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OpenAI’s AMD Mega-Deal Sparks an AI “Mega-Blob” – 6GW of Chips, a 10% Stake, and a $100B Bet

OpenAI’s AMD Mega-Deal Sparks an AI “Mega-Blob” – 6GW of Chips, a 10% Stake, and a $100B Bet

A $100 Billion+ Chip Deal: OpenAI’s Bet on 6 GW of AMD GPUs OpenAI’s new partnership with AMD, announced on October 6, 2025, is staggering in scope – even by the outsized standards of the AI industry. OpenAI will buy up to 6 gigawatts of AMD’s Instinct data center GPUs over the next several years ts2.tech. To put that in perspective, 6 GW of computing is on the order of hundreds of thousands of high-end chips, enough to fill multiple giant data centers devoted entirely to artificial intelligence workloads ts2.tech. Sam Altman, OpenAI’s CEO, said AMD will be a “core strategic compute partner” providing the massive
8 October 2025
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BTQ Technologies (BTQ) Stock Surges on Quantum Security Buzz: Latest News, Analysis & Forecasts

BTQ Technologies (BTQ) Stock Surges on Quantum Security Buzz: Latest News, Analysis & Forecasts

Company Overview BTQ Technologies (based in Vancouver, Canada) is a young player at the intersection of quantum computing and cybersecurity. Founded in 2021, BTQ’s mission is to safeguard critical networks and blockchain applications against future quantum attacksts2.techstocktwits.com. The company is developing post-quantum cryptography solutions – encryption tools designed to withstand decryption by quantum computers – and even designing custom hardware to accelerate these quantum-resistant algorithmsts2.tech. For example, BTQ is working on a specialized chip architecture to speed up post-quantum encryption for uses like digital payments and secure communications. After operating as a private/Canadian-listed firm (it went public on a Canadian exchange in 2023 amid growing
8 October 2025
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Alibaba’s 2025 Tech Rally: AI Gold Rush, Stock Soars & What’s Next for 9988.HK

Alibaba’s 2025 Tech Rally: AI Gold Rush, Stock Soars & What’s Next for 9988.HK

Stock Performance & Recent News Rally to Multi-Year Highs: Alibaba’s stock has staged a remarkable comeback in 2025. After two difficult years, the shares rebounded with powerful momentum this year, fueled largely by optimism around the company’s tech initiatives and a brighter Chinese policy environment. By early October, 9988.HK had climbed to about HK$183 per share, marking its highest level since 2021ts2.tech. This represents roughly an 85–90% gain year-to-datets2.tech – a stark outperformance versus the broader market (for context, the NYSE Composite was up only ~12% over the same period)ts2.tech. The rally accelerated in late September, when a series of bullish catalysts converged. On September 24, CEO
8 October 2025
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Turkey’s Gas Revolution: Erdogan’s LNG Pivot Threatens Russia & Iran’s Energy Grip

Turkey’s Gas Revolution: Erdogan’s LNG Pivot Threatens Russia & Iran’s Energy Grip

Turkey’s Gas Pivot: LNG Deals and Domestic Production Turkey is undertaking a strategic overhaul of its gas supply. Once overwhelmingly dependent on pipeline gas from Russia and Iran, Ankara is now doubling down on alternative sources. State energy company BOTAŞ has struck a flurry of long-term LNG deals with a range of suppliers. In September, it signed a landmark 20-year agreement with Mercuria to import about 4 bcm of U.S. LNG annually starting in 2026 tradingview.com. This single deal will total roughly 70 bcm over two decades. Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar hailed it as a “milestone” for Turkey’s energy security,
8 October 2025
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Tilray Stock Skyrockets 300% on Cannabis Reform Hopes – Is TLRY’s Rally Sustainable?

Tilray Stock Skyrockets 300% on Cannabis Reform Hopes – Is TLRY’s Rally Sustainable?

