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Alphabet reported sharply increased investments that exceeded its ongoing business and pushed free cash flow deeply into the red. The news triggered a 12.6 percent share-price plunge and was a major factor in the NASDAQ 100’s 1.38 percent decline, wiping out nearly $500 billion in market value. The disappointing figures weighed on an otherwise broad tech week and dampened market sentiment despite individual winners in other sectors. » Mais em finanzen.net

Alphabet shares fell about 12.5 percent in one day, wiping out roughly $0.5 trillion in market value after Q3 figures were released. Revenue rose about 25 percent and operating profit by 30 percent, while net income fell by roughly a quarter and operating cash flow declined by one eighth to $42.3 billion. Heavy spending on AI data centers led to $51.3 billion in investments for the quarter, negative free cash flow and securities losses of more than $9 billion. Alphabet increased debt ($29 billion) and share-related spending (net $12.4 billion, with a further $27.6 billion planned), and management plans additional substantial AI expenditures. » Mais em heise.de

Google Gemini can now generate, preview and directly edit PDFs, Google Docs, Sheets, slides, Markdown, TXT and code within the Gemini web and mobile experience. PDF editing and previewing work on both web and mobile, while editing other file types is available on the web; users can expand to full-screen, highlight text to ask Gemini questions, and convert elements like tables into graphs. The feature complements existing Workspace integrations and follows similar document-editing capabilities from other AI chat tools. » Mais em theverge.com