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Microsoft says U.S. can’t afford falling behind China in quantum computers
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Microsoft says U.S. can’t afford falling behind China in quantum computers

Microsoft President Brad Smith speaks during signing ceremony of cooperation agreement between the Polish Ministry of Defence and Microsoft, in Warsaw, Poland, February 17, 2025. Kacper Pempel | Reuters The U.S. cannot afford to fall behind China in the race to a working quantum computer, Microsoft President Brad Smith wrote Monday. President Donald Trump and […]

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Palantir is soaring while its tech peers are sinking. Here’s why
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Palantir is soaring while its tech peers are sinking. Here’s why

Alex Karp, chief executive officer of Palantir Technologies Inc., speaks during the AIPCon conference in Palo Alto, California, US, on March 13, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Tech stocks have struggled in 2025, as recession and trade war fears sap investor appetite for riskier assets. Palantir is the exception. Against a […]

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PayPal kicks off fintech earnings as investors fear impact of Trump tariffs on consumer spending
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PayPal kicks off fintech earnings as investors fear impact of Trump tariffs on consumer spending

FILE PHOTO: A smartphone with the PayPal logo is placed on a laptop in this illustration taken on July 14, 2021.  Dado Ruvic | Reuters PayPal, Block and Affirm are all closely tied to the health of the consumer, which has investors on edge headed into their earnings reports. Markets broadly have been jittery to […]

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Cloud software vendors Atlassian, Snowflake and Workday are betting on security startup Veza
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Cloud software vendors Atlassian, Snowflake and Workday are betting on security startup Veza

From left, Veza founders Rob Whitcher, Tarun Thakur and Maohua Lu. Veza Tech giants like Google, Amazon, Microsoft and Nvidia have captured headlines in recent years for their massive investments in artificial intelligence startups like OpenAI and Anthropic. But when it comes to corporate investing by tech companies, cloud software vendors are getting aggressive as […]

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These are 3 big things we’re watching in the stock market this week
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These are 3 big things we’re watching in the stock market this week

The stock market bounce last week showed once again just how dependent Wall Street has become on the whims of the White House. Case in point: The S & P 500 sank more than 2% this past Monday as President Donald Trump was attacking Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and providing scant details on tariff […]

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Earnings playbook: Apple and Meta highlight the busiest week of the season
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Earnings playbook: Apple and Meta highlight the busiest week of the season

The busiest week of the earnings season is here, as investors look to some of the biggest companies in the world for guidance on how the global trade could impact their bottom lines. More than 160 S & P 500 members are slated to report, including Apple, Meta Platforms and Microsoft. Around 180 companies have […]

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How TikTok’s rise sparked a short-form video race
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How TikTok’s rise sparked a short-form video race

TikTok’s grip on the short-form video market is tightening, and the world’s biggest tech platforms are racing to catch up. Since launching globally in 2016, ByteDance-owned TikTok has amassed over 1.12 billion monthly active users worldwide, according to Backlinko. American users spend an average of 108 minutes per day on the app, according to Apptoptia. […]

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T. Rowe Price sees this established strategy as way to ride out market volatility
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T. Rowe Price sees this established strategy as way to ride out market volatility

ETF Edge T. Rowe Price sees this established strategy as way to ride out market volatility Published Fri, Apr 25 20257:00 AM EDT Krysta Escobar WATCH LIVE Source

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The Mag 7 isn’t so mighty anymore. Other stocks may need to help the market rally
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The Mag 7 isn’t so mighty anymore. Other stocks may need to help the market rally

The market’s leading tech stocks don’t hold the same sway they once did, and that may change the ingredients needed for a Wall Street rally. The Roundhill Magnificent 7 ETF (MAGS) — which holds shares of Microsoft , Apple , Alphabet , Tesla , Amazon , Nvidia and Meta Platforms in roughly equal measure — […]

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Adobe to launch mobile app for AI image generation tool as OpenAI steps up rivalry
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Adobe to launch mobile app for AI image generation tool as OpenAI steps up rivalry

Adobe’s new artificial intelligence image models, Firefly Image Model 4 and Firefly Image Model 4 Ultra, can generate hyper-realistic pictures in response to user prompts. Adobe LONDON — Adobe plans to launch a mobile version of its artificial intelligence image generation tool Firefly, stepping up a challenge to OpenAI as the Microsoft-backed startup advances its […]

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