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Artificial Intelligence News 27 October 2025 - 28 October 2025

PayPal’s Big Move: Shop in ChatGPT with One-Click Checkout

PayPal’s Big Move: Shop in ChatGPT with One-Click Checkout

Deal Details: Embedding PayPal in ChatGPT PayPal’s agreement with OpenAI will make its digital wallet the first payments option available in ChatGPT. As PayPal explained, consumers using ChatGPT’s chat interface will see product suggestions and offers (powered by AI agents) and can click to pay with their PayPal account prnewswire.com. The checkout flow uses OpenAI’s new Instant Checkout feature, which was introduced at OpenAI’s recent DevDay, meaning the sale is finalized “in just a few taps,” according to PayPal prnewswire.com ts2.tech. Importantly, PayPal will provide its familiar buyer/seller protections (tracking, refunds, fraud checks) to users who check out via ChatGPT
28 October 2025
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Qualcomm Soars on AI Chip Launch, Reaches 15-Month High as Analysts Eye $200

Qualcomm Soars on AI Chip Launch, Reaches 15-Month High as Analysts Eye $200

New AI Chips Ignite Rally in QCOM Shares Qualcomm’s headquarters in San Diego. The chipmaker’s stock just surged on news of its expansion into data-center AI processors. Qualcomm’s stock rallied dramatically to start the week after the company revealed a bold expansion into artificial intelligence semiconductors. On Monday (Oct. 27), the firm unveiled two AI accelerator chips – dubbed the AI200 and AI250 – aimed at powering AI in cloud data centers. This surprise announcement, part of Qualcomm’s efforts to diversify beyond a stagnant smartphone market, sent QCOM shares soaring to their highest price in 15 months bloomberg.com. Investors piled
28 October 2025
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Bitcoin Bonanza and AI Cloud Pivot Send Hyperscale Data (GPUS) Soaring

Bitcoin Bonanza and AI Cloud Pivot Send Hyperscale Data (GPUS) Soaring

Company Background: Pivoting from Conglomerate to AI & Crypto Pure-Play Hyperscale Data, Inc. is in the midst of a dramatic transformation. Formerly known as Ault Alliance, Inc. (and prior to that, BitNile Holdings), the company has roots in cryptocurrency mining and diversified holdings datacenterdynamics.com datacenterdynamics.com. In September 2024 it rebranded as Hyperscale Data (ticker: GPUS) to reflect a new focus on high-performance data centers for artificial intelligence alongside Bitcoin mining datacenterdynamics.com datacenterdynamics.com. Through its subsidiary Sentinum, Inc., Hyperscale owns a flagship 28 megawatt data center in Dowagiac, Michigan – a 617,000 sq ft campus acquired in 2022 that can scale
28 October 2025
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Microsoft (MSFT) Stock Update & Insight Report – 2 Oct 2025

Microsoft Nears $4 Trillion: MSFT Stock Soars on AI Boom – Can $600 Be Next?

Stock Near Record Highs on AI Momentum Microsoft’s stock has been on a tear in recent weeks, climbing to its highest levels in months on the back of strong optimism around artificial intelligence. As of October 28, 2025, MSFT is trading in the low-$530s per share – up from the ~$520 range a week ago and not far from its record peak. On Monday, the stock surged 1.5% to close at $531.52stockanalysis.com, bringing Microsoft’s market cap to roughly $3.8 trillionts2.tech. This market value firmly ranks Microsoft among the world’s most valuable companies (trailing only Apple)ts2.tech. Year-to-date, Microsoft shares have now gained
28 October 2025
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AI Tsunami Crushes Chegg: 45% of Jobs Axed, Stock Plunges

AI Tsunami Crushes Chegg: 45% of Jobs Axed, Stock Plunges

Massive Cuts and CEO Shakeup Chegg’s announcement on Oct. 27 came as a shock to many in education and tech. The 388-job cut represents one of the largest reductions in its history (Chegg had only about 1,270 employees as of end-2024reuters.com). CEO Dan Rosensweig – who led Chegg through its peak years – is returning to steer the overhaul, replacing Nathan Schultz. Schultz, who transformed Chegg from a textbook-rental service into a broader learning platform, was thanked for his contributions but agreed to step asidestocktitan.net. Rosensweig’s message was cautiously optimistic: “I’m confident Chegg has a bright future, and I look
28 October 2025
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Elon Musk’s ‘Grokipedia’ Takes Aim at Wikipedia – Truth Revolution or Biased Echo Chamber?

