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What Is AI Capex? Why Alphabet's $51.4B Bill Spooked Wall Street

Alphabet's Q3 2026 capex hit $51.4B, more than double a year earlier, pushing free cash flow to negative $9.1B for a second straight quarter. Shares fell about 12% on Oct. 29, its…

Oct 30, 2026 · 7 min read

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Google Genie 4: DeepMind's Playable AI Worlds Now Have Sound

Oct 28, 2026 · 8 min read

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Meta Orion Glasses: What the Prototype Can and Cannot Do

Oct 25, 2026 · 5 min read

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Answer Engines: What Perplexity and ChatGPT Do to Search

Pew Research found Google users clicked a regular result in 8% of visits with an AI summary, versus 15% without. A separate Tow Center test found AI search tools often…

Abdul Rehman · Oct 25, 2026 · 5 min read

What Is AI Capex? Why Alphabet's $51.4B Bill Spooked Wall Street

Google Genie 4: DeepMind's Playable AI Worlds Now Have Sound

Meta Orion Glasses: What the Prototype Can and Cannot Do

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Answer Engines: What Perplexity and ChatGPT Do to Search

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