Wednesday, 21 October 2026
- Meta shares rise 4% as Muse momentum and revenue beat outweigh legal headaches
Meta Platforms shares rose 4% in after-hours trading after the social media giant delivered a strong revenue beat and bullish fourth quarter guidance, with…
- Meta beats on revenue and clean earnings as legal charge clouds quarterly numbers
Meta Platforms, the social media and technology company behind Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, beat revenue and underlying earnings forecasts for the third…
- AWS commits $18 billion to German AI infrastructure push
AWS is investing $18 billion in Germany to expand its data center and AI infrastructure footprint, AWS CEO Matt Garman said in a LinkedIn post.
- Tesla beats margin and cash flow forecasts despite sharp profit decline
Tesla shares rose 2% in after-hours trading after the electric vehicle and energy company beat Wall Street forecasts on gross margin and free cash flow in the…
- Flapping Airplanes quadruples valuation in year-old funding sprint
Flapping Airplanes, a year-old artificial intelligence research startup, has raised $1 billion in funding at a $6 billion valuation, led by Index Ventures and…
- Meta ordered to pay $25 billion over Cambridge Analytica scandal
A New Mexico judge ordered Meta to pay $25 billion in penalties, Axios reported Wednesday, after a jury found in September that the social media company misled…
- Blacksmith hits unicorn valuation on CI demand for AI code
Blacksmith, a platform that helps companies build and test software including code written by artificial intelligence, has raised $66 million in a Series C…
- Anthropic set to file S-1 this week in what could be history's biggest IPO
Anthropic, the San Francisco-based artificial intelligence company behind the Claude chatbot, is set to publicly file its S-1 investor prospectus as soon as…
- Netflix shares sink 5% as ad revenue warning spooks investors despite Wedbush buy rating
Netflix (NFLX) shares fell 5% on Wednesday after the streaming giant slashed its 2026 advertising revenue target and issued weaker-than-expected fourth-quarter…
- Intel revives US factory build-out as chip demand rebounds
Intel has restarted construction momentum across two of its flagship US manufacturing sites, according to The Next Web, which cites an update that…
- CrowdStrike shares rise on expanded Nvidia AI agent security deal
CrowdStrike shares rose 5.7% to $240.40 after the cybersecurity firm expanded its work with Nvidia on securing autonomous AI agents, a shift the company…
- Salesforce to buy Braze for $5.7bn as it strengthens its data architecture
Salesforce has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Braze, a customer engagement platform, in a deal valued at approximately $5.66 billion in enterprise…
- Slim grandson raises profile with AI store-builder expansion
Arturo Elias Slim, a grandson of Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim, is assuming a more visible position within Grupo Carso SAB, according to Bloomberg.
- Google brings personalized Gemini AI to Android Auto, Spotify launches Android Automotive app, Nvidia, Google, Apple - Big Tech Report
Google is rolling out "Personal Intelligence with Gemini" to vehicles, starting Tuesday in Android Auto and expanding to cars with Google Built-in in the…
- OpenAI extends reach to Google Cloud
OpenAI is bringing its AI models and Codex coding tools to Google Cloud, according to Axios.
- Nvidia packages entire AI data centres into shippable containers
Nvidia announced the DSX Pod AI Factory, a reference design that packs seven Vera Rubin racks into a unit roughly the size of a standard shipping container.
- Chinese AI penetration tool traced to Japan hacking spree
Around 80 Japanese companies were targeted in hacks launched from overseas servers carrying digital traces of Artex, an AI agent developed in China, according…
- OpenAI backs brain-implant startup targeting cancer
OpenAI's venture capital arm and Peter Thiel's Founders Fund are investing in Coherence Neuro, a San Francisco startup building a brain implant to detect and…
- Musk backs idea of merging Tesla and SpaceX
Elon Musk said it would be a "good idea" to merge Tesla and SpaceX, according to Bloomberg.
- The problem with Netflix and why the Street sold
Netflix's third-quarter results, released after the close on Tuesday, were financially solid (on the surface, at least).
- SpaceX just reported the quarter AI bulls were waiting for. Here's why it's not that simple.
SpaceX's third-quarter results, released after the close on Tuesday, broke consensus models.