@Techmeme@techhub.socialAlphabet is raising $80B in equity offerings, including a $10B investment deal with Berkshire Hathaway, to help raise money for its AI spending plans (Nick Turner/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-06-01/a…
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.ioThey’re liquidating themselves now because “AI” is eating all their money https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jun/02/google-alphabet-sell-stock-ai-share-sale-berkshire-hathaway
@marjolica@social.linux.pizzaI wonder what Warren Buffet is thinking now that he's passed on the reins?
This only makes sense if Berkshire Hathaway expect Google will mop up what remains of the GenAI market once OpenAI and Anthropic crash and burn.
"Google owner Alphabet to sell $80bn in stock to fund AI spending spree
One of largest equity fundraisings ever includes $10bn share sale to US investment group Berkshire Hathaway."
@heiseonline@social.heise.de
@privacity@social.linux.pizzaAnonymising What Makes Data Useful? | Anonimizzare l’utile?
https://www.istitutoitalianoprivacy.it/2026/07/31/anonymising-what-makes-data-useful-anonimizzare-lutile/
@…
@cdarwin@c.imFive US tech giants
— Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, and Oracle
— are hiding an estimated $1.65 trillion in debt that doesn’t appear on balance sheets.
That’s even more than the $1.35 trillion in debt the five companies officially reported in their financial data for the most recent quarter.
Meta alone has amassed around $420 billion in off-balance-sheet debt, according to Nikkei,
highlighting how precarious the AI industry’s steep investment in AI has beco…
@sofia@chaos.socialthe german word for alphabet soup is "Buchstabensuppe" meaning "letter soup".
isn't language fascinating?
@Techmeme@techhub.socialTesla stock closed down 14.52% and Alphabet closed down 6.89% after they signaled increased AI spending, amid worries about the mounting costs of the AI boom (Arjun Kharpal/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/23/tesla-tsla-alphabet-googl-stock-today.html
@grahamperrin@bsd.cafe
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialAlphabet reports YouTube's Q2 ad revenue rose 13% YoY to $11.06B, vs. $10.8B est., and Google's ad revenue reached $81.63B, up from $71.34B in Q2 2025 (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/digital/news/youtube-q2-…
@heiseonline@social.heise.de
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk
@adlerweb@social.adlerweb.infoOrrrrrr. ISP hat im Backbone Paketverlust zu Alphabet und Amazon. Und grade so kommerzielle Dienste mögen es nicht, wenn man den Traffic manuell umleitet, weil dann bist du ja offensichtlich n Bot :<
@usul@piaille.fr
@Kingu@sakurajima.moeRamen are just alphabet soup for doctors.
@Techmeme@techhub.socialMicrosoft reports Q4 Azure and other cloud services revenue up 43% YoY, vs. 40% est., and says Azure revenue in FY 2026 exceeded $100B for the first time (Jordan Novet/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/29/microsoft-msft-q4-earnings-report-2026.html
@markhburton@mstdn.social"Google’s investment in AI has pumped so much money into AI companies like Anthropic and OpenAI and into data centres to run AI with expensive ‘chips’ made by Nvidia, that its huge cash revenues are no longer covering the cost of investment. ‘Free cash flow’, as it is called, went negative for the first time in Alphabet’s history."
AI and productivity – Michael Roberts Blog
@philip@mastodon.mallegolhansen.com“Socially Responsible” fund comprised of:
9% Nvidia
7.5% Apple
5.5% Microsoft
4.5% Amazon
4% Alphabet
2.3% Meta
2% Tesla
(Among others)
Certainly suggests Vanguard has a very different definition of responsible than I do.
@aral@mastodon.ar.alRE: #CPDP2026, sponsored by Google (Alphabet) and Microsoft, companies complicit in the ongoing genocid…
@heiseonline@social.heise.deDonnerstag: Amazon-App mit KI-Produktbildern, Milliarden für SpaceX und Alphabet
Bilder fiktiver Produkte SpaceX vor Börsendebüt Milliarden für Alphabet-KI RTX-Spark-Suche auf Computex Infoabend zur Netidee-Förderung #heiseshow
@kubikpixel@chaos.social«„Rechtswidrige“ Mediennutzung — Nigeria untersucht große Tech- und KI-Unternehmen:
Techkonzerne wie Meta, Alphabet und X sind aufgrund von Vorwürfen wettbewerbswidriger Praktiken ins Visier der nigerianischen Wettbewerbshüter geraten.»
