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Technology Trends News 8 October 2025 - 17 October 2025

Palantir’s Shocking Reinvention: From Secretive Spy Tech to $400B Cult Lifestyle Brand

Palantir (PLTR) Stock Soars 300% on AI Mega-Deals – Boom or Bubble Ahead?

Red-Hot Rally Fueled by AI Mania Palantir Technologies has seen its stock go parabolic in 2025, transforming from a mid-cap data firm into a near half-trillion-dollar tech titan. Shares of PLTR currently trade around $178–$180 – about 3–4 times their price at the start of the yearts2.tech. This meteoric rise (+300% YTD) vastly outpaces the broader market and has vaulted Palantir into the ranks of the most valuable tech companies. In fact, Palantir’s market value (roughly $425 billion at last count) is now comparable to or larger than legacy defense giants like Lockheed Martin, RTX, and Northrop combinedreuters.com. As tech news
17 October 2025
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LOBO EV Tech Rebrands & Sparks Trading Frenzy – What Investors Need to Know

LOBO EV Tech Rebrands & Sparks Trading Frenzy – What Investors Need to Know

Nasdaq Debut and Volatile Trading Lobo’s corporate makeover took effect on Oct. 16, when shareholders’ approval of a name change (dropping the “EV”) and a share reclassification became official tipranks.com. That morning, LOBO opened on Nasdaq at $0.86 and oscillated up to $0.97 before closing flat around $0.93 reuters.com. This frenetic trading came on unusually heavy volume, underscoring heightened interest around the rebrand. The Class A ordinary shares carry the same ticker “LOBO” but signal a new chapter for the company’s capital structure. Management framed the changes as a strategy to “enhance [LOBO’s] market presence” and reflect broader tech ambitions beyond just
16 October 2025
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Dragonfly Energy (DFLI) Patent News Sends Stock Soaring – Will the Rally Last?

Dragonfly Energy (DFLI) Patent News Sends Stock Soaring – Will the Rally Last?

Dragonfly Energy Holdings (DFLI) – US-listed maker of Battle Born® lithium batteries – saw its stock surge on Oct. 15, 2025. The company’s new patent for wireless battery communication and a solid Q3 sales beat have energized investors. (Image: Dragonfly Energy logo) Dragonfly Energy (Nasdaq: DFLI) grabbed headlines in mid-October 2025 when the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office approved a crucial patent for its IntelLigence® battery communication system Globenewswire Investing. In early trading on Oct. 15, the stock spiked more than 35%, on top of heavy volumes, reflecting the patent news Investing Stocktwits. This sudden rally follows a volatile week:
15 October 2025
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Fluence Energy (FLNC) Stock Skyrockets: $10B Battery Boost and AI-Fueled Demand Ignite Rally

Fluence Energy (FLNC) Stock Skyrockets: $10B Battery Boost and AI-Fueled Demand Ignite Rally

As of Oct 15, 2025, Fluence Energy (NASDAQ: FLNC) trades around $18.45 reuters.com, about 9% higher year-to-date (2025) but still roughly 20–21% below its November 2024 peak ts2.tech. The stock has been extremely volatile: it jumped about 21% on Oct 13 and 16% on Oct 14, 2025 ts2.tech ts2.tech. This surge came after analysts at Susquehanna upgraded Fluence to “Positive,” nearly doubling their price target to $17 (from $9) ts2.tech. A $1.5 trillion infrastructure proposal (including $10 billion for battery storage projects) also boosted investor enthusiasm ts2.tech. CEO Julian Nebreda says U.S. demand is booming – he expects about half
15 October 2025
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AI Data Center Goldmine or Bubble? Credo (CRDO) Stock’s Wild Ride Amid New Deals and Big Hype

AI Data Center Goldmine or Bubble? Credo (CRDO) Stock’s Wild Ride Amid New Deals and Big Hype

CRDO Stock on a Roller Coaster Ride Credo’s stock has been on a tear – and a turbulent one. Shares have gained over 1,300% since the company’s January 2022 IPOnasdaq.com, vastly outperforming the broader market on excitement around its AI data-center niche. But that stellar run now comes with gut-churning swings. Just in the past few trading days, CRDO went from a steep drop to a euphoric jump and back again. After tumbling ~8% last Friday to $138.83 amid a tech sell-offstockinvest.us, Credo rebounded 7.97% on Monday (Oct. 13) to close near $150stockinvest.us. The rally was apparently driven by fresh
14 October 2025
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Quantum-Powered Pop! SEALSQ Corp (LAES) Stock Rockets on Latest Breakthroughs and Deals

Quantum Stock Frenzy: SEALSQ (LAES) Soars on Post-Quantum Deals – Analysts Sound Alarm

