Both Microsoft and Google are now including AI in some of their most popular productivity software. But prices are going up at the same time.

A big success story for software giant Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) over the past decade has been Office 365, now called Microsoft 365. Facing competition from Alphabet's Google Docs, Microsoft launched subscription versions of its iconic Office applications.

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CEO Sundar Pichai described current trends as "extraordinary," projecting confidence in the company's forward outlook. Wall Street analysts anticipate continued momentum in 2025 with 11.6% revenue growth and an EPS target of $8.99, a solid 12.5% year-over-year increase.

The danger for Google isn’t that it loses market share in search, but rather that search becomes subsumed within the broader category of AI. Just ask Microsoft about Windows PCs.

President Biden's executive order addresses the race to build domestic data centers and clean energy plants in order to retain America's AI leadership.

Microsoft Corp. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google are each donating $1 million to Donald Trump’s inauguration fund, joining the roster of technology companies shelling out to back the incoming US president’s festivities later this month.

By merging with the U.S. arm of TikTok, Perplexity could emerge as a stronger search rival to Alphabet, a potential blow to Google stock.

Despite the sector's struggles to start the new year, technology is still one of the best places to invest over the long run. The sector has helped power the market higher in recent years, which has led to eight of the largest companies in the S&P 500 being either technology companies or companies with strong technology ties.

Functionally, OpenAI and Google are neck and neck. While Chat-GPT is stronger with AI visuals, Google has its wins with solutions such as NotebookLM. Here's why I believe Google is poised to dominate the AI arms race in the years ahead. Let's dive in.

In the third quarter of 2024, investment titan Blackrock released a commentary on the market outlook for artificial intelligence heading into the closing months of the year, stressing that investors

Tech titans including the leaders of Meta, Amazon, Google, Tesla, TikTok, Apple, Alphabet, and OpenAI are set to attend the formal start of Trump's second term.