Die EU schaut auch auf die Finger der Big-Tech Konzernen doch weshalb immer noch nicht ihren Wettbewerbswidrigkeit?
📰
@jom@social.kontrollapparat.deRE: https://ard.social/@tagesschau/116968748659961616
Bei einem Nettogewinn 2025 von Alphabet/Google mit rund 132,2 Milliarden US-Dollar, dann entsprechen 890 Millionen Euro ungefähr 0,7 % davon.
@Techmeme@techhub.socialAlphabet stock fell as much as 7.2%, the most intraday since February, after Google DeepMind VP John Jumper became its second top AI exec to leave in a week (Felice Maranz/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026…
@Techmeme@techhub.social @heiseonline@social.heise.de
@groupnebula563@mastodon.socialcool fun fact: the greek god of wisdom is named "thoth", spelt "θωθ" in the greek alphabet. so it is ENTIRELY PLAUSIBLE that at some point an ancient greek said "θωθ, what's this?"
@cdarwin@c.imAlphabet, Amazon, Meta, Microsoft and Oracle
have doubled their debt to build AI,
👉to $350 billion
💥and cash flow is not keeping up.
Now they are crowding into European credit markets,
🔥on track to out-borrow France
https://thenextweb.com/news/big-tech-3
@heiseonline@social.heise.de @Techmeme@techhub.socialLSEG data: prices for credit default swaps, a closely watched gauge of risk, tied to Oracle, SpaceX, Alphabet, Nvidia, and others rise sharply to record highs (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/ac136522-ecc7-4262-8702-e0d636ea3099
@usul@piaille.fr @Techmeme@techhub.socialAlphabet sold $3.6B of bonds in its debut yen-denominated bond sale, the largest by a non-Japanese company, as AI-driven capital spending accelerates (Atsuko Fukase/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-15/alphabet-sells-3-6-bil…
@heiseonline@social.heise.deRobotertaxis: Waymo startet Treueprogramm
Alphabet-Tochter Waymo führt ein Treueprogramm namens „Waymo Premier“ ein, das regelmäßigen Nutzern seiner Robotaxis verschiedene Vorteile bietet.
https://www.
@luana@wetdry.worldI wonder what they’ll do after the alphabet is over
@BBC6MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk @Techmeme@techhub.socialOpenRouter raised $113M led by CapitalG, a source says at a $1.3B valuation, and now processes 25T tokens across 400 models weekly, up from 5T six months ago (Michael J. de la Merced/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/26/business/dealb…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialDigital i: YouTube overtakes Netflix in average daily viewing globally, rising from 87.2 minutes in 2024 to 99.1 in 2025, while Netflix fell from 100.5 to 93.4 (Michael Savage/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/202
@heiseonline@social.heise.de @Techmeme@techhub.socialFiling: Alphabet holds $94.1B in SpaceX equity post-IPO; $80B are under short-term sale restrictions, while $14.1B remain long-term restricted until Q3 2027 (Sarah Frier/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-2…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSources: Alphabet sold its biggest-ever euro-denominated bonds, raising €9B, and its first Canadian dollar notes, raising CA$8.5B, months after raising $20B (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-05/alphabet-kicks-off-…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialGoogle says it has $811B in contracted future spending commitments as of June, up ~$500B from March, covering chips, data centers, electricity, and more (Davey Alba/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-23/alp…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSources: Alphabet has more than quadrupled its office space in Miami, partially driven by Larry Page's and Sergey Brin's residential real estate purchases (Anna J Kaiser/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20
@Techmeme@techhub.socialStudy: off-balance sheet debt at Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, and Oracle grew an est. ~8x since 2022 to ~$1.65T, eclipsing ~$1.35T in balance sheet debt (Kohei Yamada/Nikkei Asia)
https://asia.nikkei.com/business/technolo…
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #StreetSounds
Blackalicious:
🎵 Alphabet Aerobics
#Blackalicious
https://releases.antiquiet.com/track/alphabet-aerobics
https://open.spotify.com/track/4z5L0qDduw3w1apQ4Qa6KV
@BBC6MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #RileyAndCoe
Cardiacs:
🎵 Will Bleed Amen (6 Music Session, 15 Oct 2005)
#Cardiacs
https://alphabet-business-concern.bandcamp.com/track/will-bleed-amen
https://open.spotify.com/track/4uK0BKnmuNlypNW8MtWdDy
