Earnings reports show how Big Tech is quietly seeing a digital ad boom

META CEO Mark Zuckerberg (L) and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. Getty Images As tech giants increase their already breathtaking spending on artificial intelligence, their respective digital advertising businesses have also gained momentum. Quarterly earnings reports this week from Meta, Amazon, Alphabet and Microsoft all showed healthy revenue on the ads front. The rising online advertising…

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Getty Images stock pops 19% on deal with Perplexity AI

The Perplexity application appears on a smartphone screen in this photo illustration in Athens, Greece, on October 2, 2025. Nikolas Kokovlis | Nurphoto | Getty Images Shares of Getty Images soared 19% on Friday after the company announced that it struck a multi‑year licensing agreement with Perplexity AI. Perplexity will be able to display creative…

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Amazon (AMZN) Q3 earnings report 2025

Andy Jassy, CEO of Amazon, speaks during an unveiling event in New York on Feb. 26, 2025. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Amazon is slated to post results for the third quarter after the closing bell Thursday. Here’s what analysts polled by LSEG are looking for: Earnings per share: $1.57 Revenue: $177.8 billion…

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Microsoft (MSFT) Q1 2026 earnings report

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks at Axel Springer Neubau in Berlin on Oct. 17, 2023. Ben Kriemann | Getty Images Microsoft reported better-than-expected results for its fiscal first quarter as revenue in the company’s Azure cloud business jumped 40%. The stock slipped almost 4% in extended trading after finance chief Amy Hood said growth in…

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