Tag: Internet Media and Services

Alphabet’s Waymo unit has received approval to expand its autonomous ride-hailing service to more parts of the San Francisco Bay Area, including San Jose.

Meta Platforms stock held steady early Friday after falling late in the previous session following a report that the Facebook parent is delaying the rollout of its new artificial intelligence model.

Lyft shares jumped 7% after the company boosted its share buyback plan to $750 million in its first quarter earnings report.

Google-parent Alphabet GOOGL was climbing early on Thursday after the search company denied artificial intelligence was eating into its market. It’s a claim that leaves Google at odds with its partner Apple AAPL.

Uber reported first-quarter results Wednesday that beat analysts’ expectations for earnings, but fell shy of anticipated revenue growth for the quarter. Shares fell about 5% following the report.

Doordash on Tuesday announced the $1.2 billion acquisition of restaurant booking platform SevenRooms and reported first-quarter revenue that missed expectations.

Roku stock was sinking after the streaming-device company cut its financial guidance, saying the uncertain economic environment is hurting revenue from both streaming devices and advertising.

Spotify on Friday said Apple has approved the company’s U.S. app update, which will allow users to access pricing information, links to make purchases and select from more payment options within the music streaming app.

Meta shares rose as much as 5% Wednesday after the company reported stronger-than-expected revenue in the first quarter and provided second-quarter guidance that was in line with Wall Street’s expectations.

Shares of online travel agency Booking Holdings BKNG +0.39% fell on Wednesday as a strong first-quarter print was overshadowed by concerns about ramping geopolitical tensions and their impact on the industry.

Spotify (NYSE:SPOT) forecast second-quarter profit below market estimates on Tuesday due to employee salary-related taxes, taking the shine off its strong subscriber growth and sending the shares of the Swedish music-streaming giant down 6% before the bell.

Shares of British food delivery firm Deliveroo jumped to their highest level in more than three years on Monday, after the company confirmed it had received a $3.6 billion takeover offer from U.S. firm DoorDash.

Chinese internet-search giant Baidu has upgraded its artificial-intelligence models and cut prices amid fierce competition with rivals like DeepSeek and Alibaba.

Alphabet, the parent company of Google and YouTube, reported stronger-than-expected first-quarter growth on Thursday after the bell. Shares rose more than 5% in after-hours trading.

Meta has laid off employees in its Reality Labs division that is tasked with developing virtual reality, augmented reality and related wearable devices.

The European Union on Wednesday fined Apple and Meta hundreds of millions of euros each for breaching the bloc’s digital competition laws.

A US judge on Thursday ruled that Google illegally wielded monopoly power in the online ad technology market, in a legal blow that could rattle the tech giant’s revenue engine.

Facebook parent Meta Platforms (META.O),  faces a high-stakes trial in Washington starting on Monday on claims it built an illegal social media monopoly by spending billions of dollars to acquire Instagram and WhatsApp, in a case where U.S. antitrust enforcers seek to unwind the deals.

Take that, CoreWeave?

Apple and Meta Platforms are facing the likelihood of regulatory fines. However, the blow could be less than feared due the policies of President Donald Trump.