Tech Industry News 8 January 2026

Adobe stock drifts after-hours as Apple’s Creator Studio raises the heat on ADBE

New York, January 15, 2026, 19:50 ET — After-hours Adobe shares slipped slightly in after-hours trading Thursday, weighed down by a recent analyst downgrade and renewed competition from Apple targeting creators. The Photoshop maker’s stock last traded down 0.1% at

16 January 2026

Apple·Earnings Reports·Stock Market·Tech Industry

Salesforce stock drops after-hours as AI-agent scare hangs over new Davos, Google moves

New York, Jan 15, 2026, 17:44 EST — After-hours. Salesforce (CRM) shares fell 2.5% to $233.53 in after-hours trading on Thursday, keeping the cloud software maker in the crosshairs of a broader pullback in the sector. The selling has been

16 January 2026

Artificial Intelligence·Financial Analysis·Salesforce News·Stock Market·Tech Industry

Texas Instruments stock slips despite chip rally as Barclays, Wells Fargo and Citi reset targets

New York, Jan 15, 2026, 12:53 (EST) — Regular session Texas Instruments (TXN) shares dropped 0.8% to $191.87 by midday Thursday, while the VanEck Semiconductor ETF climbed over 3%. The divergence is significant as Wall Street recalibrates its outlook for

15 January 2026

Financial Analysis·Investment News·Semiconductors·Stock Market·Tech Industry

AppLovin stock rises after Morgan Stanley lifts target to $800 as earnings loom

New York, Jan 13, 2026, 18:13 EST — After-hours AppLovin Corp shares climbed 1.6% to $668.63 in after-hours trading Tuesday, continuing a volatile rebound. Morgan Stanley bumped its price target from $750 to $800 and maintained an Overweight rating. (StockAnalysis)

14 January 2026

Earnings Reports·Financial News·Investing·Stock Market·Tech Industry

Apple stock today: Google Gemini-Siri tie-up puts AAPL back in the AI spotlight

NEW YORK, Jan 13, 2026, 09:33 ET — Trading underway in the regular session. Apple shares edged up 0.3% to $260.25 in early Tuesday trading after the company and Google announced a multi-year partnership. The deal will see the next

13 January 2026

Apple News·Artificial Intelligence·Business Analysis·Stock Market·Tech Industry

Google stock taps $4 trillion on Apple Gemini AI deal as “Have-Lots” worries grow

New York, Jan 13, 2026, 07:11 EST Alphabet (GOOGL.O) briefly hit a $4 trillion market cap on Monday following news that Apple’s (AAPL.O) upcoming AI models will use Google’s Gemini, cementing a multi-year partnership. Class A shares climbed as much

13 January 2026

Artificial Intelligence·Company News·Investment Trends·Stock Market·Tech Industry

Alibaba stock pops nearly 10% as Qwen AI tops 700 million Hugging Face downloads

NEW YORK, Jan 12, 2026, 11:08 EST Shares of Alibaba Group Holding (BABA.N) jumped nearly 9.8% to $165.68 in late morning trading Monday. The surge followed news that its Qwen open-source AI models surpassed 700 million downloads on Hugging Face,

12 January 2026

Artificial Intelligence·Financial Updates·Stock Market·Tech Industry

Alibaba stock slides as China probes food-delivery price war; BABA investors eye Feb. 19 earnings

New York, Jan 10, 2026, 11:40 EST — The market has closed. Alibaba Group Holding Ltd’s shares on the U.S. market slipped 2.3% to $150.96 on Friday, pulling back following a 5.7% jump the previous day. (Yahoo Finance) The dip

10 January 2026

Alibaba·China Economy·Earnings Reports·Stock Market News·Tech Industry

Adobe stock slides on BMO downgrade: “no clear catalyst” and competition in focus

New York, January 9, 2026, 20:54 EST — Market closed Adobe shares ended down 1.5% at $333.95 on Friday, after trading between $328.00 and $340.44, following a downgrade by BMO Capital Markets. The broker cut the Photoshop maker to Market

10 January 2026

Financial Updates·Investment Analysis·Stock Market·Tech Industry

GOOG stock turns flat after early spike as EU sets Wiz deal deadline and Cantor upgrades Alphabet

NEW YORK, Jan 8, 2026, 10:18 (EST) — Regular session Alphabet’s non-voting Class C shares were little changed on Thursday after EU regulators set a Feb. 10 deadline for an initial call on Google’s planned Wiz purchase and after Cantor

8 January 2026

Investment Analysis·Stock Market·Tech Industry

Microsoft stock closes higher as Musk-OpenAI trial risk lands, with MSFT earnings in focus

New York, January 7, 2026, 21:19 (EST) — Market closed A U.S. judge cleared Elon Musk’s lawsuit challenging OpenAI’s push toward a for-profit structure for a jury trial in March, keeping Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) in the case after it asked

8 January 2026

Earnings Reports·Legal News·Microsoft·Stock Market·Tech Industry

Roblox stock slides after outage, TD Cowen target cut as CES ad push ramps up

NEW YORK, January 7, 2026, 18:24 EST Roblox shares fell 6.4% on Tuesday, lagging a broader market rise, after an overnight outage and a price-target cut from TD Cowen put fresh focus on the platform’s growth. The stock ended at

8 January 2026

Financial Analysis·Stock Market·Tech Industry

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