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AI automation anxiety is growing as over 85,000 tech jobs were cut through April 2026. One CEO says short-term job creation will come from AI tool adoption.
Meta resolves a major school district case, but roughly 1,200 related lawsuits remain pending.
Elon Musk's private space operator, SpaceX (SPAX.PVT), released its S-1 filing this week as it plans to go public via IPO in June. The Wall Street Journal has reported that AI developer OpenAI (OPAI.PVT) is preparing to file for its own mega-IPO. As investors anticipate this mega-IPO, should they be equally cautious as they are bullish on these companies ? Portfolio Wealth Advisors president and CIO Lee Munson, Yahoo Finance Markets and Data Editor Jared Blikre, and Senior Business Reporter Ines Ferré weigh in on the wave of upcoming IPOs.
IBM (NYSE: IBM) surged 12.4% to close at $252.97 on May 21, 2026, after the Commerce Department announced $2.0 billion in quantum computing grants to nine companies. The headline? IBM secures $1 billion in government funding for a new quantum chip foundry called Anderon, with IBM matching the investment dollar-for-dollar. The stock's reaction was swift and decisive.
Buying shares in Space Exploration Technologies Corp may give investors a chance to own a piece of Elon Musk‘s vision for Mars. What it may not give them is much say in how the company is run. Buried within SpaceX’s...
A few tough things could happen to SpaceX shares when the company goes public. The stock could jump after the IPO goes live. People could then dump shares to make immediate profits. SpaceX could look like Facebook did in 2012. It went public at $38 on May 8 and moved up after that first day. ... Altria Is A Better Buy Than SpaceX
Investing.com -- Bank of America reinstated coverage of two leading small modular reactor companies in notes on Friday, initiating a Buy rating on Oklo and a Neutral rating on NuScale Power, drawing a distinction between the two based on commercial traction and business model differentiation.
Dell Technologies (NYSE:DELL) CEO Michael Dell is turning a decades-old detour into one of the largest public university donations in U.S. history. The $750 million gift to the University of Texas at Austin follows a personal history Dell tied to...
Both stocks are trading well below their usual valuation ranges by a key metric.
Meta Platforms faces pressure as founders of acquired AI startup Manus weigh a $1b buyback to unwind Meta's earlier $2b deal at the request of Beijing. The potential reversal highlights rising geopolitical scrutiny on cross border AI acquisitions and ownership. At the same time, Meta is dealing with large layoffs, heavy AI investment, and fresh lawsuits tied to scam ads and privacy in the US and EU. For investors, NasdaqGS:META now sits at a share price of $607.38 after a period where the...
META slid more than 10% in a month as heavy AI spending and valuation concerns offset strong engagement and ad tool adoption.
META is cutting 8,000 jobs and shifting thousands into AI roles as massive infrastructure spending reshapes its workforce.
(Bloomberg) -- Mega IPOs like those eyed by SpaceX and OpenAI threaten to push the weighting of tech in equity benchmarks beyond market-bubble levels of concentration, according to Bank of America Corp. strategist Michael Hartnett.Most Read from BloombergBungie Plans Layoffs After Ending ‘Destiny 2’ DevelopmentSpot the Difference: Putin Gets Trump Treatment From Xi in ChinaIran Says the US’s Latest Proposal Has ‘Narrowed the Gaps’Iran in Talks With Oman Over Permanent Hormuz Toll SystemModi’s To
Broadcom, Meta, UCLA and other partners are launching a US$125 million AI semiconductor research and talent hub over five years. The company is also working with Applied Materials on next generation AI chip packaging technologies. Both efforts focus on energy efficient, high performance AI computing and closer ties between industry and academia. For investors watching NasdaqGS:AVGO at a share price of about US$414.57, these moves sit alongside a very strong multi year share price run, with...
US President Donald Trump has postponed signing an executive order on artificial intelligence becaus
Wall Street firms raised price targets after strong cloud growth and expanding AI demand.
Five-year partnership aims to support next-generation semiconductor research.
