The visual discovery platform Pinterest is cutting up to 15% of its global workforce as part of a strategic shift toward AI development, a move that has reignited concerns among its user base about the proliferation of AI-generated images flooding the platform.
Amid soaring valuations and bubble fears, venture capital heavyweight Ben Horowitz argues the AI surge is fundamentally different, driven by historic customer adoption and revenue growth that signals a new computing era.
SoundHound AI expands its real-world footprint with a nationwide rollout of voice AI at Five Guys and partners with Bridgepointe Technologies to target the enterprise market, signaling a dual-path growth strategy.
In a major strategic shift, uranium-focused Energy Fuels announces a deal to acquire Australian Strategic Materials, aiming to create a vertically integrated rare earths producer outside China. The move comes as the company's stock, already on a meteoric rise, faces new questions about its growth trajectory and valuation.
As Nvidia's Blackwell and Rubin chips push power densities to unprecedented levels, the $4 trillion AI revolution faces a formidable physical constraint: heat. Vertiv Holdings, a critical infrastructure provider, is emerging as an essential player in solving this thermal challenge, with surging demand signaling a major shift in data center economics.
Integra Resources Corp. has reported its 2025 operational results from the Florida Canyon Mine, with annual production reaching 70,927 ounces of gold. While the figures confirm the mine's established scale, analysts suggest the real investment narrative hinges on the development of the larger DeLamar project and ongoing financial metrics.
With a midnight deadline looming, Congress remains gridlocked, pushing the federal government toward a partial shutdown. While economists predict minimal macroeconomic damage from a brief closure, the disruption to services and federal workers' paychecks will be felt immediately.
OpenAI is reportedly in late-stage discussions to secure a colossal funding package, potentially nearing $40 billion, from its key partners and suppliers Nvidia, Amazon, and Microsoft, as the AI leader seeks capital for an ambitious global expansion.
While fully autonomous robotic surgeons remain on the horizon, the foundational technology and data ecosystems being built today are setting the stage for a transformative shift. Two industry giants, Intuitive Surgical and Medtronic, offer investors distinct pathways to capitalize on this evolving landscape.
This week's Big Tech earnings revealed a stark divide: companies using existing cash cows to fund AI ambitions versus those betting the farm on a future payoff. The market's patience for visionary spending is wearing thin, demanding concrete timelines and a path to profit.
In a strategic double move, Apple has acquired Israeli AI startup Q.ai for nearly $2 billion and forged a landmark partnership with Google to integrate Gemini AI into Siri. These developments signal a profound shift in Apple's approach to artificial intelligence, moving it from the periphery to the core of its hardware and services ecosystem, with significant implications for user experience and the competitive landscape.
As a temporary halt in Russian airstrikes on Kyiv brokered by former U.S. President Trump nears its end, Ukraine is urgently working to strengthen its air defenses. Analysts caution the lull may be a tactical move by Moscow to bolster its diplomatic leverage rather than a step toward peace.
Despite a recent price target cut from Morgan Stanley, analysts maintain that Oracle's strategic investments in GPU-as-a-Service and its deepening ties with TikTok position it for long-term cloud growth, even as capital expenditures weigh on short-term earnings.
As Appen announces a key governance change, its surging share price collides with deep long-term losses, forcing a hard look at whether this AI data play is a turnaround story or a value trap.
Amazon is set to eliminate 16,000 corporate roles, marking its largest workforce reduction since 2023. As the tech giant streamlines operations and doubles down on AI, investors are weighing the long-term strategy against near-term turbulence.
Sources indicate OpenAI is accelerating plans for a late-2026 public listing, a move that would place its massive cash burn and long road to profitability under intense investor scrutiny, potentially defining the next phase of the AI boom.
A social media poll by billionaire Mark Cuban reveals a near-even split on which part of U.S. health insurance is more financially painful—premiums or deductibles. The results, and the outpouring of personal stories in the replies, underscore a system many describe as forcing impossible choices amid relentlessly rising costs.
Despite CEO Elon Musk's bold pronouncements on AI, robotics, and a future of 'Amazing Abundance,' Tesla faces mounting pressure from declining automotive revenues and margins. As the company pivots with massive capital expenditure, investors are left weighing futuristic promises against present-day financial headwinds.
Congress has approved $23 billion in initial funding for the ambitious Golden Dome missile defense initiative, yet the absence of a detailed spending blueprint from the Pentagon is stalling progress and clouding investment prospects for 2026.
Alibaba-backed Moonshot AI has unveiled an upgraded flagship model, Kimi K2.5, asserting superiority in video generation and agentic capabilities against leading U.S. models. The development coincides with Beijing's approval for major tech firms, including Alibaba, to import advanced Nvidia H200 AI chips, signaling a dual-track strategy in the intensifying global AI race.
