Alphabet stock slid 4.7% in after-hours trading following the company's disclosure in its mostly rosy second-quarter earnings report that its free cash flow had turned negative. The Google parent continues to spend heavily on data centers for artificial-intelligence computing.
Alphabet's sales for the quarter came in at $119.8 billion, and net income was $112.1 billion, both exceeding analyst expectations.
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