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Google avoids ad-tech breakup but six-year remedies could reshape its advertising machine
Alphabet has avoided the forced breakup sought by the United States Department of Justice in its Google advertising technology case, but a federal court has imposed six years of interoperability, data-sharing and anti-discrimination requirements that could weaken advantages connecting Google’s publisher server, ad exchange and advertiser demand.
September 17, 2026
India probes 513,847 fake Gmail accounts after bomb threats reached PMO and BRICS states
Gujarat Police are questioning how a criminal network accumulated more than half a million Gmail accounts after tracing hoax bomb threats targeting Indian government offices and BRICS-related entities.
September 16, 2026
Google commits to 1m Mitti Labs rice methane credits as India becomes a test bed for farm carbon markets
Google will purchase one million rice methane credits from Mitti Labs through 2030 as the companies scale alternate wetting and drying across Indian farms, linking methane reduction, water savings and farmer income to a still-developing carbon market.
September 14, 2026
Google turns to Eos Energy for long-duration storage as West Virginia data-center power demand grows
Eos Energy stock surged after Google backed a $350 million West Virginia power project using its zinc batteries. See why the deal matters.
September 2, 2026
Marvell (Nasdaq: MRVL) crashes 10% as Google AI payoff shifts to FY29
Marvell fell 10% despite record Q2 sales and higher forecasts. Can Google custom silicon justify MRVL's premium as bigger revenue shifts to FY29?
August 29, 2026
Alphabet Q2 revenue jumps 24% as Google Cloud surges 82%, but $205bn AI capex pressures GOOGL
Alphabet’s artificial intelligence strategy produced exceptional Google Cloud growth and stronger operating margins, but record infrastructure spending pushed quarterly free cash flow below zero. The second-quarter numbers have shifted the investor debate from whether artificial intelligence is generating demand to whether Alphabet can fund that demand without weakening capital returns.
July 23, 2026
Steel River Energy Center: Can Cypress Creek deliver America’s largest solar project with storage by 2029?
Cypress Creek and Google start the 2.5 GW Steel River project, combining solar, storage and Arkansas manufacturing to serve rising regional power demand.
July 19, 2026
Britain puts Microsoft, Google, AWS and Oracle under direct financial cloud oversight
Britain will directly supervise four major cloud providers used by banks and insurers, turning technology concentration into a formal financial-stability issue.
July 12, 2026
Accenture Edge targets $240bn mid-market AI opportunity with Google Cloud
Accenture Edge and Google Cloud are launching preconfigured agentic artificial intelligence solutions for mid-market companies, creating a new growth channel for Accenture while expanding Google Cloud’s reach beyond the world’s largest enterprises.
July 7, 2026
Amazon adds $13bn to India AI and cloud investment as AWS capacity race accelerates
Amazon adds $13 billion to its India AI and cloud expansion, raising planned investment to $48 billion. Discover what the AWS push means for the market.
June 28, 2026