LAES Stock Skyrockets on Quantum Deal Frenzy SEALSQ’s stock has been on a tear in October, buoyed by a string of strategic announcements that tapped into investor excitement over post-quantum cybersecurity. The shares surged from the $4–5 range in late September to around $6–7 by mid-October, including a 39.7% spike on Oct. 9 alonets2.tech. On Oct. 14, LAES jumped another ~10% intraday to about $6.70benzinga.com, briefly testing the $7 level. This powerful momentum has driven LAES to its highest territory in months, far above its summer lows (the stock traded under $1 as recently as 2024)benzinga.com. Traders note massive volume
14 October 2025
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Salesforce Unleashes AI Agents to Fix a $7B Problem – Will CRM Stocks Soar?

Salesforce Unleashes AI Agents to Fix a $7B Problem – Will CRM Stocks Soar?

Salesforce’s latest AI push – unveiled at its Oct 2025 Dreamforce conference – centers on Agentforce, a framework of “autonomous AI agents” embedded throughout Salesforce products venturebeat.com. With 12,000+ customers already using Agentforce in 2024 reuters.com tekedia.com, the company is betting these agents will break the cycle of stalled pilots. In a press briefing, co-founder CTO Parker Harris said “we are truly in the agentic AI era,” predicting that “40% of the work in the Fortune 1000 is probably going to be done by AI, and it’s going to be humans and AI actually working together” venturebeat.com. Salesforce frames Agentforce 360
14 October 2025
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$5B Brookfield Deal Sends Bloom Energy Stock Soaring – Fuel-Cell Future of AI

$5B Brookfield Deal Sends Bloom Energy Stock Soaring – Fuel-Cell Future of AI

Brookfield’s AI Infrastructure Bet On Oct. 13 (market hours), Bloom and Brookfield jointly announced the partnership via BusinessWire and press reports investor.bloomenergy.com. Under the agreement, Brookfield (a $1+ trillion asset manager) commits up to $5 billion to fund Bloom’s fuel cells at AI data centers worldwide investor.bloomenergy.com datacenterdynamics.com. Bloom becomes Brookfield’s preferred on-site power provider for its new “AI factories” – purpose-built data centers where power and compute are designed in concert investor.bloomenergy.com datacenterdynamics.com. A spokesperson confirmed the first European AI factory site will be announced by year-end investor.bloomenergy.com datacenterdynamics.com. Brookfield’s dedicated AI Infrastructure strategy already includes multi-billion dollar data-center and clean-power
14 October 2025
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Critical Metals Corp (CRML) SOARS on U.S. Rare-Earth Gambit – Billion-Dollar Opportunity or Bubble?

Critical Metals Corp (CRML) SOARS on U.S. Rare-Earth Gambit – Billion-Dollar Opportunity or Bubble?

Key Facts: Critical Metals Corp is a NASDAQ-listed (CRML) mining development company in the materials sector, focused on rare earths and lithium ts2.tech. Its market capitalization is now on the order of $2–3 billion (about $2.4B as of Oct. 13, 2025) stockanalysis.com. The company’s chief assets are the Tanbreez Rare Earth Project in southern Greenland and the Wolfsberg Lithium Project in Austria ts2.tech. Tanbreez is a massive high-grade rare-earth deposit (heavy-REO content, including dysprosium and terbium) discovered and developed to supply clean-energy and defense markets ts2.tech. Wolfsberg is one of the few fully‑permitted lithium mines in Europe, aimed at the
14 October 2025
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Quantum Stocks (IonQ, Rigetti, D-Wave, Quantum Computing Inc) Surge 700–6,000% – Bubble or Breakthrough? (Oct. 13, 2025)

Quantum Stocks (IonQ, Rigetti, D-Wave, Quantum Computing Inc) Surge 700–6,000% – Bubble or Breakthrough? (Oct. 13, 2025)

In short: The quantum wave shows no signs of cresting – stocks like IonQ, Rigetti and QUBT continue to race higher on every piece of news. Current share prices, however, embed aggressive future growth that isn’t yet realized. As one commentator put it, many investors are “buying a vision of the future” ts2.tech. The coming months will test whether these parabolic runs are the start of a historic tech breakout or the peak of a frothy bubble. (All data as of mid-October 2025.) Sources: Recent Barron’s/TipRanks reports tipranks.com ts2.tech, TipRanks analyses tipranks.com tipranks.com, and TechStock² (TS2.tech) deep-dives on IonQ, Rigetti,
13 October 2025
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Deep-Sea Gold Rush? The Metals Company Stock Rockets as Trump Targets Undersea Treasure

