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googleThomas Kurian, head of cloud at Microsoft, said the company’s existing customers were already paying “approximately 50% more” than they planned to spend on the company’s products, which fueled the company’s breakneck cloud growth in the second quarter. “Our existing customers will spend more when they sign a contract with us,” Kurian told CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Thursday. “They’re spending about 50% more than they committed. So it comes down to our strength in differentiating our product portfolio, executing go-to-market execution. That’s reflected in both sales and operating income growth.”Kurian’s comments came after Google’s parent company Alphabet on Wednesday posted…

A series of strikes by Ukraine against the warehouses of Russia’s largest online retailer could set hundreds of millions of dollars worth of inventory ablaze, sparking an online uproar among the country’s beleaguered small business owners. Over the weekend, Ukrainian drones attacked Wildberry distribution centers in Elektrostal in the Moscow region and Kotovsk in the Tambov region. A second wave of attacks hit distribution warehouses in the Krasnodar and Stavropol regions early Wednesday, while state media in southwestern Voronezh also reported that drone attacks forced the closure of a wild berry warehouse there late Wednesday and into Thursday. The attack…

Brittany Cartwright says filming Valley without Jax Taylor was a ‘breath of fresh air’! hot gothKristen Doute isn’t exactly raising a glass to celebrate Jax Taylor’s rumored new romance. In fact, The Valley star had a scathing response to recent reports that his former co-star is allegedly dating Laurie Krebs, his estranged wife Brittany Cartwright’s publicist and longtime friend, amid their long-standing divorce. “For me, this is not about Jax,” Kristen told host Andy Cohen about the relationship rumors during a July 22 appearance on Watch What Happens Live. “Jax is truly nefarious. Of course he is.” The 43-year-old continued:…

U.S. President Donald Trump (right) and Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman (second from left) meet in the Oval Office of the White House on November 18, 2025 in Washington, DC. Win McNamee | Getty ImagesThe United States signed an agreement Wednesday to develop a civilian nuclear program in Saudi Arabia. The Department of Energy said the agreement lays the legal foundation for a multi-decade, multi-billion dollar partnership. The ministry said this would give American companies access to Saudi Arabia’s nuclear energy program and encourage exports of American technology in the sector. Energy Secretary Chris Wright…

Nvidia’s efforts to widely deploy its GPUs are aiming for a new goal: the moon. Lunar Outpost, a startup building robotics for space infrastructure, announced Thursday that its next lunar rover will use a Jetson chip to control its lidar system. If realized, this would likely be the first GPU on the moon. “We’re taking Nvidia Jetson and comparing it to our flight computing platform, which has a bit more of a spaceflight heritage,” said Justin Cyrus, CEO of Lunar Outpost. “(We’re) looking at what the strengths are and what the weaknesses are, and we’re committed to deploying systems with…

When Intel releases earnings after the closing bell on Thursday, investors will focus on two key updates: stronger growth in its AI server CPUs and further progress in its foundry business. This report comes at a critical time for optimistic investors like us. After a ferocious rally from spring through late June, the stock has tumbled, dropping more than 27% from its June 22 all-time high close of nearly $141 per share. The decline has less to do with a collapse in Intel’s fundamentals and more to do with a sharp decline in the semiconductor sector as investors reassess whether…

Sixteen teams will compete in the postponed 2026 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations, vying for qualification to the 2027 Women’s World Cup and bragging rights on the continent.Action in Morocco begins on Sunday, four months after its originally scheduled start.Recommended stories list of 4 itemsend of listNigeria will aim to defend the title they won a year ago, while Ghana, Zambia and Morocco are also among the pre-tournament favorites.There will be no shortage of world-class talent at the tournament, with big names set to compete, including Zambia’s pair Rachel Kundananzi and Barbra Banda, Nigeria’s Rashidat Ajibade and Malawi’s Chawinga sisters…

Let’s check out the companies that are becoming a hot topic for after-hours trading. Alphabet — Shares fell more than 4% after the company cited demand for artificial intelligence and raised its 2026 capital spending forecast to a range of $195 billion to $205 billion. Separately, Alphabet posted revenue of $119.8 billion in the second quarter, beating expectations of $116.93 billion, according to LSEG. ROLLINS — The pest control company fell about 10% after its second-quarter results fell short of Wall Street expectations. Rollins reported earnings of 30 cents per share on revenue of $1.08 billion, compared to the FactSet…

Etched, an AI chip startup founded in 2022 by three Harvard dropouts, has closed a $300 million Series C funding round at a valuation of $10.3 billion, co-founder and chief operating officer Robert Wachen told TechCrunch. The round was led by Sequoia, with participation from Andreessen Horowitz, SK Hynix, Jane Street, and Diffusion Capital, as well as previous investors. Other backers of the company include names like Peter Thiel, Andrei Karpathy, Dylan Field, and Amjad Massad. Etched was valued at $5 billion when it raised $500 million in December, which means its valuation has doubled in about seven months. The…

‘Seinfeld’ star Jason Alexander apologizes to Courtney Stodden for ‘inappropriate’ comments in 2012jason alexander I regret taking part in the controversial sketch Courtney Stodden. During Stodden’s high-profile marriage doug hutchison- It started when she was 16 and he was 51 – She appeared in the 2012 movie. funny or die video sketch Her ex-husband and Alexander are featured. parody of Dr. Phil and similar talk shows, in which Alexander plays fictional life coach Donnie Clay, interviewing couples about their relationships. At one point, he took his cellphone camera to Ms. Stodden’s chest and caressed her, noting that there was no…