Google-parent Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) (NASDAQ:GOOG) will be reporting its third-quarter earnings on Wednesday. Wall Street expects $1.84 in earnings per share and $86.31 billion in revenues as the company reports after market hours. In the lead-up to Alphabet’s earnings report, news of Meta Platforms Inc.’s (NASDAQ:META) plans to develop its own AI-powered search engine is adding intrigue to Alphabet’s outlook. Meta’s move aims to reduce its reliance on Alphabet’s Google and Microsoft‘s (NASDAQ:MSFT) Bing, marking another competitor stepping into Alphabet’s core search domain. At the same …