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Think about how different the world was just 10 years ago. Some of the things we take for granted today -- artificial intelligence chatbots, food and grocery delivery apps, and more -- weren't around, or were only starting to gain steam in 2015.

The quantum computing arms race is starting to heat up, although we're still a few years away from commercial viability. That hasn't stopped investor interest, as quantum computing stocks are some of the hottest on the market right now.

Key Points in This Article: Amazon (AMZN), Meta Platforms (META), and Microsoft (MSFT) have fueled AI growth with strong free cash flow until now.

Everyone knows Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) and its best-known products, including the Windows operating system and Microsoft 365 suite of productivity apps, but its growing cloud computing platform, Azure, is the future of the company.

Microsoft's (MSFT -0.97%) blowout quarter briefly propelled the stock across the $4 trillion threshold, allowing the tech giant to join Nvidia (NVDA 0.60%) as the only companies ever to achieve this feat. Now that two competitors have broken the $4 trillion threshold, the question shifts to which company will reach $5 trillion first.

Microsoft (MSFT -0.97%) has long been a go‑to for income among tech stocks, while Meta Platforms (META -1.35%) only began paying dividends last year. But Microsoft's long and impressive dividend track record doesn't automatically make it the better dividend stock when comparing the two.

Microsoft Corporation NASDAQ: MSFT delivered an earnings report that can be considered a blowout, even for a mega-cap company with high expectations. Microsoft beat on revenue and earnings and reiterated its guidance for data center spending for the remainder of the 2025 calendar year.

The market is still underestimating how large and far-reaching the artificial intelligence boom will be, analysts at Wedbush believe. The analysts reiterated their bullish stance on the sector, highlighting strong earnings from major tech names and growing enterprise adoption of AI.