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Exposure to the artificial-intelligence boom has become virtually impossible for investors to avoid. The theme hasn’t just cornered the stock market. It has systematically swallowed up corporate credit and venture capital, too.
The US House China committee chair has urged the Trump administration to ban US companies from buying memory chips from CXMT and YMTC to avoid...
Investing.com - U.S. stock futures were largely steady on Thursday as softer inflation data continued to support hopes that the Federal Reserve can keep interest rates on hold.
Major Taiwan computer chipmaker TSMC said Thursday it plans to spend another $100 billion on expanding its manufacturing capacity in the United States. The world's largest contract chip manufacturing and one of the world’s most valuable companies, TSMC’s results are seen as a barometer for the global chip industry and for AI at a time when worries about a potential AI bubble have been buffeting financial markets. As AI-related demand continues to surge, it has been expanding chip fabrication plants in the U.S., Japan and Taiwan.
Cooler-than-expected producer prices contributed to hopes for easing inflation on Wednesday.
Dell, Sandisk and Micron led an AI sell-off, masked by megacaps such as Apple. SpaceX undercut its IPO price. Taiwan Semi, GE Aerospace earnings are due.
Apple shares rose 4% to $327.50, a new all-time closing high. The Cyberspace Administration of China on Wednesday included Apple’s generative artificial intelligence on a list of newly approved providers. Evercore ISI analyst Amit Daryanani wrote that the update clears the biggest regulatory hurdle for Apple Intelligence—the company’s AI software—in the world’s largest smartphone market.
FINANCE U.S. stocks edged higher Wednesday as gains in megacap technology names offset weakness in chip stocks. PayPal surged on reports of a takeover offer and another round of strong bank earnings kept Wall Street in an upbeat mood.
Memory stocks plunged on Wednesday along with shares of other hardware providers for AI data centers.
On June 25, Apple told the market it was raising prices on MacBooks, iPads, and other devices to cover the cost of a global memory chip shortage. The stock fell sharply that day, wiping out everything it had gained year to date. For a company that had been on a strong run, it was a rough afternoon. ...
Apple is looking to buy chip companies to bolster its efforts to make server processors for running AI, The Information reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. • Apple's interest comes as it faces challenges with the performance of its in-house AI servers, which currently run on internally designed M2 Ultra chips, according to The Information. • It had originally planned to ship a future version of its AI server chip, known internally as "Baltra", this year, but the project has been pushed back, people familiar with the matter told The Information.
Apple is officially shopping. The iPhone maker is quietly exploring acquisitions of semiconductor startups to supercharge its artificial intelligence server capabilities, moving aggressively to close the gap in the high-stakes AI arms race. According to a report from The Information, Apple has been in active talks with investment bankers and semiconductor startups over the past few months to gauge potential buyouts. The driving force behind this push? A pressing need for more horsepower. Current
Apple’s artificial-intelligence system has secured government approval in China, clearing a major roadblock for the iPhone maker to introduce the service in the world’s largest smartphone market.
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China's cyberspace regulator said on Wednesday that Apple's on-device generative AI service "Apple Intelligence" has been registered for use on iPhones in the country. Apple's intelligence services will incorporate capabilities from Baidu and Alibaba's AI models, according to a source, who declined to be named. Apple did not immediately respond to an emailed request for comment.

JPMorgan (JPM), Citigroup (C), Bank of America (BAC), Goldman Sachs (GS), and Wells Fargo (WFC) all reported second quarter earnings results on Tuesday. Whalen Global Advisors chairman, Chris Whalen, shares his take on the recent results and his expectations for Morgan Stanley (MS) on Wednesday.
OpenAI is in an IPO pickle. A year ago, the idea of an OpenAI listing would have had Wall Street salivating, with relatively few reservations about its large financial losses or questions about its leadership. After surviving an attempted ouster two years prior, chief Sam Altman had carved OpenAI into his nascent industry’s undisputed king and hitched himself closely to the much wealthier Microsoft to bankroll growth.
The tech moguls took to X to rip each other apart again, this time over Apple's lawsuit and Musk's SpaceX IPO.
FEATURE The artificial-intelligence trade appeared to be reignited Tuesday as investors digested a slew of bank earnings reports ahead of the consumer-price index inflation report for June. International Business Machines sank 23% after the company’s preliminary second-quarter adjusted earnings and revenue missed analysts’ targets.