Tilray’s Stock Price Soars on Reform Speculation Tilray’s stock has been on a tear in recent months, staging a stunning turnaround from penny-stock levels. The share price has quadrupled since early July – rising from well under $0.5 to around $1.7 by early October Nasdaq. Year-to-date, TLRY is up ~22% (as of Oct. 8) after being down over 20% mid-year Talkmarkets Hi Plainscoop. This rebound has rescued Tilray from the brink of a Nasdaq delisting – the company had even sought a compliance extension when its shares languished below $1 in the summer Hi Plainscoop. The rally hit overdrive in late September 2025. On September 29, Tilray
8 October 2025
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Tilray Stock Skyrockets 300% on Cannabis Reform Hopes – Will TLRY’s Rally Last?

Tilray Stock Skyrockets 300% on Cannabis Reform Hopes – Will TLRY’s Rally Last?

Recent News & Stock Performance (October 2025) Tilray’s stock has been on a wild ride in early October 2025, propelled by a flurry of cannabis policy news. In the first week of October, TLRY jumped over 8% in one day (Oct 7) after an apparent breakthrough in U.S. marijuana reform sentimentnasdaq.comnasdaq.com. The trigger: several prominent Republican senators voiced unexpected support for easing federal cannabis laws, and former President Donald Trump – now in his second term – signaled openness to rescheduling marijuana. MarijuanaMoment reports that in late September, Trump shared a video touting CBD’s health benefits for seniors, and GOP
8 October 2025
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374Water (SCWO) Stock Surges on PFAS Tech Buzz: Will This ‘Forever Chemicals’ Slayer Fuel a Cleantech Rally?

374Water (SCWO) Stock Surges on PFAS Tech Buzz: Will This ‘Forever Chemicals’ Slayer Fuel a Cleantech Rally?

Company Overview: “Destroying” Waste with Supercritical Water 374Water Inc. (NASDAQ: SCWO) is a North Carolina-based cleantech company that has developed a novel waste-processing system called AirSCWO (Air-Assisted Supercritical Water Oxidation). This technology uses supercritical water (high-temperature, high-pressure water) to oxidize and break down organic waste – including sewage sludge, industrial waste, and PFAS-laced materials – into harmless end products Nasdaq Nasdaq. The process yields clean water, mineral solids, and heat energy, essentially offering a “closed-loop” waste-to-energy solution that leaves no persistent pollutants Nasdaq Nasdaq. 374Water’s mission is to eradicate “forever chemicals” and other tough waste streams that traditional methods can’t
8 October 2025
Zeta Network Group (ZNB) Skyrockets on Crypto Pivot – What’s Behind the 200% Surge?

ZNB Stock Skyrockets 250% on Bitcoin Partnership – Can the Crypto Rally Last?

Latest News: Bitcoin Partnership Spurs Explosive Rally Zeta Network Group made headlines on October 7, 2025 by unveiling a new partnership with SOLV Foundation, a multi-chain Bitcoin staking and finance platform. The news was a game-changer for ZNB’s stock: shares surged over 200% in pre-market trading, briefly exceeding $5 per sharecoincentral.com. This strategic tie-up aims to put Zeta’s dormant Bitcoin holdings to work. According to the company’s release, ZNB will deposit its Bitcoin treasury assets into SOLV’s $2.5 billion Total Value Locked platform to earn yield and gain transparency via a regulated custodianinvesting.comprnewswire.com. In practice, Zeta is shifting from simply holding
8 October 2025
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AI‑Powered Future: ABB Stock Soars After Mega Robotics Deal – What Investors Need to Know Now

AI‑Powered Future: ABB Stock Soars After Mega Robotics Deal – What Investors Need to Know Now

