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Technology News 5 October 2025 - 8 October 2025

Mystery $75M Bet Propels POET Technologies – Tiny Optical Chipmaker Rides AI Gold Rush

Mystery $75M Bet Propels POET Technologies – Tiny Optical Chipmaker Rides AI Gold Rush

$75 Million Infusion Fuels AI Connectivity Expansion POET’s $75 million capital raise – a non-brokered private placement of ~13.64 million shares (with warrants) – marks a major vote of confidence in the company’s technology ts2.tech. “This is the largest single investment in POET’s history,” noted CEO Dr. Suresh Venkatesan, adding it boosts POET’s balance sheet to $150 M+ cash and no debt ts2.tech ts2.tech. The deal was funded by a single institutional backer (whose identity was not disclosed), sparking speculation of a potential strategic partner behind the scenes ts2.tech. With this hefty war chest, management plans to “scale up [POET’s] growth ambitions in the
8 October 2025
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Blue Laser Pioneer Nuburu (BURU) Shines with Defense Pivot – Stock Soars & Key 2025 Insights

Blue Laser Pioneer Nuburu (BURU) Shines with Defense Pivot – Stock Soars & Key 2025 Insights

Stock Performance & Financials Nuburu’s stock has been on a rollercoaster in 2025, reflecting its high-risk, high-reward narrative. After spending most of the summer trading in the teens of cents, BURU exploded in late September and early October 2025 as the company rolled out its defense-tech gameplan. In the first week of October alone, the penny stock rallied about 78%, spiking from ~$0.12 to an intraday high of $0.34coincentral.com on heavy trading volume. Retail investor enthusiasm surged – Stocktwits message volume jumped 1,500%, with bullish sentiment “hitting extremely bullish levels” (98/100) as traders cheered the defense pivotcoincentral.comcoincentral.com. On October 3, shares leapt 36%
7 October 2025
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Record Highs, $55 B Deals & Data Drama: Wall Street’s Wild Week (Oct 4–5, 2025)

Stock Market Today: Wall Street Rally Stalls, Tech Slumps as Gold Hits $4,000

Key Highlights (October 7, 2025) Major Indexes Retreat from Record Highs Wall Street’s major indexes gave back ground after a multi-day rally that culminated in fresh records to start the week. On Monday (Oct 6), the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite each notched all-time closing highs, buoyed by excitement over big tech deals – notably AMD’s partnership with OpenAI that sent its stock soaring nearly 24%ts2.tech. But by Tuesday, the momentum faltered. The S&P 500 slipped roughly 0.4%, the Nasdaq about 0.7%, and the Dow 0.2%, based on Tuesday’s closeeconomictimes.indiatimes.com. In point terms, the Dow shed just over 100 points while the tech-heavy Nasdaq
7 October 2025
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Richtech Robotics (NASDAQ: RR) Deep Dive — Why This Small‑Cap Robot Maker Is Turning Heads and Stirring Controversy in 2025

Richtech Robotics (RR) Stock Skyrockets Amid Big Deals and Short Seller Showdown

Key Facts (as of October 7, 2025) Company Overview: Robots-as-a-Service Pioneer Richtech Robotics Inc. is a Nevada-founded, Las Vegas–based provider of AI-driven service robots for hospitality, retail, healthcare, and other service industriests2.tech. Founded in the mid-2010s (and publicly listed on NASDAQ as “RR”), the company’s mission is to automate labor-intensive tasks through robotics and artificial intelligence. Its product lineup ranges from humanoid robotic bartenders and café baristas to autonomous floor cleaners and delivery robots for restaurants and hotelsts2.techts2.tech. Notably, Richtech embraces a Robots-as-a-Service (RaaS) business model – instead of just selling robots outright, it often deploys them on subscription or revenue-sharing contracts, aiming for steady
7 October 2025
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Sony’s 2025 Surge: Inside the Tech Giant’s Record-Breaking Year and Bold Moves

