[New] Google has said social engagement is not a direct ranking factor, but social activity can indirectly help SEO by increasing reach, brand searches, and link / mention opportunities.
BusinessKrafts
[New] Sentra secures sensitive data across Google Cloud, Google Workspace, and AI-driven environments with accuracy, scale, and control - going beyond visibility to actively reduce data risk.
Sentra
[New] Amazon plans to roll out AI tools within its MGM Studio to streamline film and television production.
MarketingProfs
[New] The top four hyperscalers - Amazon, Microsoft MSFT-Q, Alphabet's Google GOOGL-Q and Meta META-Q - are expected to collectively spend more than $630 billion in 2026.
The Globe and Mail
[New] Amazon AMZN-Q on Thursday projected a surge of more than 50% in capital expenditures in 2026, joining its peers in a spending spree to build out artificial-intelligence infrastructure, and sending its shares down 9% in after-hours trading.
The Globe and Mail
[New] For investors, the next 12 months will be defined by whether Apple can translate its AI dominance into a sustainable multi-year growth story, or if regulatory intervention will finally crack the walls of its lucrative ecosystem.
Valley City Times-Record
[New] Google and Samsung are joining the smart glasses arena as they will start to sell their product in partnership in 2026. / USA
Robeco.com - The investment engineers
[New] Executives at Google have publicly stated that they are prioritizing trust and functionality in Gemini, and do not expect ads to appear in that platform in 2026.
Two Octobers
[New] Satellite communications providers such as OneWeb and Amazon Kuiper will face pressure to articulate their own orbital compute strategies or risk being relegated to mere connectivity layers.
Futurum
[New] Google is expected to see the strongest growth thanks to AI differentiation and expanding traction beyond the U.S. and Japan.
Yahoo Finance
[New] Apple is expected to ship the iPhone 17 e with the new A19 chip, along with MagSafe support, pushing wireless charging speeds up to 25 W.
Sammy Fans
[New] Samsung has already announced plans to launch AR glasses in 2026, while Apple is expected to introduce its first smart glasses by the end of the year.
MacRumors
[New] Amazon might invest $50 billion in OpenAI after announcing a wave of layoffs driven by AI efficiency gains.
Reason.com
[New] Apple plans to focus on shipping three high-end iPhone models in the second half of 2026 - including its first-ever foldable iPhone and two non-folding premium variants with upgraded cameras and larger displays.
Economic Times
[New] Google, which is working in collaboration with Samsung on Android XR software, is eyeing its own separate hardware, and plans to release its first pair of smart glasses since 2013's Google Glass in 2026 - an audio-only pair of specs similar to the Ray-Ban Meta AI glasses.
Gizmodo
[New] The largest cloud computing companies-Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon, and Meta Platforms-will invest approximately $500 billion in AI capital expenditures in 2026, and McKinsey estimates that the infrastructure for AI will generate a $7 trillion opportunity over the next five years.
Tradingkey
[New] Google has signed a deal with Kairos Power for energy from multiple small modular reactors, with up to 500 megawatts expected by 2035.
Carbon Credits
[New] Google's Gemini Sees Skyrocketing Business Sales Google selling access to Gemini AI has skyrocketed over the past 12 months, and it will likely benefit the whole company, leading to additional spend on other Google products.
Digiday
[New] Google DeepMind continued its streak of biology breakthroughs with AlphaGenome, a new AI model that predicts the function of DNA sequences.
Last Week in AI
[New] A proposed SpaceX and xAI merger could accelerate Elon Musk's plan to build space-based AI data centers, using solar-powered satellites to reduce energy costs and compete with Google, Meta, OpenAI, and emerging rivals.
FinTech Weekly
[New] Competitors in the satellite internet sector, such as Amazon with Project Kuiper, could find themselves sidelined if the SpaceX-xAI-Tesla triad achieves a monopoly on space-based AI services.
The Chronicle-Journal
[New] Nvidia, Microsoft, and Amazon are reportedly in talks around a potential investment package that could total as much as $60 billion into OpenAI, underscoring how capital-intensive frontier AI has become.
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