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Technology News 5 January 2026

Baidu stock slides as Kunlunxin Hong Kong IPO plan shifts focus to timing, approvals

Baidu stock slides as Kunlunxin Hong Kong IPO plan shifts focus to timing, approvals

New York, January 5, 2026, 09:52 EST — Regular session Baidu’s U.S.-listed shares (BIDU) fell 3.7% to $144.75 in morning trading on Monday, retreating from Friday’s close of $150.30 as investors took profits after last week’s surge. The move matters now because the trade has shifted from the headline to the hard parts: how quickly Baidu can turn a filing into an offering, and what valuation the market will put on the chip unit. A spin-off is the separate listing of a business, and it can reset how investors value the parent company. Baidu said its artificial intelligence chip unit,
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ASML stock just hit another record after Bernstein’s upgrade puts AI memory spending in the spotlight

ASML stock just hit another record after Bernstein’s upgrade puts AI memory spending in the spotlight

AMSTERDAM, Jan 5, 2026, 16:32 CET ASML shares touched a new record on Monday after Bernstein upgraded the Dutch chipmaking equipment maker, pushing its price target sharply higher and extending a run that has turned the stock into one of Europe’s standout technology winners. The upgrade matters now because the next leg of the AI buildout is shifting from compute to memory and manufacturing capacity, raising the stakes for the companies that sell the tools chipmakers need to expand. For ASML, that link is direct. When chipmakers increase capital spending to make more advanced logic chips and higher-end server memory,
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Sandisk stock rises on chip-shortage bets as SNDK heads into Jan. 29 earnings

Sandisk stock rises on chip-shortage bets as SNDK heads into Jan. 29 earnings

NEW YORK, January 5, 2026, 09:44 EST — Regular session Sandisk Corp (SNDK.O) shares rose 2.6% in early trading on Monday, extending a rally in U.S. memory and storage names after reports that chip shortages could translate into higher prices. Micron Technology (MU.O) was up 2.8% and Western Digital (WDC.O) gained 3.1%, Reuters reported. Reuters The move matters because memory pricing can swing quickly when supply tightens. For Sandisk, which sells NAND flash — a type of storage memory used in devices from smartphones to data-center drives — firmer pricing can lift revenue and margins in a business that is
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Broadcom (AVGO) stock slides while chip peers rally — what’s weighing on shares now

Broadcom (AVGO) stock slides while chip peers rally — what’s weighing on shares now

New York, Jan 5, 2026, 10:24 (EST) — Regular session Broadcom Inc shares slid on Monday, bucking a broader lift in chip stocks as investors kept a tight focus on the cost of the AI buildout and what it means for margins across the sector. The move matters because Broadcom sits at the center of the AI infrastructure trade, selling networking silicon and custom chips into hyperscale data centers — large cloud operators that spend heavily on computing capacity. Traders have treated the stock as a proxy for whether AI growth can stay fast without eroding profitability. It also lands
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AMD stock rises as CES keynotes near; traders watch Lisa Su and Nvidia updates

AMD stock rises as CES keynotes near; traders watch Lisa Su and Nvidia updates

New York, January 5, 2026, 10:26 EST — Regular session Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) shares edged higher on Monday, tracking gains across chip stocks as investors positioned ahead of a pair of CES events featuring the CEOs of AMD and rival Nvidia. The Consumer Electronics Show, which runs in Las Vegas from Jan. 6-9, often sets the tone for early-year product roadmaps in PCs and graphics, and has increasingly become a stage for companies to frame their artificial intelligence strategy. Reuters That matters now because traders are looking for any read-through on demand for AI accelerators — specialized processors used
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AMD stock rises in premarket as Lisa Su’s CES keynote puts AI chips in focus