Sony’s 2025 Surge: Inside the Tech Giant’s Record-Breaking Year and Bold Moves

Stock Performance: Near Highs After a Decade-Long Turnaround Sony’s stock has been on a tear, capping a remarkable turnaround from its early-2010s struggles. In 2025, the U.S.-listed shares have returned nearly 40% year-to-date, and by early October Sony traded around $30 – its highest level ever. In Tokyo, Sony’s stock hit record highs just under ¥4,500 per share in late September. Both the Tokyo shares and ADR have outperformed the broader Japanese market this year, reflecting investor optimism in Sony’s trajectory. Notably, the yen’s weakness (hovering near ¥148 per USD) has boosted Sony’s dollar-based returns even further. This stock rally
7 October 2025
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AMD’s AI Mega-Deal Sparks Stock Surge – Inside the OpenAI Partnership, New Chips & Showdown with Rivals

AMD’s Stock Skyrockets After Blockbuster OpenAI Deal – What It Means for Investors in 2025

Stock Performance & Key Financials (October 2025) Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has been one of 2025’s standout tech stocks. After a volatile 2024 (when AMD slid 18%), the shares rebounded strongly this year on the back of the AI boomts2.tech. As of early October 2025, AMD trades around $200 per share – up sharply from the ~$150s just a few weeks prior, and roughly 50–60% higher year-to-date. The stock’s latest spike came after news of a major AI partnership (details below) sent investors into a buying frenzy. In fact, on October 6 alone AMD surged over 30%, adding about $80 billion in
7 October 2025
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HMD Touch 4G: Tiny ‘Hybrid Phone’ Blends Nokia-Era Simplicity With 4G Smarts in India

HMD Touch 4G: Tiny ‘Hybrid Phone’ Blends Nokia-Era Simplicity With 4G Smarts in India

Bridging Feature Phones and Smartphones HMD is marketing the Touch 4G as a bridge between basic phones and full smartphones – hence the “hybrid” label Gadgets360 Gadgets360. In practice, it means users get some smartphone-like functionality (touchscreen UI, internet apps, video calling) while retaining the simplicity, affordability, and stamina of a classic feature phone. “The line between smartphone and feature phone just got a bit smudgy,” HMD quips in its promo, highlighting that Touch 4G “combines the best of both worlds” Hmd Hmd. Crucially, the Touch 4G does not run Android or support the vast app ecosystems of Google or Apple. Instead, it
7 October 2025
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IREN Stock Today (Sept 26, 2025): AI Cloud Moonshot Meets Wall Street Reality Check—Is the Rally Just Pausing or Running Out of Fuel?

IREN Stock Skyrockets 500% as Bitcoin Miner Becomes AI Powerhouse – Here’s Why

IREN’s Stock Hits Record Highs in 2025 Shares of IREN Limited (NASDAQ: IREN) have been on a phenomenal tear this year, reaching fresh record highs in early October 2025. The stock recently traded around $57–58 per share, its highest level ever, after starting the year near the low teens. Over the last month alone, IREN has jumped roughly 66%, and it’s up almost ~180% in the past quarterts2.tech. Year-to-date, IREN has skyrocketed about +382% (through Oct. 6)holder.io, making it one of the best-performing stocks of 2025 by a wide margin. In fact, Zacks Investment Research just highlighted IREN (along with
7 October 2025
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Quantum Tunneling Goes Big: The Tiny Circuit Experiment That Won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics

Quantum Tunneling Goes Big: The Tiny Circuit Experiment That Won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics

Quantum Tunneling, Explained At the heart of this Nobel-winning discovery is a phenomenon straight out of quantum theory: quantum tunneling. In classical physics, if you throw a ball at a solid wall, it will always bounce back – it doesn’t have enough energy to break through. By analogy, an electron trapped in a low-energy state cannot classically overcome a higher-energy barrier. But quantum mechanics allows for a spooky exception: the particle can sometimes “tunnel” through the barrier and appear on the other side, as if by ghostly permission of probabilitynobelprize.orgnobelprize.org. This is a well-known microscopic effect – it explains, for
7 October 2025
Eightco Holdings (ORBS) Rides Wild Worldcoin Wave – 34% Stock Spike Caps Frenzied Month

