Amazon’s Ring is rolling out an AI-powered feature designed to help locate missing dogs by scanning footage from neighborhood security cameras – and it’s now available nationwide, even to people who don’t own the company’s devices.

The expansion opens one of Ring’s core features to non-customers for the first time, effectively broadening the company’s ecosystem beyond hardware owners and positioning it as a wider neighborhood platform rather than just a doorbell and home-security business.

“Before Search Party, the best you could do was drive up and down the neighborhood, shouting your dog’s name in hopes of finding them,” Ring chief inventor Jamie Siminoff said in a statement. He added that the feature allows pet owners to enlist nearby neighbors and cameras to help locate lost animals more quickly.

A golden retriever runs around a park.  (Getty Images / Getty Images)

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Ring is also committing $1 million to help equip animal shelters across the U.S. with its camera systems, a move the company says is aimed at helping shelters identify and reunite lost dogs with their owners more efficiently. 

The effort is expected to reach thousands of shelters nationwide, with Ring partnering with organizations including Petco Love and Best Friends Animal Society.

A doorbell device with a built-in camera made by home security company Ring is seen in Silver Spring, Maryland.  (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

When a dog is reported missing through the Ring app, participating outdoor cameras in the area use AI-powered computer vision to look for animals that resemble the missing pet. If a potential match is detected, the camera owner receives an alert and can choose whether to share the footage with the person searching for their dog.

Ring’s security app experienced major outages on Wednesday. (Ring.com)

Ring says video sharing remains optional and is handled on a case-by-case basis, allowing camera owners to decide whether to participate while maintaining control over their footage.

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Lost pets are among the most common posts on Ring’s Neighbors app. The company says more than 1 million lost or found pet reports were made on the platform last year alone, highlighting the scale of the problem the feature is designed to address.

Any agreement would be linked to South Crofty providing a supply of tin to the US

The company behind a major project to revive a historic Cornish tin mine says it could potentially receive financing support from the US government. Cornish Metals, which floated on AIM in December, announced on Thursday it had received a non-binding letter of interest from the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) – the country’s official export credit agency.

Cornish Metals is looking to reopen South Crofty – a tin and copper mine near the village of Pool. The mine operated for more than 400 years but was shut in 1998 due to lack of investment and falling metal prices. Cornish Metals acquired the mine in 2016 and said last year it was optimistic that commercial extraction could begin by mid-2028.

It is understood the letter of interest outlines EXIM’s capacity to consider up to US$225m in financing. South Crofty may also qualify for special consideration under the agency’s China and Transformational Exports Program, Cornish Metals said.

Potential financing support is linked to South Crofty providing a “responsible supply” of tin concentrate to the US, to build more resilient supply chains.

Don Turvey, chief executive of Cornish Metals, said: “This Letter of Interest from EXIM is a testament to the quality and strategic importance of South Crofty and its potential to become the first new tin producer in the western world.

“This indicative support also demonstrates the ramping up of our discussions with potential project financing sources as we progress towards a final investment decision.

“Against a backdrop of strong tin prices supported by attractive market dynamics and the substantial progress being made on site, we are encouraged by the momentum building across the business as we work towards bringing South Crofty back into production.”

Business Live understands the letter of interest does not constitute a financing commitment.

In December, Cornish Metals said “significant progress” was being made at South Crofty, which is expected to make yearly earnings of £70m once up and running.

The project received the backing of the UK government in 2025 with Chancellor Rachel Reeves committing to invest £29m in the scheme.

A breakthrough personalized mRNA cancer vaccine that trains the immune system to target patients’ unique tumor mutations is showing promising results. 

Five-year trial data show the risk of recurrence or death in melanoma patients was cut by about half when combined with Merck’s Keytruda, Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel told FOX Business Wednesday.

“The results are really exciting,” Bancel told FOX Business’ “Mornings with Maria.”

“We saw a recurrence-free survival, meaning people [are] not dying from the disease or getting the disease coming back. At five years, we saw 50% improvement versus people getting Keytruda [alone], Merck’s blockbuster medicine, which has saved so many lives.

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An assistant conducts cancer vaccine research in the lab at the Moderna Inc. headquarters in Cambridge, Mass., on Tuesday, Mar. 26, 2024.  (Adam Glanzman/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

“As you see, this is very meaningful for patients, and we are very excited because this year we should get the Phase 3 study result for that medicine and, hopefully, if it’s positive, we should be able to file very quickly with the FDA to get this to the American people to save them from their disease.”

Melanoma is considered the deadliest form of skin cancer. The American Cancer Society estimates about 8,500 Americans will die from the disease in 2026.

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Keytruda is a prescription medicine used to treat a type of skin cancer called melanoma. (Merck )

Bancel said the individualized approach of intismeran autogene (formerly known as mRNA-4157) allows Moderna to design a custom treatment for each patient based on their specific tumor mutations, enabling the immune system to more precisely target cancer cells.

