Alphabet said it would buy Wiz for about $32 billion in its biggest deal as the Google parent looks to sharpen its edge in the cloud-computing race against Amazon.com and Microsoft.
Read More Alphabet to buy Wiz for $32 billion in its biggest deal to boost cloud security
Upcoming quarterly reports from U.S. tech giants may show Microsoft is closing the gap on cloud-computing market leader Amazon.com.
Read More Microsoft’s AI lead puts Amazon cloud dominance on watch
Tech giant Google has fired 28 employees over their participation in a 10-hour sit-in protest at the companies offices in New York and Sunnyvale, California, over the ties Google has with the Israeli government.
Read More Google Terminates 28 Staffers Involved In Protest Over $1.2B Israel Contract
Amazon now allows its cloud credits to cover the use of models from other providers including Anthropic, Meta, Mistral AI, and Cohere.
Read More Amazon offers free credits for startups to use AI models including AnthropicAlphabet shares ended 5.3% higher on Thursday as Wall Street cheered the launch of Gemini.
Read More Alphabet soars as Wall Street cheers arrival of AI model Gemini