Microsoft, Sprint, and Amazon Investors -- Here's the News You Need to Know This Week

By Nathan Hamilton – Dec 5, 2014 at 11:00AM

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These are just a few of the major story lines happening in the tech industry this week

Microsoft (MSFT -1.14%) blew through millions, Sprint (S) made a move to attract subscribers, and Stephen Hawking is talking about artificial intelligence being the end of mankind.

While Hawking foresees this future as many decades from now, autonomous robots are reality today. In fact, Amazon (AMZN -2.57%) recently announced the 8th iteration of its fulfillment center that relies heavily upon autonomous robots.

In the tech Friday edition of Where the Money Is Fool tech analyst Nathan Hamilton discusses this weeks news while touching upon different forms of "thinking" computers that populate our daily lives.

Nathan Hamilton thinks robots are really cool, doesn't believe judgement day will occur, but the topic has made for a few good movies. He also owns shares of Amazon.com. Sean O'Reilly has no position in any stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool recommends Amazon.com. The Motley Fool owns shares of Amazon.com and Microsoft. We Fools may not all hold the same opinions, but we all believe that considering a diverse range of insights makes us better investors. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.