Tech industry

Tech industry

In today's rapidly changing and highly competitive business world, it is imperative for investors and industry observers to carefully assess companies before making investment choices. In this article, we will undertake a comprehensive industry comparison, evaluating Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) vis-à-vis its key competitors in the Interactive Media & Services industry. Through a detailed analysis of important financial indicators, market standing, and growth potential, our goal is to provide valuable insights and highlight company's performance in the industry.

Elon Musk's $1 trillion pay package is now a reality - and Tesla is determined to keep it that way. Shareholders voted to approve the record-breaking compensation plan by a 75% margin on Thursday, paving the way for Musk to become the world's first trillionaire should he meet a series of ambitious product and financial goals. It came after the Tesla CEO's previous $56 billion pay package, which was approved by Tesla shareholders in 2018 and again in 2024, was struck down by a Delaware judge last year following an investor lawsuit.

This week, meet a reader we'll Regomize as "Mason" who told us that in the mid-1990s he worked as a Unix administrator for a daily newspaper which decided to start a new business as a dialup internet service provider (ISP). The ISP was set up as a separate department with its own help desk and server administrators, but Mason was sometimes called in to help because the Unix boxes he managed handled jobs like dialup authentication and DNS.

"What we're about to embark upon is not merely a new chapter of the future of Tesla, but a whole new book," he said. "Other shareholder meetings are snoozefests but ours are bangers. Look at this. This is sick," he added.

That brings MSFT's year-to-date gain to 21.26%, including a more than 43% gain since its year -to-date low on April 8. When the Magnificent Seven member reported Q3 earnings on Oct. 29, shares fell despite beating on EPS and revenue. The company announced earnings of $3.72 per share versus analysts' expectations of $3.67, and quarterly revenue of $77.67 billion versus analysts' expectations of $75.33 billion.

Google is testing replacing the definitions box in the search results with AI Overviews. I am personally able to replicate this but this was posted in Reddit a couple of months ago - I didn't think it was new, but yea, this is been an ongoing test for some time. Here is a side-by-side of a definition in Google Search powered by AI Overviews versus its normal system: Here it is on desktop as an AI Overview: Here it is on desktop as it normally is:

The white paper suggests that fiber broadband is the best overall solution for three reasons. The first is that it is more reliable, has greater capacity and lower latency than other communications platforms. Fiber is also more resistant to congestion, weather and line-of-sight limitations. And, finally, fiber is better positioned to support emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and - though the white paper doesn't mention it - the Internet of Things.

With no official announcement, Google has launched a digital gift card store where you can purchase cards from dozens of different retailers, including restaurants, beauty, entertainment, home, and more. To access the shop, you can go directly to this link or search "gift cards" in the Play Store (you will see some apps pop up if you choose the latter option, but look for a "Find the perfect gift on Google Play" banner). You can only access the store through an Android device, though. When I tried to access it on my computer, I got a message that it wasn't available.

This ascent has confounded most financial analysts and the chattering class, whose frames of reference did not quite anticipate a company of this size and scale growing at such a ferocious and unrelenting rate,

Ouster shipped 7,200 sensors in Q3, the highest quarterly volume in company history. Revenue came in at $39.5M, beating the $37.81M consensus by $1.69M. The loss per share was $0.37, narrowly better than the estimated $0.38. On the surface, it's a solid quarter. The real story, though, is what the numbers reveal about demand and execution. Revenue climbed 41% year over year.

The weekend's quarrel on X between Sam Altman and Elon Musk - Altman insisting Tesla owed him a refund, and Musk slamming the OpenAI chief's leadership - is the latest example of just how comfortable some high-powered CEOs have become with beefing in public. Many leaders have historically tried to keep fights behind closed doors to avoid distractions and damage to an organization's reputation, said Kevin Donahue, a 30-year veteran of crisis comms. "This is really a sharp departure from that norm," he told Business Insider.

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Valuations further differentiate the periods: dotcom tech stocks often traded at 150 to 180 times trailing earnings, while current AI frontrunners average around 40 times. Some AI hardware purchasers have reported improved return on ivested capital (ROIC), but results vary across the industry. This solid groundwork distinguishes AI from historical bubbles and primes leading companies like Nvidia for substantial expansion.