Elon Musk’s ‘Grokipedia’ Takes Aim at Wikipedia – Truth Revolution or Biased Echo Chamber?

Grokipedia’s Launch and How It Works Elon Musk unveiled Grokipedia v0.1 to the public on October 27, 2025, marking his latest bid to disrupt a mainstream platform he deems biasedfoxbusiness.com. The site’s design closely mimics Wikipedia – featuring a dark-themed homepage with a central search bar and article layouts with familiar headings and sectionsbusinessinsider.com. On launch day, Grokipedia listed 885,279 articles on its homepagebusinessinsider.com, a hefty start for a new encyclopedia (roughly 1/8 the size of English Wikipedia). However, within hours of going live the site became unresponsive, with many users encountering errorsbusinessinsider.com. xAI’s team scrambled to restore service, and by Monday evening (U.S. time) Grokipedia was back
28 October 2025
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Dow Dips as Fed Fears Slam Tech Stocks – Hot Economic Data Rattles Wall Street (Sept 25, 2025)

Stocks Surge to Record Highs as AI Boom Meets Trade Deal Hopes – Boom or Bubble?

Record Highs on Trade Optimism and Fed Hopes Wall Street’s euphoria to start the week was driven in large part by hopes of a U.S.-China trade truce and a friendlier Fed. On Monday, the S&P 500 notched its second straight record close, and the Dow and Nasdaq also finished at new all-time highstriblive.com. Investors cheered news that U.S. President Donald Trump will meet China’s President Xi Jinping on Thursday, aiming to finalize a deal framework that could pause new U.S. tariffs and roll back China’s export curbs on rare-earth mineralstriblive.com. After two days of talks in Malaysia, U.S. officials signaled China may boost purchases of
27 October 2025
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Intel Stock Soars on AI Hype and $15B Lifeline – Can the Rally Last?

Intel Stock Hits 18-Month High as AI Hype and $15 B Deals Fuel Stunning Rally

Shares Soar on AI Buzz and “Rescue” Deals Intel’s stock price has rallied dramatically in 2025, recently reaching its highest level since early 2024 on the back of AI optimism and hefty strategic investments. Intel Corporation’s stock price has been on a tear, hitting levels not seen in over a year and a half. Shares of the Silicon Valley semiconductor icon jumped as much as 7–8% after its latest earnings report, briefly reaching an 18-month high (around $39–$40)reuters.com. The stock is now trading near a two-year peak, marking a dramatic turnaround from its struggles in 2022–2024. Year-to-date, INTC has nearly
27 October 2025
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NVIDIA 2025: Dominating the AI Boom – Company Overview, Key Segments, Competition, and Future Outlook

Nvidia (NVDA) Stock Rallies on AI Boom, Trade Optimism – Analysts Weigh Competition & Outlook

NVDA Stock Surges Amid AI Optimism Nvidia’s stock rallied at the start of this week, gaining nearly 3% on Monday to ~$190.7investopedia.com. The jump outpaced broader indexes, as optimism about a potential U.S.-China trade deal and cooling inflation lifted tech shares to record highsinvestopedia.comreuters.com. Nvidia’s Monday gain helped extend its year-to-date climb to about +30%, vastly outperforming the S&P 500’s returnsts2.tech. Shares are only a few points shy of the all-time intraday peak (~$195.62) reached in early Octoberts2.tech. Back then, euphoric buying amid the AI boom briefly boosted Nvidia’s market capitalization above $4 trillion – even surpassing Apple to be
27 October 2025
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Cadence’s AI-Fueled Q3 Surprise: Earnings Beat, Big Deals, and Bold Forecasts Ignite CDNS Stock

Cadence Stock Skyrockets on AI Chip Boom: CDNS Hits New Highs Amid Earnings Beat and $3B Deal

