BBCNEWS BBC News June 4, 2024 05:31:00
Good morning. the tech giants apple, google and microsoft, have all smashed analyst expectations, in updates they have given after the bell on wall street. apple's profits nearly doubled to $21.7 billion in the three months to 30 june, as customers bought pricier 5g iphones. google's parent company, alphabet, also reported on tuesday that quarterly sales and profits had surged to record highs. its video platform youtube saw advertising revenuejump to $7 billion in the quarter. and microsoft saw a $16.5 billion profit at the same time, due to huge demand for its cloud services and games. earlie...