NASDAQ:GOOG 7 February 2026 - 24 May 2026

Google looks to Wall Street as it spends $85 billion on AI
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Google looks to Wall Street as it spends $85 billion on AI

Alphabet has set terms for an enlarged $84.75 billion equity offering, looking to shore up cash for its AI infrastructure push. The tech giant is selling common stock, depositary shares, plus a $10 billion private deal with Berkshire Hathaway, Reuters said. It’s an uncommon stock sale for a company known for strong cash flow, showing how AI expenses are hitting even the biggest players. The focus for AI has shifted from building models and apps to the backbone—chips, power, land, cooling, and data centers. Alphabet flagged that demand for its AI products and services now outstrips supply. It’s planning $180 billion to $190 billion in capital spending for 2026, with more expected in 2027.
June 7, 2026
Alphabet Faces Test for Its $4.6 Trillion AI Rally Over Holiday Week
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Alphabet Faces Test for Its $4.6 Trillion AI Rally Over Holiday Week

Alphabet Inc. shares fell Friday heading into the Memorial Day break, putting the stock on the back foot. Wall Street finished the week higher, but pressure stayed on the Google parent as investors questioned if its AI spending can still support the stock’s high valuation. Alphabet's Class A shares slipped 1.21% to $382.97 at Friday's close. Class C shares finished at $379.38, down 1.07%. The Class A shares gave up around 3.5% for the week, after hitting an intraday high of $408.61 on May 18.
May 24, 2026
Berkshire Hathaway successor update: Delta in, Amazon out
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Berkshire Hathaway successor update: Delta in, Amazon out

Berkshire Hathaway made sweeping changes to its first-quarter holdings under new CEO Greg Abel. The firm disclosed a $2.65 billion bet on Delta Air Lines, boosted its investment in Alphabet, and exited Amazon, Visa, Mastercard, and UnitedHealth. Berkshire’s first-quarter 13F listed 39.8 million shares in Delta and about $16.6 billion in Alphabet, counting both Class A and Class C shares.
May 17, 2026
Google’s $99 Fitbit Air Takes Aim At Whoop As Fitbit App Gets Replaced
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Google’s $99 Fitbit Air Takes Aim At Whoop As Fitbit App Gets Replaced

MOUNTAIN VIEW, California, May 7, 2026, 08:10 Google kicked off pre-orders Thursday for the Fitbit Air, a new screenless fitness tracker carrying a $99.99 price tag. The company also announced plans to rebrand the Fitbit app as Google Health, signaling a bigger move toward an AI-focused health platform. The Air lands in U.S. stores May 26; users will see the app transition starting May 19.
May 7, 2026
New Pixel Weather Rival Gradient Weather Draws Android Buzz — But There’s a Catch
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New Pixel Weather Rival Gradient Weather Draws Android Buzz — But There’s a Catch

Gradient Weather, a fresh weather app out of London, is making waves after Joe Maring at Android Authority said he’s switching from Google’s Pixel Weather. He points to more customizable alerts, a flexible UI, and better visual forecast features as the reasons. Timing is critical here. Google’s Pixel Weather still only runs on Pixel devices. For Android users not using Pixel, the older Google weather shortcut has disappeared, replaced by stripped-down search results, 9to5Google and Android Authority reported earlier this year.
April 28, 2026
Google Just Changed Gemini Live on Android — The Full-Screen AI Chat Is Going Away
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Google Just Changed Gemini Live on Android — The Full-Screen AI Chat Is Going Away

Mountain View — April 20, 2026, 11:34 PDT Google is rolling out a new look for Gemini Live on Android, shifting away from the previous full-screen layout and instead anchoring the voice assistant within the main Gemini app interface. Users running Google app beta 17.14 have spotted the update, which signals a marked change in the company’s approach to its AI assistant’s in-app presence.
April 20, 2026
Pixelbook Return? Android 17 Code Hints at Google Pixel Laptop With “Pixel Glow”
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Pixelbook Return? Android 17 Code Hints at Google Pixel Laptop With “Pixel Glow”

Mountain View, California, April 19, 2026, 08:32 PDT On April 18, reports surfaced that Android 17 Beta 4 code may signal Google’s renewed interest in laptops. Both Notebookcheck and PhoneArena highlighted hints in the software, linking a so-called “Pixel Glow” lighting feature not just to phones, but also suggesting a Pixel-branded laptop could be in the works.
April 19, 2026
Google Pixel battery drain bug hits Pixel 10, Pixel 9 and older phones as April patch misses fix
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Google Pixel battery drain bug hits Pixel 10, Pixel 9 and older phones as April patch misses fix

MOUNTAIN VIEW, California, April 15, 2026, 13:04 PDT Alphabet’s Google is getting hit with another round of Pixel battery complaints. Users say March’s software update tanked battery life, and the April patch hasn’t helped. Over the last two days, reports have surfaced describing Pixel 7 through Pixel 10 handsets draining fast—sometimes just sitting idle.
April 15, 2026
AI Boom Forces Urgent Energy Expansion as Google Warns of U.S. Power Crunch, Power Stocks Gain
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AI Boom Forces Urgent Energy Expansion as Google Warns of U.S. Power Crunch, Power Stocks Gain

