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Accenture, AI and the danger of believing the headlines

Accenture's decision to expand its fiscal 2026 share repurchase program by $2 billion, bringing the full-year total to $7.5 billion, comes with a clear statement from CEO Julie Sweet: the current share price does not reflect where Accenture stands on AI-driven reinvention, nor the underlying strength of the business.

With year-to-date shareholder returns already at $8.2 billion and total planned returns for the year heading towards $11.5 billion, the numbers speak for themselves.

Partner and Chief Analyst at TechMarketView.

The press commentary surrounding Accenture's share price decline has not been fully grounded in what Accenture actually does, and it is having a direct effect. A single poorly-reasoned piece gets picked up, simplified, and recirculated across news aggregators, social channels, and even some analyst notes, each iteration stripping away a little more nuance.

Brokerage downgrades follow. Ironically, AI is making this worse, not better. The same shallow take reproduced at scale,...

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'They may never have considered what physical editions mean to the people who value them' — Disgaea creator disagrees with Sony's decision to end the production of game discs

* Former Nippon Ichi Software CEO Sohei Niikawa has criticized Sony's decision to end the production of game discs * The Disgaea creator says the company doesn't "understand the feelings" of physical game fans * He adds, "If they’re going to go as far as

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Google has a new way to prove it's really you - just record a video selfie

Google says that all the selfie videos are saved securely and can be deleted at any time. Google usually offers three ways to sign into a Google account, which include email or a phone number, a passkey and a QR code. Now, the company is introducing a fourth way to

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Here’s How I Know When to Replace My Surge Protector (and Stop It From Catching Fire)

My primary surge protector currently sits beside my desk, where it manages my lamp, my printer and a variety of shifting desk smart devices I’m trying out. But we recently had a major lightning storm, so it’s probably time to replace it. How do you know when you

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The AMD Radeon Settings You Should Actually Be Using

AMD Software has been the cornerstone of the Radeon GPU experience for years. It is packed with features, and AMD continues to add more with each major update. But which settings are actually worth changing, and what configuration provides the best overall experience on a gaming PC? We've

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'They may never have considered what physical editions mean to the people who value them' &mdash; Disgaea creator disagrees with Sony's decision to end the production of game discs

Google has a new way to prove it's really you - just record a video selfie

Here’s How I Know When to Replace My Surge Protector (and Stop It From Catching Fire)

The AMD Radeon Settings You Should Actually Be Using

'They may never have considered what physical editions mean to the people who value them' — Disgaea creator disagrees with Sony's decision to end the production of game discs