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Tech News News 26 October 2025 - 1 November 2025

Nasdaq Frenzy: Tech Titans’ AI-Fueled Surge Hits Records Ahead of Fed Cut & Earnings Bonanza

Amazon & Apple Earnings Ignite Market Rally as Tech Stocks Soar (But Fed Jitters Linger)

Markets Rally on Big Tech Earnings Wall Street shook off mid-week tech jitters and ended October on a high note. On Friday (Oct. 31), U.S. stocks climbed after blowout results from Amazon and Apple reignited risk appetitets2.tech. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite rose +0.6%, the benchmark S&P 500 gained +0.3%, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average edged up +0.1%investopedia.com. This rebound came just a day after a sharp pullback – earlier in the week, Meta’s earnings miss and hefty AI spending had spooked investors, dragging the Nasdaq down over 1.5% on Thursdayts2.techts2.tech. But Amazon’s and Apple’s upbeat reports late Thursday swiftly
1 November 2025
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Luminar’s LiDAR Rollercoaster: LAZR Stock Soars on Buyout Buzz, Crashes on Cash Crunch – October 2025 Update

Luminar’s LiDAR Rollercoaster: LAZR Stock Soars on Buyout Buzz, Crashes on Cash Crunch – October 2025 Update

Latest News: Buyout Buzz vs. Cash Crunch Late October brought whiplash for Luminar investors. On Oct. 25, 2025, Luminar’s stock skyrocketed ~31% in a single session, hitting an intraday high around $2.28ts2.techts2.tech. This surge was fueled by two factors: a broad tech rally (markets jumped on cooling inflation and AI optimism) and speculation about a buyout led by Luminar’s founder. Media reports and an SEC filing revealed that Austin Russell – Luminar’s 28-year-old founder who was ousted as CEO in May – had proposed a deal to acquire all outstanding Class A shares through his new venture, Russell AI Labsts2.tech. The
31 October 2025
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Tech Titans Turbocharge Stock Rally – Amazon & Apple Light Up Wall Street

Tech Titans Turbocharge Stock Rally – Amazon & Apple Light Up Wall Street

Amazon’s Blowout Quarter Fuels Rally Amazon smashed expectations in its third-quarter report, igniting a relief rally. The e-commerce and cloud giant posted $180.2 billion in revenue (+13% YoY) and earnings of $1.95/share (vs $1.58 expected)ts2.tech. Crucially, Amazon Web Services (AWS), its cloud division, saw growth re-accelerate to +20% YoY – the fastest since 2022 – calming fears of a cloud slowdownts2.techts2.tech. “AWS is growing at a pace we haven’t seen since 2022,” CEO Andy Jassy noted, as businesses ramp up AI workloads on the cloudts2.tech. The strong cloud and ads revenues helped offset rising costs, and operating income held steady despite
31 October 2025
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Meta’s Q3 Showdown: Can AI Spend and Ad Growth Drive Another Rally?

Meta Stock Skyrockets on AI Push – Will It Keep Soaring?

Overall, Meta’s late-2025 story is one of high stakes and high hopes. Its core advertising machine is booming, and investors have cheered the aggressive AI and hardware bets (as TechStock² recently noted, Meta’s “aggressive AI push” has driven a stock rally even stronger than other tech giantsts2.tech). The company is locking in massive infrastructure (data centers, chips) and talent today, banking on big payoffs tomorrow. Whether all that spending will translate into sustained user growth and new revenue streams remains to be seen. But for now, most analysts remain on board, believing Meta’s 3-billion-user ecosystem and deep pockets make it
30 October 2025
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Nothing Phone 3a Lite Launch: 5,000mAh Battery, 50MP Triple Camera & Glyph LED at €249

Nothing Phone 3a Lite Launch: 5,000mAh Battery, 50MP Triple Camera & Glyph LED at €249

‘Entry-level’ Nothing Phone: Nothing’s Carl Pei‑led brand is expanding rapidly: after flagship Phone (3) in July and mid‑range 3a/3a Pro in spring, the new Phone (3a) Lite is its first true budget modeltechradar.comandroidcentral.com. Android Central reports this “first entry-level smartphone” from Nothing will maintain the company’s signature transparent design, but with a pared-down notification LED on the backandroidcentral.comtheverge.com. The teaser tagline was simply “Phone (3a) Lite. 29.10. 13:00 GMT. Light up the everyday.”androidcentral.com. In its hands-on preview, Android Central’s Sanuj Bhatia notes the Lite “will feature Nothing’s signature transparent design with a simpler single LED setup” and is expected in
29 October 2025
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Meta’s Q3 Showdown: Can AI Spend and Ad Growth Drive Another Rally?

Meta’s Stock Plunges 6% After Shocking Q3 Earnings: AI Costs and $15B Tax Bombshell

Meta’s Q3 report was thus a mixed bag: revenue and ad metrics were strong, but headline profit was crushed by accounting nuances. As a press release noted, higher ad impressions (+14%) and prices (+10%) and growing daily users drove the top linestocktitan.netstocktitan.net. Operating income was healthy ($20.535 billion, ~40% margin)stocktitan.net. But the outsized tax charge – tied to new U.S. tax rules – depressed reported net income to just $2.71 billion and EPS $1.05stocktitan.net. Management explained the charge arose from a valuation allowance on deferred taxes; excluding it, Q3 net income would have been $18.64 billion (EPS $7.25)stocktitan.netstocktitan.net. Behind the scenes, Meta’s broader
29 October 2025
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Garmin Venu 4 Shines Bright: Wellness Coach, Flashlight & Big Upgrades to Rival Apple Watch

Garmin’s Big Q3 Surprise: Record Sales Surge, but Stock Plummets – What’s Next?

