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Meta, Apple, Microsoft, and Amazon all reported quarterly earnings this week, and there was a common thread tying them together: a boom in AI spending and plans to increase it even more, beyond analyst expectations. Although capital expenditures above expectations often don’t tend to make investors particularly happy, it had pretty much the opposite effect this week, especially for Meta …

Microsoft Research has revealed that jobs heavily reliant on information processing and communication are the most vulnerable to AI disruption. The findings are based on an analysis of over 200,000 anonymized interactions with the Copilot chatbot in the U.S. The study outlines which roles are most susceptible to being reshaped or replaced by AI tools, especially those that closely mirror …

Proton Takes on Google, Microsoft Again With a New 2FA Security App  PCMag Proton releases a new app for two-factor authentication  TechCrunch Proton launches free standalone cross-platform Authenticator app  BleepingComputer As Microsoft drops features from Authenticator — Proton steps up with a new 2FA app  Windows Central Proton is adding yet another privacy-focused app to its arsenal.  The Verge Source link

D3Damon/Getty Images For most of this year, Microsoft has been warning users that they will no longer be able to use its Authenticator mobile application for user ID and password management. As reported by CNET on July 29, 2025, “In June, the company stopped letting users add passwords to Authenticator…. And starting Aug. 1, you’ll no longer be able to …

Meta and Microsoft Investors Cheer an A.I. Spending Bonanza  The New York Times Big tech sees AI investments begin to pay off  Axios Big Tech’s AI spend is still a shot in the dark  Financial Times Big Tech may be breaking the bank for AI, but investors love it  Reuters Why Jim Cramer backs Meta’s AI spending — and the latest on Apple and …

It’s time to say so long to the Microsoft Authenticator app as we know it.  As of this Friday, Aug. 1, the app will no longer save or manage passwords, use two-factor authentication or auto-fill. And it won’t be your go-to password manager anymore, either. Instead of passwords, Microsoft is moving to passkeys — such as PINs, fingerprint scans, facial recognition or a pattern on …

Stock Market News Today: Markets up on Meta, Microsoft boost (SP500)  Seeking AlphaView Full Coverage on Google News Source link

Key Takeaways U.S. equities were mostly higher at midday, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq trading at record highs, on strong tech earnings. Microsoft and Meta Platforms both beat profit and sales estimates. Align Technology missed forecasts for earnings, revenue, and guidance on consumer caution and macroeconomic concerns. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq traded at record highs at midday, boosted by …

Microsoft has announced that Game Pass has hit almost $5 billion in revenue over the last fiscal year, with 500 million active users. In fact, the whole of Microsoft has just reported annual revenue of $76.4 billion, up 18 percent on the previous year. These figures are being announced less than a month after the company fired 9,000 employees and …

As companies like Amazon publicly announced AI-driven workforce reductions, workers are scrambling to understand which careers might soon disappear and be outsourced to technology. A new report from Microsoft researchers studying the occupational implications of generative AI, offers some clarity. Translators, historians, and writers are among the roles with the highest AI applicability score, meaning the job’s tasks are most …