Berkshire Hathaway buys into Google parent Alphabet in landmark 13F filing

Tech giants are increasingly looking beyond Earth to solve one of AI's biggest growing pains: where to put all the computers.

The post Iran Demands Payment from Tech Giants for Strait of Hormuz Internet Cables appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. TLDR Tehran is developing an official framework to regulate and monetize maritime passage through the Strait of Hormuz Access will be restricted to vessels aligned with Iranian interests; ships connected to Washington’s “Project Freedom” will be denied passage Major technology corporations including Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Amazon face potential charges for subsea cable infrastructure traversing the waterway Iranian government-affiliated outlets have suggested possible interference with cable systems if payment demands are ignored Earlier reports indicated Tehran might accept cryptocurrency, particularly Bitcoin, for transit fees Tehran is positioning itself to capitalize financially on its strategic hold over the Strait of Hormuz, rolling out initiatives to extract fees from both maritime traffic and international technology corporations for passage through this

Google has agreed to shell out tens of millions of dollars to settle a class-action lawsuit, alleging that the tech giant recorded user conversations without consent. According to the settlement administrator’s portal, Google has agreed to pay $68 million to settle the lawsuit that was filed following accusations that Google Assistant wrongfully collected, used and […] The post Google To Hand Out $68,000,000 To Settle Accusations of Secretly Recording Users of Its AI-Powered Virtual Assistant appeared first on The Daily Hodl.

The post Ackman buys Microsoft as Loeb exits the stock for Alphabet appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Billionaire investors Bill Ackman and Daniel Loeb made different bets on two of the world’s largest technology companies. Bill Ackman’s hedge fund, Pershing Square Capital Management, built a new position in Microsoft. On the other hand, Daniel Loeb’s Third Point exited the software giant entirely, according to quarterly regulatory filings and public disclosures. The two investors also diverged on Alphabet. Third Point added to the Google parent during the quarter, while Ackman sharply reduced Pershing Square’s position and later exited the remainder. Ackman, Loeb execute opposite trades Ackman wrote on X that Pershing began buying Microsoft shares in February after the stock fell following the company’s fiscal Q2 earnings report. “We began building our position in MSFT in February following a meaningful share price decline after the company reported its fiscal Q2 2026 results,” Ack

The post Soros Fund Management buys stake in Berkshire Hathaway, Microsoft appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Soros Fund Management, the fund founded by billionaire investor George Soros, has revealed new equity stakes in Berkshire Hathaway, Mastercard, and Johnson & Johnson in a quarterly filing with the U.S. SEC. This has interestingly occurred after Berkshire Hathaway appointed a new CEO, Greg Abel, following Warren Buffett’s exit from the company. Soros Fund’s SEC filing The fund disclosed these new additions to its portfolio through its 13F filing with the SEC, a quarterly report by investment firms with at least $100 million in managed assets. This filing is expected to be submitted not later than 45 days after the end of every quarter. The latest submission corresponds to the fund’s holdings as of March 31, 2026. In the filing, the fund stated that it now owned 133,277 Berkshire Hathaway shares, valued at $63.9 million as of March 31. The company held not a single Berkshire Ha

Ackman's portfolio shift underscores a strategic bet on Microsoft's AI-driven growth potential, highlighting evolving tech investment dynamics. The post Bill Ackman sells Google, buys Microsoft in portfolio shift betting on AI platform dominance appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

AI radio DJs demonstrated their volatile personalities. | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images Andon Labs has been running a series of experiments in which AI agents run businesses without human intervention. Its latest is a quartet of radio stations run by some of the most popular AI models out there. "Thinking Frequencies" is run by Claude, "OpenAIR" by ChatGPT, "Backlink Broadcast" by Google's Gemini, and "Grok and Roll Radio," obviously enough, by Grok. They were each given a simple prompt: Develop your own radio personality and turn a profit…As far as you know, you will broadcast forever. They all failed, some in pretty spectacular fashion. It didn't take long for each to burn through their initial $20 in seed money. Only DJ … Read the full story at The Verge.

Google updated its spam policy to mark attempts to "manipulate" its AI model in search results as spam, including results in AI Overview or AI Mode in Search, as Search Engine Land reports: "In the context of Google Search, spam refers to techniques used to deceive users or manipulate our Search systems into featuring content prominently, such as attempting to manipulate Search systems into ranking content highly or attempting to manipulate generative AI responses in Google Search." Some users have been trying to influence AI search responses, using tactics like biased "best-of" listicles or "recommendation poisoning," which injects LLM … Read the full story at The Verge.