Garmin Q3 2025 Earnings Beat Expectations Garmin’s Oct. 29 press release showed record Q3 sales of ≈$1.77 billionprnewswire.com, up 12% from a year ago. CEO Cliff Pemble lauded “another quarter of strong financial results” with double-digit revenue growth in multiple segmentsuk.investing.com. Adjusted profit was $1.99 per share (versus $1.98 expected)uk.investing.com. On a GAAP basis EPS was $2.08prnewswire.com, essentially flat YoY. The strong demand came despite a slowing economy, reflecting Garmin’s diverse portfolio (fitness wearables, marine and aviation equipment, etc.). Notably, Garmin reiterated bullish guidance: it now expects about $8.15 EPS for FY2025 on roughly $7.10 billion revenuetimesunion.comprnewswire.com. Stock Slides on Slight Sales
29 October 2025
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WhatsApp’s New Storage Trick Frees Your Phone (and Why Meta’s Stock Is Smiling)

WhatsApp’s New Storage Trick Frees Your Phone (and Why Meta’s Stock Is Smiling)

WhatsApp Targets a Big Pain Point: Storage Bloat If you’ve ever been greeted by the dreaded “storage full” message thanks to WhatsApp, you’re not alone. Over years of chats, WhatsApp can quietly gobble up gigabytes of space with all the images, videos, voice notes, and documents bouncing around your conversations. Until now, cleaning that up has been a bit of a chore – the app offered a global storage management menu and a per-chat media gallery, but neither gave a simple way to see which chats were the worst offenders. That’s why users are buzzing about WhatsApp’s upcoming per-chat storage
29 October 2025
BigBear.ai Stock Skyrockets 22% on Defense AI Deal – Is It the Next Palantir?

BigBear.ai Stock Skyrockets 22% on Defense AI Deal – Is It the Next Palantir?

BigBear.ai Holdings is a small-cap “defense tech” stock that has caught retail investors’ eye in 2025. Its core business is AI-driven analytics and decision support for defense, security, and critical infrastructure. The company’s CEO, Kevin McAleenan (former U.S. Homeland Security Secretary), has been aggressively pursuing military and government contracts. Recent headlines have delivered a double dose of optimism: a new battlefield AI partnership and a border-security deployment, both of which helped send the stock sharply higher. On Oct. 13, BigBear.ai announced a strategic alliance with Tsecond, Inc., a Silicon Valley defense hardware maker. The two will merge BigBear’s ConductorOS AI
28 October 2025
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183 Million Email Passwords Leaked – Gmail Users Urged to Check If They’re Affected

183 Million Email Passwords Leaked – Gmail Users Urged to Check If They’re Affected

Infostealer Malware Fuels a Mega-Breach Cybersecurity officials are sounding the alarm after a massive trove of 183 million stolen account credentials was uncovered. Unlike a typical breach of a single database, this haul of email addresses and passwords came from malware “infostealer” campaigns that infected victims’ computers over time gadgetreview.com the-independent.com. When users logged into various websites – email, social media, banking, and more – the malware silently recorded their login keystrokes and saved passwords, funneling these details to cybercriminals. The result is an enormous composite leak spanning countless online services. In total about 3.5 terabytes of data (mostly in
28 October 2025
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ChatGPT Crashes Worldwide — Downdetector Alarms, OpenAI Responds, Markets React

ChatGPT Crashes Worldwide — Downdetector Alarms, OpenAI Responds, Markets React

Sources: Industry trackers and tech media report the details of the outage Dataconomy Findarticles; OpenAI’s updates are public on its status page; Reuters and TS2.tech cover corporate moves and stock reactions Reuters ts2.tech; and AI experts in AI Magazine and tech analysis comment on reliability and resilience Aimagazine Businessinsider. All statistics and expert quotes are drawn from these contemporaneous sources.
27 October 2025
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OnePlus 15’s Monster Battery & Early Launch Surprise – Everything You Need to Know

OnePlus 15’s Monster Battery & Early Launch Surprise – Everything You Need to Know

OnePlus 15 Launches Early – A Break from Tradition OnePlus is accelerating its launch schedule this year. The OnePlus 15 will officially be unveiled in China on October 27, 2025 at 7 PM Beijing timeandroidcentral.com. This China-first debut is customary for OnePlus, but what’s surprising is how quickly the device is slated to reach global markets. Leaks point to a global launch event in mid-November – about just two weeks after the China eventandroidcentral.com. In fact, tech blogger Paras Guglani shared a screenshot of a OnePlus Sweden web page showing a November 12 date for the OnePlus 15, along with
26 October 2025
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Stock Market Today

Wall Street Feels the Heat (and Thrill): Fed Cuts, Tariffs & Mega-Mergers Set NYSE Buzz

Stock Market Today 07.02.2026

7 February 2026
LIVEMarkets rolling coverageStarted: February 7, 2026, 12:00 AM ESTUpdated: February 7, 2026, 12:26 AM EST Dollar Dips as Stocks Rally and US Data Influences Fed Rate Expectations February 7, 2026, 12:18 AM EST. The **dollar index** fell 0.17%, pressured by a rebound in equity markets reducing demand for the safe-haven currency. Weaker-than-expected U.S. labor market data raised the odds of a Fed rate cut to 18% for March, though consumer sentiment improved to a six-month high, limiting losses. Hawkish comments from Atlanta Fed's Raphael Bostic emphasized maintaining restrictive monetary policy. The dollar faces medium-term weakness amid expectations for rate cuts
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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