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Apple's frugal AI strategy saved billions while rivals committed to a spending arms race, but new reports reveal a quiet technical crisis that may force the company into an entirely different kind of expensive bet.
Investing.com -- ZTE Corp. (HK:0763) unveiled a range of smartphones with integrated artificial intelligence services, joining Chinese manufacturers seeking to make agentic AI a central part of mobile operating systems, Bloomberg reported.
ChangXin Memory Technologies is expected to raise 57.9 billion yuan, or about $8.6 billion, in its Shanghai offering.
Apple shares hit an all-time high of $334.68 on July 16. The stock was up 23% on the year, the product pipeline was looking unusually stacked, and most of the analyst community already had a Buy on it. Then, on July 17, one of the banks that had been sitting on the sidelines decided it had seen ...
Semiconductor stocks came under renewed pressure as investors continued to digest Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM)’s higher 2026 capital expenditure guidance.
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Apple is looking to expand its robotics team as it pursues innovation.
Apple briefly overtook Nvidia as the world's most valuable company Friday before the AI chip giant reclaimed its $4.92 trillion market cap by closing bell.

US equities (^DJI, ^IXIC, ^GSPC) closed Friday's session in negative territory — led by the Nasdaq Composite's 1.4% drop — all three of the market indexes seeing weekly losses amid the recent sell-off in semiconductor stocks. Yahoo Finance Markets and Data Editor Jared Blikre examines the day's market moves, taking a closer look at the losses in semiconductor stocks and the gains seen across the software landscape.
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The firm said it expects a stronger product cycle ahead.

<body><p>STORY: Apple overtook Nvidia on Friday to become the world's most valuable company, reshuffling the top ranks of tech heavyweights as investors reassess the outlook for artificial intelligence.</p><p>Apple was last valued at $4.88 trillion as its shares held steady, while Nvidia was roughly at $4.86 trillion, following a 3.5% decline.</p><p>"The apple reclamation of the largest market cap in the equity market is really a sign of the fact that investors are concerned with this level of CapEx that's being used to underwrite the AI explosion and are looking for stocks that are not spending capital investments," says Lynch.</p><p>The shift in the pecking order illustrates that investors are broadening their focus beyond the most obvious beneficiaries of the AI boom, such as Nvidia, which had been at the helm for nearly a year. </p><p>"Why is it working now for Apple? In fairness, they finally have a credible AI plan at their worldwide developer conference recently, they ruled out a new series, AI. It's going to integrate across all these different apps."</p></body>
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The CEO's capital allocation framework has significantly boosted Apple's earnings per share over the years.
Apple, which does not develop its own large language models, has gone from being seen as a laggard in the AI race to being rewarded by investors for its cautious approach and strong iPhone sales.View on euronews
The sharp rally in AI chipmakers is beginning to lose momentum. Investors are questioning whether hyperscalers can make returns that justify their massive investments, with some quietly preparing for a slowdown in the nearly $1 trillion AI spending cycle. According to UBS estimates, hyperscalers’ capex will rise 76% this year to $673 billion, but will […]
Morgan Stanley believes Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) is well positioned to benefit from a significant iPhone price increase expected this September, estimating that a roughly $200 increase could lift fiscal third-quarter 2026 earnings per share by between 2% and 4%, while adding around 1% to fiscal 2027 EPS forecasts. According to the bank, investors have yet to fully reflect this opportunity in Apple’s valuation.
Apple filed a trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI last Friday, and it’s not messing around. The complaint alleges a pattern of misconduct reaching all the way up to OpenAI’s chief hardware officer and claims more than 400 former Apple employees now work at the company. OpenAI’s response so far has been carefully hedged, and the timing couldn’t be worse with the company reportedly eyeing an IPO […]
Investing.com -- Apple Inc. and the US Justice Department are in early discussions to settle a 2024 antitrust lawsuit, Bloomberg reported Friday.