#ai--cloud

#ai--cloud

Alphabet is one of the world's most dominant technology platforms, operating a global portfolio of services spanning Search, YouTube, Android, Chrome, Google Cloud, and digital advertising infrastructure. The company controls the largest share of global search traffic and online video consumption, giving it unparalleled data scale and monetization power. Alphabet's business is reinforced by deep network effects, massive computing infrastructure, and expanding AI capabilities across consumer, enterprise, and cloud workloads.

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust - now called the Gates Foundation Trust after his ex-wife resigned from the organization - long maintained Microsoft as its largest holding , a legacy of Gates' ongoing stock gifts. One year ago, the holdings were valued at nearly $14 billion and represented one-third of the total. Yet in its third quarter 13F-HR filing, the Trust revealed it sold approximately 17 million shares, slashing its Microsoft position by nearly 65%.

With the tech skills gap showing no signs of closing, very few IT and business professionals believe they're getting enough support for tech learning. A survey of 1,500 tech executives, IT professionals, and business professionals in the US, UK, and India from tech workforce development firm Pluralsight has revealed that while 95% say building a culture of learning is a priority at their organization, the same number believe they need more support to learn tech skills.