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Taiwan Semiconductor will be a huge winner as long as AI spending continues.
Amazon (AMZN), Microsoft (MSFT), Nvidia (NVDA), and SoftBank (SFTBY) are close to throwing a lot of money into a furnace, that is, OpenAI. The first phase of the company’s latest funding round is almost complete, and if the companies invest near the highest ranges of what has been hashed out, the ...
Chinese companies like Unitree are pushing out robots that resemble and act like humans. Progress has been swift, fueled by AI, but manufacturing costs are high.
Investing.com – UBS has aggressively raised its Corning Inc (NYSE: GLW) price target to $160 from $125 and maintained a buy rating on the stock. The aggressive move was driven by the massive wave of capital expenditure (capex) revision from leading data center hyperscalers. The analysts noted that Corning glass was set to benefit from the AI infrastructure buildout due to rising demand for fiber optic cables.
TransAlta delivers electricity from hydro, wind, solar, and gas assets to wholesale and utility markets in North America and Australia.
Impressively, Nvidia is on track to bring in almost four times as much in revenue in a single quarter as it did in all of 2021. But are things as good for the other Magnificent 7 members?
BlackLine provides cloud-based software that automates accounting and finance workflows for enterprise and mid-market clients.
The software bear market has bled into other pockets of the technology realm, and some stocks now trade at a rare discount.
Microsoft on Friday put out word that Xbox stalwart Phil Spencer is retiring, in a shakeup of leadership at the tech titan's video game unit.Spencer headed the Xbox unit for 12 of his 38 years at Microsoft, nearly tripling the size of the business as video games evolved from packaged software for consoles to subscription services and digital downloads on an array of devices.
Spencer, who has run the Xbox business since 2014 and was named gaming CEO in 2022 is retiring, the company said. Xbox games studios chief Matt Booty will become chief content officer, reporting to Sharma.
Phil Spencer oversaw the acquisitions of Minecraft and Activision Blizzard, but has struggled to keep Xbox competitive with rivals.
Microsoft-backed OpenAI expects more than $280 billion in total revenue by 2030, divided nearly equally across its consumer and enterprise units, according to CNBC, which had reported the development earlier. Altman had said last year that OpenAI is committed to spending $1.4 trillion to develop 30 gigawatts of computing resources — enough to power roughly 25 million U.S. homes.
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Microsoft said on Friday gaming head Phil Spencer is retiring after 38 years at the software maker, in a major leadership shake-up. The company named insider Asha Sharma as the executive vice president and CEO of the gaming division. In her previous role, Sharma led product development for AI models and services at Microsoft.
Meta Platforms, Amazon, Alphabet and the others have all seen their share prices trade sideways to lower over the last several month and now they look as a attractive as ever
Today, Feb. 20, 2026, funding setbacks put CoreWeave's AI build-out strategy under the microscope.
After helping Tesla join the Magnificent 7, the Model S and X will be discontinued as the company shifts focus toward robotics and an autonomous Cybercab.
Alphabet rose after rolling out its Gemini AI model to enterprise customers and announcing a new Asia commerce partnership. The move suggests investors are growing more confident that AI-driven growth can support the company’s aggressive infrastructure spending plans.
OEMs pressured as DRAM jumps 50%
US equities advanced Friday after President Donald Trump announced additional 10% global tariffs in
Microsoft Leverages AI Tools to Expand Enterprise Software Reach
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