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NASDAQ:AAPL News 27 September 2025 - 10 October 2025

Investors Flee S&P 500 ETF for Total Market: Vanguard’s VTI Soars as VOO Sees Outflows

Investors Flee S&P 500 ETF for Total Market: Vanguard’s VTI Soars as VOO Sees Outflows

Vanguard ETFs See Opposite Fund Flows Amid Market Rally Investors are making a notable allocation shift between Vanguard’s two flagship equity funds. Over the first week of October, VOO – Vanguard’s S&P 500 Index ETF – experienced significant net withdrawals of just over $1 billion tipranks.com. Yet VTI – Vanguard’s Total Stock Market ETF – simultaneously enjoyed roughly $1 billion of net new money tipranks.com. This is striking because both funds posted modest gains for the week (under 1%), reflecting a rising market rather than any performance shortfall tipranks.com tipranks.com. In other words, investors pulled cash from VOO even as its price inched higher,
10 October 2025
MP Materials Stock Skyrockets on Pentagon Deal and Apple Alliance – Rare Earth Boom or Hype?

Rare Earth Boom: MP Materials Stock Skyrockets on Pentagon Deal, China Curbs – Hype or Game-Changer?

China’s Rare Earth Stranglehold Sparks U.S. Action Rare earth elements – a group of 17 metals like neodymium, praseodymium, dysprosium, and terbium – may not be household names, but they are the lifeblood of modern tech and defense industries. They power the magnets in electric vehicle motors and wind turbines, enable the miniaturization of smartphones and precision-guided missiles, and are critical for fighter jet engines and satellites. For years, the United States has been almost entirely dependent on imports of these resources, especially from China ts2.tech. In fact, China currently accounts for roughly 70% of the world’s rare earth ore production and over 90% of
Shocking £480 m Smartphone Claim Could Put Money Back in Your Pocket – Here’s What UK Apple and Samsung Users Need to Know

Shocking £480 m Smartphone Claim Could Put Money Back in Your Pocket – Here’s What UK Apple and Samsung Users Need to Know

Key Facts You Should Know Background: How Which? Took on Qualcomm Alleged Abuse of Market Power Qualcomm is a leading manufacturer of modem chipsets and holds patents essential for connecting smartphones to 4G networks. According to Which?, Qualcomm’s market dominance allowed it to charge handset manufacturers excessively high royalties and licensing fees, which were typically calculated as a percentage of each smartphone’s price hausfeld.com. Which? argues that these inflated fees forced Apple and Samsung to pass the costs on to consumers, resulting in higher smartphone prices or lower‑quality devices for millions of UK buyers smartphoneclaim.co.uk. The consumer organisation asserts that
6 October 2025
Bitcoin Blasts Past $125K, AI Wars Escalate, and Space Tech Soars – Global Tech Roundup (Oct 5–6, 2025)

Bitcoin Blasts Past $125K, AI Wars Escalate, and Space Tech Soars – Global Tech Roundup (Oct 5–6, 2025)

Artificial Intelligence (AI) OpenAI vs. Musk’s xAI – legal battle heats up: The Silicon Valley rivalry between Elon Musk and OpenAI turned into open warfare in court. Musk’s AI startup xAI sued OpenAI, accusing it of poaching staff to steal trade secrets related to xAI’s Grok chatbot. This week OpenAI hit back, asking a judge to dismiss the suit and blasting it as part of Musk’s “ongoing harassment” of the company reuters.com. OpenAI’s filing argued that “talented xAI employees are leaving in droves” under Musk and have every right to join OpenAI reuters.com. Musk, a co-founder turned critic of OpenAI,
AI Breakthroughs, Cyber Attacks & a $50B Gaming Shock – Tech News Roundup (Oct 4-5, 2025)

AI Breakthroughs, Cyber Attacks & a $50B Gaming Shock – Tech News Roundup (Oct 4-5, 2025)

Consumer Technology & Gadgets This weekend saw notable moves in consumer tech, from innovative new apps to eyebrow-raising hardware findings. OpenAI’s Sora 2 app – a creative tool that turns text prompts into hyper-realistic videos with sound – officially launched and became a viral hit. Despite being invite-only and available only in the U.S. and Canada, Sora shot up to the No.1 overall free app on Apple’s App Store techcrunch.com. Industry data showed 56,000 downloads on day one, putting Sora’s debut ahead of other major AI app launches like Anthropic’s Claude and Microsoft’s Copilot techcrunch.com techcrunch.com. Analysts noted that demand
iPhone 17 Pro Max vs Galaxy S25 Ultra vs Pixel 10 Pro XL – Which Reigns as 2025’s Ultimate Phone?

iPhone 17 Pro Max vs Galaxy S25 Ultra vs Pixel 10 Pro XL – Which Reigns as 2025’s Ultimate Phone?

