Technology 8 May 2026

Why Hut 8 Stock Is Suddenly a $9.8 Billion AI Data Center Bet

Hut 8 Corp. ended Friday’s U.S. session at $98.46, a drop of $2.81 from its previous close, with investors weighing just how much of the week’s AI-driven data-center surge would stick around. Rosenblatt Securities on Friday bumped its price target up to $124 from $89 after Hut 8’s new lease in Texas marked another pivot from its bitcoin-mining roots toward AI infrastructure.

10 May 2026

Artificial Intelligence·Data Centers·NASDAQ:HUT·Technology

Samsung Electronics Strike Showdown: AI Chip Boom Faces Crucial 48-Hour Test

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. faces two days of government-brokered wage talks starting Monday, as the specter of an 18-day strike continues to loom over South Korea’s top earner. The union has warned it’s prepared to strike from May 21 unless negotiators land a wage agreement.

10 May 2026

Artificial Intelligence·KRX:005930·Technology

Nokia Stock Bounces Back, But Its AI Rally Now Faces a Harder Test

Nokia Oyj shares bounced back Friday in both New York and Helsinki, snapping a two-day slide as buyers stepped in. The Finnish network-equipment maker’s American depositary receipts ended the session at $12.82.

10 May 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NASDAQ:NOK·Stock Market·Technology

ServiceNow Stock Faces Wall Street Test as AI Push Fights ‘SaaSpocalypse’ Fears

ServiceNow Inc. shares fell again on Friday, even after the company spent the week pitching a wider artificial intelligence platform meant to govern and run work across large companies. The stock closed at $91.18, down about 2.6%, while the S&P 500 rose 0.84%.

10 May 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NYSE:NOW·Stock Market·Technology

Google Stock Week Ahead: Alphabet’s $4.9 Trillion Run Faces EU Risk and Its Next AI Test

Alphabet heads into the week still facing uncertainty over Google’s unresolved EU antitrust negotiations, leaving a cloud over a stock that’s climbed thanks to cloud momentum, surging AI interest, and its renewed rivalry with Nvidia for the top market cap spot. On Friday, EU regulators gave Google extra time to respond, after finding the company’s previous proposal lacking.

10 May 2026

Artificial Intelligence·EU Regulations·NASDAQ:GOOGL·NASDAQ:NVDA·Stock Market·Technology

Apple Stock Week Ahead: AAPL Rally Faces CPI, AI and Intel Chip Deal Test

Apple stock is starting the week holding close to its recent peaks. Investors are parsing headlines on a potential chip-making agreement with Intel, while a new bull thesis driven by artificial intelligence surfaces on Wall Street. The shares last changed hands at $293.32, just shy of the day’s $294.76 high, putting Apple’s market cap around $4.32 trillion.

10 May 2026

NASDAQ:AAPL·NASDAQ:INTC·Stock Market·Technology

Amazon Stock Week Ahead: AMZN Faces Fresh Test After AWS Outage, AI Rally

Amazon.com shares kicked off the week with attention zeroed in on the resilience of its cloud business after a recent AWS outage. Investors are also eyeing a packed U.S. data schedule, which could put pressure on the ongoing tech rally. AMZN finished Friday’s session at $272.68, a 0.56% gain, Bloomberg market data shows.

10 May 2026

NASDAQ:AMZN·Stock Market·Technology

Texas Instruments Stock Is Back Near a Record. The TXN Rally Now Has a New Test

Texas Instruments Incorporated closed out the week just shy of its record, as a new Wall Street estimate hike fueled more optimism among investors. The Dallas chipmaker has been riding momentum from the ongoing expansion of artificial-intelligence data centers.

9 May 2026

NASDAQ:TXN·Semiconductors·Stock Market·Technology

Nokia Stock Snaps Back After Selloff, But Its AI Bet Faces a Hard Test

Nokia Oyj’s U.S.-listed shares rose on Friday, recovering part of a sharp mid-week drop as investors kept buying into the Finnish group’s shift toward AI data-centre networking. Its ADR — a U.S.-traded receipt for a foreign share — closed up 3.81% at $12.82, beating the Nasdaq Composite’s 1.71% gain, with volume of 95.9 million shares, MarketWatch reported.

9 May 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NYSE:NOK·Stock Market·Technology

The Hidden Billions Behind Corning’s Nvidia AI Deal Put GLW Back in Focus

Nvidia’s upfront payment to Corning Incorporated—totaling several billion dollars—is going far beyond the equity-linked deal revealed earlier this week. Both Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and Corning CEO Wendell Weeks confirmed the size of the prepayment during a CNBC interview, according to a Reuters report.

