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10 Feb, 2026 @ 18:38 by Yahoo! Finance

Tech stocks were mixed Tuesday afternoon, with the State Street Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF (X

Datadog stock climbed after the software maker beat Q4 earnings while 2026 revenue guidance came in better than feared.

10 Feb, 2026 @ 18:33 by Yahoo! Finance

It’s gut-check time for millions of Windows users. A routine system update is normally not cause for concern. However, a routine update can soon turn a perfectly functional printer into a paperweight. Microsoft (MSFT) is phasing out support for legacy printer drivers in Windows 11, Tom's Hardware ...

Amid a wave of AI-driven layoffs, Superhuman CEO Shishir Mehrotra pitches a future of job expansion over automation.

J.P. Morgan says fears of an AI-driven software wipeout are overblown and highlights 19 stocks—from Microsoft to CrowdStrike—it believes are positioned to rebound.

During a featured presentation at the recent Northeast Spa and Pool Association (NESPA) Show in the Atlantic City Convention Center, eMazzanti Technologies President Carl Mazzanti addressed the urgent and growing cybersecurity challenges facing pool and spa retailers, distributors, and service organizations.

10 Feb, 2026 @ 17:47 by Yahoo! Finance

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January sales reached NT$401.3 billion, outpacing full-year growth expectations as AI-driven data center demand remains strong.

The severity of the pullback in software stocks in recent days, driven by fears ​of advances in artificial intelligence disrupting the industry, has created opportunities for ‌investors to position for a rebound in higher-quality stocks, strategists at JP Morgan said. "The market is ‌pricing in worst-case AI disruption scenarios that are unlikely to materialize over the next three to six months," JPMorgan strategists, led by Dubravko Lakos-Bujas, said in a note on Tuesday. "Given the positioning flush, overly bearish outlook on AI disruption of ⁠software and solid fundamentals, we ‌believe the balance of risks is increasingly skewed towards a rebound, especially in higher quality software segments," the strategists wrote.

Investing.com -- Morgan Stanley warned investors in a note Tuesday that Qualcomm faces a difficult backdrop in 2026 as memory shortages weigh on the Android ecosystem and handset demand.

The Dow was set to build on yesterday’s closing high with a gain of 250 points, or 0.5%. “I think the market is happy that the constant parade of sort of crazy policy declarations or tariff threats from the White House has calmed down,” Sevens Report Research’s Tom Essaye told Barron’s. “So that’s helping.” For the S&P and Nasdaq, key Magnificent Seven stocks including Alphabet, Meta Platforms, Apple, and Nvidia were a drag.

Expect more high growth from Nvidia in the coming quarters.

MercadoLibre operates a leading digital commerce and payments ecosystem across Latin America, serving millions of merchants and consumers.

TORONTO, February 10, 2026--Appficiency Inc. ("Appficiency"), a global IT consulting firm and software business delivering AI-powered enterprise digital transformation services, today announced it has received a minority equity investment from Canadian Business Growth Fund ("CBGF"). The investment represents a major milestone in Appficiency’s growth journey and will fuel AI innovation and expanded capabilities to serve enterprise clients across multiple platforms.

The European stock markets are set to close little changed, but mostly lower in Tuesday trading as T

From its inception, Tesla was different from its fellow U.S. automakers, and with its latest decision on Full Self Driving, the company is solidifying itself as a tech company, not a car company. Unlike the Detroit Big 3, Tesla was born in Silicon Valley, and its ambitions have always matched those ...

Microsoft is exploring using superconducting power lines in its data centers, which could potentially accelerate its massive U.S. build-out of the server ​warehouses by making them more energy-efficient, the company said on Tuesday. Big Tech's effort to ‌swiftly build and electrify giant data centers across the U.S. to expand technologies like artificial intelligence has been slowed by ‌the country's aging power system and constrained electricity supplies. Microsoft said recent tests of high‑temperature superconductor cables have shown that the power lines can deliver the same amount of electricity as traditional cables while taking up less space.

A new report from Microsoft says AI agents could pose a cybersecurity threat to some businesses.

Alphabet's Google gained unconditional EU antitrust approval on ​Tuesday for its $32 billion acquisition of ‌cybersecurity company Wiz, its biggest ever deal, after regulators ‌said the deal would not raise any competition concerns. The deal, announced in March last year, would boost Google's presence in cybersecurity ⁠and in ‌the cloud computing sector where it competes with bigger rivals Amazon.com ‍and Microsoft. "Google stands behind Amazon and Microsoft in terms of market shares in cloud infrastructure, and ​our assessment confirmed that customers will continue ‌to have credible alternatives and the ability to switch providers," EU antitrust chief Teresa Ribera said in a statement.

AI chip demand continues to power record monthly revenue.

In the UK digital ad market, opportunities arise from retail media expansion, CTV growth, and AI-driven personalization. First-party data strategies gain priority amid regulatory changes, while green advertising practices emerge. Retail media and new ad formats diversify the competitive landscape. United Kingdom Digital Ad Spend Market United Kingdom Digital Ad Spend Market Dublin, Feb. 10, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "United Kingdom Digital Ad Spend Market Size & Forecast by Spend Value Across

10 Feb, 2026 @ 15:19 by Yahoo! Finance

JBL shares jump 26% in three months as AI data center demand, hyperscaler traction and rising cash flow fuel optimism.

The Italian supercar maker beat Wall Street’s profit target and issued strong margin guidance for the current year.

Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META) is one of the stocks Jim Cramer looked at recently. Cramer mentioned that the stock “mystifies” him, as he said: On Wednesday of last week, we got results from Meta, Microsoft, and Tesla… Let’s take them on one by one. Start with Meta, which initially got a lot of love, rallying […]

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) is one of the stocks Jim Cramer looked at recently. Cramer explained why the company’s stock declined recently, as he remarked: That same night, we heard from Microsoft, and the market was not amused. Mr. Softee’s Azure cloud unit saw a deceleration of its revenue growth in part because they were sending […]

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