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Yahoo
6 hours ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Google to report Q2 earnings as Wall Street looks for AI revenue gains
Google parent Alphabet (GOOG, GOOGL) will report its second quarter earnings after the bell on Wednesday as the company continues to ride the artificial intelligence wave. Alphabet is one of the largest and most advanced companies in the space thanks to its vast network of data centers and Gemini AI models. According to CEO Sundar Pichai, the company's AI Overview is already drawing 1.5 billion users, and its AI services are seeing 2x longer queries than its traditional search product. According to BofA Global Research analyst Justin Post, potential positives for the quarter include increasing advertising spending, AI helping to power revenue, and strong cloud performance. 'We remain constructive on Google's ability to drive AI usage despite cautious sentiment, and see Gemini improvements, AI Mode integration in search and Workspace price increases as key YTD positives,' Post wrote in a note to investors. For the quarter, Google is expected to post adjusted earnings per share of $2.17 on revenue excluding traffic acquisition costs (TAC) of $79.6 billion, an 11.6% jump versus the same period last year when the company posted revenue of $71.3 billion, according to analyst consensus data from Bloomberg. Advertising revenue is expected to come in at $69.6 billion, up 7.7% year over year, with Search accounting for $52.7 billion. YouTube Ad revenue is anticipated to top out at $9.5 billion. Google Cloud Platform revenue is set to hit $13.1 billion, up 26%. Cloud operating income should hit $2.2 billion, climbing 91% year over year. That, however, is far lower than the 196% improvement the company reported in the same period last year. Google, like its other Big Tech peers, is also pushing for employee buyouts, as the industry continues to reduce headcount more broadly. Amazon (AMZN), Meta (META), and Microsoft (MSFT) have, or are planning to, cut jobs amid massive capital expenditure on their AI build-outs. This year, Google is expected to drop $75 billion to expand its AI capabilities, including on massive data centers running on both its own home-grown chips and Nvidia's processors. Despite that, Google senior vice president and CFO Anat Ashkenazi told analysts during the company's Q1 earnings call that it continues to face AI capacity issues as demand outstrips available computing power. Expect investors to be looking at whether that changes in Q2. Google is also facing potentially devastating consequences from a judge's decision that held it liable for antitrust violations in search. Washington, D.C., federal district court Judge Amit Mehta is expected to issue a ruling on "remedies" that follows the Justice Department's victory against the company sometime next month. Judge Mehta held that Google violated antitrust law by boxing out rivals in the online search engine and online search text markets. In order to restore competition, he could order Google to refrain from long-standing exclusivity deals with the likes of Apple (AAPL) that set Google search as the default option on the company's smartphones. Mehta could also force Google to sell off its Chrome browser, the most popular web browser in the world. That would put a dent in Google's all-important search business, a dangerous proposition for the company. Email Daniel Howley at dhowley@ Follow him on X/Twitter at @DanielHowley. Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Yahoo
10 hours ago
- Business
- Yahoo
U.S. Firms Seek Google Partners to Drive AI, Cloud Projects
Provider ecosystem helps companies build, manage complex cloud environments for more autonomous, automated operations, ISG Provider Lens® report says STAMFORD, Conn., July 22, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Enterprises in the U.S. are increasingly adopting Google Cloud services, with the help of service providers, as their cloud strategies evolve beyond basic infrastructure, according to a new research report published today by Information Services Group (ISG) (Nasdaq: III), a global AI-centered technology research and advisory firm. The 2025 ISG Provider Lens® Google Cloud Partner Ecosystem report for the U.S. finds that companies are engaging Google partners to take advantage of Google Cloud's strengths in AI, data modernization, analytics, security and scalable infrastructure. These capabilities are helping organizations adopt and modernize cloud environments, navigate the complexity of cloud computing and use generative AI to achieve tangible business outcomes. "Rapidly growing use of GenAI and agentic AI is the biggest driver of increasing cloud budgets at U.S. enterprises," said Bill Huber, ISG