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US futures waver amid earnings flood, with Big Tech on deck:?US stock futures wobbled on Tuesday as investors weighed early reports on a?marquee earnings day, with Big Tech results later in focus as potential fuel to sustain this year's rally.

Futures on the S&P 500 (ES=F) and the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 (NQ=F) floated around the flatline, coming off?sharp closing gains?for the gauges. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures (YM=F) also changed a little in the green.

Tesla Stages $386 Billion Comeback as Musk Elevates AI Over EVs:?This year has been a testament to Elon Musk’s ability to lead Tesla Inc.’s shares into and out of trouble. It’s been a volatile time even by Tesla standards, with the chief executive officer battling for more control of the company, turning back from a $25,000 electric vehicle, and ordering mass layoffs. These erratic episodes helped send the stock on a 43% plunge as of April 23, the day Tesla last reported earnings.?

Alphabet to report double-digit Q2 growth; AI adoption, ballooning costs in focus:?Google-parent Alphabet?(GOOGL.O), opens new tab is expected to report a nearly 14% rise in quarterly revenue, its fourth straight quarter of double-digit growth, driven by steady demand for its artificial intelligence-powered cloud computing services and an uptick in the ad market. The search giant's second-quarter report on Tuesday, the first among the Big Technology companies this season, could offer further insight into the uptake of AI services, as well as the rising costs associated with the new technology.

?Alphabet's AI investments will also be closely watched. In the January-March period, the company's?capital expenditure jumped 91%?to $12 billion, rattling some investors even though CEO Sundar Pichai assured that the AI integrations were boosting demand for its cloud and search businesses.