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US stocks: S&P 500, Nasdaq close down as Big Tech’s soaring AI budgets trigger flight
[ad_1] Published Fri, Jan 30, 2026 · 05:46 AM WALL Street’s main indexes finished lower on Thursday with technology-heavy Nasdaq leading declines as investors were rattled by the latest earnings...
The bill for tech’s Trump 2.0 appeasement may be coming due
[ad_1] Hello again, and thanks for reading Fast Company’s Plugged In. Three days after Donald Trump’s second inauguration, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman tried to have it both ways. “I’m not...
What to know about tech’s newest buzzword: ‘agentic’ AI
[ad_1] For technology adopters looking for the next big thing, “agentic AI” is the future. At least, that’s what the marketing pitches and tech industry T-shirts say. What makes an...
Tech’s worst week since April shows the AI boom may be breaking
[ad_1] Technology stocks fell on Friday, amid fears of an AI bubble, a further drawn out federal government shutdown, and economic data that suggests consumer sentiment has fallen toward record-low levels....
Welcome to Big Tech’s ‘Age of Extraction’
[ad_1] In his new book, antitrust scholar and former White House adviser Tim Wu argues that tech giants are bleeding you dry—and lays out a plan to stop them. [ad_2]...
A Fight Over Big Tech’s Emissions Has the Greenhouse Gas Protocol Caught in the Crossfire
[ad_1] Last week’s request for public comment from the Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHGP) doesn’t look like a major win for a tech giant to the naked eye. In fact, it...
The problem with Big Tech’s favorite carbon removal tech
[ad_1] While corporations, including tech giants like Microsoft, are betting big on this technology, there are a few potential problems with BECCS, as my colleague James Temple laid out in...
The Download: Big Tech’s carbon removals plans, and the next wave of nuclear reactors
[ad_1] This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Big Tech’s big bet on a controversial...
Big Tech’s old revenue playbook is dead. Shared value is the only path forward
[ad_1] Let’s be honest: Monetization today is broken. Most platforms are still stuck in a mindset that treats users like ATMs, squeezing every last drop of value through interruptive ads,...
Alphabet enters US$3 trillion market cap club as Big Tech’s AI momentum builds
[ad_1] Technology and AI-linked stocks have powered Wall Street’s main indexes to record highs lately amid growing hopes that the US Federal Reserve will cut interest rates later this week[BENGALURU]...
