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Technology Trends News 17 October 2025 - 29 October 2025

48 Hours Without AI: Why Some People Are Unplugging from Artificial Intelligence

48 Hours Without AI: Why Some People Are Unplugging from Artificial Intelligence

The Backlash: Why Some Are Saying No to AI Ellen Rugaber, a 16-year-old student from Virginia, might seem like a typical high schooler – except she refuses to use AI on principle. “It’s part of growing up to learn how to do your own work,” she says, noting that many of her classmates rely on tools like ChatGPT for homework nzherald.co.nz. Rugaber worries outsourcing her thinking to a machine would stunt her skills, and she’s uneasy about the biases and errors AI text generators can produce nzherald.co.nz. In her eyes, using AI to write an essay or solve a problem
29 October 2025
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Skyworks Soars 18% on $22B Qorvo Merger – What’s Next for the Chipmaker?

Skyworks Soars 18% on $22B Qorvo Merger – What’s Next for the Chipmaker?

Skyworks’ stock surge on Oct. 28 was driven almost entirely by the surprise merger announcement. In pre-market trading, shares spiked ~12% reuters.com, and by 9:48 a.m. ET the stock was around $89.22 (from about $75.84 Monday’s close) investing.com investing.com. This massive gap up reflects investor excitement: combined, Skyworks and Qorvo would control roughly $7.7 billion in annual RF-chip revenue (≈$5.1B mobile + $2.6B broadband) stocktitan.net, making a top U.S. analog/5G semiconductor supplier. The market welcomed the logic that scale and cross-selling should boost earnings – for example StockTitan notes the deal is “immediately accretive” to EPS and targets >$500M in yearly cost
28 October 2025
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Bitcoin Bonanza and AI Cloud Pivot Send Hyperscale Data (GPUS) Soaring

Bitcoin Bonanza and AI Cloud Pivot Send Hyperscale Data (GPUS) Soaring

Company Background: Pivoting from Conglomerate to AI & Crypto Pure-Play Hyperscale Data, Inc. is in the midst of a dramatic transformation. Formerly known as Ault Alliance, Inc. (and prior to that, BitNile Holdings), the company has roots in cryptocurrency mining and diversified holdings datacenterdynamics.com datacenterdynamics.com. In September 2024 it rebranded as Hyperscale Data (ticker: GPUS) to reflect a new focus on high-performance data centers for artificial intelligence alongside Bitcoin mining datacenterdynamics.com datacenterdynamics.com. Through its subsidiary Sentinum, Inc., Hyperscale owns a flagship 28 megawatt data center in Dowagiac, Michigan – a 617,000 sq ft campus acquired in 2022 that can scale
28 October 2025
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AI Chip Frenzy Sends Navitas Stock Soaring 750% – Will the Rally Continue or Crash?

AI Chip Frenzy Sends Navitas Stock Soaring 750% – Will the Rally Continue or Crash?

Record Rally Fueled by Nvidia’s AI Power Deal Navitas Semiconductor has undergone a meteoric rise in recent months, transforming from an obscure small-cap into a market darling virtually overnight. The catalyst was a headline-grabbing collaboration with NVIDIA announced in mid-October. Navitas revealed it developed advanced 800 V GaN and SiC power devices for NVIDIA’s next-generation “AI factory” supercomputers ts2.tech. In plain terms, Navitas’s high-voltage chips will help power Nvidia’s cutting-edge AI data centers that run on 800 V direct current – a radical leap from the ~48 V standard in traditional server racks ts2.tech. The news “electrified” investors. Navitas’s stock jumped ~21% in
27 October 2025
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BigBear.ai Stock’s 300% Surge Sparks Palantir Comparisons in Defense AI Frenzy

BigBear.ai Stock’s 300% Surge Sparks Palantir Comparisons in Defense AI Frenzy

Latest Stock Performance and Current Price BigBear.ai’s stock has been on a rollercoaster run in 2025. After starting the year as a little-known penny stock, BBAI caught fire amid the AI boom ts2.tech, riding a wave of speculative enthusiasm for defense-related AI plays. Year-to-date the share price has roughly doubled (up ~80–100%), and in the past 12 months it’s up over 300% in total return ts2.tech – making BigBear one of the year’s hottest small-cap AI names. Much of that gain came in a few explosive moves: for instance, on October 13 the stock jumped about 22% in a single
27 October 2025
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Oracle’s ‘Truly Awesome’ AI Cloud Quarter Sends Stock Soaring 36%, Making Ellison World’s Richest