AMD stock rises in premarket as Lisa Su’s CES keynote puts AI chips in focus

New York, January 5, 2026, 09:17 EST — Premarket Shares of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD.O) were up 2.8% at $229.73 in premarket trading, before Wall Street’s opening bell at 9:30 a.m. ET. The stock ended the last session at $223.47. Stooq The move puts attention back on CES, where chipmakers and hardware suppliers use early-January stages to reset expectations for new products and demand. For AMD, traders are looking for any fresh signposts on the pace of AI hardware spending and the 2026 PC upgrade cycle. Su is scheduled to deliver AMD’s CES keynote at 6:30 p.m. PT (9:30 p.m.
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Rigetti Computing stock steadies premarket after Needham fireside chat reveal — what RGTI investors watch next

Rigetti Computing stock steadies premarket after Needham fireside chat reveal — what RGTI investors watch next

New York, January 5, 2026, 09:16 EST — Premarket Rigetti Computing (RGTI) shares held near Friday’s close in U.S. premarket trading on Monday after the quantum-computing company said its CEO will join a fireside chat at the Needham Growth Conference next week. The session is scheduled for Jan. 13 at 12:45 p.m. ET and will be webcast, the company said. Rigetti ended Friday up 6.6% at $23.60. GlobeNewswire The appearance offers a near-term checkpoint for a stock that has swung with sentiment toward speculative growth names. With few fresh company updates in early January, traders are watching for anything that
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Micron stock just set another record — Bernstein’s $330 target is keeping the AI-memory trade hot

Micron stock just set another record — Bernstein’s $330 target is keeping the AI-memory trade hot

New York, Jan 5, 2026, 10:03 (EST) Micron Technology shares set a fresh record in early trading on Monday, touching $328.44 before reversing and turning lower. The stock was down about 0.7% at $313.12 in late morning trade. The swing shows how quickly sentiment is shifting around memory chips — the DRAM that acts as a computer’s working memory and NAND, the flash storage used in everything from servers to smartphones. Investors are trying to pin down a simple question with an annoyingly non-simple answer: is this another classic memory upcycle that fades, or a tighter, AI-driven market where prices
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AMD’s CES 2026 keynote is tonight: what Lisa Su’s AI message means for investors

AMD’s CES 2026 keynote is tonight: what Lisa Su’s AI message means for investors

Las Vegas, January 5, 2026, 07:05 PST Advanced Micro Devices Chief Executive Lisa Su will deliver a keynote at CES 2026 in Las Vegas on Monday night, as the chipmaker seeks to sharpen its pitch in artificial intelligence. The session is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Pacific time at the Venetian’s Palazzo Ballroom, the CES agenda shows. CES The appearance comes as CES leans into AI across consumer devices and the systems that run them. Consumer Technology Association chief Gary Shapiro said “AI is the future of creativity,” in an interview previewing the show, which organizers expect to host more than
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Microsoft stock slides as AI-inflation worries resurface; what MSFT investors watch next

Microsoft stock slides as AI-inflation worries resurface; what MSFT investors watch next

New York, Jan 5, 2026, 09:36 EST — Regular session Microsoft Corp shares fell 2.2% to $472.94 in early trading on Monday, extending a shaky start to 2026 for the software heavyweight. The stock trades at about 37 times earnings, leaving little room for disappointment if rate expectations shift again. The drop put Microsoft among early drags in big tech as investors re-tested the “AI trade” that powered much of last year’s gains. The concern now is less about demand and more about the price tag. A Reuters report on Monday flagged a growing worry among money managers: the AI
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Nvidia stock rises as Jensen Huang’s CES keynote nears, with Foxconn AI demand in focus

Nvidia stock rises as Jensen Huang’s CES keynote nears, with Foxconn AI demand in focus

New York, Jan 5, 2026, 09:32 ET — Regular session Nvidia (NVDA.O) shares rose about 1.2% to $188.85 in early trading on Monday, as chip stocks steadied and investors positioned ahead of CEO Jensen Huang’s scheduled CES appearance later in the day. The timing matters because CES is one of the first big stages of the year for the semiconductor sector, and investors have been quick to reprice Nvidia on any new signal about artificial-intelligence infrastructure spending. Huang is due to headline an Nvidia press conference at CES in Las Vegas on Monday afternoon. CES CES this year is expected
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Uber stock gets a sell call as robotaxi race heats up in 2026

