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2025.06.06

08:55

ITU: With the rise of artificial intelligence, indirect emissions from tech giants increased 150% in three years

On June 5, local time, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) released the "Green Digital Enterprise 2025" report. The report stated that due to the large amount of energy required to power data centers, the indirect carbon emissions generated by the operations of four leading technology companies with artificial intelligence as the core field, Amazon, Microsoft, Alphabet and Meta, increased by an average of 150% between 2020 and 2023. Indirect emissions include emissions from purchased electricity, steam, heating and cooling consumed by the company. The report shows that compared with three years ago, Amazon's operational carbon emissions in 2023 increased the most, reaching 182%, Microsoft 155%, Meta 145% and Alphabet 138%.

2025.06.03

20:46

Alphabet (GOOG.O) shares fell 1.5% in premarket trading.

2025.05.22

23:48

OpenAI's chief strategy officer is reportedly visiting many countries in the Asia-Pacific region next week to accelerate the layout of AI infrastructure

OpenAI is looking for future data center sites in the Asia-Pacific region, joining the already fierce competition for artificial intelligence infrastructure construction in the region. Prior to this, OpenAI had just reached a cooperation agreement with the UAE to assist the latter in developing a large data center project in Abu Dhabi. The Asia-Pacific region is the region with the most data centers in the world, and Alphabet, Microsoft and Meta all have expansion plans. OpenAI Chief Strategy Officer Jason Kwon will visit the region to meet with government officials and potential private sector partners to discuss AI infrastructure construction and OpenAI software applications. A person familiar with the matter revealed that Kwon is scheduled to visit countries such as Japan, South Korea, Australia, India and Singapore starting next week.

2025.05.21

23:07

Alphabet (GOOG.O) extended its intraday gains to nearly 5%.

02:00

Google parent company Alphabet's Starline project is a 3D video chat platform.

01:59

Google launches AI Ultra subscription service for $249.99 per month

Google parent company Alphabet announced a $249.99 per month "AI Ultra" subscription service for advanced AI users.

01:59

Google's parent company Alphabet announced a $249.99 per month "AI Ultra" subscription service for deep AI users.

01:18

CEO of Google's parent company Alphabet: Google Meet has added real-time voice translation capabilities between English and Spanish.

01:15

CEO of Google's parent company Alphabet: Google Beam will be available in partnership with HP later this year.

01:14

CEO of Google's parent company Alphabet: The speed of AI application is the fastest in history.

01:13

The CEO of Google's parent company Alphabet announced the launch of an AI-powered video communications platform called "Google Beam."

01:10

Alphabet CEO Pichai says AI adoption is unprecedented

Alphabet CEO Pichai said the pace of adoption of artificial intelligence is unprecedented.

2025.05.20

08:52

Alphabet's Waymo gets California approval to expand robotaxi operations in San Francisco Bay Area

Waymo, Alphabet's self-driving unit, said on Monday that it has received approval from California to expand its robotaxi business to more areas of the San Francisco Peninsula and further south, including San Jose. Waymo's California license comes as Tesla is preparing to launch a paid robotaxi service in Austin, Texas next month. Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the electric car maker will expand the service to California later this year. The California Public Utilities Commission said in a statement that Waymo applied for authorization to expand its business in March and received 23 support responses and no protests from stakeholders. However, Waymo said it would not immediately expand its service in the San Francisco Bay Area.

2025.05.16

21:39

Alphabet (GOOG.O) rose 3% as Bill Ackman increased his stake in Google.

2025.05.14

16:04

Most U.S. tech stocks rose before the market opened

Most U.S. technology stocks rose before the market opened, with Nvidia and Tesla up nearly 2%, AMD up 1%, Alphabet up 0.42%, Meta up 0.32%, and Microsoft down 0.24%

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