Deep-Sea Gold Rush? The Metals Company Stock Rockets as Trump Targets Undersea Treasure

Background: EV Boom Spurs Metal Hunt Electric vehicles and green tech have sent demand for critical minerals surging. Cobalt, nickel, copper and others are essential for EV batteries and have been designated “critical” by agencies like USGS nasdaq.com iea.org. According to the IEA, demand for nickel and cobalt jumped 6–8% in 2024 due to energy applications iea.org. Deep-sea nodules contain these exact metals: “Minerals critical to the clean energy transition have been found in the deep ocean floor,” including cobalt, nickel, manganese and others used in EV batteries weforum.org. With many land-based mines concentrated in a few countries, governments (notably
13 October 2025
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Data Center Boom Ignites PPL Corp (PPL) Stock Surge – Analysts Weigh In

Data Center Boom Ignites PPL Corp (PPL) Stock Surge – Analysts Weigh In

Recent News and Developments Stock Performance & Valuation PPL shares have risen steadily in 2025. After trading near $31 in early 2024, PPL climbed above $37 by Oct 2025 marketbeat.com. Key metrics (Oct 2025) include a P/E of ~27–28, a PEG ratio ~2.6, and a beta ~0.66 marketbeat.com. Its 50-day moving average (~$36.38) sits just below price, and the 200-day (~$35.39) confirms an uptrend marketbeat.com. The 52-week range is $31.22–$37.81 marketbeat.com. The stock’s valuation looks moderate among utilities. Analysts’ consensus price target (~$37.40 marketbeat.com to $38.8 nasdaq.com) implies only low single-digit upside, reflecting cautious optimism. TS2.tech notes PPL’s financial profile
12 October 2025
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Quantum Rivals Clash: D-Wave vs Rigetti – Which Stock Will Skyrocket in 2026?

Quantum Rivals Clash: D-Wave vs Rigetti – Which Stock Will Skyrocket in 2026?

Quantum computing remains an emerging field, and D-Wave and Rigetti represent two very different approaches. D-Wave (NYSE: QBTS) is a veteran in quantum annealing – a specialized model for optimization problems. In mid-2025 the company rolled out its 6th‑generation Advantage2 annealerdwavequantum.comdwavequantum.com. Its latest results show solid progress: Q2 2025 revenue of $3.1M (up 42% YOY) and broad customer engagements, but still huge losses. CEO Alan Baratz emphasized the quarter’s achievements: “we brought to market our sixth‑generation quantum computer… ended the quarter with a record $819 million in cash,” and said D-Wave is “confident in our ability to continue delivering long‑term value”dwavequantum.com. Much of the cash came from
12 October 2025
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Broadcom’s AI Windfall: Inside AVGO’s Trillion-Dollar Surge, $10B Chip Deal & 2025 Outlook

Broadcom’s AI Windfall: Inside AVGO’s Trillion-Dollar Surge, $10B Chip Deal & 2025 Outlook

Broadcom’s Financial Performance and Stock Trajectory Broadcom’s stock has been on a meteoric rise in 2023–2025, riding the twin waves of AI chip euphoria and strategic acquisitions. Even after the recent market volatility, AVGO is up dramatically year-to-date and over the past 12 months. At the start of 2024, Broadcom’s market cap was around $300 B; by October 2025 it ballooned past $1.5 trillion ts2.tech. The company’s decision to enact a 10:1 stock split (in February 2024) helped spur retail interest, while its fundamental performance justified the climb. Earnings momentum has been strong. In fiscal 2024 (ended Oct 2024), Broadcom’s revenue was
11 October 2025
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TSMC’s AI-Fueled Surge: Record Highs, Big Risks, and Bold Predictions (Oct 2025 Update)

TSMC’s AI-Fueled Surge: Record Highs, Big Risks, and Bold Predictions (Oct 2025 Update)

TSMC Stock Soars on AI Boom TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.) is riding a wave of investor enthusiasm as of October 2025. Its Taipei-listed shares hit record highs this month – reaching NT$1,370 on Oct 2 (about $43 USD per share) ts2.tech – and the U.S. ADR (NYSE: TSM) likewise surged to all-time highs, briefly trading above $300. In fact, TSMC’s U.S. stock spiked to an intraday $307 on Oct 7 amid frenzied buying ts2.tech. Even after a bit of profit-taking, TSMC hovers around the mid-$290s per share as of Oct 11, reflecting a dramatic upswing from roughly ~$200 at
11 October 2025
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Up 150% YTD: Navitas Semiconductor (NVTS) Rides the GaN Power Wave into AI’s Future

Up 150% YTD: Navitas Semiconductor (NVTS) Rides the GaN Power Wave into AI’s Future