Google on Monday sounded the alarm: the U.S. isn’t adding electricity supply fast enough to keep up with artificial intelligence’s rapid growth, a constraint that’s already limiting where new data centers go. “We are not moving full throttle on energy,” said Ruth Porat, who serves as president and chief investment officer at both Alphabet and Google, speaking at the CERAWeek conference in Houston. Power is fast turning into a bottleneck. The U.S. Energy Information Administration projects electricity load growth of 1.9% in 2026, then 2.5% for 2027—coming off a new national demand record set in 2025. Texas’s ERCOT market leads the pack, along with the PJM grid spanning the Mid-Atlantic and Midwest. Some of the largest AI campuses now gulp
March 23, 2026
Alphabet Stock Today: GOOG Cuts Google Play Fees as Epic Deal Rewrites Android Rules
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Alphabet Stock Today: GOOG Cuts Google Play Fees as Epic Deal Rewrites Android Rules

SAN FRANCISCO, March 5, 2026, 2:06 PM PST Google is slashing Play Store fees, expanding billing options, and opening the door for competing app stores to reach Android users—a sweeping overhaul that settles its long-running global standoff with Epic Games and paves the way for Fortnite’s worldwide return. “This gives app stores more ways to reach users and gives users more ways to easily and safely access the apps and games they love,” said Sameer Samat, president of Android Ecosystem at Google.
March 5, 2026
Fortnite’s back: Alphabet’s Google loosens Play Store billing and cuts Android fees
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Fortnite’s back: Alphabet’s Google loosens Play Store billing and cuts Android fees

Alphabet’s Google on Wednesday announced it will allow Android app developers to offer their own billing options next to Google Play, trimming developer fees as well. The move paves the way for Epic Games’ Fortnite to make a global comeback on the Play Store after five years of dispute. Alphabet Class C shares edged down 0.1% in late trading, closing at $303.45. This shift cuts right to the heart of the app-store fight: control over payments and distribution on mobile devices, and the gatekeeper’s cut. Google said in a U.S. policy update that it’s now reached a fresh settlement with Epic, asking a federal judge to swap in what it called a “Modified Injunction” to replace the current court order
March 5, 2026
Technology News 23.02.2026
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Technology News 23.02.2026

ENDEDLive coverage has endedEnded: February 24, 2026, 12:04 AM EST Google sunsets Android Weather app, shifts forecast to Google Search February 23, 2026, 11:58 PM EST. Google is phasing out the built-in Android Weather shortcut, replacing it with a redesigned, Search-based weather page in Google Search. The full-screen weather experience previously offered on Android was effectively a separate app; now tapping the shortcut opens a weather card on a web-style results page, with forecasts, air quality data and an AI-generated summary. The change appears to be rolling out widely after testing. Pixel phones are largely unaffected, as they ship with
February 23, 2026
Nasdaq week ahead: Trump’s new 15% tariff meets Nvidia earnings as tech stocks reset
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Nasdaq week ahead: Trump’s new 15% tariff meets Nvidia earnings as tech stocks reset

New York, Feb 22, 2026, 00:57 EST — Market closed Nasdaq traders step into the week bracing for fresh tariff noise. President Donald Trump announced plans to boost the temporary blanket import tariff to 15%. Wendy Cutler, a former senior U.S. trade official now at the Asia Society, called the sudden move another sign of the “uncertainty trading partners faced.”
February 22, 2026
Alphabet Class C (GOOG) stock rises on Google’s Shopee AI deal — what traders watch next
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Alphabet Class C (GOOG) stock rises on Google’s Shopee AI deal — what traders watch next

NEW YORK, Feb 19, 2026, 11:34 ET — Regular session. Alphabet Inc’s Class C shares hovered up 0.4% at $305.29 late Thursday morning. The Nasdaq 100 tracker QQQ and S&P 500 ETF SPY barely budged. Google announced it’s teaming up with Sea Ltd to test out an “agentic” AI shopping prototype for Shopee, which captured 52% of Southeast Asia’s e-commerce market in 2024. The two will also look to bring AI tools to Sea’s Garena gaming arm.
February 19, 2026
Google Pixel owners complain of loud speaker “pops” — and the fix is still unclear
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Google Pixel owners complain of loud speaker “pops” — and the fix is still unclear

Google Pixel users are reporting abrupt, loud “popping” noises coming from their phone speakers when they open or switch apps—some say it happens even with the volume turned all the way down. Google hasn’t addressed the problem publicly yet. https://www.androidheadlines.com/2026/02/pixel-phone-users-complain-about-popping-noises-even-at-zero-volume.html These reports strike a nerve for Google’s high-end phone lineup—where even minor glitches can trigger returns, warranty claims, and bad press. The Pixel series might be smaller than rivals’ hardware ranges, but it’s still Google’s flagship Android platform.
February 7, 2026
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