The addition of AI Overviews to Google Search may be one reason why that business continues to show strength. It brought in more than $54.19 billion in revenue during the quarter, representing a good chunk of its overall $71.34 billion in advertising revenue. That was up 10.5% from $64.61 billion in ad sales in the same period last year.

Alphabet on Wednesday cited massive demand for its cloud computing services as it hiked its capital spending plans for the year to about $85 billion and predicted a further increase next year.The sear

The rise of artificial-intelligence agents could spell good news for the biggest cloud-computing providers this earnings season, as investors look for more evidence that AI is paying off financially.