Nvidia is ‘clear beneficiary’ of Meta’s AI spending rush. Its stock is climbing.

Nvidia is ‘clear beneficiary’ of Meta’s AI spending rush. Its stock is climbing.

Nvidia Corp. is the “clear beneficiary” of Meta Platforms Inc.’s rampant spending on artificial intelligence, according to an analyst. The Facebook parent company now expects to spend $30 billion to $37 billion on capital expenditures this year, whereas it was projecting $30 billion to $35 billion previously. The new “outlook reflects our evolving understanding of …

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Why Amazon’s stock could be 2024’s biggest winner among major internet names

Why Amazon’s stock could be 2024’s biggest winner among major internet names

Amazon.com Inc. shares offer the most upside among large-capitalization internet companies going into next year, an analyst wrote Thursday. Piper Sandler’s Thomas Champion just dubbed Amazon’s stock AMZN, -0.95% his top large-cap pick for 2024, citing the e-commerce giant’s potential to improve retail margins and generate strong momentum in the cloud. “Retail margins have improved …

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Opinion: China uses the internet to disrupt U.S. and Western politics. What to watch for.

Opinion: China uses the internet to disrupt U.S. and Western politics. What to watch for.

Disinformation is deliberately generated misleading content disseminated for selfish or malicious purposes. Unlike misinformation, which may be shared unwittingly or with good intentions, disinformation aims to foment distrust, destabilize institutions, discredit good intentions, defame opponents and delegitimize sources of knowledge such as science and journalism. Many governments engage in disinformation campaigns. For instance, the Russian government …

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