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Alphabet to report earnings: AI, ad momentum key to the fourth quarter

Wall Street will be looking for more details Google’s deal to revamp Apple’s Siri virtual assistant with the search company’s Gemini AI models.

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Nvidia-backed AI voice startup ElevenLabs hits $11 billion valuation in fresh fundraise, as it eyes IPO

Global funding for AI startups hit record levels in 2025, with European ones raising a record $21.6 billion, per Dealroom.

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AMD’s Lisa Su addresses guidance concerns, says demand still accelerating for advanced chips

CEO Lisa Su said that the data center business has risen from the fourth to first quarter and demand for its CPUs is “going gangbusters.”

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Anthropic says no to ads on Claude chatbot, weeks after OpenAI made move to test them

Anthropic said the personal nature of users’ conversations with Claude would make ads feel “incongruous.”

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Amazon makes Alexa+ AI assistant available to everyone in the U.S. nearly a year after launch

Alexa+ launched last year in an “early access” preview, meaning consumers had to join a waitlist or buy a new device to use the service.

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Disney’s next CEO, Chipotle’s traffic problem, government shutdown ends and more in Morning Squawk

Here are five key things investors need to know to start the trading day.

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Sen. Warren, others urge FTC, DOJ to scrutinize tech AI ‘acquihire’ deals for antitrust violations

The senators wrote that the FTC and DOJ should “carefully scrutinize these deals and block or reverse them should they violate antitrust law.”

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Uber reports 20% revenue growth in fourth-quarter, fueled by food delivery

Uber said revenue in its food delivery business increased 30%, beating analysts’ estimates.

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Sandberg, other Meta vets invest in AI workplace communications startup

Slashwork is backed by former Meta executives Sheryl Sandberg, David Fischer, Carolyn Everson and Julien Codorniou, who led Facebook Workplace.

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AMD is down 9% after reporting earnings. Here’s why

The chipmaker’s stock has surged over the past year amid the AI boom

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