“If you and I were diagnosed the same day by the same doctor with skin cancer, Moderna would make a different medicine for your cancer and a different medicine for mine,” he told anchor Maria Bartiromo, adding the personalized vaccine can be manufactured in roughly 30 days.

Bancel said the treatment showed no added safety risks or side effects compared with Keytruda alone.

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“You see a huge benefit for the patients and the families with no downside of side effects, so that’s why it’s also so exciting,” he said.

Beyond melanoma, Moderna’s collaboration with Merck is expanding, with nine ongoing studies examining the personalized mRNA therapy in cancers such as kidney, bladder and gastric cancer, among others.

Alphabet Inc., Google’s parent company, reported blockbuster fourth-quarter results on Feb. 4, 2026, surpassing Wall Street expectations and pushing full-year 2025 revenue above $400 billion for the first time in its history, fueled by surging demand for AI-powered products across Search, YouTube and Google Cloud.

The company posted consolidated revenue of $113.8 billion for the quarter ended Dec. 31, 2025, up 18% from $96.5 billion a year earlier (or 17% in constant currency). Earnings per share reached $2.82, a 31% increase, beating analyst estimates of $2.63 EPS and $111.3 billion in revenue, according to FactSet consensus.

For the full year, Alphabet generated $402.8 billion in revenue — up 15% from 2024 — marking the milestone first crossing of the $400 billion threshold. Net income rose 30% to approximately $34.5 billion for the quarter, with full-year figures reflecting strong profitability amid heavy AI investments.

CEO Sundar Pichai called it “a tremendous quarter for Alphabet,” highlighting the launch of Gemini 3 as a major milestone. “Annual revenues exceeded $400 billion for the first time,” he said on the earnings call. “We have great momentum. Our first-party models like Gemini now process over 10 billion tokens per minute via direct API use by customers, and the Gemini App has grown to over 750 million monthly active users.”

Search & other revenue accelerated with 17% growth, driven by AI enhancements expanding usage. YouTube crossed $60 billion in annual revenue across ads and subscriptions, with paid subscriptions across consumer services topping 325 million, led by Google One and YouTube Premium. Google Cloud revenue surged 48% to $17.7 billion in Q4, ending 2025 at an annual run rate over $70 billion, propelled by enterprise AI infrastructure, solutions and core GCP products.

The results underscore Alphabet’s dominance in the AI race. Operating income rose 16% to reflect a 31.6% margin, despite a $2.1 billion employee compensation charge for Waymo. Operating cash flow hit a record $52.4 billion in Q4.

Investors reacted mixed to the report. Shares initially rose on the beat but whipsawed after-hours as Alphabet guided to massive 2026 capital expenditures of $175 billion to $185 billion — nearly double 2025’s $91.4 billion — to scale AI compute and infrastructure. CFO Anat Ashkenazi noted supply constraints ahead, with Pichai acknowledging the year would be “supply constrained” to meet demand.

The hefty CapEx guidance — far above analyst expectations of around $115 billion — signals aggressive bets on data centers, TPUs, GPUs and other AI hardware. It follows similar moves by rivals like Meta, which projected $115-135 billion for 2026.

Analysts praised the acceleration but flagged risks from elevated spending. “They passed $400 billion of total revenues for the first time, and announced plans to spend around $180 billion in 2026 to increase their chances to continue these colossal totals,” said one analyst.
Google Services revenue climbed 14% to $95.9 billion, led by Search (17%), subscriptions/devices (17%) and YouTube ads (9%). The cloud segment’s 30.1% operating margin (up from 17.5%) reflected efficiency gains amid explosive growth.

The earnings come as Alphabet navigates antitrust scrutiny, AI competition and regulatory pressures. Yet the results affirm its AI strategy: Gemini adoption (over 8 million paid enterprise seats at 2,800+ companies), a $240 billion cloud backlog, and AI driving “expansionary” Search moments.

Pichai emphasized broad impact: “We’re seeing our AI investments and infrastructure drive revenue and growth across the board.” He highlighted YouTube’s $60 billion milestone and consumer subscriptions’ strength.

Wall Street had anticipated solid growth but the scale of cloud acceleration and AI momentum exceeded forecasts. The $400 billion annual mark — up from $350 billion in 2024 — cements Alphabet’s position among the world’s most valuable companies, with market cap hovering near $4 trillion.

The report also reflects broader tech trends: AI fueling ad dollars (via better targeting and performance), cloud as a high-margin growth engine, and subscriptions providing stable revenue.

Looking ahead, 2026 CapEx plans underscore commitment to AI leadership despite costs. Pichai noted challenges in supply but confidence in opportunities.

For investors, the beat reinforces Alphabet’s resilience. Shares traded volatile post-earnings, but long-term bulls point to AI tailwinds outweighing near-term spending pressures.
Alphabet’s 2025 performance — first $400 billion year — caps a transformative period, positioning the company to capitalize on AI’s next wave while defending core businesses.

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EPS of $0.26 beats by $0.02

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