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Micron, Intel, and AMD added a combined $2 trillion in market capitalization during the second quarter of 2026, as investors rotated from AI hyperscalers into semiconductor suppliers seen as direct beneficiaries of data center buildouts.
Jay Goldberg · 81 DAYS AGO
Digital Realty announced a $3.5 billion stake in three Blackstone-owned data centers in Northern Virginia, paying $1.2 billion in cash and $2.3 billion in shares for assets valued at $7.8 billion. Shares fell 5.4% in premarket trading on the news.
Marc Sabatini · 81 DAYS AGO
The Bank for International Settlements warned in its Annual Economic Report that rising public debt, financial fragilities, renewed inflation pressures, and an uncertain AI investment boom are compounding risks to global economic stability.
Marc Sabatini · 83 DAYS AGO
U.S. shoppers spent more than $26.4 billion during Amazon's four-day Prime Day event, a 9.3% year-over-year increase, but falling average order sizes and discount-dependent spending point to a stretched consumer heading into the holiday season.
Jay Goldberg · 84 DAYS AGO
SpaceX is set to join the Nasdaq-100 index on July 7, making it one of the fastest additions in the index's history and triggering mandatory buying from more than $800 billion in funds that track the benchmark.
Marc Sabatini · 84 DAYS AGO
Oracle shares fell 19% this week — the steepest weekly decline since the dot-com bust in August 2001 — as investors raised alarms over the company's $130 billion debt load and its aggressive AI infrastructure buildout.
TechEchelon Staff · 85 DAYS AGO
Binance has pulled its application for EU-wide crypto licensing through Greece, warning customers in several European countries of potential service disruptions ahead of a July 1 MiCA compliance deadline.
Jay Goldberg · 85 DAYS AGO
ON Semiconductor has agreed to acquire Synaptics in an all-stock deal valued at nearly $7 billion, the company's largest acquisition ever, as it seeks to expand its physical AI and connected computing portfolio.
Marc Sabatini · 86 DAYS AGO
Microsoft will raise Xbox Series S and Series X console prices by $100 to $150 starting August 1, blaming memory and storage costs that have more than doubled as AI chipmakers compete for limited supply.
TechEchelon Staff · 86 DAYS AGO
CryptoQuant is urging Michael Saylor's Strategy to pause bitcoin purchases and rebuild its USD cash reserve, warning that dividend coverage has fallen to just 14 months as the company's shares hit a fresh 52-week low.
Marc Sabatini · 86 DAYS AGO
Apple raised prices on MacBook and iPad models Thursday, citing a surge in memory and storage costs driven by AI data center demand, while warning that further increases are likely ahead.
TechEchelon Staff · 86 DAYS AGO
SK Hynix shares surged 11% on Thursday after the South Korean chipmaker filed plans to raise as much as $29.4 billion through a Nasdaq ADR listing, with trading expected to begin July 10.
TechEchelon Staff · 87 DAYS AGO
Micron Technology reported a fiscal third-quarter gross margin of 84.9%, topping every major U.S. tech company including Nvidia and Meta, as a global memory shortage drives prices to record levels and AI demand shows no signs of easing.
Jay Goldberg · 87 DAYS AGO
Germany is reportedly scrapping plans to build six F126 frigates in what would have been its largest warship commission since World War II, sending Rheinmetall shares down as much as 17.3% and dragging European defense stocks broadly lower.
Sara Montes de Oca · 87 DAYS AGO
S&P Global announced Tuesday that Alphabet will replace Verizon in the 30-stock Dow Jones Industrial Average, with the Google parent's Class A shares set to join the index ahead of trading on Monday, June 30.
Sara Montes de Oca · 88 DAYS AGO
Amazon's four-day Prime Day sale begins June 23, with Emarketer projecting U.S. sales of $15.6 billion — a 7.1% year-over-year gain — as inflation shifts shoppers' focus from electronics to groceries and everyday essentials.
TechEchelon Staff · 89 DAYS AGO
Silicon Data has partnered with CME Group to develop the first futures contracts tied to AI computing power costs, giving companies a potential tool to hedge against GPU rental-rate volatility. The contracts are still awaiting CFTC approval.
Sara Montes de Oca · 90 DAYS AGO
Apple CEO Tim Cook told the Wall Street Journal that price increases on the company's products are "unavoidable" due to a worsening global memory shortage driven by AI chip demand, signaling the supply crunch has reached even the most insulated players in consumer hardware.
Sara Montes de Oca · 92 DAYS AGO
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