A recent string of bad news has done nothing so far to harm the stock of Google parent company Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL), which has been on a tear to start the new year while riding the broader tech-focused rally. Two senior scientists from DeepMind Technologies Ltd., an artificial intelligence (AI)-focused subsidiary of Alphabet, announced they were leaving the company to form their own startup. Rumors are that the scientists forming their new company are in talks to have a financing round o