partner, digital platforms and solutions. "To carry out AI transformations on Google Cloud, companies need partners with advanced GenAI expertise who know how to accelerate and cost-optimize those transformations." Service providers are guiding companies through AI adoption and ongoing development using Google's AI stack, including Gemini models, the Vertex platform and AI-optimized Google infrastructure, the report says. A growing number of enterprises are working with partners to develop custom AI agents and industry solutions using platforms such as Google Agentspace. U.S. companies remain focused on responsible AI practices, and providers are helping them deploy GenAI responsibly using Vertex. Enterprises are also applying AI tools, including Gemini, to essential data management projects, ISG says. They are using AI to automate complex tasks such as code translation, schema mapping and data validation as companies migrate from siloed data systems to unified platforms that handle diverse data types and workloads. Data management is becoming more autonomous, with AI assisting in performance tuning, detection of anomalies and cost optimization. As U.S. companies increasingly build complex multicloud environments, Google ecosystem providers are helping clients assess their readiness, design an architecture and adopt cloud-native technologies, the report says. Enterprises are moving beyond simple lift-and-shift cloud migrations and instead replatforming applications into containers using Google Kubernetes Engine. Increasingly, organizations use AI-based tools for cloud project assessment and planning. A growing number of companies are adopting Google Cloud VMware Engine in the aftermath of Broadcom's 2023 acquisition of VMware and overhauling of its licensing model, the report says. U.S. enterprises see GCVE as a stable and cost-efficient alternative that lets them rapidly migrate VMware environments to Google Cloud, and many service providers are building up significant GCVE migration practices. "Many U.S. enterprises see Google's cloud portfolio and its extensive provider ecosystem as a powerful combination for creating value through cloud migration," said Tapati Bandopadhyay, lead author of the report. "As AI transforms both cloud tools and enterprise operations, they are likely to gain even greater benefits." The report also explores other Google Cloud ecosystem trends in the U.S., including increasing migration of Oracle workloads to Google Cloud and the rising importance of FinOps frameworks to rein in cloud expenses. For more insights into the Google Cloud-related challenges U.S. enterprises face, and ISG's advice for addressing them, see the ISG Provider Lens® Focal Points briefing here. The 2025 ISG Provider Lens® Google Cloud Partner Ecosystem report for the U.S. evaluates the capabilities of 35 providers across four quadrants: Google Cloud Professional Services (Consulting and Migration), Google Cloud Managed Services, Google Cloud Enterprise Data Infrastructure Services and Google Cloud GenAI and AI Services. The report names Accenture, Capgemini, Cognizant, Deloitte, HCLTech, LTIMindtree, Persistent Systems, Rackspace Technology, TCS, Tech Mahindra and Wipro as Leaders in all four quadrants. It names Genpact, PwC and Quantiphi as Leaders in three quadrants each. In addition, Hexaware and Mphasis are named as Rising Stars — companies with a "promising portfolio" and "high future potential" by ISG's definition — in three quadrants each. DXC Technology and NTT DATA are named as Rising Stars in one quadrant each. In the area of customer experience, Persistent Systems is named the global ISG CX Star Performer for 2025 among Google Cloud Partners Ecosystem providers. Persistent Systems earned the highest customer satisfaction scores in ISG's Voice of the Customer survey, part of the ISG Star of Excellence™ program, the premier quality recognition for the technology and business services industry. Customized versions of the report are available from Cognizant and Hexaware. The 2025 ISG Provider Lens® Google Cloud Partner Ecosystem report for the U.S. is available to subscribers or for one-time purchase on this webpage. About ISG Provider Lens® Research The ISG Provider Lens® Quadrant research series is the only service provider evaluation of its kind to combine empirical, data-driven research and market analysis with the real-world experience and observations of ISG's global advisory team. Enterprises will find a wealth of detailed data and market analysis to help guide their selection of appropriate sourcing partners, while ISG advisors use the reports to validate their own market knowledge and make recommendations to ISG's enterprise clients. The research currently covers providers offering their services globally, across Europe, as