Taiwan President Lai Ching-te said on Tuesday that maintaining the political status quo is the most responsible thing the island can do to secure global supply chains as it hosts some of the world's leading technology leaders at an annual conference. Taiwan plays a pivotal role in the global artificial intelligence supply chain for companies including Nvidia and Apple, and its position is anchored by the world's largest contract chipmaker, TSMC. "As the world's need for AI grows, so too does its need for a Taiwan that is stable, trustworthy, and capable of shouldering responsibility," Lai said at the opening ceremony of Computex in Taipei, where leaders of some of the largest global technology companies are gathering.
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Monday on Wall Street, U.S. stocks ticked to more records. The S&P 500 added 0.3% to close at 7,599.96 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.1% to 51,078.88. The Nasdaq composite climbed 0.4% to 27,086.81.
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Nvidia boss Jensen Huang said on Tuesday the company has enough supply to accommodate robust growth for central processing units (CPUs) as well as graphics processing units (GPUs) as it rides a boom in artificial intelligence. Chief Executive Huang was speaking at Nvidia's GTC press conference during Computex week in Taipei, a day after the $5 trillion chip giant unveiled a new chip that processes AI capabilities directly. Nvidia's new chip, which will be launched in the fall, puts AI capabilities directly into laptops and desktop computers, pitting it against the likes of Advanced Micro Devices, Intel and Apple.
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.1% while the S&P 500 was up 0.3% and the Nasdaq Composite gained 0.4%. The tail end of a robust first-quarter earnings season, ongoing artificial intelligence strength, and inflation figures roughly in line with expectations were enough to push equities higher today—familiar trends that have helped push the Nasdaq to its best two-month stretch in decades.
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Sagar Hebbar: Thank you, and welcome to Rackspace Technologies First Quarter 2026 Earnings Conference Call. Joining me today are Gajen Kandiah, our Chief Executive Officer; and Mark Marino, our Chief Financial Officer. Rackspace Technology assumes no obligation to update the information presented on the call, except as required by law.
Gajen Kandiah: Thank you, Sagar. As a result, they are moving beyond isolated AI experiments to operating AI at scale inside core enterprise systems. AI is infusing every workload and as it becomes embedded in customer data, financial systems and regulated processes, where it runs starts to matter.
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