Eightco Holdings (ORBS) Rides Wild Worldcoin Wave – 34% Stock Spike Caps Frenzied Month

Wild Stock Swings: ORBS’s Latest Spike in Context Eightco’s 34% surge on Oct 6 stands out even in a market accustomed to big moves. The stock jumped from about $8.24 (its Oct 3 close) to $11.07 by Monday’s closestockanalysis.com, on trading volume nearly quadruple the prior session. This rebound followed a rough week where ORBS drifted down into the $8 range – a far cry from the dizzying highs seen a month earlier. To put the volatility in perspective, Eightco’s share price went on a historic tear in early September: on Sept 8, it opened around $18 and spiked as
7 October 2025
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Meta’s $1.8 Trillion Tech Empire: AI Breakthroughs, Metaverse Bets & Major Challenges in 2025

Meta’s $1.8 Trillion Tech Empire: AI Breakthroughs, Metaverse Bets & Major Challenges in 2025

Stock Performance & Financial Health (2025) Meta’s stock has been on a tear in 2025, handily outperforming the broader market. The shares opened the year under $600 and, despite a spring dip, rallied to a record $789 in mid-August ts2.tech. After a late-summer surge, the stock has cooled to the $700 range – still about 25% higher year-to-date ts2.tech. This volatility reflects investor excitement over Meta’s AI prospects tempered by periodic profit-taking. Technicals show the stock off its highs but in a healthy uptrend (its 52-week low was $480 in April) ts2.tech ts2.tech. Financially, Meta is delivering impressive growth and
6 October 2025
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NVIDIA 2025: Dominating the AI Boom – Company Overview, Key Segments, Competition, and Future Outlook

Nvidia’s AI Juggernaut: What You Need to Know About NVDA After the $100 Billion OpenAI Deal and Its Record Rally (Oct 2025)

Recent News (Late Sept – Oct 6 2025) AMD–OpenAI Partnership Challenges Nvidia’s Dominance Reuters and technology outlets reported on Oct 6 that AMD signed a multi‑year deal to supply hundreds of thousands of AI GPUs (6 GW) to OpenAI. The deal gives OpenAI an option to buy up to 10 % of AMD. AMD expects tens of billions of dollars annually from the partnership and more than $100 billion of revenue over four yearsreuters.com. TweakTown added that the contract uses milestone‑based stock vesting, with the first gigawatt of GPUs arriving in the second half of 2026tweaktown.com. The announcement came less than two weeks after Nvidia pledged to invest
6 October 2025
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Richtech Robotics (NASDAQ: RR) Deep Dive — Why This Small‑Cap Robot Maker Is Turning Heads and Stirring Controversy in 2025

Richtech Robotics (NASDAQ: RR) Deep Dive — Why This Small‑Cap Robot Maker Is Turning Heads and Stirring Controversy in 2025

Key Facts (as of 6 Oct 2025) Company Overview Founded in Nevada and headquartered in Las Vegas, Richtech Robotics Inc. designs and sells AI‑driven service robots for hospitality, retail, healthcare and industrial clients. It is an early mover in Robots‑as‑a‑Service (RaaS), offering robots on subscription contracts rather than one‑off hardware salesinvesting.com. The product portfolio includes: Richtech claims to have deployed over 400 robots across U.S. restaurants, retail stores, hotels, healthcare facilities, casinos, senior living homes and factoriesir.richtechrobotics.com. Notable clients include Texas Rangers’ Globe Life Field, Golden Corral, Hilton, Sodexo and Boyd Gamingnasdaq.com. The company’s mission is to solve labour shortages through automation and to build “the
6 October 2025
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Nebius Group Stock Soars on Microsoft AI Deal, $3B Funding Plan & Analyses: What You Need to Know on 2 October 2025

Nebius Group’s Meteoric Rise: $17B Microsoft AI Deal Propels Stock to New Highs – What’s Behind the Hype?