Uber stock gets a sell call as robotaxi race heats up in 2026

NEW YORK, Jan 5, 2026, 08:22 ET Uber Technologies shares were up about 1.4% in premarket trading on Monday. Melius Research cut the ride-hailing and delivery company’s rating to sell and set a $73 price target, below the stock’s last trade at $82.86. The firm cited rising competition from autonomous-vehicle, or AV, developers such as Tesla and Alphabet’s Waymo. Investing.com India The call lands as investors start 2026 trying to pin down when robotaxis — self-driving taxis — move from pilots to scaled services. Uber’s model depends on the take rate, the percentage of gross bookings it keeps from each
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Super Micro (SMCI) heads into 2026 with analysts on edge — margins are the fight

Super Micro (SMCI) heads into 2026 with analysts on edge — margins are the fight

NEW YORK, Jan 5, 2026, 07:19 ET Super Micro Computer (SMCI) shares were up about 6% in premarket trading on Monday, but analysts remained cautious on the server maker’s ability to protect margins as competition intensifies in AI hardware. The company sits in the middle of a global buildout of data centers for artificial intelligence, where customers are ordering dense, power-hungry systems that require complex supply chains and new cooling designs. That makes Super Micro a bellwether for whether the AI infrastructure boom can translate into durable profits, not just fast revenue growth. Wall Street is watching closely after a
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BitMine Immersion Technologies (BMNR) stock jumps in pre-market as Jan. 14 vote on 50-billion share plan nears

BitMine Immersion Technologies (BMNR) stock jumps in pre-market as Jan. 14 vote on 50-billion share plan nears

NEW YORK, January 5, 2026, 07:07 ET — Premarket BitMine Immersion Technologies’ shares rose about 4% in U.S. pre-market trading on Monday as investors looked ahead to a shareholder vote that could widen the company’s financing options. BMNR was up 4.4% at $32.55 by around 7:00 a.m. ET. StockAnalysis The move matters because BitMine’s vote is not about a routine corporate housekeeping change. It goes to how freely the company can raise money and manage its share price as it pushes a crypto-treasury strategy centered on ethereum. Traders have tended to treat BMNR as a high-beta proxy for crypto sentiment,
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Palantir vs Oracle: Wall Street’s AI stock split — and 3 alternatives investors are watching in 2026

Palantir vs Oracle: Wall Street’s AI stock split — and 3 alternatives investors are watching in 2026

NEW YORK, Jan 5, 2026, 06:50 ET Wall Street analysts are largely neutral on Palantir Technologies (PLTR) and see more upside in Oracle (ORCL) as investors enter 2026 still sorting winners from the artificial intelligence (AI) boom, a Motley Fool analysis published on Sunday showed. The Motley Fool That matters now because last year’s run-up in AI-linked shares left little room for disappointment. Investors are increasingly splitting between companies selling AI software and those building the infrastructure — data centres, cloud capacity and chips — that make the technology run. Cost pressures are also creeping into the conversation as companies
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Intel stock climbs in premarket ahead of CES 2026 “Panther Lake” reveal — what traders watch next (INTC)

Intel stock climbs in premarket ahead of CES 2026 “Panther Lake” reveal — what traders watch next (INTC)

NEW YORK, January 5, 2026, 06:52 ET — Premarket Intel shares were up 2.3% at $40.28 in premarket trading on Monday, as of 6:36 a.m. ET. Premarket trading takes place on electronic venues before U.S. stock exchanges open at 9:30 a.m. ET. The move comes ahead of Intel’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) launch event later Monday, where it plans to highlight next-generation Intel-powered PCs and “AI experiences” enabled by its Core Ultra Series 3 processors, code-named Panther Lake, the company said. Intel Panther Lake matters because it is Intel’s first client “system-on-chip” — a chip that bundles multiple computing functions
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Micron stock rises in premarket as AI-era memory pricing stays in focus — what MU investors watch next