Key Facts (as of 8 Oct 2025) Metric Value Evidence Stock price ~58.46 CHF per share (closing price 7 Oct 2025digrin.com) with a forecast fair opening on 8 Oct of ~58.68 CHFstockinvest.us. The stock had risen in seven of the prior ten trading days, gaining ~2.38 % over two weeksstockinvest.us. Digrin, StockInvest Market cap ≈US$135 billioncompaniesmarketcap.com. CompaniesMarketCap Trailing P/E ratio ~32.4×companiesmarketcap.com (up from 25× at end‑2024). CompaniesMarketCap Dividend yield (TTM) ≈1.53 % with an annual dividend of US$1.13 per ADRcompaniesmarketcap.com. ABB has paid a dividend for 22 consecutive yearscompaniesmarketcap.com. CompaniesMarketCap Major news (late Sept – 8 Oct 2025) ABB announced SoftBank would buy its Robotics division for US$5.4 billion, reversing a planned spin‑offnew.abb.com. The 7,000‑employee
8 October 2025
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Confluent, Inc. (CFLT) – Will a Real‑Time Data Pioneer Become a Takeover Target? (October 8 2025)

Confluent, Inc. (CFLT) – Will a Real‑Time Data Pioneer Become a Takeover Target? (October 8 2025)

Stock Price & Short‑Term Performance Confluent trades on the NASDAQ under ticker CFLT. According to the company’s historical price lookup, the stock closed at $21.26 on 6 Oct 2025 and dropped to $20.73 on 7 Octinvestors.confluent.io. Technical analysis from StockInvest.us notes the stock fell 2.49 % on 7 Oct, trading between $20.12 and $21.33, and it has declined in six of the last ten sessionsstockinvest.us. Volume was ~7 M shares, lower than earlier sessions, suggesting reduced riskstockinvest.us. The near‑term outlook is cautious: the share price is in a falling short‑term trend with predicted downside of almost 19 % if the trend persists. However, both short‑ and long‑term
8 October 2025
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From Tennis Ball Launchers to Tokenized Equities: What Connexa Sports (YYAI) – Now AiRWA – Means for Investors in 2025

From Tennis Ball Launchers to Tokenized Equities: What Connexa Sports (YYAI) – Now AiRWA – Means for Investors in 2025

Stock Price & Recent Performance A micro‑cap stock in free‑fall After trading between $1 and $3 for much of August 2025, Connexa Sports’ share price crashed when it announced a $500 million joint‑venture with crypto exchange JuCoin to build the AiRWA real‑world‑asset (RWA) platform. The combination of extreme volatility, negligible support levels and negative technical indicators means YYAI is behaving like a speculative penny stock rather than an established sports‑technology player. Macrotrends & long‑term view Historical data compiled by Macrotrends shows the magnitude of the decline: the share price averaged $1.4475 in 2025, opened the year at $1.27, reached a high
8 October 2025
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Gold Hits $4,000 as AI Frenzy Pushes Stocks Near Record – Boom or Bust Ahead?

Gold Hits $4,000 as AI Frenzy Pushes Stocks Near Record – Boom or Bust Ahead?

Gold Soars to Record High as Risks Mount Gold’s astonishing climb to record highs above $4,000 per ounce underscores how anxious the global backdrop has become. The metal has spiked over 50% in 2025, an “unbelievable” rally that signals “something bad is happening and that we should be nervous,” warns Dan Smith, a commodity analytics director reuters.com. Indeed, analysts say little stands in the way of gold’s surge given the current climate reuters.com. Virtually every classic gold driver is flashing green: geopolitical strife, economic uncertainty, and expectations of easier monetary policy have all converged. “Right now, everything that is a
8 October 2025
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Dogecoin Whales Rock the Price – Is a $0.30 Breakout Next?

Dogecoin Whales Rock the Price – Is a $0.30 Breakout Next?