Company Background and Business Model Navitas Semiconductor is a fabless semiconductor company founded in 2014 that specializes in next-generation power electronics. It pioneered the integration of gallium nitride (GaN) transistors with drive, control, sensing, and protection circuits into single “GaNFast” power ICsnavitassemi.com. These GaN power chips switch much faster than traditional silicon, enabling smaller, more efficient chargers and power converters. Navitas’s technology can increase energy efficiency by up to 40% and switch speeds 100× faster than legacy silicon solutionsnavitassemi.com, allowing power systems to be significantly lighter and more compact. The company initially gained traction in consumer electronics – its GaN ICs have been used in ultra-fast smartphone and laptop
10 October 2025
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New Era Energy & Digital (NUAI) Stock Skyrockets on AI Data Center Dreams – Key Updates & Outlook

New Era Energy & Digital (NUAI) Stock Skyrockets on AI Data Center Dreams – Key Updates & Outlook

Latest Developments & October Stock Surge After a quiet summer, New Era Energy & Digital’s stock exploded in early October 2025 on the back of major project news and aggressive investor outreach. On October 9, NUAI shares nearly doubled intraday – a one-day jump of roughly 80% – following fresh updates on its West Texas data center ventureau.investing.com. The rally took the stock from around $1.54 to roughly $2.8–$2.9, on extraordinarily heavy volume. This kind of move echoed the late-September spike when NUAI announced completion of Phase One engineering; at that time, the stock closed +49.8% in a single session (Sept. 25) as retail traders piled
9 October 2025
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Tempus AI (TEM) Stock Skyrockets on AI Healthcare Breakthroughs – Inside the Price Surge, Latest News & 2025 Outlook

Tempus AI (TEM) Stock Skyrockets on AI Healthcare Breakthroughs – Inside the Price Surge, Latest News & 2025 Outlook

Stock Price Surge: From IPO to Record Highs Tempus AI’s stock has been on a remarkable tear since its mid-2024 IPO. The Chicago-based healthtech firm – founded in 2015 by Eric Lefkofsky (of Groupon fame) – went public in June 2024 at around $21 per share, and the price has since quadrupled ts2.tech. After a steady climb through 2024, momentum accelerated in 2025 as the company delivered strong results and AI breakthroughs. By early September 2025, TEM had more than doubled its IPO price, reaching the high-$80s to $90 range ts2.tech. A series of catalysts (detailed below) then propelled the
9 October 2025
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CrowdStrike Stock Skyrockets Amid Cybersecurity Boom – Is the Rally Justified? (2025 Update)

CrowdStrike Stock Skyrockets Amid Cybersecurity Boom – Is the Rally Justified? (2025 Update)

Sources: Official company reports and press releases; Yahoo Finance and Zacks Investment Research; Reuters and CNBC interviews; TS2 Tech stock analysis and cybersecurity newsts2.technasdaq.commarkets.financialcontent.commarketbeat.comts2.techsiliconangle.comts2.tech. These provide the latest financial data, expert commentary, and industry context as of October 8, 2025.
8 October 2025
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Stock Market Today

Cambricon Class A stock price dips again: what to watch next for China AI chip name 688256

Cambricon Class A stock price dips again: what to watch next for China AI chip name 688256

8 February 2026
Cambricon Technologies shares closed at 1,036.99 yuan in Shanghai on Friday, down 2.02%, with volume at about 8 million shares. The stock has fallen roughly 16.5% since Feb. 2 after sharp declines earlier in the week. Investors await the company’s next earnings report, due March 13, for confirmation of its forecasted profit turnaround. Cambricon is valued at about 437.28 billion yuan.
Infineon stock in focus after Friday rise as reports flag April price hikes for power chips

Infineon stock in focus after Friday rise as reports flag April price hikes for power chips

8 February 2026
Infineon shares closed up 1.5% at 42.04 euros Friday on Xetra after reports the company plans April price hikes on some power products. TrendForce said the increases, citing tight supply and higher costs, would apply from April 1. The Feb. 12 record date and Feb. 19 annual meeting are next for shareholders. UBS raised its price target to 47 euros, citing stronger margins.
TE Connectivity stock jumps 3.5% into the weekend — what to watch for TEL next week

TE Connectivity stock jumps 3.5% into the weekend — what to watch for TEL next week

8 February 2026
TE Connectivity (NYSE: TEL) closed Friday up 3.46% at $215.91, rebounding after a 3.29% drop Thursday, but remains 5% lower for the week and 14% below its 52-week high. The company expects to close a $750 million senior notes offering on Monday and pay a $0.71 dividend March 13. Investors await Friday’s U.S. CPI report, seen as a key market driver.
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