The Bottom Line: Nebius Group has rapidly transformed from an obscure Yandex spin-off into a $30+ billion AI infrastructure contender at the center of 2025’s tech boom. A blockbuster Microsoft partnership, breakneck revenue growth, and bullish analyst endorsements have fueled a stock run that’s captured Wall Street’s attention. There are clear challenges ahead – steep capital needs, formidable competitors, and high expectations – but many believe Nebius could be a foundational player in the AI cloud era. As the company scales up to deliver on its mega-contract and pursues new deals, investors are watching closely to see if Nebius can live
6 October 2025
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Shocking £480 m Smartphone Claim Could Put Money Back in Your Pocket – Here’s What UK Apple and Samsung Users Need to Know

Shocking £480 m Smartphone Claim Could Put Money Back in Your Pocket – Here’s What UK Apple and Samsung Users Need to Know

Key Facts You Should Know Background: How Which? Took on Qualcomm Alleged Abuse of Market Power Qualcomm is a leading manufacturer of modem chipsets and holds patents essential for connecting smartphones to 4G networks. According to Which?, Qualcomm’s market dominance allowed it to charge handset manufacturers excessively high royalties and licensing fees, which were typically calculated as a percentage of each smartphone’s pricehausfeld.com. Which? argues that these inflated fees forced Apple and Samsung to pass the costs on to consumers, resulting in higher smartphone prices or lower‑quality devices for millions of UK buyerssmartphoneclaim.co.uk. The consumer organisation asserts that Qualcomm engaged
6 October 2025
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OpenAI’s Sora 2: Revolutionary AI Video App or Deepfake Nightmare?

OpenAI’s Sora 2: Revolutionary AI Video App or Deepfake Nightmare?

What Exactly Is Sora 2? Sora 2 is OpenAI’s newest text-to-video artificial intelligence model, capable of generating short video clips with synchronized audio from a written prompt or image. In essence, it lets you “turn your words into worlds”, as the App Store description proclaims Apple. Just by typing a sentence, a user can produce a 10-second video complete with visuals and sound: for example, a “cinematic scene” or a whimsical “anime short” will unfold according to the prompt Apple Apple. This technology builds on rapid advances in generative AI – much like how models such as GPT-4 generate text
5 October 2025
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Globalstar (GSAT) Stock Skyrockets in 2025 – Apple Deal and IoT Ambitions Fuel Outlook

Globalstar (GSAT) Stock Skyrockets in 2025 – Apple Deal and IoT Ambitions Fuel Outlook

Globalstar’s 2025 Performance: From Penny Stock to Satellite Powerhouse Globalstar, Inc. (NYSE American: GSAT) has transformed from a niche satellite phone operator into a rising star of the satellite communications boom. Year-to-date in 2025, GSAT shares have climbed roughly 35–40%, handily beating the broader market. The stock recently hit new 52-week highs around $42investors.globalstar.com after a steady uptrend through the summer. In fact, Globalstar’s market value has more than doubled compared to a year ago, reflecting renewed investor confidenceinvesting.com. This surge has been fueled by blockbuster partnerships and improving financial results, which together signal that the company’s long-term turnaround may
5 October 2025
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Shopify’s 2025 Surge: Can the E-Commerce Powerhouse Keep Soaring?

Shopify’s 2025 Surge: Can the E-Commerce Powerhouse Keep Soaring?

