The consensus estimate says Alphabet's revenue will increase 19% to $117.2 billion and GAAP earnings will drop 7% to $2.62 per share. Investors will watch the core advertising business as a gauge for the broader economy, but they will focus on Google Cloud, where sales growth has accelerated in three straight quarters because of strong demand for Gemini models and custom artificial intelligence chips called tensor processing units (TPUs). The five largest AI hyperscalers -- Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: ...