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China Tech Earnings Renew Focus on Hardware Stocks Over Internet

(Bloomberg) -- Chinese tech firms' early earnings are giving hardware stocks renewed momentum, while internet platforms still struggle to show a full consumer‑demand recovery. Most Read from Bloomberg Selena Gomez Accused of Fraud by Mental-Health Startup Investors Anthropic in Talks to Buy AI Startup …

Uber partners with China's Pony.ai for 2,000 robotaxis in Europe

BEIJING — U.S. ride-hailing giant Uber is ramping up its global robotaxi coverage with operator Pony.ai. The companies plan to deploy 2,000 of Pony.ai's self-driving taxis across Europe, and expand the robotaxi partnership to the Middle East, they announced Friday. In late March, Uber …

Why Upwork (UPWK) Stock Is Nosediving

Why Upwork (UPWK) Stock Is Nosediving What Happened? Shares of online work marketplace Upwork (NASDAQ:UPWK) fell 10.2% in the morning session after the company reported second-quarter results accompanied by weak forward guidance, prompting multiple analysts to lower their price targets. While the company beat …

UPWK Q2 Deep Dive: AI Transition and Client Acquisition Challenges Shape Outlook

UPWK Q2 Deep Dive: AI Transition and Client Acquisition Challenges Shape Outlook Online work marketplace Upwork (NASDAQ:UPWK) announced better-than-expected revenue in Q2 CY2026, but sales fell by 1.7% year on year to $191.7 million. On the other hand, next quarter's revenue guidance of $180 …

Berkshire Bought Alphabet Stock in Q2—and Maybe Microsoft Too

A Berkshire filing reveals a very active quarter for buying stocks, including Alphabet. Microsoft might have been another big purchase. Continue Reading

Meta removes 750K+ under-16 accounts in Australia—Here's how AI is helping

[Meta European head office] Derick Hudson Meta Platforms (META [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/META]) announced on Thursday that it has revoked access to more than 750K Facebook and Instagram accounts in Australia that it assessed as belonging to users under 16 since complying with the country’s social media …

Meta Remains a Deeply Discounted Giant: Wall Street Expects 30% Gains, One Analyst Expects 100%

Quick Read Meta trades 26% below Wall Street's $754 average price target, with 55 of 62 analysts holding Buy ratings despite a brutal post-earnings selloff. META's $31 billion quarterly capex cratered free cash flow 91%, yet analyst conviction dwarfs digital ad peers RDDT and …

Google, Meta, Reddit, Snap, and TikTok for Business Workspaces Expand StationOne™ by Kochava Ecosystem Momentum

Teams can streamline campaign creation, audience and creative operations, and reporting across leading platforms through a governed StationOne experience StationOne by KochavaGoogle, Meta, Reddit, Snap, and TikTok for Business Workspaces Expand StationOne™ by Kochava Ecosystem Momentum SANDPOINT, Idaho, Aug. 13, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- …

Big Tech Drives Up Credit Risk for Safe Firms With No AI Links

(Bloomberg) -- As a flood of debt sales by US tech companies ripples through the credit market, it seems to be triggering an inadvertent rise in risk metrics for some of the world's safest firms. Most Read from Bloomberg Walter Sells Lakers, Seeks More …

Stocks Close Higher on Favorable CPI Report and Positive AI News

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) on Wednesday rose +0.26%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI) (DIA) fell -0.04%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) rose +0.74%. September E-mini S&P futures (ESU26) rose +0.31%, and September E-mini Nasdaq futures (NQU26) rose +0.71%. Stocks …

How Investors May Respond To Meta Platforms (META) Youth Trial Amid Expanding Open‑Weight AI Push

In recent weeks, Meta Platforms has launched a series of open‑weight AI models like Muse Spark 1.2 and Muse Glimmer, ramped up multibillion‑dollar data‑center commitments, and appeared at major industry events, all while facing escalating global scrutiny over its AI products and data practices. …

Zillow (ZG) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript

Image source: The Motley Fool. DATE Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026 at 5:00 p.m. ET CALL PARTICIPANTS Investor Relations - Bradley Allen BerningChief Executive Officer - Jeremy WacksmanChief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer - Jeremy Hofmann TAKEAWAYS Total Revenue -- $772 million, representing 18% …

What Is Micron Technology (MU) Up Against In The New AI Stock Race?

Track your investments for FREE with Simply Wall St, the portfolio command center trusted by over 7 million individual investors worldwide. Micron Technology (NasdaqGS:MU) sits at the center of a shift in AI market leadership as investors increasingly compare chipmakers with cloud hyperscalers like …

Amazon's Zoox Launches Paid Robotaxi Service In Las Vegas and Says 'We Need To Be Regulated'— The Smoke Incident That Prompted a Recall Explains Why

Benzinga and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below. Zoox CEO Aicha Evans backed stronger federal oversight of autonomous vehicles as the Amazon.com Inc. subsidiary began charging passengers for driverless rides in Las Vegas, weeks after …

CoreWeave Has $104 Billion of Contracted Revenue and a $59 Billion Market Value

Key Points CoreWeave's revenue backlog reached about $104 billion at the end of June, up from $30.1 billion a year earlier. Second-quarter revenue rose 112% year over year to $2.6 billion, while the company's net loss widened to $626 million. Management raised its 2026 …

Pinterest’s Q2 Earnings Call: Our Top 5 Analyst Questions

Pinterest's Q2 Earnings Call: Our Top 5 Analyst Questions Pinterest's second quarter results were met with a negative market response, despite exceeding Wall Street's expectations for revenue and non-GAAP profitability. Management attributed the quarter's performance to continued user momentum, especially among Gen Z, and …

Erock (EROC) Soars 23% as Anthropic Deal Brightens Outlook

Erock Inc. (NYSE:EROC) jumped by 22.84 percent on Wednesday to finish at $13.82 apiece amid the long-term growth prospects from its recent deal with Anthropic that boosted its backlog to close to $2 billion. In an updated report on the same day, the onsite …

Credo Brands Marketing Ltd (NSE:MUFTI) (Q1 2027) Earnings Call Highlights: Transformation Phase ...

