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Re:Alphabet's cash burn raises alarm for Big Tech as AI spen... by hahahaa on Thursday July 23, 2026 @09:22AM (#49021176)
Too big to fail now, so everything is fine.
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Re:Alphabet's cash burn raises alarm for Big Tech as AI spen... by rkozik1989 on Thursday July 23, 2026 @09:29AM (#49021264)
They've literally rated the debt as too big to fail in order to get foreign sovereign wealth funds (mostly gulf states) to agree to put up the money for loans. This has been happening this entire time.
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Re:Alphabet's cash burn raises alarm for Big Tech as AI spen... by hahahaa on Friday July 24, 2026 @01:42AM (#49031593)
Wow. So plain. No "AAA" euphemisms this time round eh!
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