The digital advertising slowdown is becoming a theme: Google parent Alphabet on Tuesday reported a 13% revenue increase to $69.7 billion in the second quarter, its slowest quarterly growth since the start of the pandemic. The result, which matched second-quarter growth by Snap, a much smaller rival, ended Alphabet’s six-quarter run of blockbuster, 20%-plus growth. Alphabet’s free cash flow fell...
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