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Tech Industry News 30 December 2025 - 6 January 2026

Apple Stock Gets Mixed Signals: UBS Stays Neutral as App Store Growth Cools

Apple Stock Gets Mixed Signals: UBS Stays Neutral as App Store Growth Cools

New York, Jan 6, 2026, 11:20 EST UBS reiterated a Neutral rating on Apple on Tuesday and kept a $280 price target, saying App Store growth slowed in the December 2025 quarter. The bank estimated growth at about 7%, down from 12% and 10% in the June and September 2025 quarters, and about 5% on a foreign-exchange-neutral basis — stripping out currency swings. UBS said the March 2026 quarter still looks like a hurdle even with easier comparisons of roughly 200 basis points, or two percentage points. Investing.com The App Store is a key driver of Apple’s services business, which
Salesforce stock rises as RBC lifts target; $250 level and jobs report loom

Salesforce stock rises as RBC lifts target; $250 level and jobs report loom

New York, Jan 5, 2026, 21:06 EST — Market closed Salesforce shares rose 1.1% to $256.26 on Monday, snapping a three-session slide. The customer-relationship-management software maker is still about 30% below its 52-week high and traded lighter-than-average volume, according to MarketWatch data. marketwatch.com The move comes as Wall Street tries to pin down which large-cap software names can turn “AI agents” — software that can take actions on a user’s behalf — into billable growth. RBC Capital Markets analyst Rishi Jaluria raised his price target on Salesforce to $290 from $250 and kept a Sector Perform rating, roughly a hold
Nvidia stock slips after-hours after CES keynote as AI chip and memory names stay in focus

Nvidia stock slips after-hours after CES keynote as AI chip and memory names stay in focus

New York, January 5, 2026, 17:21 EST — After-hours Nvidia shares edged down about 0.4% in after-hours trading on Monday after CEO Jensen Huang used a CES keynote in Las Vegas to tout new software for autonomous cars. “Only in that way can you truly trust how the models came to be,” Huang said, describing Nvidia’s plan to open-source the models and the data used to train them. Intel was little changed after hours, while AMD slid about 1.1%. Reuters The CES stage is a gut-check for 2026 expectations in AI hardware. Investors are looking for credible product roadmaps, and
Amazon stock steadies in premarket as Evercore flags Rufus AI as the next AMZN catalyst

Amazon stock steadies in premarket as Evercore flags Rufus AI as the next AMZN catalyst

NEW YORK, January 5, 2026, 07:40 ET — Premarket Amazon.com (AMZN) shares were little changed in premarket trading on Monday, around $226.50, after Evercore ISI reiterated a buy rating and a $335 price target, pointing to the retailer’s AI shopping assistant Rufus. Evercore analyst Mark Mahaney said “agentic commerce” — AI that can take actions for shoppers — is “coming very soon,” and he projected it could add up to $31 billion to Amazon’s 2028 revenue, TipRanks reported. TipRanks The call lands as investors look for measurable payoffs from consumer-facing AI, not just bigger data-center budgets. For Amazon, the fastest
Coinbase (COIN) stock rises after CEO Armstrong maps 2026 “everything exchange” push

Coinbase (COIN) stock rises after CEO Armstrong maps 2026 “everything exchange” push

NEW YORK, January 2, 2026, 18:06 ET — After-hours Coinbase Global Inc shares were up about 4.6% at $236.53 in after-hours trading on Friday, after Chief Executive Brian Armstrong laid out a 2026 roadmap focused on expanding the company beyond its core crypto exchange business. The stock opened at $230.58 and traded between $226.03 and $238.47 during the session, with about 8.7 million shares changing hands. The update landed as crypto-linked stocks try to find their footing after a volatile end to 2025, when digital-asset prices gave back a sizable portion of earlier gains and investor risk appetite cooled. Wall
CoreWeave stock jumps nearly 9% today as Nvidia-led tech rebound lifts AI infrastructure names

CoreWeave stock jumps nearly 9% today as Nvidia-led tech rebound lifts AI infrastructure names

NEW YORK, January 2, 2026, 11:03 ET — Regular session CoreWeave, Inc. shares jumped 8.6% to $77.76 in morning trading on Friday, after opening at $73.90 and swinging between $72.95 and $77.76 on volume of about 8.6 million shares. The early rally puts the spotlight back on one of the market’s most rate-sensitive trades: AI infrastructure. For stocks like CoreWeave, small shifts in investor risk appetite can translate into outsized moves because the business depends on heavy, ongoing investment to expand capacity. The backdrop turned more supportive as tech stocks led Wall Street higher on the first trading day of
Applied Digital stock rises as analysts stay bullish ahead of Jan. 7 earnings and ChronoScale plan

Applied Digital stock rises as analysts stay bullish ahead of Jan. 7 earnings and ChronoScale plan

NEW YORK, January 1, 2026, 20:19 ET — Market closed Applied Digital Corporation shares rose about 1.8% to $24.52 on Dec. 31, the last trading day of 2025, after analysts reiterated bullish ratings heading into next week’s earnings. U.S. stock markets were closed on Thursday for the New Year’s Day holiday. MarketWatch The small-cap data-center operator has become a high-octane bet on demand for power, cooling and space to run artificial intelligence workloads. That matters now because the next earnings update is due next week, and investors are looking for clearer signals on lease momentum, buildout pace and financing needs.
Meta stock forecast 2026: New scam-ad “playbook” scrutiny collides with a bigger AI spend plan