@BBC3MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #ComposerOfTheWeek #COTW
Anonymous & The Boarding Party:
🎵 The Sailor's Alphabet
#Anonymous #TheBoardingParty
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSource: Alphabet is in talks with Blackstone, KKR, and EQT to give their portfolio companies AI model access, after OpenAI's and Anthropic's JVs with PE firms (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/google-talks-blackstone-…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialThe Alphabet Workers Union sends a layoff protection petition with 4,500 signatures to Sundar Pichai, calling for guaranteed severance and buyout options (Sanya Mansoor/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jul/16/google-workers-la…
@BBC6MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #RileyAndCoe
Cardiacs:
🎵 Hope Day (6 Music Session, 15 Oct 2005)
#Cardiacs
https://alphabet-business-concern.bandcamp.com/track/hope-day
https://open.spotify.com/track/6H4UunAcISrks8QIehb3yF
@Techmeme@techhub.socialHow the AI boom is revolutionizing US stock markets, as hyperscalers cut buybacks and boost capex, including Alphabet's planned ~$85B in equity offerings for AI (Robert Armstrong/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/b31f1e09-5aae-4cad-af15-97adb15dba70
@Techmeme@techhub.socialAnalysis: Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, and Oracle, the top spenders on new US data centers, collectively added ~$350B in debt over the past five years (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-10/big-te…
@BBC6MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #RileyAndCoe
Cardiacs:
🎵 As Cold as Can Be in an English Sea (BBC Session, 15 October 2005)
#Cardiacs
https://alphabet-business-concern.bandcamp.com/track/as-cold-as-can-be-in-an-english-sea
https://open.spotify.com/track/31RdYpPXqC61p5C8814XdW
@Techmeme@techhub.socialGoldman Sachs: Alphabet and Amazon generated "other income" totaling $53B in Q1, or ~60% of their Q1 income; $49B was due to equity stakes in private companies (Robin Wigglesworth/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/be97df0a-76b1-4cb0-9ba4-d1117d8d1450
@Techmeme@techhub.socialAnalysis: the combined free cash flow of Amazon, Alphabet, Microsoft, and Meta is expected to fall to ~$4B in Q3 and hit its lowest full-year level since 2014 (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/b3dfaba9-17a2-4fac-90fe-4ab3ca7c9494
@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.caOh now this is the best tech news I have heard for awhile…. Is a Mega-Enron situation about to happen to a bunch of the Magnificient Seven?
“Like Enron, they’re using special purpose vehicles, or off-balance sheet arrangements such as legally distinct subsidiaries, as a way to make their financial reporting look healthier than it actually is — often a glaring sign that something is deeply amiss behind the scenes.”
Also… is this why Apple effectively outsourced its AI, rather than build its own. If so, it could be the smartest tech hedge of the century.
#apple #microsoft #meta #google #alphabet #amazon #oracle #AI #hedge #enron #debt
@BBC6MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #LaurenLaverne
Blackalicious:
🎵 Alphabet Aerobics
#Blackalicious
https://open.spotify.com/track/4z5L0qDduw3w1apQ4Qa6KV
@Techmeme@techhub.socialNearly 40% of Alphabet's planned ~$85B in equity offerings for AI will go toward covering tax obligations tied to employee equity awards, amid the AI talent war (Cory Weinberg/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/alphabet…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialDigital i: YouTube overtakes Netflix in average daily viewing globally, rising from 87.2 minutes in 2024 to 99.1 in 2025, while Netflix fell from 100.5 to 93.4 (Michael Savage/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/202
@BBC6MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #RadcliffeAndMaconie
Blackalicious:
🎵 Alphabet Aerobics
#Blackalicious
https://releases.antiquiet.com/track/alphabet-aerobics
https://open.spotify.com/track/4z5L0qDduw3w1apQ4Qa6KV
@BBC6MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #HuwStephens
Prince:
🎵 Alphabet St.
#Prince
https://open.spotify.com/track/0kPFRDvfZbNYdyfDspF2bO
@BBC6MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #6Musics90sForever
Blackalicious:
🎵 Alphabet Aerobics
#Blackalicious
https://releases.antiquiet.com/track/alphabet-aerobics
https://open.spotify.com/track/4z5L0qDduw3w1apQ4Qa6KV
