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Watchdog questions AI integration and subscription disclosures.

On June 14, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella published a 1,200-word essay on X titled "A frontier without an ecosystem is not stable." It got 28 million views. The essay drew a direct line between AI concentration and globalization and argued that the AI industry is heading toward the same kind of ...

By Stella Qiu SYDNEY, June 26 (Reuters) - Asian shares eased from record highs on Friday as hefty price hikes from Apple showed the downside of the boom in chip demand, while only the threat of

U.S. stock markets are mostly headed for a month in the red amid a downbeat streak for technology names.

An OpenAI IPO may not happen this year. Advisors are telling CEO Sam Altman to wait, citing the SpaceX IPO and recent market action.

TECHnalysis Research President Bob O'Donnell joins Josh Lipton on Market Domination to break down Micron's (MU) strong earnings beat and what it could mean for a broader tech rally rebound.

June 25 (Reuters) - Microsoft's Xbox is raising prices of its gaming consoles by up to $150 worldwide, citing a deepening global components crisis that has sent storage and memory costs soaring across

(Bloomberg) -- Microsoft Corp. announced a third substantial price increase for the company’s current-generation Xbox video-game consoles in a glaring example of the component shortage crisis that has universally driven up the cost of consumer tech products.Most Read from BloombergInvestor Who Scored 900% Win in 2008 Crisis Has New Big Short BetStocks Whipsaw as Micron Surges While Apple Sinks: Markets WrapGrand Ole Opry House Up For Sale by Owner Ryman HospitalityMicron Shares Soar After AI-Fue

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AI models can be ‘like schizophrenic geniuses,’ says CEO who raised $100 million in round led by Khosla Ventures.

(Bloomberg) -- Revenue from artificial intelligence has reached a tipping point, showing that the hundreds of billions of dollars tech companies are spending on it may be economically sustainable, according to a report from research firm Exponential View. Most Read from BloombergInvestor Who Scored 900% Win in 2008 Crisis Has New Big Short BetGrand Ole Opry House Up For Sale by Owner Ryman HospitalityStocks Slide as Wall Street Gets AI Wake-Up Call: Markets WrapStocks Climb Late After Micron’s B

By Caroline Valetkevitch and Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK, June 25 (Reuters) - Investors expect heavy trading volume on Friday to reflect changes to the Russell indexes, including reclassifications for

Under the Digital Markets Act, the companies would be treated as gatekeepers for their cloud computing services and required to take extra steps to ensure they don’t stifle competition.

Amazon and Microsoft's cloud computing services should ‌be designated gatekeepers under EU ‌rules aimed at reining in the power ​of Big Tech, EU antitrust regulators said on Thursday. Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure, the two largest ‌cloud providers globally, ⁠should be designated gatekeepers under the Digital Markets Act ⁠which sets out a list of dos and don'ts to ensure ​a level ​playing field, ​the European Commission ‌said. The preliminary findings by the EU competition enforcer came after a seven-month long investigation.

A coalition of employers and state governments says it is developing a sweeping strategy to help workers respond to the AI age.

June 25 (Reuters) - Nasdaq futures jumped 2% on Thursday after upbeat forecasts from chipmakers Micron and Qualcomm pointed to strong demand for artificial intelligence infrastructure, lifting

By Ankur Banerjee SINGAPORE, June 25 (Reuters) - Asian equities surged on Thursday after strong earnings and forecasts from chip giants Micron and Qualcomm helped alleviate some concerns over the red-

Demand for memory chips is pushing prices higher. Will AI’s promise of increased productivity come in time to temper that inflation?

By Jamie McGeever ORLANDO, Florida, June 24 (Reuters) - U.S. bond yields tumbled on Wednesday as oil's slide to a four-month low eased inflation fears, although the relief wasn't felt as much in

Qualcomm is expected to use its investor day on Wednesday to lay out a push beyond its core smartphone business into ‌the fast-growing, but highly competitive, market for AI data center chips. Analysts ‌expect the San Diego-based company to name new customers for its AI chips as it tries to ​gain a foothold in a market dominated by Nvidia. The shift reflects mounting pressure in the smartphone market, where Qualcomm is one of the world’s largest chip suppliers to Android device makers.

Alphabet's inclusion in the Dow gives the 130-year-old blue-chip index a dose of the same mega-cap tech trade already dominating the Nasdaq 100.

​📈 Follow our live markets data and coverage. Wharton School finance professor Jeremy Siegel, a cheerleader for staying invested as the 1990s bull market bubbled higher, made a surprising argument at the time. The boom-and-bust Nifty Fifty stocks of the early 1970s, long trotted out as a cautionary tale of falling in love with one group, weren’t so bad.

Amazon’s chief executive has said that power is the “single biggest constraint” in its cloud and artificial-intelligence business. Here, Amazon has an incumbent advantage. It is the world’s largest cloud provider and has been building a lot of data centers over the past two decades.

(Bloomberg) -- Micron Technology Inc.’s earnings report on Wednesday afternoon is shaping up to be one of the most important in months as investors find themselves suddenly on edge over the sustainability of the AI rally.Most Read from BloombergStocks Slide as Wall Street Gets AI Wake-Up Call: Markets WrapOracle Cut 21,000 Jobs in 12 Months, Says AI Replaced Some Roles‘FOMO Really Got Me’: Taiwanese Go Deep Into Debt to Amp 100% Stock RallySpaceX Falls for Third Day, Erases $600 Billion in Marke

(Bloomberg) -- ByteDance Ltd., the developer of TikTok, is in preliminary talks with banks for a borrowing of about $20 billion, people familiar with the matter said, in what would be the firm’s largest offshore loan yet at a time when it’s boosting investments in artificial intelligence.Most Read from BloombergStocks Slide as Wall Street Gets AI Wake-Up Call: Markets WrapOracle Cut 21,000 Jobs in 12 Months, Says AI Replaced Some Roles‘FOMO Really Got Me’: Taiwanese Go Deep Into Debt to Amp 100%

Google parent Alphabet will be added to the Dow Jones Industrial Average beginning Monday, the index’s operator, S&P Global, said Tuesday. The company represents the fifth of the so-called Magnificent Seven growth stocks to enter the price-weighted index, which has historically been less vulnerable to tech swings than the Nasdaq Composite Index or the S&P 500. “Adding Alphabet will broaden and strengthen the DJIA’s exposure to these dynamic areas of the U.S. economy,” S&P said in a written statement.

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Retail investors have spent decades watching Bill Ackman make concentrated bets from the outside, The Motley Fool noted, piecing together his moves through quarterly filings that arrive months after the trades close. That dynamic changed when Pershing Square USA (PSUS) began trading on the New York ...

Technology companies are spending big to incorporate artificial intelligence into their businesses and to build huge data centers. Investors who had jumped on the bandwagon appear to be having second thoughts. Just four companies — Alphabet, Amazon, Meta Platforms and Microsoft — plan to spend up to $720 billion this year, primarily on AI data centers.