Oracle (ORCL) Stock Surges on AI Frenzy – Trillion-Dollar Dreams in Focus

Stock Price & Recent Trading Oracle’s stock price has been volatile but trending up. On Oct. 24, 2025, ORCL traded in the $282.80–$287.19 range and closed at $285.72 (up 2% on the day)economictimes.indiatimes.com. Volume was heavy (~1.95 million shares)economictimes.indiatimes.com. This follows a mid-October swing: a sharp selloff on Oct. 22 ($269.25 low) was quickly bought back, with the stock rebounding to close $281.31 on Oct. 23historicaloptiondata.com. Technical data show ORCL bouncing off its 50-day moving average near $274, though still below the 20-day mean (~$289)historicaloptiondata.com. The stock’s year-to-date rise is dramatic: ORCL hit a record ~$345 intraday in early September
24 October 2025
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Walmart’s ChatGPT Checkout Debut Sparks Stock Surge to Record Highs – Is $1 Trillion Cap Within Reach?

ChatGPT Shoppers Send Walmart Stock Soaring – Analysts Predict Further Upside

Market Snapshot Walmart’s stock has hit new highs in mid-October 2025. Investors cheered the Oct. 14 announcement of a ChatGPT shopping integration, which drove WMT shares up roughly 3–5% that day to about $107 by the closets2.tech. That closing price marked a new 52-week and all-time high for the stockts2.tech. Overall, Walmart is up ~30% over the past 12 monthsm.investing.com (about +18–19% year-to-datets2.tech), outpacing the S&P 500 and many retail peers. Its market capitalization now stands around $850–855 billionts2.tech. Despite the strong run, WMT trades at a premium (forward P/E ~30–35×) on expectations of continued growth. Walmart’s vast logistics network
23 October 2025
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AI Stock Boom or Bubble? Tech Rally Soars as Experts Warn of Risk

AI Stock Boom or Bubble? Tech Rally Soars as Experts Warn of Risk

AI Stocks Propel a Record Tech Rally After a turbulent summer, U.S. markets have soared back near all-time highs, largely on the back of AI euphoria. Investor optimism about emerging AI technology has lifted major indices despite macro headwinds like trade tensions and war fears qz.com. In fact, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite both notched record closing highs in early October, buoyed by outsized gains in a few AI-focused giants reuters.com. The rally’s narrow leadership is striking. Mega-cap tech firms – especially those at the forefront of AI – have vastly outperformed. A select “AI basket” of titans (Alphabet,
23 October 2025
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Quantum Leap: D-Wave (QBTS) Stock Skyrockets 2000% Amid Fed Rate Cuts and AI-Fueled Quantum Breakthroughs

Quantum Gold Rush: D-Wave (QBTS) Stock Skyrockets 3,000% — Is the Rally Sustainable?

Latest Stock Price and Performance D-Wave’s stock has been on a wild ride. After spending most of 2024 under $5, QBTS erupted in 2025. It surged into the mid-$40s in mid-October, hitting $46.75 on Oct. 15ts2.tech. That came after several back-to-back gains – for instance, a 23% jump on Oct. 13 alonets2.tech. By Oct. 22, the stock had retreated; it closed around $27.29 on Oct. 22stockanalysis.com and traded near $26.78 in after-hours that eveningstockanalysis.com. Reuters reports QBTS “trading lower” at $27.29 as of Oct. 23reuters.com. In total, QBTS is up roughly 300% so far in 2025ts2.tech, but its gains have
23 October 2025
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AI Hype vs Reality: HPE Stock’s Wild October Ride and What’s Next for Investors

AI Hype vs Reality: HPE Stock’s Wild October Ride and What’s Next for Investors

HPE Stock Volatility: From Highs to a Post-Guidance Slump Hewlett Packard Enterprise headquarters in Texas. The company’s stock has experienced volatility amid surging AI enthusiasm and cautious financial guidance. After a steady climb through 2025, HPE’s stock rally hit turbulence in mid-October. The shares were hovering near multi-year highs above $26 just before the company’s annual Securities Analyst Meeting on Oct. 15ts2.tech. Optimism was running high – HPE had gained roughly 15–20% year-to-date on the back of strong demand for its AI infrastructure and cloud offeringsts2.tech. In fact, the stock notched a 52-week high of $26.44 in early October amid
22 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)

Rigetti (RGTI) Stock Skyrockets 5,000%, Hits Turbulence – Quantum Boom or Bubble?

