• Amazon deals of the day: Apple Watch Series 9, Samsung The Frame TV, Amazon Echo Buds, and more

    Amazon's best deals of the day on April 17 include the Apple Watch Series 9, Samsung The Frame TV, Amazon Echo Buds, and more.

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    Here are some of the biggest stories investors will be watching on Thursday, April 25, 2024. A slew of companies will report their quarterly results including Microsoft (MSFT), Alphabet (GOOG, GOOGL), and Southwest Airlines (LUV). On the economic data front, the highly anticipated preliminary read on first quarter GDP will be released. Economists are expecting that the US economy grew by 2.2% in the first three months of the year. For more expert insight and the latest market action, click here...

    • Axios

    FTC sues to block Tapestry's acquisition of Capri

    The Federal Trade Commission sued today to block Tapestry's $8.5 billion

  • Microsoft Could Topple Amazon's Cloud Dominance, Thanks to AI

    Microsoft's AI lead could be the driving factor in helping it topple Amazon's dominance in cloud services.

  • Apple's M2 Mac mini is back down to $499 at Amazon

    The best M2 Mac mini price we've seen at Amazon has returned, with the standard model dipping to just $499.99. Plus, save up to $250 on upgraded models with an exclusive coupon discount. The cheapest M2 Mac mini price is currently available at Amazon, with the standard model featuring an 8-core CPU and 10-core GPU discounted to $499.99. The savings are in the form of a $49.01 on-page coupon that stacks with a $50 instant rebate already in place. Buy for $499.99 If you're looking...

  • UK watchdog targets Microsoft, Amazon AI deals

    The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority took aim at Microsoft and Amazon’s dealings with AI start-ups, inviting comment from market players to determine if recent partnerships have the potential to hurt competition in the country.

  • Poletti: As Alphabet follows Meta with a dividend, the pressure is now on Amazon

    Dividends are a sign of maturing companies, but may also be a diversion for investors amid hefty capital spending

  • Microsoft's AI lead puts Amazon cloud dominance on watch

    Upcoming quarterly reports from U.S. tech giants may show Microsoft is closing the gap on cloud-computing market leader Amazon.com as more businesses switch to its services, attracted by a clutch of generative AI features that are powered by OpenAI's technology. The Redmond, Washington-based software giant has beaten rivals Amazon and Google-parent Alphabet to the market with AI services including the Copilot, a set of genAI tools that work in Microsoft's business apps, that was rolled out in...

  • Microsoft and Amazon's AI partnerships draw UK watchdog scrutiny

    Britain's competition watchdog said on Wednesday it was seeking comments on the AI partnerships between Microsoft and Mistral AI, as well as between Amazon and Anthropic. The Competition and Markets Authority also said it wanted to hear the views of third parties on Microsoft's hiring of former employees of Inflection AI and related arrangements. Microsoft last month appointed DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman as the head of a newly created consumer AI unit and hired several employees of his...

  • UK Competition Regulators to Investigate Microsoft and Amazon AI Deals

    UK regulators will scrutinize partnerships between Microsoft and Amazon to review potential AI competition issues.

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    Microsoft, Amazon AI partnerships face scrutiny from British regulators

    British antitrust regulators are seeking views on partnerships between Microsoft and Amazon with smaller generative AI model makers.

  • Microsoft brings OneNote to the Apple Vision Pro -- with a key limitation

    Word and Excel were available on the Apple Vision Pro at launch, but now Microsoft is expanding its apps with an earlier than expected release of its note-taking app, OneNote. Microsoft OneNote on Apple Vision Pro (Source: Microsoft) While Microsoft committed to all of its Microsoft 365 apps being available on the Apple Vision Pro, at launch it concentrated on its main applications, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Teams. Now the company has announced that Microsoft OneNote has joined the...