Design & Display Each of these flagship phones is built to impress, with premium materials and huge, vibrant screens. Apple’s iPhone 17 Pro Max introduces a durable heat-forged aluminum unibody design apple.com, giving it a sleek yet sturdy frame. It’s slightly more compact than the Ultra in width thanks to a 6.7-inch display with slim bezels and the familiar Dynamic Island cutout for Face ID. The Galaxy S25 Ultra, meanwhile, carries on Samsung’s bold design language – a 6.8-inch nearly bezel-free display with a centered punch-hole camera, armored aluminum frame, and subtle curvature at the edges. Despite housing an S
iPhone 17 Unveiled: Apple’s New Flagship Stuns with Bigger Screen, Smarter Camera & All-Day Battery Life

iPhone 17 vs. iPhone 16: Is Apple’s New Flagship a Game-Changer or Just Hype?

Design Changes and Hardware Differences iPhone 17 – New Look (at least for Pros): Apple gave the iPhone 17 Pro a design refresh not seen in years. The Pro models are slightly bigger and thicker than their predecessors (6.3″ and 6.9″ displays, vs 6.1″/6.7″ on iPhone 16 Pro) macrumors.com. This extra size accommodates an aluminum unibody frame, a departure from the titanium alloy used in iPhone 15/16 Pro. The aluminum frame wraps around the device and even covers the back, except a circular Ceramic Shield inset for the MagSafe charging area macrumors.com macrumors.com. This yields a two-tone effect and improves
Tech World Explodes: Unmissable AI, Cyber & Corporate Headlines (Oct 2–3, 2025)

Tech World Explodes: Unmissable AI, Cyber & Corporate Headlines (Oct 2–3, 2025)

Major Tech Companies and Industry Moves Google (Alphabet). In addition to the YouTube TV deal with NBCUniversal, Google is grappling with security threats. It warned corporate executives about mass extortion emails, part of a Cl0p ransomware campaign targeting Oracle and other enterprise software reuters.com reuters.com. Google emphasized it’s investigating but “does not currently have sufficient evidence to definitively assess” the claims reuters.com. On regulation, recent Reuters reporting notes Google is bracing for EU fines under the new Digital Markets Act for anti-competitive practices reuters.com reuters.com, highlighting escalating US-EU tech tensions. Amazon. AWS’s new “NBA Inside the Game” platform reuters.com and
Wall Street Surges: Tech Stocks Rally and Big Deals Outshine Shutdown Fears

Wall Street Surges: Tech Stocks Rally and Big Deals Outshine Shutdown Fears

Key Developments (Sept 29–30, 2025): Major U.S. stock indexes rallied into the last week of September, with the Nasdaq Composite +0.5%, S&P 500 +0.3% and Dow +0.15% on Monday reuters.com investopedia.com. Investors largely brushed off worries about a looming U.S. government shutdown (funding runs out Sept. 30), focusing instead on resilient economic data and a hoped-for Fed rate cut reuters.com reuters.com. Safe-havens like gold spiked to all-time highs (gold ≈$3,860/oz) investopedia.com, and the dollar and yields retreated as traders hedged into bonds investopedia.com reuters.com. Tech and growth sectors led gains (e.g. Nvidia +2%) investopedia.com, while blockbuster deals energized M&A sentiment:
30 September 2025
Wall Street Feels the Heat (and Thrill): Fed Cuts, Tariffs & Mega-Mergers Set NYSE Buzz

Nasdaq Surges Amid AI Frenzy and Fed Optimism – EA Skyrockets on $50B Buyout Buzz

Sources: Major financial news outlets including Reuters, Nasdaq.com and mainstream analysts’ reports (cited) provided the above insights and quotes reuters.com reuters.com reuters.com reuters.com reuters.com reuters.com reuters.com reuters.com. Each development is drawn from these verifiable sources for accuracy.
Nasdaq’s Wild Week: AI Mega-Deal Hype, Tariff Turmoil, and Tech Titans on Edge

Nasdaq’s Wild Week: AI Mega-Deal Hype, Tariff Turmoil, and Tech Titans on Edge

Key Facts: Nasdaq Composite and Nasdaq-100 Snap Winning Streak After charging to all-time highs on Monday, U.S. tech stocks hit some turbulence to end the week. The Nasdaq Composite Index gained +0.44% on Friday (about +99 points) to close around 22,484 reuters.com, helped by a relief rally on in-line inflation data. That advance broke a three-day losing streak for stocks latimes.com. Even so, the Nasdaq Composite fell ~0.7% for the week, while the S&P 500 (-0.3%) and Dow (-0.1%) also logged modest weekly declines reuters.com reuters.com. This marked the end of a three-week run of gains for the Nasdaq and
Fastest PC Chip Ever? Qualcomm’s New Snapdragon X2 Takes Aim at Apple and Intel

Fastest PC Chip Ever? Qualcomm’s New Snapdragon X2 Takes Aim at Apple and Intel

Qualcomm’s Bid to Redefine High-Performance PCs Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon X2 Elite and Elite Extreme at its annual Snapdragon Summit 2025 in Maui, marking a major push to challenge Apple and Intel in laptop processors spectrum.ieee.org. These new chips target “ultra-premium” Windows 11 notebooks – think high-end laptops and 2-in-1s – promising a combination of top-tier speed, on-device AI smarts, and long battery life wearablesearch.tistory.com. It’s a bold gambit by Qualcomm, which after “well over a decade” of effort finally gained traction in Windows PCs last year theverge.com with the first-gen Snapdragon X Elite. That initial success (even powering some
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