Stock Rollercoaster: From Penny Stock to $50+ and Back to $40 Rigetti Computing’s stock price action in 2025 has been nothing short of extraordinary. At the start of the year, RGTI traded for mere cents. Fast forward to mid-October, and the stock hit a high of $56.34 on October 15, representing an almost 50-fold increase in under a yearts2.tech. In one frenzied session on Oct. 13, Rigetti spiked 25% in a day, catapulting its market cap into the tens of billionsts2.tech. This speculative quantum frenzy pushed Rigetti far beyond the gains of other hot tech plays – even outpacing the
22 October 2025
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Vertiv (VRT) Stock Skyrockets on AI Boom – Will the Rally Continue?

Vertiv (VRT) Stock Skyrockets on AI Data-Center Boom – Will the Rally Continue?

Vertiv’s Recent Run-up Vertiv’s stock has soared in 2025, outpacing its peers and sector. After years of steady growth, the share price accelerated in the summer and early fall on booming AI/data-center demandts2.technasdaq.com. By Oct 9 the stock briefly reached about $180stockstotrade.com, trading near its 52-week high. The stock remains in the high-$170s, roughly up half from year-start levelsnasdaq.com. This comes amid broad enthusiasm for companies supplying cooling and power gear for fast-growing data centers. Over the past few days, Vertiv has consolidated slightly, but trading volume has picked up on earnings news. As of Oct 22, the consensus pre-market
22 October 2025
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Quantum Computing Stocks Are Booming: Top 5 to Buy Now (October 2025)

Quantum Computing Stocks Are Booming: Top 5 to Buy Now (October 2025)

1. IonQ (IONQ) – Trapped-Ion Trailblazer with Big Backing IonQ is widely regarded as the frontrunner among pure-play quantum computing companies. Founded in 2015, the Maryland-based firm uses trapped-ion technology for its quantum processors – a method praised for high qubit fidelity and easy networking. IonQ was the first quantum hardware startup to go public (via SPAC in 2021), and it has rapidly scaled up both its technology and its valuation in 2025. Stock Surge & Outlook: IonQ’s stock price has exploded this year, rising roughly 600–700% year-to-datets2.techts2.tech. Shares hit an all-time high around $75–$82 in mid-October after a parabolic
21 October 2025
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Adobe’s AI Foundry Unveiled: Custom Brand AI Models and What Investors Are Saying

Adobe Stock Sinks to Yearly Low as AI Questions Mount – New “AI Foundry” Launch Adds Fuel to Debate

Adobe’s logo displayed on a smartphone. The software publisher’s stock is near 52-week lows despite new AI initiatives. (Image credit: TechStock²) Stock Performance Adobe shares have drifted lower for much of 2025. In 2024 the stock peaked around $555ts2.tech, but as of mid-October 2025 it hovered near $330ts2.tech. That marked a fresh 52-week low (~$329) for ADBE. In the past week (Oct. 15–21) the stock has recovered a bit, closing around $356 on Oct. 21reuters.com. This rebound followed announcement of the AI Foundry service (Oct. 20) and some upbeat analyst comments. Still, the year-to-date loss is roughly 20–25%. For context,
21 October 2025
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Salesforce (CRM) Stock Soars on $60B AI Bet – Can the Cloud Giant’s Rally Last?

Salesforce Stock Surges After $60B AI Bombshell – Here’s What’s Next (Oct 20, 2025)

Stock Performance: Bumpy Ride Followed by AI-Fueled Bounce After a bumpy few months, Salesforce stock has shown signs of stabilizing in October. Shares hit a multi-month low of $235.69 on Oct. 1 amid broader market weakness and lingering post-earnings worriests2.tech. That slump — roughly a 7% drop in September — was fueled by soft guidance from management on future sales, which tempered expectations despite strong last-quarter resultsts2.tech. Early in October, an alarming (though ultimately indirect) security scare added to jitters: a hacker group claimed to have stolen data from Salesforce clients’ databases, sparking headlines about a potential breachts2.tech. Salesforce assured
20 October 2025
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AI Stock Frenzy: Growth Stocks Go Parabolic as Tech Rally Surges

AI Stock Frenzy: Growth Stocks Go Parabolic as Tech Rally Surges

Markets & AI: Rally Amid Record Highs U.S. markets enter the week in a buoyant mood, shrugging off recent headwinds. Major indices closed Oct. 17 near all-time peaks (Dow ~46,200, S&P 500 ~6,664) ts2.tech, buoyed by blockbuster earnings and the promise of Fed rate cuts. Technology and AI-related stocks are powering the gains: the Nasdaq, in particular, has jumped about +15% so far this year ts2.tech. Investors point to robust corporate results (58% of S&P companies beat Q3 forecasts ts2.tech) and cooling inflation/interest-rate pressures. Big tech remains center stage. NVIDIA’s incredible momentum illustrates the theme: its GPUs are the backbone of
20 October 2025
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AI Gold Rush or Bubble? Tech’s Trillion-Dollar Question

