Wall Street tumbles as Big Tech AI spending rattles investors
Wall Street ended sharply lower on Thursday, with the Nasdaqdragged to its lowest since November by losses in Microsoft, Amazon and other tech heavyweights afterAlphabet said it could double capital spending on AIin the race to dominate the emerging technology.Shares of Alphabet fell 0.55% after the Google parent said itplans as much as $185 billion in capex in 2026. Together, it andits Big Tech rivals are expected to collectively shell out morethan $500 billion on AI this year.Adding to recent losses, M ...