well as in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Brazil, the U.K., France, Benelux, Germany, Switzerland, the Nordics, Australia and Singapore/Malaysia, with additional markets to be added in the future. For more information about ISG Provider Lens research, please visit this webpage. About ISG ISG (Nasdaq: III) is a global AI-centered technology research and advisory firm. A trusted partner to more than 900 clients, including 75 of the world's top 100 enterprises, ISG is a long-time leader in technology and business services that is now at the forefront of leveraging AI to help organizations achieve operational excellence and faster growth. The firm, founded in 2006, is known for its proprietary market data, in-depth knowledge of provider ecosystems, and the expertise of its 1,600 professionals worldwide working together to help clients maximize the value of their technology investments. View source version on Contacts Press Contacts:Laura Hupprich, ISG+1 203 517 Julianna Sheridan, Matter Communications for ISG+1 978-518-4520isg@ Sign in to access your portfolio
Cision Canada
11 hours ago
- Science
- Cision Canada
Trajectory Service from Asteroid Institute Empowers Mission Planners and Public Researchers
SAN FRANCISCO, July 22, 2025 /CNW/ -- The Asteroid Institute, a program of B612 Foundation, today announced the launch of ADAM:: Trajectory. This new service, running on Google Cloud, allows users to calculate trajectories and propulsion requirements between any two objects in the solar system, including planets, asteroids and artificial satellites. This public-facing service is the first of planned future cloud services that aim to provide navigational capabilities for space, essentially a first step to a suite of services that will enable "turn by turn directions" to locations in our solar system. Mission planners, students, and others can utilize ADAM::Trajectory to explore launch options through interactive "porkchop" plots and 4D previews. ADAM::Trajectory is available here. The release follows the Institute's recent introduction of ADAM::Impact Probability, a service for assessing asteroid impact risk. "We're excited to continue our partnership with the Asteroid Institute, expanding the scale, capabilities, and availability of space mapping platforms like ADAM. By combining our products—including Firebase, Google Kubernetes Engine, and Google Cloud Storage—with open data and code, complex solutions such as trajectory analysis are now truly accessible to all. This empowers scientists and engineers everywhere with the tools to easily characterize the complex and dynamic trajectory of any solar system object, profoundly impacting our ability to protect our planet and safely explore our corner of the galaxy," said Will Grannis, CTO, Google Cloud. Key Capabilities of ADAM::Trajectory The ADAM::Trajectory online trajectory service offers several important features made possible by the compute infrastructure of Google Cloud: Standardized Calculations: ADAM::Trajectory provides a consistent method for astrodynamic computations. By using open-source integrators, transparent code, and industry-standard coordinate systems and constants, it helps ensure that all users get reliable and verifiable results. This approach helps reduce discrepancies that can arise from using various proprietary tools and assumptions. Simple Data Integration: The service automates the process of incorporating celestial body data, including sources such as JPL Horizons, Small Bodies Database, SPICE kernels, and NEOCC. Additionally, the ephemeris for the departure, arrival bodies and the solution trajectories are made available in OEM format as well as machine precise parquet files. Built with Open-Source: Software developers have access to all the underlying technology to generate the results, available on Github, PyPI and conda-forge. Interested users can build their own custom solutions or verify the accuracy of the results. Collaborative: Results can be easily shared as links for discussion and review, whether they are mission planners sharing launch windows with clients or teachers sharing solutions with their students. Benefits for Space Professionals The new ADAM::Trajectory service provides advantages for a wide range of space professionals: Time and Cost Savings: Mission planners can save many hours and resources previously spent on setting up software, manually integrating data, and resolving computational differences. This allows teams to focus more on core mission analysis. Improved Collaboration: Teams can work together more effectively, using the same tool for trajectory data generation and verification. This promotes better collaboration both internally and with international partners. Broader Participation: The service enables