Technology 8 May 2026

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

Cisco Systems Stock Jumps Before Q3 Earnings as AI Orders Face a Big Test

Cisco Systems stock surged Friday, jumping 4.7% to $96.52 and touching $97.00 earlier in the session. Investors snapped up shares of the network-equipment giant before its fiscal third-quarter report—a key moment for Wall Street’s take on the company’s artificial intelligence ambitions, market data showed.

8 May 2026

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

Chip Stocks Roar Back: Why SMH, SOXX, EWT, EWY And Eaton Are Back In Focus

Semiconductor stocks took off Friday, driving up AI-focused ETFs and putting fresh records on the boards for both the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq. Nvidia tacked on gains, while Micron and Sandisk each vaulted roughly 12%. The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index logged an almost 5% leap, according to Reuters.

8 May 2026

NASDAQ:MU·NASDAQ:NVDA·NASDAQ:WDC·NYSE:ETN·NYSE:TSM·Semiconductors·Stock Market·Technology

DXC Technology Stock Plunges After Earnings as 2027 Outlook Clouds AI Turnaround

DXC Technology shares dropped Friday, with the IT services company projecting another year of organic revenue losses—casting more uncertainty on the pace of its AI-driven turnaround as clients keep tightening budgets.

8 May 2026

Earnings Reports·NYSE:DXC·Stock Market·Technology

Apple-Intel Chip Deal Report Sends Intel Stock To Record High As TSMC Pressure Builds

Intel stock jumped Friday, following a Wall Street Journal report that Apple and Intel have struck a preliminary deal for Intel to produce certain chips for Apple devices—a possible win for Intel as it tries to revive its contract manufacturing division. Reuters reported the two firms had discussed terms for over a year, with a formal agreement wrapped up just in the past few months.

8 May 2026

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

nLIGHT Stock Jumps as Defense Laser Sales Drive 55% Revenue Surge

nLIGHT Inc surged 10.3% to $72.98 in late-morning trade Friday, pulling back from a session high of $86.85. The laser manufacturer posted a 55.2% jump in first-quarter revenue and turned a modest profit, with record defense product sales driving the gains.

8 May 2026

Defense Industry·NASDAQ:LASR·Stock Market·Technology

SanDisk Stock Bounced Back Fast—Here’s Why Wall Street Is Still Chasing AI Memory

Sandisk shares surged 11.7% to $1,497 in midday trading Friday, snapping back after a steep drop the day before as traders piled back into a popular AI memory play this year. The stock hit an intraday peak of $1,528, after Thursday’s close at $1,339.96.

8 May 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NYSE:WDC·Technology

Intuit Inc. Expands Credit Karma and QuickBooks AI Push as INTU Stock Slips

Credit Karma, part of Intuit Inc., is now letting Americans without any credit history onto its platform. The move comes only days after the company rolled out a new QuickBooks workforce tool aimed at small and mid-sized businesses, extending its consumer footprint yet again.

8 May 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NASDAQ:INTU·Stock Market·Technology

Eaton Stock Rebounds After AI Data-Center Orders Surge, But Margin Worries Still Bite

Eaton Corporation plc bounced Friday, recouping some of Thursday’s losses. The power-management giant has benefited from a surge in AI data-center orders, but investors remained wary about margins and short-term guidance.

8 May 2026

Artificial Intelligence·Data Centers·NYSE:ETN·Stock Market·Technology

Samsara Stock Slips as Its AI Data-Moat Story Faces a June Earnings Test

Samsara Inc. dropped 4.6% in early U.S. trading Friday. The fleet-software company has been talking up new data-focused products, while investors are sizing up a bullish case for its AI tools in physical operations. Shares last changed hands at $28.73, putting its market cap near $16.8 billion.

8 May 2026

Earnings Reports·NASDAQ:IOT·Stock Market·Technology

Qualcomm Stock Jumps Again as Wall Street Bets AI Phones Can Rewrite Its Story

Qualcomm jumped roughly 6% in early Friday trading, after Daiwa Securities bumped its rating up to Outperform from Neutral. The firm also raised its price target on the chipmaker to $225, throwing more momentum behind one of the U.S. semiconductor sector’s stronger comebacks.

