI land grab” that could accelerate the whole market, according to Mizuho.

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