Rattled wall street with disappointing forecasts, making it clear that the billions its spending on Artificial Intelligence could take years to pay off. Well, in the last few hours weve had news from two more tech giants that has certainly calmed those nerves. Microsoft, now the worlds most valuable company, and alphabet, which owns google, have both seen their profits jump thanks to demand for al. Lets show you the details. In the three months to the end of march, microsoft made almost 22 billion. Thats up 20 on this time last year and alphabet made more than 23 billion over the same period. Thats a jump of 57 on last year. Erin delmore has more from new york. Among the dozens of Companies Reporting First Quarter earnings on thursday, alphabet and microsoft took centre stage. Both Beat Expectations on earnings and revenue, thanks in no small part to investments in Artificial Intelligence. One Stand Out Spot for alphabet was google cloud revenue, whichjumped 28 in 01. A lot of Generati
they have seen. some politicians coming here to try and put their side of the equation. that is when the hubbub goes through the roof after the debate, as people react to what they have seen. let s look ahead to what may be coming any direction of sir keir starmer and rishi sunak. they will all have been gaming out what kind of questions they might want to get. where do you think each will be put under the most pressure? think each will be put under the most pressure? what is different about this one most pressure? what is different about this one as most pressure? what is different about this one as they most pressure? what is different about this one as they have - most pressure? what is different about this one as they have been through a couple of these already so they will be attuned to what is coming. but they won t really know where the audience will be coming from. but i m sure cost of living, taxation, the environment, all those things will come and i think bo
documents. that was part of a deal to end his iii year legal battle over the leaking of vast amounts of secret us military information on the internet. the 52 year old is now on his way home to australia following the hearing. and from where a southeast asia correspondent jonathan had sent this report. the last stage of a very long journey. julian assange walked into the courtroom on this remote pacific island to hear whether the agreement he d struck with us prosecutors would stick. after two hours of very careful consideration by the judge, it did. he pleaded guilty, and she agreed to a sentence equal to the time he d already served in britain. but his lawyers still insist his prosecution for breaking an espionage law was unjust. we firmly believed that mr assange never should have been charged under the espionage act, and engaged in exercise thatjournalists engage in every day. and we re thankful that they do. it is appropriate, though, for this fight to end and it is appr
glastonbury looks dry this year. here in kew gardens, lots of sunshine. i will have the weather for you later. it s wednesday the 26th june. with just over a week to go until polling day, the prime minister rishi sunak and labour s sir keir starmer are preparing to go head to head in their final leaders debate of the election later. it comes as members of both main parties continue to face difficult questions about betting allegations. our political correspondent iain watson reports. the second and final head to head clash between rishi sunak and the man who wants hisjob keir starmer takes place tonight on the bbc. and it s worth a bet that one of the topics might just involve gambling. the conservative campaign has been buffeted by allegations that two candidates, two party officials, and now a member of the welsh senedd had bet on a date of the general election, and were facing inquiries from the gambling watchdog. it s an independent process with the gambling commissio