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Technology News 22 October 2025 - 23 October 2025

“AI Boom” Pushes Monolithic Power (MPWR) Stock to Record High – Is the Rally Just Beginning?

“AI Boom” Pushes Monolithic Power (MPWR) Stock to Record High – Is the Rally Just Beginning?

Stock Rally on Oct. 23, 2025 On Thursday the market really took notice. MPWR stock climbed sharply after midday – driven by a published analyst upgrade – and hit $1,045.01, a fresh 52-week high markets.chroniclejournal.com. (Earlier that day it had closed around $1,001 markets.chroniclejournal.com.) In fact, MarketBeat reports MPWR traded “as high as $1,045.01” on Oct. 23 marketbeat.com. By comparison, the stock opened the year near $620, so the YTD run is roughly +70%. The spike coincided with KeyBanc/KeyCorp raising its price target (details below). Volume that day was heavy, reflecting a rush of buyers. By late afternoon MPWR was trading around
23 October 2025
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Western Digital (WDC) Stock Soars in 2025: SanDisk Legacy & 2026 Outlook

Western Digital Stock Rockets on AI Data Boom — Analysts Eye Even Bigger Gains

Western Digital’s stock has been on a tear, climbing sharply in mid-October. On Oct. 23 it closed at $126.63, up 5.1% for the day investing.com, and roughly double its price at the start of 2025 ts2.tech. The rally reflects strong industry demand: Western Digital says the exploding need for AI and cloud storage is driving customers to hoard high-capacity hard drives. In fact, the company announced in mid-October that it will raise prices across its HDD product line to manage “booming demand” investopedia.com. CEO Irving Tan and other executives have repeatedly stressed that “HDDs will continue to remain the foundation
23 October 2025
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Rivian Slashes 600 Jobs as EV Demand Slumps – Stock Hits & Experts Sound Alarm

Rivian Slashes 600 Jobs as EV Demand Slumps – Stock Hits & Experts Sound Alarm

Rivian Cuts 600 Jobs Amid EV Slowdown Rivian Automotive confirmed plans to lay off around 600 employees as it grapples with a slowdown in electric vehicle demand reuters.com. The cuts represent roughly 4% of Rivian’s workforce and predominantly affect its commercial teams, including sales and service staff stocktwits.com. This move marks Rivian’s second round of layoffs in as many months, following a smaller 1.5% staff cut in September. According to The Wall Street Journal (which first reported the news), the company is trimming headcount to reduce costs and “align resources” with a more cautious market outlook. These layoffs underscore how
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 Rockets 3000% This Year – Government Funding News Fuels Wild Swings

Stock Performance & Volatility D-Wave’s stock story in 2025 has been nothing short of dramatic. After languishing near $1 in late 2024, QBTS entered 2025 on a tear. By early October it had more than tripled on the year, and on Oct. 15 it briefly hit $46.75 – an astonishing jump of roughly 3,000% from a year prior ts2.tech. However, the post-peak price action has been a roller coaster. In the days following Oct. 15, QBTS tumbled: it fell ~35% from its high to close around $27.29 on Oct. 22 ts2.tech. On Oct. 21 it fell ~6%, then another ~15%
23 October 2025
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Alphabet (Google) GOOGL stock: What to Know Before Markets Open on October 20, 2025

Alphabet Stock Nears Record Highs: AI Boom and Ad Recovery Power Google’s Rally

Alphabet Inc.’s Class A shares (NASDAQ: GOOGL) are trading near their highest levels in years. As of late Oct. 23, the stock hovers around $252, just below October’s intra-day high of ~$256 ts2.tech. That puts Alphabet’s market value tantalizingly close to the $3 trillion milestone ts2.tech reuters.com – a club shared only by Apple and Microsoft. In fact, after shares hit a new record high in mid-September, Alphabet’s stock had already rallied over 32% year-to-date reuters.com. “Alphabet’s stock [is] flirting with record highs,” noted one analyst, as both technical trends and fundamentals improve ts2.tech. Recent momentum has been fueled by
23 October 2025
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Amazon Stock Today: AI Ambitions, $2.5B Twist, and $3 Trillion Dreams

Amazon Stock Unfazed by AWS Outage – Analysts See Big Rally Ahead

Investors will be watching Amazon closely after recent turbulence and ahead of its Q3 results. On Oct. 20 a major AWS outage – one of the largest Internet disruptions in years – knocked thousands of popular apps and sites offline, from banking portals to gaming platforms reuters.com. Crucially, Amazon’s engineers fixed the issue by evening, and Wall Street shrugged it off. In fact, AMZN stock rallied 1.6% on Oct. 20 (closing around $216.50) ts2.tech, as one analyst noted: “the spotlight was firmly on AWS and it didn’t quite shine as brightly as expected” reuters.com, yet investors seemed more focused on
23 October 2025
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Flying High: Archer Aviation Stock Soars on Korean Air Deal as eVTOL Race Heats Up

