Tag: Technology Hardware

Dell shares jump 39% after server maker reports fastest sales growth since return to public market in 2018

Dell reported its fastest pace of revenue growth for any period since its return to the public market more than seven years ago, and topped analysts’ estimates for sales and profit. The stock climbed as much as 39% in extended trading on Thursday.

Data centre operator IREN signs $1.6bn Dell deal for Blackwell systems at Texas AI campus

IREN has signed a purchase agreement with Dell to acquire air-cooled Blackwell systems for installation at its Childress, Texas data centre campus.

Huawei plans new smartphone chips this fall as rivalry with Nvidia and Apple heats up

Chinese tech giant Huawei on Monday touted a new approach to developing advanced semiconductors despite U.S. sanctions, as Nvidia struggles to sell its high-end chips in China.

IBM and Quantum Stocks Jump on Trump Administration Funding Pact. What We Know.

Quantum-computing stocks spiked Thursday after the U.S. Commerce Department confirmed it planned to award grants to nearly a dozen companies to foster the development of the domestic quantum industry.

Cisco to cut jobs so it can invest more in AI, and the stock rockets toward a record

Shares of Cisco Systems were surging into fresh record territory in early trading Thursday, after the networking giant said it would lay off workers and invest more heavily in artificial intelligence.

Datadog Stock Soars After Earnings. Why It’s a Software Bright Spot.

Shares of Datadog surged Thursday after the monitoring and analytics platform reported better-than-expected earnings and revenue for the first quarter.

Apple explores using Intel and Samsung to build main device chips in the US

Apple Inc. has held exploratory discussions about using Intel Corp. and Samsung Electronics Co. to produce the main processors for its devices in the US, a move that would offer a secondary option beyond longtime partner Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.

Apple revenue guidance tops estimates on booming iPhone, Mac demand

Apple issued a better-than-expected revenue forecast for the current period after beating on sales and earnings in the fiscal second quarter. The stock rose about 3% in extended trading.

Sandisk Falls After Strong Earnings Report. Analyst Sees Stock Hitting $2,000.

Sandisk shares fell 6.3% in premarket trading Friday even as the company posted excellent fiscal third-quarter earnings the prior afternoon. Analysts are sticking by the flash memory supplier.

Seagate Stock Jumps on Strong Earnings and Guidance. AI Continues to Drive Growth.

Hard-drive maker Seagate Technology (STX) reported third-quarter sales and earnings results well in excess of Wall Street expectations.

SAP Stock Soars After Earnings. AI Hope Defies Software Slump.

Shares in SAP (SAP) were rallying on Friday after the German tech company reported better-than-expected first-quarter profit and reiterated its 2026 cloud revenue outlook, with a caveat.

IBM Fails to Shake AI Concerns With Software Sales; Shares Drop

International Business Machines Corp. posted quarterly sales in its software unit that were in line with estimates, failing to shake investor concerns about AI disruption to its business.

Apple turns to hardware veteran Ternus as CEO to succeed Cook in AI age

Apple (AAPL) on Monday named longtime hardware boss John Ternus as its next CEO, turning ​to another insider to steer the iPhone maker after Tim Cook as it navigates a world radically altered by artificial intelligence, a technology it has lagged on.

Apple’s iPhone shipments in China surge 20% in Q1, data shows

Apple’s (AAPL.O), iPhone shipments surged 20% in China in the first quarter, ​for the strongest growth among major vendors, despite an overall decline ‌as rising prices of memory chips boosted costs, data from Counterpoint Research showed.

TSMC Earnings Beat Expectations. Why That’s Good News for Nvidia, Apple Stocks.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM) reported a sharp rise in quarterly profit as it rides the wave of demand for artificial-intelligence chips. 

Amazon to Buy Satellite Operator Globalstar for $90 a Share in Cash or Stock

Amazon agreed to acquire satellite operator Globalstar in a deal that would boost the tech giant’s efforts to build its own satellite operation.

Sandisk Stock Joining Nasdaq 100. This Software Stock Is Getting Booted Out.

Sandisk stock was rising on Monday after Nasdaq said it would be adding the flash memory product supplier to the Nasdaq 100 index.

Alibaba leads $290 million investment for building a new kind of AI model as LLM limits emerge

Alibaba Cloud is investing in a new type of artificial intelligence designed to better replicate the real world using a different approach from chatbots such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT.

Apple’s iPhone sales continue to surge as iPhone 17 outpaces iPhone 16

Apple’s (AAPL) iPhone continued strong sales last month, thanks to the popularity of the iPhone 17 line, Bernstein analysts wrote in an investor note on Monday.

Oracle names Schneider Electric’s Maxson as CFO amid soaring AI spending

Oracle on Monday appointed Hilary Maxson as chief financial officer, tapping ​an executive with experience in infrastructure and ‌energy to steer its efforts to meet surging demand for artificial intelligence and cloud services.