AI Stocks: What to Know Before Markets Open on October 20, 2025

AI Chipmakers Ride a Wave of Deals and Demand Few sectors have benefited from the 2025 AI boom as much as the chipmakers powering advanced AI systems. Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has been a standout: the stock skyrocketed in mid-October after AMD revealed two blockbuster partnerships to provide its cutting-edge GPUs for AI workloads. On October 6, AMD announced a multi-year agreement to supply OpenAI with roughly six gigawatts worth of AI chips (a deal potentially worth $100 billion in revenue) – news that sent AMD shares up 30+% in a single dayts2.techts2.tech. Just a week later, AMD inked another
19 October 2025
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New Era Energy & Digital (NUAI) Skyrockets 185% on AI Data Center Buzz – Can the Tiny Stock Sustain the Hype?

New Era Energy & Digital (NUAI) Skyrockets 185% on AI Data Center Buzz – Can the Tiny Stock Sustain the Hype?

Key Facts – October 18, 2025 A Micro-Cap Reinvents Itself for the AI Boom New Era Energy & Digital – until recently known as New Era Helium, Inc. – has radically reinvented its business in 2025. The Midland, Texas-based company pivoted from helium and natural gas exploration toward becoming a developer of “energy-enabled” digital infrastructure for the AI erats2.tech. In August, it officially rebranded to reflect this shift, retaining its gas assets but refocusing on powering data centers. The strategic bet: build a vertically integrated campus where on-site power generation and computing facilities come together to serve the booming demand
18 October 2025
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Alibaba Stock Soars on AI Frenzy – Can the Rally Last?

Alibaba’s 2025 Comeback: AI Ambitions Fuel BABA Stock Rally – Will It Last?

Stock Price and Market Performance (Oct. 17 Update) Alibaba’s stock is capping off a strong week, with a notable move on October 17, 2025. The NYSE-listed BABA shares closed around $167 on Friday, recovering from early-session weakness. This roughly 3% intraday rebound came despite a sell-off in Hong Kong, where Alibaba’s secondary listing fell over 4% amid broad tech declines. Even with recent volatility, Alibaba’s U.S. stock remains near multi-year highs – up about 85–90% year-to-datets2.tech. By comparison, the NYSE Composite index is only up ~12% in 2025ts2.tech, underscoring Alibaba’s outsized rally. The stock’s momentum since spring carried it above
17 October 2025
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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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Stock Market Today

XRP price today slips near $1.42 as thin weekend liquidity keeps traders on edge

XRP price today slips near $1.42 as thin weekend liquidity keeps traders on edge

7 February 2026
XRP fell about 5% Saturday to $1.42, extending a 22% weekly drop as thin liquidity and macro jitters drove sharp swings. Bitcoin rebounded above $70,000 after a brief plunge, while ether surged 12%. Ripple outlined plans for an “Institutional DeFi” roadmap, including a new lending protocol and permissioned DEX. The Federal Reserve held rates steady last week, with officials signaling caution on inflation.
Home Depot stock price: jobs, inflation and a Feb. 24 earnings test loom

Home Depot stock price: jobs, inflation and a Feb. 24 earnings test loom

7 February 2026
Home Depot shares rose 0.7% to $385.15 Friday, trading between $379.10 and $386.37. Investors await a delayed U.S. jobs report Wednesday and CPI data Friday, both postponed by a brief government shutdown. Home Depot reports fourth-quarter earnings Feb. 24. The Dow closed above 50,000 for the first time.
JPMorgan stock price jumps 4% into weekend as Wall Street braces for a busy data week

JPMorgan stock price jumps 4% into weekend as Wall Street braces for a busy data week

7 February 2026
JPMorgan shares rose 3.95% to $322.40 Friday, outpacing other major banks as U.S. stocks rallied and the Dow closed above 50,000 for the first time. The bank recently completed a $3 billion subordinated notes offering. Investors are watching for delayed U.S. jobs data and inflation figures next week, ahead of JPMorgan’s Feb. 23 company update.
AbbVie stock price: ABBV ends week near $223 after earnings swing — what to watch next

AbbVie stock price: ABBV ends week near $223 after earnings swing — what to watch next

7 February 2026
AbbVie shares rose 2% to $223.43 Friday, capping a volatile week marked by earnings and drug sales scrutiny. Moody’s upgraded AbbVie’s credit rating to A2, citing strong performance in immunology and neuroscience. Investors remain focused on Skyrizi and Rinvoq growth amid rising competition and recent regulatory filings. Trading volume stayed below average, with the stock still 9% off its 52-week high.
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