Brent oil shot to its highest price since May after increased fighting in the Middle East threatened to slow the global flow of crude.

Tech companies are spending big on AI, but investors are getting nervous.

The U.S. stock market inched to more records as winners of the artificial-intelligence boom kept driving higher.

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The U.S. stock market rallied.

Google’s YouTube has agreed to pay $24.5 million to settle a lawsuit by President Donald Trump over his 2021 account suspension following the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Wall Street steadied itself after Alphabet and other technology stocks rose.

U.S. stocks coasted to a quiet finish to begin a week full of potentially market-moving events.

Wall Street inched to more records as gains for Alphabet and artificial-intelligence stocks helped make up for Tesla’s steep tumble.

Google’s accelerating shift into artificial intelligence helped propel its corporate parent to another quarter of solid growth while a crackdown on its internet empire looms in the background.

Big Tech stocks carried Wall Street to the close of a winning, roller-coaster week.

Wall Street swung back down, and its former superstars once again led the way.

Wall Street drifted higher as gains for most stocks outweighed drops for Alphabet and some other big-name companies following their latest profit reports.

U.S. stock indexes edged lower after drops for Eli Lilly and chip companies overshadowed a jump for Google’s parent company.

Google is still thriving while the company navigates through a pivotal shift to artificial intelligence and battles regulators trying to topple its internet empire.

Rising technology stocks sent the Nasdaq composite to a record, but trading was mixed along the rest of Wall Street.

Asian shares have dropped morning trading, with Tokyo’s benchmark losing more than 1,000 points at one point and closing 3.3% lower, as pessimism set in over Wall Street's overnight nose-dive.

Google’s corporate parent Alphabet Inc. delivered another quarter of steady growth amid an AI-driven shift in the ubiquitous search engine that is the foundation of its internet empire.

California lawmakers have advanced a bill that would regulate powerful artificial intelligence systems.

The CEOs of leading U_S_ technology companies are joining a new artificial intelligence safety board to advise the federal government on how to protect the nation’s critical services from “AI-related disruptions.”.

Google’s corporate parent Alphabet Inc. has released a quarterly report showing it’s still reaping double-digit revenue gains from its digital advertising empire while sowing potentially lucrative new ground in artificial intelligence.

Wall Street closed higher to break out of its first three-day losing streak since Halloween.

Google took its next leap in artificial intelligence Wednesday with the launch of project Gemini, an AI model trained to behave in human-like ways that’s likely to intensify the debate about the technology’s potential promise and perils.

Google’s digital advertising sales growth accelerated during the summer, advancing a recent revival that helped its corporate parent Alphabet Inc. to deliver a quarterly profit that exceeded analysts' projections.

Stocks held steady after the Federal Reserve raised interest rates to their highest level in more than two decades, just as Wall Street expected.

Google snapped out of an unprecedented advertising slump during its latest quarter, signaling a return to growth cycle needed to fuel investments in artificial intelligence technology that expected to reshape the competitive landscape.

As concerns grow over increasingly powerful artificial intelligence systems like ChatGPT, the nation’s financial watchdog says it’s working to ensure that companies follow the law when using AI.

Google’s advertising malaise persisted during the first quarter while the internet company also grapples with advancements in artificial intelligence technology that threaten to undercut its dominant search engine.

Wall Street has its eyes on big tech after some of the biggest companies in the world posted lackluster quarterly financial performances.

Google parent company Alphabet has posted lower profit and a small revenue increase for last year's fourth quarter.

Summertime revenue growth at Google’s corporate parent slipped to its slowest pace since the pandemic jarred the economy more than two years ago.

Google’s revenue growth during the past quarter decelerated to its slowest pace in two years as advertisers reined in their spending amid fears of an economic recession.

Shares are mixed in Asia, with markets in China still closed for Lunar New Year holidays.

Google’s digital advertising empire turned in another strong performance during the holiday shopping season, propelling a 36% increase in its corporate parent’s profit during the final three months of 2021.

Google parent company Alphabet is folding one of its subsidiaries back into Google as the startup’s founder steps down to confront a neurological disease.

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(AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)A group of Google engineers and other workers announced Monday they have formed a union, creating a rare foothold for the labor movement in the tech industry. About 225 employees at Google and its parent company Alphabet are the first dues-paying members of the Alphabet Workers Union. But the new union, which will be affiliated with the larger Communication Workers of America, says it will serve as a “structure that ensures Google workers can actively push for real changes at the company." Later in 2018, thousands of Google employees walked out to protest how the company handled sexual misconduct allegations against executives. Allen said the Alphabet Workers Union is not currently planning to pursue official recognition as a collective bargaining group.

FILE - This combination of photos shows logos for social media platforms Facebook and Twitter. (AP Photo/File)Five technology giants are reporting earnings Thursday, providing the latest indication of whether they are rebounding from an economic slowdown earlier this year. Apple and Google's parent Alphabet are also reporting results Thursday. Analysts were expecting earnings of $2.18 per share on revenue of $19.80 billion, according to a poll by FactSet. The social media giant’s average monthly user base was 2.74 billion as of Sept. 30, up 12% from a year earlier.

Waymo, the self-driving arm of Google's parent company Alphabet, announced Monday that it has raised $2.25 billion in its first external round of funding. The investment was led by private equity firm Silver Lake Partners, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and the Mubadala Investment Company, the sovereign wealth fund of the United Arab Emirates. But company CEO John Krafcik said the investment will enable the company to add key partners and grow its operations. Advocates of self-driving vehicles say the technology will dramatically improve road safety. Its self-driving vehicles have driven more than 20 million miles on public roads.

Sundar Pichai, who has been leading Google as CEO for more than four years, will stay in his role and also become CEO of Alphabet. Both founders promised they plan to stay actively involved as board members and shareholders and lauded Pichai for his leadership of Google. Alphabet -- an umbrella corporation that the two created in 2015 -- still boasts Google as its central fixture and key moneymaker. Page and Brin both have been noticeably absent from Google events in the past year. Pichai, who has an engineering background, took over as the head of Google’s products before being promoted to CEO when Alphabet was created.