Micron stock rises in premarket as AI-era memory pricing stays in focus — what MU investors watch next

NEW YORK, Jan 5, 2026, 05:59 ET — Premarket Micron Technology (MU.O) shares rose about 3% in premarket trading on Monday, adding to a powerful run that saw the stock jump 10.5% on Friday’s close. Shares were indicated at $325.37 after ending Friday at $315.42. The Wall Street Journal The move matters because Micron’s fortunes swing with memory prices, and investors are betting this cycle has shifted in its favor. Demand from data centers building out artificial intelligence systems is pulling in more DRAM — the working memory inside servers — and more high-end variants that carry fatter margins. That
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Surf Air Mobility stock jumps again in premarket after SurfOS update — what to watch next

Surf Air Mobility stock jumps again in premarket after SurfOS update — what to watch next

NEW YORK, Jan 5, 2026, 05:53 ET — Premarket Surf Air Mobility Inc shares rose about 10% to $2.63 in premarket trading on Monday, adding to the prior session’s outsized jump. Investing The move matters now because SRFM has been trading like a momentum name into the new year, with investors keying off the company’s push to commercialize SurfOS — an AI-enabled software suite — and its expanded work with Palantir Technologies. Surf Air said on Dec. 30 it set aside $26 million from a recent $100 million strategic transaction to fund development and a commercial rollout in 2026. Business
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AMD stock jumps in premarket as Lisa Su’s CES keynote and key U.S. data come into view

AMD stock jumps in premarket as Lisa Su’s CES keynote and key U.S. data come into view

NEW YORK, January 5, 2026, 05:24 ET — Premarket Advanced Micro Devices shares were up 2.6% at $229.18 in premarket trading on Monday, according to Investing.com data. The stock closed at $223.47 on Friday and remains about 14% below its 52-week high of $267.08. The early move matters because CES is one of the first big “headline” events of the year for chipmakers, where product roadmaps and partner signals can shift expectations quickly. For AMD, any change in tone around AI and PCs can ripple through a stock that has been highly sensitive to growth assumptions. Macro risk sits alongside
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Hyperscale Data (GPUS) stock jumps 20% in premarket as insider buying keeps spotlight on the microcap

Hyperscale Data (GPUS) stock jumps 20% in premarket as insider buying keeps spotlight on the microcap

NEW YORK, January 5, 2026, 04:46 ET — Premarket Hyperscale Data, Inc shares were up 19.6% at $0.3265 in premarket trading on Monday, building on a sharp rally that drove the stock up 48.7% to close at $0.2730 on Friday, when more than 227 million shares changed hands. Investing The move matters because GPUS is a low-priced, high-volatility name where a few cents can swing the stock double digits, drawing short-term traders into any clear catalyst. Friday’s surge and Monday’s early follow-through put the spotlight back on insider activity and the company’s near-term disclosure calendar. A Form 4 filing —
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Stock Market Today

Saudi Aramco share price set for Sunday test after Tadawul ends market-making deal

Saudi Aramco share price set for Sunday test after Tadawul ends market-making deal

7 February 2026
Saudi Exchange approved Merrill Lynch KSA’s exit as market maker for Saudi Aramco, effective Feb. 8. Aramco shares closed at 25.60 riyals Thursday, down 0.06, with 22.1 million traded. The Tadawul index fell 1.3% as Brent crude dropped to $67.93. Aramco set March official selling prices at $2.10 above Argus for North America and $0.65 above ICE Brent for Western Europe.
Meta stock ends week down about 6% as Wall Street fixates on $135 billion AI capex

Meta stock ends week down about 6% as Wall Street fixates on $135 billion AI capex

7 February 2026
Meta closed down 1.3% Friday at $661.46, capping a 6.4% weekly drop as investors questioned heavy AI spending. Amazon and Alphabet also fell after outlining major capital outlays. Meta’s Instagram suffered a brief outage this week. Legal risks persist, with trials involving Meta set for next week in Los Angeles and New Mexico.
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