<story><title>Microsoft overtakes Apple as most valuable company</title><url>https://www.reuters.com/technology/microsoft-overtakes-apple-worlds-most-valuable-company-2024-01-11/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>scottyah</author><text>The main things I see lately are: Apple is creating VR headsets and new chip technology, Microsoft is buying up AI companies and injecting ads&amp;#x2F;spyware into their operating systems. Also Microsoft is getting big into cloud.&lt;p&gt;Interesting to see what Wall Street rewards.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>paxys</author><text>Microsoft is one of the most diversified companies in existence. Pretty much every business, every government and most consumers around the world are directly or indirectly paying them money for &lt;i&gt;something&lt;/i&gt;, whether software, devices, consulting, cloud, data. On the other hand Apple&amp;#x27;s success for the last 15 years has relied on a single device. Now that the device is running into some issues (dropping sales in China, general stall in innovation, regulatory hurdles) their stock price is reacting accordingly.&lt;p&gt;Of course investors aren&amp;#x27;t rewarding them for an upcoming VR headset which is yet to be proven. Why would they?</text></comment>
<story><title>Microsoft overtakes Apple as most valuable company</title><url>https://www.reuters.com/technology/microsoft-overtakes-apple-worlds-most-valuable-company-2024-01-11/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>scottyah</author><text>The main things I see lately are: Apple is creating VR headsets and new chip technology, Microsoft is buying up AI companies and injecting ads&amp;#x2F;spyware into their operating systems. Also Microsoft is getting big into cloud.&lt;p&gt;Interesting to see what Wall Street rewards.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>bmitc</author><text>Microsoft is &lt;i&gt;much&lt;/i&gt; more diversified than that. They have entire consulting services and a world class research arm and many other things that Apple has no analog of.</text></comment>