CDNS Stock Performance: Near Highs After Steady Climb Cadence’s stock has been on a steady upward trajectory throughout 2025, riding the broader tech wave. After starting the year around the high-$200s, CDNS surged over the summer amid the AI-driven market rally, peaking around $370 in Julyfinviz.com. A mid-September pullback – triggered by Synopsys’s China-related warning – saw Cadence briefly dip into the low $330sfinviz.comfinviz.com, but the stock quickly rebounded. By late October, CDNS was trading near $350and hitting fresh multi-month highs ahead of earningsasktraders.com. In fact, the stock jumped ~6.6% in the five sessions leading up to the Q3 earnings releaseasktraders.com, reflecting bullish anticipation from
27 October 2025
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Amazon’s Latest Shock: Up to 15% of HR Workforce Axed in AI-Fueled Restructuring – Stock and Market Impacts

Amazon Axes 30,000 Jobs in Historic Layoff – AI Efficiency Push and Stock Gains

Amazon’s Largest-Ever Job Cut: 30,000 Roles to Go In a startling cost-cutting move, Amazon is poised to eliminate up to 30,000 corporate jobs starting Tuesday (Oct. 28)reuters.com. That figure represents nearly 10% of Amazon’s roughly 350,000 corporate employees and marks the biggest layoff in the company’s historyreuters.com. For comparison, Amazon’s previous major downsizing in late 2022 and early 2023 totaled about 27,000 job cutsreuters.com. The latest cuts – reported by Reuters and confirmed by other outlets – underscore how dramatically Amazon is moving to streamline its business after years of rapid workforce expansion. Amazon has not officially commented on the reports of the layoffsreuters.com. However, three
27 October 2025
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Cadence’s AI-Fueled Q3 Surprise: Earnings Beat, Big Deals, and Bold Forecasts Ignite CDNS Stock

Cadence’s AI-Fueled Q3 Surprise: Earnings Beat, Big Deals, and Bold Forecasts Ignite CDNS Stock

Q3 Earnings Beat Expectations Cadence Design Systems delivered better-than-expected third-quarter results, showcasing resilient growth as the semiconductor design boom continues. Adjusted EPS jumped to $1.93, topping analyst forecasts of $1.79uk.investing.com. Revenue for Q3 hit $1.34 billion, edging past the $1.32 B consensus and rising ~10% from $1.22 B in the year-ago quarteruk.investing.com. On a GAAP basis, net income was $287.1 million ($1.05 per share), up ~20% year-on-yearnasdaq.com – reflecting solid operational gains even after accounting for acquisition costs. The company cited broad-based strength across its product lines (which span chip design software, IP, and hardware systems), as customers accelerated projects in areas like artificial
27 October 2025
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Stock Market Today

Rio Tinto stock jumps as Glencore mega-merger is shelved; what to watch next week

Rio Tinto stock jumps as Glencore mega-merger is shelved; what to watch next week

7 February 2026
Rio Tinto’s U.S. shares closed up 2.5% at $93.37 Friday after the company ruled out a merger with Glencore, triggering a six-month “no-bid” lockout under UK takeover rules. Both companies cited disagreements over valuation. Attention now turns to Rio’s Feb. 19 results and iron ore prices, which fell below $100 a tonne amid weak Chinese demand.
iFAST share price drops 3% as markets shut; earnings next week in focus

iFAST share price drops 3% as markets shut; earnings next week in focus

7 February 2026
iFAST shares fell 3.2% to S$9.64 in heavy trading Friday, closing near the day’s low as investors awaited FY2025 results due Feb. 12. The stock is about 13% below its 52-week high. iFAST recently agreed to buy a 30% stake in Financial Alliance for S$19.6 million, pending regulatory approval. Assets under administration stood at S$30.62 billion as of Sept. 30.
Sembcorp Industries share price: what to watch after Friday dip as Feb 25 results near

Sembcorp Industries share price: what to watch after Friday dip as Feb 25 results near

7 February 2026
Sembcorp shares closed at S$6.05 on Friday, down 0.33%, as Singapore’s STI dropped 0.8%. Shareholders approved the A$6.5 billion Alinta Energy takeover on Jan 30, but the deal still faces regulatory and closing conditions. Sembcorp will release FY2025 results on Feb 25 before market open. Trading volume reached about 4.3 million shares.
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