Earnings
Big Tech earnings season starts next week with Google, but the most important number won’t be profit or revenue. It will be how much these companies say they’ll spend on AI data centers.Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and Meta have already laid out plans to spend more than $700 billion this year.…
AI is getting expensive. Chamath Palihapitiya says he thinks CFOs may be about to discover those costs the hard way.Palihapitiya, a billionaire venture capitalist and one of the co-hosts of the “All In” podcast, said Tuesday on CNBC that businesses encouraging employees to consume more AI could face surprise operating…
It’s hard to imagine what the movies would look like without sequels, spin-offs, and connected universes taking over the box office every weekend.The top 10 movie franchises at the global box office have each grossed at least $5 billion. They range from ’60s and ’70s series like James Bond to…
The cost of higher education across the US continues to rise, and for many Americans, the decision to pursue a four-year degree is as much a financial calculation as an academic one.Some of the benefits of a college education are intangible, such as the development of character, independence, and critical…