Meta stock forecast 2026: New scam-ad “playbook” scrutiny collides with a bigger AI spend plan

NEW YORK, January 1, 2026, 17:13 ET Meta Platforms is heading into 2026 with fresh questions over how it polices scam advertising, after internal documents reviewed by Reuters showed the company developed a “playbook” to stall regulators. Reuters That matters now because Meta’s stock outlook for 2026 rests on two linked forces: how much cash it can keep generating from ads, and how much it must spend — or be forced to spend — to keep regulators and users onside. The debate has sharpened as investors also press Big Tech to show that heavy artificial-intelligence spending translates into revenue and
Uber stock slips as SpotHero acquisition-talk report emerges in year-end trade

Uber stock slips as SpotHero acquisition-talk report emerges in year-end trade

NEW YORK, December 31, 2025, 14:53 ET — Regular session Uber Technologies (UBER.N) shares were down about 0.3% at $81.87 in afternoon trade on Wednesday, after moving between $81.60 and $82.48, following a report the company has been in talks to acquire parking reservation app SpotHero. The Information said SpotHero has raised more than $110 million and was most recently valued at about $290 million, citing PitchBook data. The Information The report matters now because Uber is under pressure to show it can keep growing without leaning solely on ride-hailing. Investors have rewarded companies that can add higher-frequency services and
Oracle stock slips as OpenAI funding update and insider sale filing keep AI spend in focus

Oracle stock slips as OpenAI funding update and insider sale filing keep AI spend in focus

NEW YORK, December 31, 2025, 12:42 ET — Regular session Oracle Corp (ORCL) shares were down 0.3% at $196.60 in midday New York trading on Wednesday, after closing at $197.21 in the prior session. The stock traded between $195.08 and $197.49 so far in the regular session. The weakness matched a modest pullback in U.S. technology shares, with the Nasdaq 100-tracking Invesco QQQ and the Technology Select Sector SPDR both down about 0.3%. The drift matters because Oracle’s valuation has been tied closely to investor confidence in AI-driven cloud growth and the cost of building out data-center capacity. Scrutiny rose
Spotify stock dips today as Fed minutes loom and investors parse its 2025 feature push

Spotify stock dips today as Fed minutes loom and investors parse its 2025 feature push

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 14:32 ET — Regular session Spotify Technology S.A. (NYSE: SPOT) shares were down about 0.6% at $577.84 in afternoon trading on Tuesday, after swinging between $576.69 and $584.52. The stock’s drift came as the S&P 500 and Nasdaq were subdued in choppy, year-end trading, with investors awaiting the Fed’s December meeting minutes later in the day. “It’s just a healthy rebalancing of allocations more so than an emotionally driven sell-off,” said Mark Hackett, chief market strategist at Nationwide. Reuters For Spotify, the timing matters because the market’s appetite for growth stocks often moves with interest-rate
OpenAI’s Altman and Palantir’s Karp take on short sellers, echoing Elon Musk’s playbookNEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 08:48 ET

OpenAI’s Altman and Palantir’s Karp take on short sellers, echoing Elon Musk’s playbookNEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 08:48 ET

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Palantir Technologies CEO Alex Karp have sharpened their criticism of short sellers, lining up with Elon Musk’s long-running fights with traders who bet against his companies. Altman said he sometimes wished OpenAI were public so skeptics could short its stock, adding: “I would love to see them get burned on that,” according to a Dec. 29 Business Insider report. Business Insider The dispute matters now because the artificial intelligence boom has turned a widening set of stocks and startup valuations into battlegrounds between believers and skeptics. Executives are increasingly treating bearish bets as a challenge
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Seagate (STX) stock jumps nearly 6% as Citi hikes target — what to watch next week

Seagate (STX) stock jumps nearly 6% as Citi hikes target — what to watch next week

7 February 2026
Seagate shares rose 5.9% to $429.32 Friday after Citigroup raised its price target to $480 and reiterated a buy rating. The gain ended a two-day slide but left the stock 6.6% below its Feb. 3 high. CEO Dave Mosley sold 20,000 shares on Feb. 2 under a pre-arranged plan, SEC filings show. U.S. jobs and inflation data next week are seen as key tests for tech stocks.
Cummins (CMI) stock price rebounds after earnings whipsaw as investors eye data-center power demand

Cummins (CMI) stock price rebounds after earnings whipsaw as investors eye data-center power demand

7 February 2026
Cummins shares jumped 6.8% to $577.73 Friday, recovering from a nearly 9% post-earnings drop the day before. The company reported Q4 revenue up 1% to $8.54 billion, took a $218 million charge tied to its hydrogen business, and guided for 2026 EBITDA of 17–18% of sales. Demand for data center generators offset weakness in North American truck markets. Analyst reaction was mixed; Truist raised its price target.
Corning stock hits first record close since 2000 as jobs, CPI data loom

Corning stock hits first record close since 2000 as jobs, CPI data loom

7 February 2026
Corning shares surged 8.3% to $122.16 Friday, their highest close since the dot-com era, after Meta agreed to buy up to $6 billion in fiber-optic cables. The stock is up 40% since late 2025, fueled by strong first-quarter guidance and AI data-center demand. Insiders sold shares following the rally, SEC filings show. Investors await next week’s U.S. jobs and inflation data for rate signals.
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