Roller-Coaster Week for DOGE Prices Early October 2025 has been a roller-coaster ride for Dogecoin. After steadily rising into the first week of “Uptober” – even briefly peaking around $0.2701 – the meme-inspired cryptocurrency was met with intense selling pressure at that level coindesk.com. On October 7, large holders (“whales”) apparently took profits en masse near the $0.27 resistance, triggering a sharp intraday drop of about 8% coindesk.com. During the steepest two-hour downturn, over a billion DOGE changed hands as stop-losses cascaded and short-term traders bailed out coindesk.com. This whale-driven wave of liquidations pushed Dogecoin down to the mid-$0.24s at
8 October 2025
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Mystery $75M Bet Propels POET Technologies – Tiny Optical Chipmaker Rides AI Gold Rush

Mystery $75M Bet Propels POET Technologies – Tiny Optical Chipmaker Rides AI Gold Rush

$75 Million Infusion Fuels AI Connectivity Expansion POET’s $75 million capital raise – a non-brokered private placement of ~13.64 million shares (with warrants) – marks a major vote of confidence in the company’s technology ts2.tech. “This is the largest single investment in POET’s history,” noted CEO Dr. Suresh Venkatesan, adding it boosts POET’s balance sheet to $150 M+ cash and no debt ts2.tech ts2.tech. The deal was funded by a single institutional backer (whose identity was not disclosed), sparking speculation of a potential strategic partner behind the scenes ts2.tech. With this hefty war chest, management plans to “scale up [POET’s] growth ambitions in the
8 October 2025
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XRP Plunges Below $3 as ETF Delays Stir Market Jitters – Will Ripple’s Token Rebound?

XRP Plunges Below $3 as ETF Delays Stir Market Jitters – Will Ripple’s Token Rebound?

XRP Price Slides Under $3 Amid Market Pullback XRP’s price took a sharp turn downward on Tuesday, Oct. 7, breaking below the psychological $3 level as crypto markets turned “risk-off.” The token dropped about 4.5% on the day, closing around $2.85 fxleaders.com. Earlier in the session XRP had climbed above $3 (tapping resistance near $3.07) before a wave of profit-taking – led by some large institutional wallets – knocked it back down fxleaders.com. This pullback mirrored a broader market correction: Bitcoin slid ~2.4% and the overall crypto market shed roughly 2% in value, as traders cooled off after last week’s
8 October 2025
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Bitcoin’s Rollercoaster: New $126K High, Sudden Dip – Will It Hit $140K Next?

Bitcoin’s Rollercoaster: New $126K High, Sudden Dip – Will It Hit $140K Next?

Bitcoin’s Record High and Flash Pullback Bitcoin kicked off the second week of “Uptober” (October) with a spectacular rally – only to see a swift retracement that has traders debating what’s next. On Monday, the leading cryptocurrency soared to a record ~$126,200, its highest price ever, following a multi-day climb coindesk.com. The surge marked roughly a 10% gain since the start of the month, continuing Bitcoin’s trend as one of the strongest-performing assets of 2025 coindesk.com. By Tuesday, however, momentum stalled: Bitcoin fell about 2–3% from its peak, dipping to the $121K level as traders took profits coindesk.com. This pullback
8 October 2025
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Precious Metals Boom: Gold Hits $4,000 as Turmoil Sparks Safe-Haven Frenzy

Precious Metals Boom: Gold Hits $4,000 as Turmoil Sparks Safe-Haven Frenzy

Market Overview: Record Rally and Price Movements Investors queue outside a bullion shop in Sydney as gold prices hit all-time highs. Gold’s historic rally went into overdrive this week, breaking above $4,000/oz for the first time. On Tuesday Oct 7, U.S. gold futures surged past the $4,000 mark and settled at $4,004.40, after touching an intraday high of $4,014 reuters.com reuters.com. Spot gold closed just shy of the milestone around $3,986, itself a record high reuters.com. By Wednesday Oct 8, the momentum continued – spot gold jumped another ~1.2% to about $4,032/oz and futures climbed to $4,055 reuters.com, cementing gold’s
8 October 2025
Sysco’s Big Earnings Reveal: Will the $81 Billion Food Giant’s Q1 2026 Be a Boom or a Bust?

Sysco’s Big Earnings Reveal: Will the $81 Billion Food Giant’s Q1 2026 Be a Boom or a Bust?