9 May 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NASDAQ:NVDA·NYSE:GLW·Stock Market·Technology

Zoom Communications Stock Is Back Near Highs. Earnings Will Test the AI Push

Zoom Communications Inc. wrapped up Friday trading just shy of the session high, with shares settling at $109.21—an uptick from Thursday's $108.36 close. The collaboration-software stock reached $109.41 at its intraday peak, company market data indicated. That move adds a bit of steam ahead of the company’s next earnings report, now less than two weeks away.

9 May 2026

Artificial Intelligence·Earnings Reports·NASDAQ:ZM·Stock Market·Technology

Aehr Test Systems Stock Jumps as AI Orders Put $41 Million Win in Focus

Aehr Test Systems finished at $97.23, gaining 6.5% from the prior close. Earlier, the stock reached $103.72 during U.S. trading as buyers piled into the semiconductor test-equipment name on its ongoing AI order momentum. Roughly 3.84 million shares changed hands. Market cap hovered just under $3 billion.

9 May 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NASDAQ:AEHR·Stock Market·Technology

Sandisk Stock Surges Again as AI Storage Demand Puts SNDK in Wall Street’s Fast Lane

Sandisk Corp shares jumped higher Friday, pushing their rally further as investors piled in, wagering that AI-driven data centers will sustain appetite for flash storage and memory products.

9 May 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NASDAQ:SNDK·Stock Market·Technology

Trump Media & Technology Group’s $406 Million Loss Puts DJT Stock Back Under the Microscope

Trump Media & Technology Group Corp. posted a net loss of $405.9 million for the first quarter, with net sales coming in at just $871,200. The company’s crypto and securities losses easily outweighed revenue from its media operations. Truth Social’s parent released the numbers after the bell Friday.

9 May 2026

NASDAQ:DJT·Stock Market·Technology

Seagate Stock Rides AI Storage Boom as STX Rally Faces a Valuation Test

Seagate Technology Holdings plc wrapped up Friday’s session with gains, leaving the hard-drive maker hovering near its recent peaks as traders factored in a more limited supply of data storage driven by artificial intelligence demand. On the Nasdaq, Seagate closed at $782.64. Western Digital finished at $480, and NetApp remained at $118.

9 May 2026

NASDAQ:NTAP·NASDAQ:STX·NASDAQ:WDC·Stock Market·Technology

Amphenol Stock Just Slid 6%. AI Demand and a €1.1 Billion Debt Deal Are the Test

Amphenol Corporation ended Friday down 6.3% at $128.03, a notable slide as the broader market moved higher. According to MarketWatch data, Amphenol trailed TE Connectivity—which slipped 1.84%—and Eaton, up 0.87%. Volume surged, hitting around 18 million shares, about double the 50-day average.

9 May 2026

NYSE:APH·Stock Market·Technology

Why Western Digital Stock Jumped Again as AI Storage Demand Meets a Sandisk Cleanup

Western Digital Corporation climbed roughly 3.5% to $480 late Friday, pushing higher as the market stuck with data-storage stocks connected to artificial intelligence spending. Investors also weighed the firm’s recent decision to divest its last Sandisk holding. WDC shares touched $483.65 at their peak, according to market data.

9 May 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NASDAQ:WDC·Stock Market·Technology

Amphenol Stock Slides 6% as Dividend, Debt Sale and AI Growth Story Collide

Shares of Amphenol Corporation Class A slipped $8.68 to close at $128.03 Friday, losing close to 6%. Trading picked up, with around 18.1 million shares changing hands, according to market data.

9 May 2026

Dividends·Earnings·NYSE:APH·Stock Market·Technology

Stock Market Today: S&P 500, Nasdaq Hit Records as Jobs Report and AI Chip Rally Power Sixth Weekly Win

Friday saw the S&P 500 and Nasdaq notch fresh records, lifted by a robust U.S. jobs print and continued momentum in AI chip names. The S&P 500 ended the session up 0.84% at 7,398.93. The Nasdaq surged 1.71% to 26,247.08. Not much movement for the Dow Jones Industrial Average, which finished at 49,609.16, according to Reuters.

9 May 2026

NASDAQ:AAPL·NASDAQ:INTC·NASDAQ:MU·Stock Market·Technology

JFrog Stock Jumps 24% as AI Coding Demand Turns Into Real Cloud Revenue

JFrog Ltd. shares surged 23.7% Friday, marking the biggest jump for FROG stock in months, after the software-supply-chain company topped first-quarter forecasts and lifted its 2026 outlook. The stock wrapped up the day at $70.55, gaining $13.53. MT Newswires entries via MarketScreener pointed to JFrog’s $154.0 million in revenue and adjusted EPS of 27 cents—both ahead of FactSet’s projections.

8 May 2026

Artificial Intelligence·Cloud Computing·NASDAQ:FROG·Technology

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