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Palo Alto Networks slumps 6% as third quarter profit guidance falls short
Palo Alto Networks beat Wall Street’s fiscal second-quarter estimates after the bell on Tuesday but shares fell 6% on disappointing guidance. Here’s how the company did versus LSEG estimates: Earnings per share: $1.03 per share excluding items vs. 94 cents expected Revenue: $2.59 billion vs. $2.58 billion expected The cybersecurity company forecasted lackluster earnings for […]
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Cloudflare pops 10% as AI agent wave led by viral Moltbot boosts security demand
Samuel Boivin | Nurphoto | Getty Images Cloudflare‘s stock rallied 10% Wednesday after the company beat Wall Street’s fourth-quarter estimates and issued upbeat guidance as artificial intelligence adoption fuels demand for its networking and security tools. In an earnings call with analysts Tuesday, CEO Matthew Prince said the rise of AI and agentic tools that […]
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Voyager Technologies CEO says space data center cooling problem still needs to be solved
Voyager Technologies‘ CEO Dylan Taylor said two years would be an “aggressive” timeframe for space data centers and cooling remains a problem for the developing technology. While SpaceX has the heavy lift rockets to bring components to space, Taylor told CNBC’s Morgan Brennan that the lack of a cooling solution to transfer the heat remains […]
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Qualcomm stock sinks 10% as company issues dire warning on memory shortage
Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon delivers a keynote speech at Computex in Taipei, Taiwan, May 19, 2025. Ann Wang | Reuters Qualcomm shares plunged 10% after the chipmaker issued disappointing guidance as skyrocketing demand for artificial intelligence data centers eats away at memory chip supply for consumer electronics. On an earnings call with analysts, Qualcomm CEO […]
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AMD’s Lisa Su addresses guidance concerns, says demand still accelerating for advanced chips
Advanced Micro Devices CEO Lisa Su defended the company’s lackluster forecast, telling CNBC on Wednesday that the chipmaker has seen a step up in demand over the last two to three months. Shares tanked 13% Wednesday. “What I would tell you from someone on the inside is AI is accelerating at a pace that I […]
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Musk’s xAI, SpaceX combo is the biggest merger of all time, valued at $1.25 trillion
Elon Musk’s rocket maker SpaceX has acquired his artificial intelligence startup xAI in a deal that will value the company at $1.25 trillion, CNBC’s David Faber confirmed Tuesday. The record-setting transaction is the largest merger of all time and values SpaceX at $1 trillion and xAI at $250 billion, according to documents viewed by CNBC. […]
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Meta and Microsoft are making big moves in opposite directions after earnings
It’s a tale of two different megacaps so far this earnings season when it comes to artificial intelligence. Meta Platforms surged after showing signs that investments in AI is boosting the bottom line, while Microsoft shares dropped as the company struggled to justify recent spending plans to investors and showed a slowdown in its cloud […]
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IBM jumps 8% on earnings beat
Chairman, President and CEO of IBM Arvind Krishna attends the 55th annual World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 22, 2025. Yves Herman | Reuters IBM reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter results on Wednesday and issued a forecast that slightly topped estimates. Here how the company did compared to LSEG consensus estimates: Earnings per share: $4.52 […]
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Intel stock drops 14% as manufacturing troubles overshadow earnings beat
The Intel logo is visible at the India Mobile Congress 2025 in Delhi, India, on October 11, 2025. Kabir Jhangiani | Nurphoto | Getty Images Intel shares plunged 14% Friday after the chipmaker issued lackluster guidance and warned of a supply shortage. During a fourth-quarter earnings call with analysts on Thursday, CEO Lip-Bu Tan said […]
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Meta to begin rolling out Threads ads globally
Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta on Wednesday said it will begin to show advertising on its Threads micro-blogging service to all users globally starting next week. “With ads on Threads, businesses can authentically join this conversation while finding new ways to connect with the people most interested in […]
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