Hello, I'm Michelle Hussain, and for more than 20 years, I was at the BBC.

But all the time I was delivering the headlines, I wanted to go further than the news of the day,

to spend more time with the people shaping our world.

And that's what I'm doing here on this podcast, speaking to people from Nigel Farage.

This is a love you trying ever so hard.

To tech journalist Karaswisher.

And the tech industry is running wild.

You know, they've gotten what they wanted and they've seen a huge run-up in their stock prices.

This will be a place where every weekend you can count on one essential conversation to help make sense of the world.

So please join me, listen and subscribe to the Michelle Hussein show from Bloomberg Weekend, wherever you get your podcast.

You're certainly ask interesting questions.

Bloomberg Audio Studios.

Podcasts, radio, news.

Bloomberg Tech is live from coast to coast. With Caroline Hyde in New York and Ed Lovlo in San Francisco.

This is Bloomberg Tech, Alphabet, Amazon, Meta and Microsoft.

All out with earnings and big AI dreams.

The four companies, Ed, are expected to spend as much as $725 billion in 2026.

The key question being whether that massive spending is providing tangible results

will discuss throughout this hour and we fixate on these numbers.

Ed, you said it best.

It was in 70 seconds.

The fire hose ensued last night and Alphabet is the clear

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