This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Release Date: August 12, 2026 For the complete transcript of the earnings call, please refer to the full earnings call transcript. Positive Points Revenue grew 5% year-on-year to approximately Rs 125 crore in Q1 FY27, reflecting steady performance …

Infiltrated: North Korea's Secret U.S. Workforce

North Korean operatives are using stolen identities, AI and American accomplices to land jobs at U.S. companies, funneling millions back to the regime. WSJ's yearlong investigation reveals how one team infiltrated eight companies in just a few months. View Comments

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Baidu (BIDU) Stock Looks Cheap At First Glance After 30% Drop

Find winning stocks in any market cycle. Join 7 million investors using Simply Wall St's investing ideas for FREE. Baidu's share price has dropped sharply year to date, yet the stock still screens as undervalued on market multiples while scoring poorly on broader valuation …

Q2 Earnings Scorecard: Record Margins, Strong Beats, and Upward Revisions

Note: The following is an excerpt from this week's Earnings Trends report. You can access the full report that contains detailed historical actual and estimates for the current and following periods, please click here>>> Here are the key points: For the 451 S&P 500 …

Expert urges investors to spread bets across the 'AI universe'

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Abbott Laboratories (ABT) Ties Lingo Glucose Data To AI Health Tools

Get insights on thousands of stocks from the global community of over 7 million individual investors at Simply Wall St. Abbott Laboratories (NYSE:ABT) and Google Health announced a multi year partnership to integrate Abbott's Lingo biowearable glucose data with Google's AI driven consumer health …

Google’s Pixel 11 isn’t the story; Gemini AI is

Yahoo Finance Tech Editor joins Josh Lipton on Market Domination Overtime to discuss Google's (GOOG, GOOGL) new Pixel 11 smartphone lineup and its deeper integration of Gemini AI. Video Transcript 00:00 Speaker A This is their kind of, you know, big push that they're …

Dunamis Woman Enterprise Named No. 3,465 On The 2026 Inc. 5000 List, The Most Prestigious Ranking Of America's Fastest-Growing Private Companies

Company Recognized for 82% Three-Year Revenue Growth, Earning a Place Among the Nation's Most Successful Independent Businesses ATLANTA, Aug. 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Dunamis Woman Enterprise, a faith-based organization that offers community, courses, and coaching to support women's personal growth and development, has announced …

Wells Fargo Has Fresh Message for Microsoft Investors

This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Wells Fargo sees therapid improvement of open AI models as a potential tailwind for Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) and ServiceNow (NYSE:NOW), arguing that cheaper intelligence could strengthen established software platforms rather than disrupt them. The key investor implication is that …

Google Takes Bigger Swing at Apple With Pixel 11

This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) is raising the stakes in its hardware battle with Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), unveiling a pricier Pixel 11 lineup built around deeper Gemini integration just weeks before Apple's expected annual iPhone refresh. The $100 increase on Google's base …

Google Raises Pixel 11 Prices by $100

This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Higher memory costs are starting to affect consumer electronics more directly, Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL, Financials), the parent of Google, upped pricing on its new Pixel 11 smartphone range. The Pixel 11 starts at $899, with the Pixel 11 …

SENA Health Named No. 400 on the 2026 Inc. 5000 List, the Most Prestigious Ranking of America's Fastest-Growing Private Companies

Company Recognized for 884% Three-Year Revenue Growth, Earning a Place Among the Nation's Most Successful Independent Businesses MULLICA HILL, N.J., Aug. 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- SENA Health today announced it has been ranked No. 400 on the 2026 Inc. 5000 list, the annual list …

Can Ryanair’s (RYAAY) New AI Deal Offset Its Falling Fares?

Ryanair (NASDAQ:RYAAY) just handed Google a five-year cloud contract, and the timing says a lot. On August 12, Europe's largest airline by passenger numbers said it would deploy Gemini AI tools and DeepMind models across its operations, rolling out Google Workspace and Google Cloud …

Meta PR Goes Back to Playing Offense

In light of sinking public opinion and the company’s thousands of lawsuits from states, school districts, parents, and users, Meta’s public relations have been defensive. “It is surprising that the discourse from many developing AI is so filled with doom,” Zuckerberg wrote. Continue Reading

Shopify Inc. (SHOP) Soars as Jim Cramer Applauds AI-Driven Business Formation

Software platforms faced selling pressure due to concerns that generative AI tools would replace traditional software architectures. However, Shopify Inc. (NASDAQ:SHOP) broke away from sector headwinds after second-quarter financial results showed AI tools driving business formation rather than displacing its e-commerce infrastructure. Because Shopify …