Company Overview & Recent Performance Sysco Corporation sits atop the foodservice distribution industry as a dominant player. The company sells and delivers food and related products to restaurants, hospitals, schools, hotels, and other venues across the globe seekingalpha.com. With 337 distribution facilities serving about 730,000 customer locations worldwide, Sysco’s footprint is unmatched seekingalpha.com. In the fiscal year 2025 (ended June 28, 2025), Sysco’s sales exceeded $81 billion, affirming its status as the largest “food-away-from-home” distributor on the planet seekingalpha.com. This massive scale allows Sysco to leverage cost efficiencies and purchasing power; it holds roughly 17% of the U.S. foodservice distribution market,
8 October 2025
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Wall Street’s Wild 48 Hours: Record Highs, AI Deals & Gold’s $4,000 Breakout

Wall Street’s Wild 48 Hours: Record Highs, AI Deals & Gold’s $4,000 Breakout

Market Index Roundup (Oct 7–8, 2025) U.S. equities see-sawed over the past two days. On Tuesday (Oct 7), the major indexes pulled back modestly after a multi-session winning streak: the S&P 500 fell about 0.4%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 0.2%, and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 0.7% reuters.com. Notably, this retreat came immediately after the S&P and Nasdaq had touched intraday record levels earlier that day investopedia.com. The dip snapped the S&P’s seven-day rally investopedia.com, as traders locked in profits from the market’s recent run-up. These declines followed a banner session on Monday. In the Oct 6 session, the
8 October 2025
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Northern Lights Alert! Solar Storms, Draconid Meteors & a Bright Harvest Moon Dazzle Oct. 8–9, 2025

Northern Lights Alert! Solar Storms, Draconid Meteors & a Bright Harvest Moon Dazzle Oct. 8–9, 2025

Geomagnetic Storms & Aurora Alerts A geomagnetic storm watch is in effect, as Earth encounters the debris of two solar eruptions from earlier this month. NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center forecasts minor G1-class geomagnetic storms on October 8, with a slight chance they intensify to moderate G2 level people.com. These disturbances are caused by a pair of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) – clouds of charged solar plasma – that launched from the Sun on Oct. 3–4 and are just now arriving at Earth earthsky.org. As a result, skywatchers at high latitudes have an elevated chance to witness the aurora borealis
8 October 2025
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Stock Market Today

Applied Digital stock jumps 25% as AI data-center names rebound — what’s next for APLD

Applied Digital stock jumps 25% as AI data-center names rebound — what’s next for APLD

7 February 2026
Applied Digital Corporation shares jumped 25.52% Friday to $34.95, then slipped to $34.60 after hours. The company reported fiscal Q2 revenue up 250% to $126.6 million and signed leases for 600 MW of data center capacity in North Dakota. Applied Digital broke ground on a new 430‑MW campus in the southern U.S. in January. Financing includes a $100 million promissory note with 8% interest, paid in kind.
Eli Lilly stock pops as FDA targets cheap weight-loss copycats — what to know before Monday

Eli Lilly stock pops as FDA targets cheap weight-loss copycats — what to know before Monday

7 February 2026
Eli Lilly shares rose 3.7% to $1,058.18 Friday after the FDA said it would act against telehealth firm Hims & Hers for marketing a $49 compounded weight-loss pill. The move followed a sharp selloff Thursday when Hims announced plans to sell a version of Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy. Investors remain uncertain how aggressively regulators will police copycat drugs and pricing in the obesity drug market.
Saudi Aramco share price set for Sunday test after Tadawul ends market-making deal

Saudi Aramco share price set for Sunday test after Tadawul ends market-making deal

7 February 2026
Saudi Exchange approved Merrill Lynch KSA’s exit as market maker for Saudi Aramco, effective Feb. 8. Aramco shares closed at 25.60 riyals Thursday, down 0.06, with 22.1 million traded. The Tadawul index fell 1.3% as Brent crude dropped to $67.93. Aramco set March official selling prices at $2.10 above Argus for North America and $0.65 above ICE Brent for Western Europe.
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