countries with emerging space programs, universities, and independent researchers to engage in space mission planning, including planetary defense, without needing extensive infrastructure. Increased Efficiency: By streamlining trajectory analysis, organizations can more quickly assess mission options, evaluate propulsion systems, and make informed decisions, which can help accelerate space exploration. Wide Applicability: Professionals involved in planning or supporting interplanetary missions, whether to asteroids or Mars, will find ADAM::Trajectory useful for understanding mission windows and delta-V requirements. "This service is a very useful utility for mission planners at all levels in the space community. For years, this kind of trajectory analysis has been a bottleneck, with different groups often using their own custom solutions," says Mike Loucks, CEO of Space Exploration Engineering. "ADAM::Trajectory changes that. It standardizes our capabilities, reduces setup and debugging time, and makes high-precision trajectory planning accessible. Our customers can now explore mission opportunities themselves, and our team is less reliant on a few individuals for this critical work. This will save us significant time and money and improve our approach to mission design." Other ADAM Services This launch follows the Asteroid Institute's recent release of ADAM::Impact Probability, a new service for projecting and visualizing impact risk of individual Near-Earth asteroids. The demo allows users to independently calculate impact probabilities for objects on risk lists published by JPL and ESA. It also supports follow-up on newly detected but unconfirmed risk objects flagged by JPL's Scout system. The Institute plans to support user-submitted orbits for custom analysis in the future. Additionally, the Asteroid Institute offers the ADAM::Precovery, a hosted version of its open-source precovery service backed by multiple catalogs. This service enables users to search for previously undetected observations of celestial bodies in archival data, significantly refining their orbital paths. ADAM::Precovery, ADAM::Trajectory and ADAM::Impact Probability are available for public and scientific use. "With ADAM::Trajectory and ADAM::Impact Probability running on Google Cloud we can provide services that can run at scale which will contribute to how space missions are planned and how asteroid risks are understood," said Dr. Ed Lu, Executive Director of the Asteroid Institute, a program of B612 Foundation.
Yahoo
12 hours ago
- Business
- Yahoo
The Best Warren Buffett Stocks to Buy With $1,000 Right Now
Key Points Amazon Web Services will drive Amazon's growth for the foreseeable future. Amazon's operating income increased by nearly 200% over the past five years. Coca-Cola has one of the most reliable dividends in the stock market, with 63 consecutive years of annual increases. 10 stocks we like better than Amazon › To say that Warren Buffett has made a name for himself in the investing world would be a huge understatement. Buffett, who's 94 years old and plans to retire at the end of the year, has turned Berkshire Hathaway into a trillion-dollar company and amassed a personal 12-figure net worth. Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway's continuous success is why many investors closely follow their moves, hoping to gain some inspiration. Although the average investor and a trillion-dollar corporation may not share the same goals or risk tolerance, there are still benefits to be gained by keeping an eye on the company's portfolio. Two stocks in Berkshire Hathaway's portfolio that can make great investments are Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO). If you have $1,000 available to invest, consider putting $500 into each. This will provide you with opportunities for growth and reliable dividend income. From books to a full conglomerate Amazon was a stock that Buffett was admittedly reluctant to invest in -- and one he wishes Berkshire Hathaway had invested in sooner. Amazon has been a poster child for growth stocks, up 11,750% in the past 20 years, while the S&P 500 is up around 420%. Amazon has a tight grip on the e-commerce industry, but its business expanded far beyond delivering items to you in less than two days. It's grown to be one of the more prominent conglomerates in the tech world. Its main growth driver for the foreseeable future is its cloud platform, Amazon Web Services (AWS). It's one of the pioneers of cloud computing and has been the global leader since its release. It has a 30% market share, leading Microsoft Azure and Alphabet's Google Cloud, which stand at 21% and 12%, respectively. E-commerce generates revenue for Amazon, while AWS generates profits. AWS' operating income (profit from core operations) was