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Technology News 3 February 2026

AI disruption fear drags Nasdaq lower as Alphabet, Amazon earnings loom

AI disruption fear drags Nasdaq lower as Alphabet, Amazon earnings loom

U.S. stocks dropped Tuesday, with the S&P 500 down 1.46% and the Nasdaq off 2.17% as investors worried AI could pressure software makers’ margins. PayPal plunged 19% after a CEO change and weak outlook, while Walmart reached a $1 trillion market value. The 10-year Treasury yield rose to 4.287%. The House narrowly passed a bill to end the government shutdown.
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Adobe stock price slides on AI disruption jitters; investors look to March earnings call

Adobe stock price slides on AI disruption jitters; investors look to March earnings call

Adobe shares fell 7.1% to $272.62 Tuesday, leading a sharp sell-off in software stocks after Anthropic launched a new AI legal tool. Investors cited fears that generative AI could disrupt established players and pressure margins. Adobe will report earnings March 12, with focus on AI monetization and demand trends.
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Stocks Slide as AI Disruption Jitters Hit Tech — Earnings Wave Looms

Stocks Slide as AI Disruption Jitters Hit Tech — Earnings Wave Looms

U.S. stocks fell Tuesday, with the Nasdaq down nearly 2% as tech and software shares slid on AI disruption fears. Alphabet and Amazon dipped ahead of earnings, while Nvidia and Microsoft also declined. Teradyne jumped over 20% on a strong forecast. Labor-market data was delayed by the ongoing partial government shutdown.
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Rocket Lab stock price jumps nearly 6% as SpaceX-xAI $1.25 trillion merger lifts space shares

Rocket Lab stock price jumps nearly 6% as SpaceX-xAI $1.25 trillion merger lifts space shares

Rocket Lab shares rose 5.8% to $78.43 in afternoon trading Tuesday, lifting its market cap near $39.6 billion. The stock rebounded after a steep drop Monday and tracked gains in space stocks following Elon Musk’s announcement of a SpaceX-xAI merger. Investors await Rocket Lab’s earnings and a Neutron launch update on Feb. 26.
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Qualcomm stock tumbles ahead of earnings as investors weigh analyst note, key executive exit

Qualcomm stock tumbles ahead of earnings as investors weigh analyst note, key executive exit

Qualcomm shares fell about 5% to $144.94 in afternoon trading Tuesday, underperforming a broader chip stock decline. The drop followed news of a senior engineering executive’s exit and a cautious analyst note ahead of Wednesday’s quarterly earnings report. The iShares Semiconductor ETF slipped 3.5%, while Nvidia dropped over 4%. Qualcomm will hold its earnings call at 4:45 p.m. ET on Feb. 4.
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Intel (INTC) gets $50 price target as Daiwa Capital Markets lifts outlook and CEO talks GPUs

Intel (INTC) gets $50 price target as Daiwa Capital Markets lifts outlook and CEO talks GPUs

Daiwa raised Intel’s price target to $50 from $41, while MarketBeat data showed a “Reduce” consensus and a $45.76 average target. CEO Lip-Bu Tan said Intel plans to build GPUs and highlighted customer engagement with its 14A process. SoftBank unit SAIMEMORY signed a Feb. 2 deal with Intel to develop “Z-Angle Memory,” aiming for prototypes by March 2028. Intel shares fell 0.6% to $48.51 in afternoon trading.
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Bloom Energy stock swings as AI data-center power demand keeps fuel-cell trade in focus

Bloom Energy stock swings as AI data-center power demand keeps fuel-cell trade in focus

Bloom Energy shares rose 2.3% to $159.72 Tuesday after hitting $176.35, with nearly 9.7 million shares traded. Investors are awaiting fourth-quarter results due after markets close Feb. 5. A new report highlighted fuel cells as a stopgap for data-center power shortages, and Bloom’s stock is up over 400% in the past year. Roth Capital raised its price target to $133 but kept a Neutral rating.
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Amphenol stock slips as tech selloff keeps AI demand and CommScope deal in focus

Amphenol stock slips as tech selloff keeps AI demand and CommScope deal in focus

Amphenol shares fell 0.5% to $144.26 Tuesday afternoon after earlier lows, as investors reviewed an earnings-call transcript highlighting AI data center orders and the impact of the CommScope acquisition. CEO R. Adam Norwitt said AI investment plans are rising, but the CommScope unit will lower first-quarter operating margins by about one percentage point. Fourth-quarter sales rose 49% to $6.4 billion.
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S&P 500, Nasdaq slip as software rout deepens; Palantir jumps and Walmart hits $1 trillion

S&P 500, Nasdaq slip as software rout deepens; Palantir jumps and Walmart hits $1 trillion

The S&P 500 fell 0.45% and the Nasdaq dropped 1.02% Tuesday as software stocks slid, while the Dow edged up 0.08%. Palantir shares rose after reporting U.S. government revenue up 66% in Q4. Walmart’s market value topped $1 trillion for the first time. The U.S. Labor Department delayed key jobs data due to a partial government shutdown.
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Dow drops nearly 430 points as tech selloff deepens; Amazon, Alphabet earnings loom

Dow drops nearly 430 points as tech selloff deepens; Amazon, Alphabet earnings loom

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 429.92 points, or 0.87%, to 48,977.74 on Tuesday, with the S&P 500 down 1.04% and the Nasdaq off 1.68%. Sharp declines in IBM, Salesforce, and software stocks weighed on the Dow, while PayPal plunged 19% after its CEO was ousted and its profit forecast missed estimates. Palantir jumped 6.9% on strong sales. Investors await earnings from Alphabet and Amazon this week.
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Salesforce stock price slides nearly 8% as AI disruption fears hit software — what’s next for CRM

Salesforce stock price slides nearly 8% as AI disruption fears hit software — what’s next for CRM

Salesforce shares fell 7.9% to $194.24 Tuesday afternoon, deepening a rout in software stocks as investors questioned whether new AI tools will drive revenue or just add costs. The drop erased $16.57 from Monday’s close and weighed heavily on the Dow. Anthropic’s rollout of a legal plug-in for its Claude chatbot fueled worries about AI disrupting traditional software models.
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Beyond Nvidia: Broadcom and TSMC tipped as big winners in the custom AI chip boom

Beyond Nvidia: Broadcom and TSMC tipped as big winners in the custom AI chip boom

Broadcom shares fell 6% and TSMC dropped 2% Tuesday as investors reassessed AI chipmakers beyond Nvidia. Broadcom expects AI semiconductor revenue to double to $8.2 billion this quarter, while TSMC projects steady demand and up to $56 billion in 2026 capital spending. Supply constraints and high valuations remain key concerns.
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Stock Market Today

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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