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Prosecutors allege employee used Google search data to profit from prediction market wagers.

The Department of Justice charged a Google software engineer, alleging that he used insider information to turn a more than $1.2 million profit on event contracts.

Yahoo Finance Tech Editor Dan Howley comes on Market Domination to break down the day’s leading tech stories, taking a closer look at Anthropic's (ANTH.PVT) new Claude Opus 4.8 AI model that it released on Thursday. This comes as the private artificial intelligence developer plans an IPO for late 2026.

A Google software engineer has been charged with insider trading tied to confidential company search data. Authorities allege the employee used this data to place bets on Polymarket, generating about US$1.2 million in winnings. Alphabet, the parent of Google, has placed the employee on leave and is cooperating with law enforcement. For investors following Alphabet (NasdaqGS:GOOGL), this case relates directly to how the company handles internal data. Alphabet operates one of the world's most...

The partnership will bring Google's AI tools to more than 300 EQT portfolio companies.

This stock comes with a lot of upside, but limited downside.

A Google security engineer was arrested for allegedly using the company's internal search data to place winning bets on Polymarket prediction markets. Michele Spagnuolo transferred $3.8 million in USDC and personally cleared about $1.2 million before attempting to conceal the funds through a privacy mixer. CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie hosts "CoinDesk Daily."

Anthropic has debuted its new flagship AI model Opus 4.8.