around $3.08 billion in the first quarter (Q1) of 2020. At the end of Q1 this year, it was $11.5 billion -- a 273% increase. This has helped Amazon's overall operating income increase by almost 200% in that span. Amazon has been diligent about expanding its business and diversifying its revenue streams, positioning it better for long-term growth. Aside from e-commerce and cloud computing, it has its hands in advertising, entertainment, healthcare, logistics, and a few other industries that could scale in time. A $500 investment in Amazon today could go a long way as it continues to expand. When in doubt, lean on the dividend Coca-Cola is one of Berkshire Hathaway's oldest and largest holdings. It comes down to two reasons -- its competitive moat and reliable dividend. The company's competitive moat stems from its brand and reach. Few, if any, brands are as recognizable worldwide as Coca-Cola. That's why it has been able to sustain its dominance and success for decades. Even with the ultra success of its flagship soda, Coca-Cola has been diligent about expanding its offerings and adapting to changing consumer preferences. It's added various waters, teas, plant-based drinks, and even ready-to-drink alcoholic beverages to its portfolio, further strengthening its position in the beverage industry. Coca-Cola's products sell regardless of economic conditions. It doesn't matter if it's a boom, a recession, or somewhere in between -- people will find a way to buy their favorite Coca-Cola product. This has given the company pricing power, which has helped its financials remain healthy and cash flowing in. You shouldn't invest in Coca-Cola expecting Amazon-like stock price appreciation, but you can expect consistent and reliable dividend income. Coca-Cola's dividend yield is routinely double that of the S&P 500's average, and the company increased the annual payout for 63 consecutive years. There's a reason Berkshire Hathaway never trimmed its Coca-Cola stake -- the dividend income is too valuable. With 400 million shares, Berkshire Hathaway will receive well over $800 million in dividends from Coca-Cola this year. Of course, you won't have that many shares, but with $500 invested today, you could begin building a decent stake in Coca-Cola that will pay off in the long run. This is especially true if you're reinvesting your dividends to accumulate more shares. Coca-Cola is a stock that I plan to hold onto for decades to come. Should you invest $1,000 in Amazon right now? 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Time of India
12 hours ago
- Business
- Time of India
Chrome for iOS now lets you toggle between work and personal Google accounts without logging out
Google has rolled out a new update for Chrome users on iOS. After the latest update the Chrome iOS users will now be able to easily switch between personal and work Google accounts without signing out. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now 'Now, we're also giving iOS users the flexibility to easily switch between work and personal Google Accounts in Chrome, and organizations can securely manage their environments with more transparency and added data protections. Whether enterprises have a BYOD model or are looking for more ways to better safeguard their corporate-owned phones and tablets, Chrome is bringing tighter enterprise browsing security to mobile,' Google said in a blog post. Earlier, iPhone users had to log out of one account and log into another to access different Google profiles. With the new update, Chrome now supports instant account switching, keeping browsing data, tabs, history, and passwords separate for each account. According to a recent blog post by Google Cloud, Chrome is introducing functionalities that streamline the experience of managing multiple Google profiles on iOS devices. This update is particularly beneficial for enterprise users, allowing for clearer distinctions and better security between corporate and personal data. The new features are expected to simplify the process of accessing work-related resources while keeping personal browsing separate. This means users can seamlessly transition between their professional Google Workspace (formerly G Suite) accounts and their personal Gmail accounts without the hassle of repeatedly logging in or managing complex profiles. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now Alongside account switching, Chrome for iOS now supports URL filtering, enabling companies to: * Block access to unauthorized websites (e.g., unapproved AI tools) * Redirect users to approved corporate services * Reduce risks of Shadow AI and data exfiltration These protections mirror those already available on Chrome for desktop and Android, bringing iOS up to speed with Google's broader enterprise strategy.