Broadcom and Meta Trigger $125 Million AI Chip Race
Layoff notifications have long included wording about tough decisions in challenging times. Now, they're also increasingly nodding at how automation is reshaping workforces and companies' priorities.
(Updates with TikTok's response in the fourth paragraph.) Alphabet's (GOOG, GOOGL) Google, Meta P
3M (NYSE:MMM) has joined a multi source agreement with major technology companies to standardize expanded beam optical connectivity for AI infrastructure. The alliance includes firms such as AMD, Cisco, Meta, and Oracle, and targets open, interoperable specifications for hyperscale data centers. The agreement focuses on accelerating deployment of next generation optical interconnects that support robust, scalable AI systems. For investors watching NYSE:MMM, this move comes with the stock...
SpaceX accounts for 16.2% of DXYZ’s portfolio, while VCX holds Anthropic at 20.7%, OpenAI at 9.9% and SpaceX at 5%.
<body><p>STORY: Texas is suing WhatsApp and parent firm Meta.</p><p>The state says they misled consumers over the messaging app’s encryption and privacy standards.</p><p>In a statement Thursday, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said “WhatsApp markets its services as secure and encrypted, but it does not deliver on those promises”.</p><p>The lawsuit says users are given false assurance that their messages are encrypted, even though Meta and WhatsApp have access to “virtually all” private communications on the app.</p><p>A Meta spokesman called the allegations “false”, and said that WhatsApp cannot access people’s encrypted messages.</p><p>The suit seeks a court order barring access to Texans’ communications without their consent.</p><p>It also demands monetary penalties.</p><p>The legal action cites reports about a federal probe into claims that Meta had access to unencrypted WhatsApp messages.</p><p>It also refers to a whistleblower report to U.S. financial watchdogs.</p><p>Paxton’s office has previously filed similar claims against big companies, including one against Google.</p><p>Last year the search giant agreed to pay $1.375 billion to settle claims that it violated users’ data privacy.</p></body>
The Texas Attorney General’s Office on Thursday sued WhatsApp and its parent company Meta Platforms Inc alleging they misled consumers about the strength and scope of WhatsApp's encryption measures, which a Meta spokesman denied. The lawsuit in Harrison County court says WhatsApp and Meta falsely assure users that WhatsApp messages are encrypted despite having access to “virtually all” private communications on the messaging app. “WhatsApp markets its services as secure and encrypted, but it does not deliver on those promises,” Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said in a statement.
(Bloomberg) -- Intuit Inc. suffered its worst stock decline in more than two decades after announcing plans to cut about 17% of its staff and reporting slower TurboTax sales than anticipated.Most Read from BloombergSpot the Difference: Putin Gets Trump Treatment From Xi in ChinaIran Says the US’s Latest Proposal Has ‘Narrowed the Gaps’Modi’s Toffee Gift to Meloni Ignites Rally in Wrong Indian StockIran in Talks With Oman Over Permanent Hormuz Toll SystemDow Average Climbs to Record on US-Iran De
(Bloomberg) -- Intuit Inc. suffered its worst stock decline in more than two decades after announcing plans to cut about 17% of its staff and reporting slower TurboTax sales than anticipated.Most Read from BloombergSpot the Difference: Putin Gets Trump Treatment From Xi in ChinaIran Says the US's Latest Proposal Has 'Narrowed the Gaps'Modi's Toffee Gift to Meloni Ignites Rally in Wrong Indian StockIran in Talks With Oman Over Permanent Hormuz Toll SystemDow Average Climbs to Record on US-Iran De
(Bloomberg) -- Intuit Inc. suffered its worst stock decline in more than two decades after announcing plans to cut about 17% of its staff and reporting slower TurboTax sales than anticipated.Most Read from BloombergSpot the Difference: Putin Gets Trump Treatment From Xi in ChinaIran Says the US’s Latest Proposal Has ‘Narrowed the Gaps’Modi’s Toffee Gift to Meloni Ignites Rally in Wrong Indian StockIran in Talks With Oman Over Permanent Hormuz Toll SystemDow Average Climbs to Record on US-Iran De
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