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Alphabet Surges After-Hours On Record Search Queries, Backlog Builds
Alphabet Surges After-Hours On Record Search Queries, Backlog Builds
Google shares are rallying after hours as parent Alphabet's first-quarter earnings report showed strong revenue growth in cloud computing and internet search ads, helping investors look past slowing profits amid huge AI spend.
Earnings per share were $5.11, well ahead of Wall Street's consensus estimate of $2.63, and up from $2.81 last year.
Revenue for the quarter reached $110 billion, more than expectations of $107 billion, and up 22% on the year.
The most closely watched line in Google's reporting is its cloud unit...
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Mar 26, 2026 / Tyler Durden
"Lord, What Fools These Mortals Be!" Shakespeare's Birthplace To Be "Decolonized"
"Lord, What Fools These Mortals Be!" Shakespeare's Birthplace To Be "Decolonized"
Authored by Jonathan Turley,
In Hamlet, William Shakespeare famously wrote, “To thine own self be true.”
The problem is when others want to present a different “truth” long after you are gone.
Shakespeare is under an unrelenting attack in the United Kingdom from trigger warnings to censoring his prose.
Now, Shakespeare’s Birthplace Trust has announced that it will “de-colonise” the Bard.
In the name of creating “a more inclusive museum experience,” the Trust is moving away from Western perspectives to avoid the dangers of “white...
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Apr 19, 2026 / Tyler Durden
Over 6,000 Apply As Air Traffic Controllers After DOT Secretary Duffy Proposes Recruiting Gamers
Over 6,000 Apply As Air Traffic Controllers After DOT Secretary Duffy Proposes Recruiting Gamers
Authored by Bryan Jung via PJMedia.com,
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy declared the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) campaign to recruit video gamers as air traffic controllers "wildly successful," after over 6,000 applicants submitted forms within the first twelve hours of the program's launch.
The FAA is reporting thousands of applicants applied after its unconventional new recruitment initiative launched on April 17, with the application portal reaching its cap at 8,000 candidates.
The Trump administration is currently looking to address...
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Apr 25, 2026 / Tyler Durden
Trump Evacuated As Shots Fired at White House Correspondents' Dinner, Shooter Dead
Trump Evacuated As Shots Fired at White House Correspondents' Dinner, Shooter Dead
Shots were fired during the 2026 White House Correspondents' Dinner (WHCD) at the Washington Hilton ballroom on Saturday evening, prompting the immediate evacuation of President Donald Trump, First Lady Melania Trump, Vice President, and other high-profile attendees by Secret Service. Guests were ordered to take cover under tables as heavily armed agents secured the venue.
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The U.S. Secret Service just rushed the President and First Lady off the dais at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner after the sound of...
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