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January 9, 2026

AI Chip Stocks Enter the “Systems Era” as Supply Shifts to Memory and Packaging

Nvidia’s roadmap and booming data-center demand are lifting the whole AI stack—while export politics and component bottlenecks reset the risk map. Nvidia (NVDA) remains the gravitational center of AI hardware, but the

Technology

January 2, 2026

AI Infrastructure Spending Keeps Tech Stocks in Focus

A surge in corporate investment in artificial intelligence infrastructure continues to shape technology markets, reinforcing the sector’s leadership role in global equities. Technology stocks remained at the center of investor attention as

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Technology

February 6, 2026

Big Tech’s AI Buildout Shifts From GPUs to Custom Silicon, Jolting Chip Leaders

Investors are rewarding the “pick-and-shovel” suppliers to hyperscaler-designed chips while questioning how durable Nvidia’s pricing power will be in 2026. The technology market’s newest fault line isn’t whether artificial intelligence spending is

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Qualcomm’s Amazon Deal Recasts It as an AI Data Center Contender

Qualcomm’s expanded Amazon partnership gives the mobile-chip veteran a credible path into hyperscale AI infrastructure, where inference, custom silicon and energy efficiency are becoming increasingly important competitive battlegrounds. Qualcomm (QCOM) is making

September 9, 2026

Technology

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AI Chip Rally Lifts Asia as Oil and Rate Risks Restrain Europe

A powerful semiconductor rally propelled Asian equities higher Monday, but rising oil prices and renewed interest-rate concerns kept European investors defensive while U.S. markets were closed for Labor Day. Global markets opened

September 7, 2026

Markets

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Nvidia’s $3.5 Billion MediaTek Bet Expands Its AI Technology Empire

Nvidia’s investment in MediaTek extends its influence beyond graphics processors, positioning its interconnects, software and computing architecture to remain central as customers increasingly design their own AI chips. Nvidia (NVDA) is investing

September 1, 2026

Technology

Business executives sit beside rows of AI servers as a falling red market chart reflects investor concern over Alibaba’s expanding artificial-intelligence spending.

Alibaba’s $10.2 Billion AI Bet Tests Investor Patience

Alibaba’s discounted share sale underscores a widening divide between surging artificial-intelligence demand and investors’ growing insistence that technology companies prove the returns on massive infrastructure spending. Alibaba Group Holding (BABA) is asking

August 24, 2026

Technology

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AI Infrastructure Trade Broadens as Chip Stocks Rebound

Investors are pushing back into semiconductors, memory and networking as artificial intelligence spending accelerates, but the market is demanding clearer evidence that record infrastructure investment can generate durable returns. The artificial intelligence

August 14, 2026

Technology

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AI Storage Stocks Sink as Strong Earnings Fail Wall Street’s New Test

Sandisk and Western Digital delivered booming results, but restrained outlooks showed how little room remains for disappointment across the AI infrastructure trade. Technology investors received another reminder Thursday that exceptional demand does

August 6, 2026

Technology

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Big Tech Faces an AI Spending Reckoning

Microsoft and Meta earnings will test whether surging artificial-intelligence investment is producing returns fast enough to support technology valuations. The artificial-intelligence trade is entering a more demanding phase, as investors shift their

July 29, 2026

Technology

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The AI Sell-Off Is a Discipline Test, Not a Verdict

Investors are right to question the scale of artificial-intelligence spending, but abandoning the sector wholesale risks confusing financial scrutiny with technological failure. The global retreat from semiconductor and artificial-intelligence stocks is less

July 28, 2026

Opinion

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AI Chip Selloff Forces Investors to Reprice the Technology Boom

A sharp retreat in semiconductor shares is testing whether artificial-intelligence spending can continue growing fast enough to justify the technology sector’s elevated valuations. The artificial-intelligence trade is entering a more demanding phase

July 20, 2026

Technology

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The AI Trade Needed a Reality Check

The semiconductor selloff is less a verdict on artificial intelligence than a warning that even transformative technologies cannot justify unlimited prices. The sharp retreat in semiconductor shares should not be mistaken for

July 17, 2026

Opinion