Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai is among the Big Tech leaders planning to attend U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration on Monday, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters on Wednesday.

Alphabet has become a leader in artificial intelligence (AI) and it's embedding the technology across many of its legacy businesses, including Google Search. Let's explore why this tech giant has a clear path to joining the exclusive $3 trillion club in 2025.

Shares of Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL)(NASDAQ: GOOG), known for its Google subsidiary, are up an impressive 34% in the past year and currently trading just a few points from their all-time high. Despite facing heightened regulatory scrutiny and questions about whether its core search business is losing its relevancy in the age of artificial intelligence (AI),

Apple currently receives in excess to $20 billion annually from Alphabet in a deal that makes Google the default search engine on the Safari web browser. These payments show up in Apple's services segment, and they're essentially pure profit.

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has executed a series of significant technology stock trades valued at over $30 million, according to recent congressional disclosure reports, while recovering from a hip injury sustained during an official trip to

The Indian government had asked Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) and Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) (NASDAQ:GOOG) to provide the state-backed GOV.in app store available in the companies' app stores, Bloomberg News reported.

After jumping 6.75% this week, Nvidia ( NVDA 4.43%) took the baton from Apple ( AAPL 0.53%) as the world's most valuable company, with a market cap of $3.60 trillion. The switch comes partly fueled by the positive news out around the Stargate project.

Stock futures are mixed Thursday morning as the market takes a breather from a rally that has pushed major indexes back near record high levels.

Times Tables Rock Stars is ranked 16th overall for iPhone education apps in Great Britain, and has a rating of 4.6 stars out of 5, by more than 100 thousand users. It is aimed at building maths skills, with a particular focus on multiplication and division.

Samsung Electronics Co. plans to launch an ultrathin version of its Galaxy S25 phone in the first half of this year, beating Apple Inc. to a promising new category.