Flying High: Archer Aviation Stock Soars on Korean Air Deal as eVTOL Race Heats Up

Archer Aviation’s stock is riding high on fresh deals and milestones in the electric air taxi (eVTOL) arena. ACHR shares are hovering around $11 after a volatile October, buoyed by a landmark Korean Air partnership and major patent acquisitions. The company has notched FAA testing approvals and ambitious global tie-ups – from the UAE’s first vertiport to a $500M Japan order – all while amassing hefty cash reserves. Analysts mostly rate Archer a “Buy” with targets in the mid-teens, citing its technological leaps and industry alliances, though risks loom with high cash burn and intense competition. Below, we dive into
23 October 2025
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Intel Stock Skyrockets on U.S. Government Lifeline and AI Deals – What’s Next?

Intel Stock Skyrockets on U.S. Government Lifeline and AI Deals – What’s Next?

Intel Stock Soars on AI Buzz and Big Investments Intel’s share price has staged a stunning comeback in 2025, rallying on hopes that bold strategic moves will revive the iconic chipmaker. As of late October, INTC shares hover in the mid-$30s, near their highest level in about two years ts2.tech. The stock has nearly doubled from its lows in January, making Intel one of this year’s best-performing big tech stocks after years of languishing. On October 20, shares jumped ~3% to around $38, then pulled back slightly, reflecting heightened volatility ahead of earnings ts2.tech. Even after a recent dip (the
23 October 2025
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Retailers Quit Selling Xbox?! Target & Walmart Rumored to Ditch Xbox Stock

Microsoft Teases Shockingly Expensive Next Xbox – Will Premium Console Boost Tech Stocks?

Premium Next-Gen Xbox: What We Know In a recent Mashable interview, Xbox boss Sarah Bond stunned gamers by saying the upcoming Xbox will “be a very premium, very high-end curated experience.” tomshardware.com. That language suggests Microsoft is positioning the next console well above the low-cost Series S. Tom’s Hardware notes this implies a shift toward PC-like, top-tier hardware (possibly running Windows and offering multiple game stores), a marked change from traditional budget consoles tomshardware.com tomshardware.com. Bond even tied her comments to Microsoft’s new handhelds, saying “you’re starting to see some of the thinking we have in this handheld” applied to
23 October 2025
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Meituan (3690.HK) Soars to HK$100: Food-Delivery Wars, AI Ambitions & What Analysts Expect

Meituan (3690.HK) Soars to HK$100: Food-Delivery Wars, AI Ambitions & What Analysts Expect

Stock Performance and Market Snapshot On Oct 23, 2025 Meituan’s stock (3690.HK) closed at HK$100.00 investing.com. After falling to HK$94.05 on Oct 17 (its 52-week low) investing.com, the shares have bounced. The recent rally pushed the price near the lower end of its 52-week range (HK$94–205 investing.com). Year-to-date, the stock has lagged some peers, reflecting a tough market. In the past week Meituan gained ~4% in Hong Kong, helping it outperform the Hang Seng Tech Index, which dipped amid US-China trade-war jitters. Analysts note that Hong Kong tech stocks saw a broad pullback in mid-Oct, but remain up ~30% YTD on strong
23 October 2025
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IBM Stock Soars on AI, Cloud and Quantum Momentum

IBM Stock Soars on AI, Cloud and Quantum Momentum

IBM’s headquarters in Armonk, N.Y., is at the center of the company’s growing focus on AI and cloud computing. In late October 2025, the stock was trading in the high $200s (about $287/share on Oct. 22) after strong third‑quarter results. The 2025 rally (up ~30% YTD) reflects renewed investor enthusiasm under CEO Arvind Krishna’s strategy, but the after‑hours selloff shows that even good news can trigger profit‑taking. In its Oct. 22 earnings release (Q3 FY2025), IBM reported revenue of $16.33 billion, up 9% from a year earlier. Adjusted net income was $2.5 billion, or $2.65 per share, ahead of Wall Street targets. All
23 October 2025
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Lam Research Stock Rockets on AI Chip Demand – Can LRCX Keep Climbing?

Lam Research Stock Rockets on AI Chip Demand – Can LRCX Keep Climbing?

Earnings Beat on Surging Demand Lam Research (NASDAQ:LRCX) handily beat forecasts for its fiscal Q1, as demand for cutting-edge chipmaking gear remains hot. The Fremont, CA company reported $5.32 billion in revenue and $1.26 EPS (non-GAAP) for Q1, versus analyst estimates of $5.22 B and $1.21 timesunion.com investing.com. On a GAAP basis Lam earned $1.57 B ($1.24 per share) timesunion.com. These results, aided by strong year-on-year growth in both logic and memory equipment, “significantly surpassed analyst expectations” and underscore Lam’s role as a bellwether of chipmakers’ AI-driven spending markets.financialcontent.com investing.com. Management’s guidance was equally positive. Lam forecast Q2 revenue of ~$5.20 B (±$0.3B) and
22 October 2025
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