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IBM has agreed to buy HRL Laboratories, a private quantum computing research lab jointly owned by Boeing Co and General Motors, the ‌company said on Thursday, adding a second pillar to IBM's quantum computing efforts. IBM has been racing ‌against Alphabet's Google, Microsoft and others to create practical quantum machines that can crack problems that would take conventional computers thousands ​of years to solve. In May, U.S. President Donald Trump's administration said it would award $1 billion to IBM to set up a new company called Anderon in New Albany, New York, to serve as a chip factory for U.S. quantum computing firms.

Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) shares fell almost 3% after hours, wiping almost $125 billion from its valuation, despite second-quarter results that beat Wall Street forecasts on both revenue and earnings. The Google parent reported revenue of $119.8 billion and earnings per share of $9.11,...

S&P 500 member United Rentals soared on stronger-than-forecast Q2 results after Wednesday's close as Google got a late-day haircut. AI data center construction has helped supercharge earnings for URI, which provides a one-stop shop for large construction projects. Google's plan to keep boosting capital spending suggests the demand environment for heavy machinery will keep shining, even as it may slow the pay-off for AI hyperscalers.

Google's cloud business grew by more than 80 percent, the company said on Wednesday, which exceeded investor expectations who are looking for signs that the company's AI investments are paying off. "Our AI investments are redefining what’s possible across every part of our business," Pichai said.

Alphabet topped Wall Street estimates for quarterly cloud revenue growth on Wednesday, as the Google parent benefited from strong demand for its cloud computing services from ‌enterprises worldwide thanks to the AI boom. Revenue at Google Cloud rose 82% to $24.8 billion ‌during the quarter ended June, accelerating from the 63% jump reported in the preceding three months. The third-largest cloud services provider behind Amazon Web Services and Microsoft, Google has seen demand surge as companies race to secure the cloud capacity needed to develop, train and run AI models, helping it land ‌major deals with firms, including Anthropic.

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U.S. futures declined amid rising oil prices as the conflict in the Middle East intensifies ahead of the peak earnings season.

Alphabet and Apple both crushed their last quarters, but they are running completely opposite playbooks heading into earnings season. One is burning through cash to own the AI future while the other hands it back to shareholders, and only one setup looks sharp right now.

Micron stock and SK Hynix were rising ahead of Big Tech earnings but there is a risk that big customers will look to sidestep soaring memory costs.

The rebound comes after weeks of intense selling, partly due to concerns that hyperscalers would continue investing the massive sums in AI development they had committed at the start of the year.

By Tharuniyaa Lakshmi and Purvi Agarwal July 21 (Reuters) - European shares edged higher on Tuesday after kicking off the week on the back foot, as reports of U.S.-Iran mediation efforts pushed oil

Chip stocks staged a comeback on Monday, gaining at the close after a sharp selloff last week.

Semiconductor shares led markets higher as investors awaited results from more than 80 S&P 500 companies.

The parabolic AI trade has sent many chip stocks to the moon, as investors have bet that hyperscalers such as Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and Meta will continue to aggressively expand AI capital expenditures. However, the rally now faces significant headwinds, with valuation and revenue sustainability concerns resurfacing amid rising competition from cheaper Chinese models. The […]

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Intel Stock Pops as Investors Bet on Earnings and Google AI Expansion

Wall Street is coming into a busy week of earnings with high expectations.

US stock futures pointed higher on Monday as attention turned to a bumper week of Big Tech earnings, even with the US-Iran conflict grinding into its tenth day. Dow futures edged up 0.2%, S&P 500 contracts added 0.3%, and the Nasdaq-100 popped 0.7%, a welcome bounce after a bruising week...

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The market is pricing Alphabet like a legacy ad company with an AI problem, and that gap between perception and reality is exactly where the opportunity lives ahead of the July 22 earnings report.

Chinese rival to Micron could shake up the chip market, U.S. will put 25% tariff on some Brazilian goods, United Airlines raises full-year guidance, and more news to start your day.

Wall Street digests a cooler than expected inflation read and ASML's bullish outlook on the AI bo

Goldman Sachs, investment banker to SpaceX and Alphabet, rode the AI investment boom to a huge Q2 earnings beat. The Stock Of The Day soared.

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Shares of the Chinese artificial-intelligence company rose sharply after it announced plans for a US$4 billion fundraising to support growth, despite pricing the new shares at a discount.

Broadcom (AVGO) will develop custom microchips for Apple's (AAPL) products under an expanded partner

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Meta shares soared nearly 9% Wednesday on a report that the company is wading into the business of selling cloud computing services and access to AI models.

Alphabet (GOOGL) just got one of the most renowned promotions in the stock market. Google parent Alphabet officially entered the Dow Jones Industrial Average on June 29, replacing Verizon Communications (VZ) and giving the 30-stock blue-chip index a stronger stake in the artificial intelligence ...

Tech bull Dan Ives of Wedbush initiated coverage of SpaceX with an Outperform rating and a $190 price target, weighing in on a stock that has whipsawed investors in the three weeks since its record-setting initial public offering. Ives sees SpaceX as a player in the hyperscaler wars too.