Richard Atkins

Richard Atkins is a senior contributor at Tech Insider covering online media, online travel, and video games. Richard has been with Tech Insider covering companies in these industries since 2011 and has authored numerous industry reports, including "Internet Video: Field of Dreams or Nightmare on Elm Street," "The Next Leg of Online Travel," and "Pwned: How Casual Games Changed The Gaming Landscape." Atkins was recognized as the No. 2 stock picker and earnings estimator in the 2011 Financial Times / StarMine Internet & Catalog Retail category and was ranked in the 2010 Wall Street Journal "Best On The Street" for the Leisure Goods & Services category.

Google GOOG Stock News: Artificial Super Computer Now on Google’s Radar

Google Inc (NASDAQ GOOG) is expanding its technological footprint beyond search, robotics, automated cars and drones by developing a super-fast quantum computer chip used in artificial intelligence. Move could expand the company’s dominance in the world of computing, touching a variety of business lines and creating a business category of its own. The Mountain View-based…

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Stock in Focus: Google (NASDAQ GOOG) Ties Up With Abbvie To Prevent Aging

AbbVie Inc (NYSE ABBV), the speciality pharma firm spun off from Abbott Laboratories (NYSE ABT) almost a year ago, and Google Inc (NASDAQ GOOG) new Calico division will spend up to $1.5 billion to research cures to age-related diseases such as cancer and neurodegenerative disorders. Google’s Calico and AbbVie forms a $1,5 billion aging-related disease…

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