8 May 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NASDAQ:QCOM·Technology

Cloudflare AI Layoffs Hit 1,100 Jobs After Q1 Earnings Beat; Stock Slides

Cloudflare is laying off over 1,100 employees—about a fifth of its staff—while overhauling its business to focus on artificial intelligence. The company beat expectations for first-quarter earnings, yet its stock tumbled nearly 19% in after-hours trading. The reason? Cloudflare’s revenue guidance for the second quarter missed the mark, coming in just shy of analysts’ estimates.

8 May 2026

Artificial Intelligence·NYSE:NET·Stock Market·Technology

Fidelity Layoffs 2026: 800 Jobs Cut As Boston Firm Rebuilds Tech Teams And Hires Thousands

Fidelity Investments will lay off around 800 employees—about 1% of its worldwide staff—as part of a shake-up among its technology and product delivery units. Even as those roles disappear, the Boston-based financial giant said it plans to bring on thousands of new hires, targeting early-career engineers and others. The moves mark a shift in how it staffs, not a broad pullback.

8 May 2026

Technology

CoreWeave Stock Drops as $99 Billion AI Backlog Runs Into Bigger Spending Bill

Shares of CoreWeave Inc. slid roughly 7% in pre-market trading Friday. The AI cloud company disappointed, guiding second-quarter revenue below analysts' $2.7 billion estimate and bumping up the lower end of its 2026 spending target. Bloomberg reported the new revenue range lagged Wall Street’s expectations.

8 May 2026

Stock Market·Technology

Block Stock Jumps as Cash App Boom Lifts 2026 Outlook Despite Quarterly Loss

Block Inc lifted its full-year guidance after first-quarter profit came in well above forecasts, thanks to brisk growth from Cash App lending and Square's merchant payments business. Shares jumped in after-hours trading Thursday.

8 May 2026

NASDAQ:SQ·Stock Market·Technology

HubSpot Stock Drops After Q1 Beat as AI Sales Shift Tests Wall Street

HubSpot topped Wall Street’s Q1 forecasts on both revenue and profit, but the shares slipped as attention turned to a softer beginning for the current quarter and a move to new AI-centered pricing. StockStory, via Barchart, noted the stock tumbled 11.9% right after earnings.

8 May 2026

NASDAQ:HUBS·Stock Market·Technology

Baidu Shares Jump as AI Chip Unit Kunlunxin Pushes Dual IPO Plan

Baidu Inc.’s AI chip arm, Kunlunxin, is taking steps for a Shanghai listing, on top of its previously announced Hong Kong IPO plan. The move gives investors more visibility into a closely watched Baidu asset.

8 May 2026

Artificial Intelligence·HKG:9888·NASDAQ:BIDU·Semiconductors·Stock Market·Technology

Technology 8 May 2026 - 9 May 2026

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

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

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

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

Cisco Systems Stock Jumps Before Q3 Earnings as AI Orders Face a Big Test

Chip Stocks Roar Back: Why SMH, SOXX, EWT, EWY And Eaton Are Back In Focus

DXC Technology Stock Plunges After Earnings as 2027 Outlook Clouds AI Turnaround

Apple-Intel Chip Deal Report Sends Intel Stock To Record High As TSMC Pressure Builds

nLIGHT Stock Jumps as Defense Laser Sales Drive 55% Revenue Surge

SanDisk Stock Bounced Back Fast—Here’s Why Wall Street Is Still Chasing AI Memory

Intuit Inc. Expands Credit Karma and QuickBooks AI Push as INTU Stock Slips

Eaton Stock Rebounds After AI Data-Center Orders Surge, But Margin Worries Still Bite

Samsara Stock Slips as Its AI Data-Moat Story Faces a June Earnings Test

Qualcomm Stock Jumps Again as Wall Street Bets AI Phones Can Rewrite Its Story

Cloudflare AI Layoffs Hit 1,100 Jobs After Q1 Earnings Beat; Stock Slides

Fidelity Layoffs 2026: 800 Jobs Cut As Boston Firm Rebuilds Tech Teams And Hires Thousands

CoreWeave Stock Drops as $99 Billion AI Backlog Runs Into Bigger Spending Bill

Block Stock Jumps as Cash App Boom Lifts 2026 Outlook Despite Quarterly Loss

HubSpot Stock Drops After Q1 Beat as AI Sales Shift Tests Wall Street

Baidu Shares Jump as AI Chip Unit Kunlunxin Pushes Dual IPO Plan

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