In the detailed analysis below, we’ll explore Shopify’s recent performance, strategic moves, competitive comparison, and outlook in depth. 2025 Stock Performance in Context Rocketing Off the 2022 Lows: Shopify’s share price has seen dramatic swings over the past five years. During the pandemic e-commerce boom, SHOP surged to an all-time high of ~$169 (post-split) in November 2021macrotrends.net. Valuations hit stratospheric levels (well over 40x sales). The tide turned in 2022 as rising interest rates and a post-COVID demand shift deflated tech stocks – Shopify plummeted nearly 80% from its peak, even briefly dipping under $30 by late 2022. This gut-wrenching
5 October 2025
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Viasat’s 2025 Takeoff: Stock Soars, New Satellites Launch, and a High-Stakes Future

Viasat’s 2025 Takeoff: Stock Soars, New Satellites Launch, and a High-Stakes Future

Viasat’s 2025 Rally and Resurgence Viasat’s stock has been on a tear in 2025, marking a stark reversal of fortune. By late Q3 2025, VSAT shares had climbed roughly +280% year-to-datetrefis.com – a dramatic rebound after plummeting 70% in 2024trefis.com. The rally has accelerated through the year: a fresh surge in August saw the stock jump 25% in six daystrefis.com, as investors reacted to improving financial news and strategic developments. Viasat’s market capitalization now hovers around $4–4.5 billiontrefis.com, up from barely $1 billion at 2024’s trough, yet the stock still trades at a substantial discount to historical valuation multiples. At about 1.5×
5 October 2025
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Quantum Computing Inc. (QUBT): 2025’s Wild 3,200% Quantum Stock Surge – Boom or Bubble?

QuantumScape 2025 Stock: A High‑Voltage Bet on Solid‑State Batteries – Should Investors Charge Ahead or Pump the Brakes?

Metric (Oct 2025) Value Evidence Share price (Oct 3 2025 close) ≈US$15.91 (approx. YTD high)fool.com Motley Fool notes QS closing around $15.91 when the stock surged after a partnership with Corning and a live product demofool.com. Market cap ≈US$9 billionfool.com Motley Fool reported a market capitalization of ~$9 bn in Oct 2025fool.com. 2025 YTD return (Oct 1 2025) +181 %coincentral.com CoinCentral calculated a 181 % YTD return (vs. S&P 500’s 14.1 %) after QS stock surged following the Corning partnershipcoincentral.com. Motley Fool also listed a +108 % YTD figurefool.com. 52‑week range ≈US$3.40 – $16.49fool.com The same Motley Fool article reported the 52‑week low and highfool.com. Liquidity (end‑Q2 2025) $797.5 millions29.q4cdn.com QS’s Q2 2025 shareholder letter shows cash, cash equivalents
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Stock Market Today

Deutsche Telekom stock slips despite fresh buyback — what matters before earnings

Deutsche Telekom stock slips despite fresh buyback — what matters before earnings

8 February 2026
Deutsche Telekom shares fell 1.1% to 30.26 euros Friday, despite the company repurchasing 250,873 shares for about 7.63 million euros on Xetra. The drop came as European stocks rose and T-Mobile US shares slipped 2.2%. Deutsche Telekom’s 2025 results are due Feb. 26. The company has completed its 2025 buyback and launched a new 2 billion euro programme for 2026.
Airbus stock price ends higher near 191 euros as January deliveries slow, earnings loom

Airbus stock price ends higher near 191 euros as January deliveries slow, earnings loom

8 February 2026
Airbus shares rose 0.94% to 191.30 euros Friday as the company reported 19 aircraft deliveries in January, down from 25 a year earlier. Supply chain bottlenecks remain an issue, with executives at the Singapore Airshow calling delays “unacceptable.” Jefferies kept a Neutral rating and a 215-euro price target. Airbus will report full-year 2025 results on Feb. 19.
Banco Santander stock heads into Monday after Friday bounce as buyback and Webster deal loom

Banco Santander stock heads into Monday after Friday bounce as buyback and Webster deal loom

8 February 2026
Banco Santander shares closed up 1.85% at €10.66 in Madrid Friday after launching a €5.03 billion buyback and agreeing to acquire U.S. lender Webster Financial for $12.2 billion. Santander said its board will review the 2025 cash dividend proposal on Feb. 24. The bank also raised its UK motor finance redress provision to £461 million amid regulatory uncertainty.
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