The Market Wire
Friday, 23 October 2026
- Intel's Arizona tool installation seen easing Xeon supply strain
Intel, the American semiconductor giant, has begun fitting out a new chip factory in Arizona, a milestone that Wall Street views as a positive sign for the…
- Telegraph cuts 100 jobs in pivot to AI-powered media
The Daily Telegraph has cut around 100 jobs after its new owner told staff the newspaper will be rebuilt as a "global, AI-powered premium media and…
- Tech layoffs accelerate past 190,000 for 2026
Tech layoffs have topped 190,000 so far this year, with less than three months left on the clock, according to career website TrueUp.
- Security firm finds banned Nvidia chips on China Telecom network
Lava, an Israeli security firm, says it has identified 32 Nvidia Blackwell Ultra B300 chips on network infrastructure associated with China Telecom, a…
- SpaceX Starlink restrictions grounded Ukrainian drones, Apple outperforms shrinking PC market, Nvidia, Apple - Big Tech Report
On 13 October, Ukrainian drones began losing connection and falling from the sky after SpaceX imposed new restrictions on the Starlink satellite links that…
- iPhone Duo pre-orders beat Apple's expectations
Apple's iPhone Duo has drawn more pre-orders than the company expected in several major markets, according to DigiTimes.
- Uber extends ChatGPT Work to entire global workforce
Uber has rolled out OpenAI's ChatGPT Work to more than 30,000 employees globally, expanding a pilot that began with 1,000 employees.
Thursday, 22 October 2026
- Anthropic opens waitlist for background AI agent Claude Duet
Anthropic has opened a waitlist for Claude Duet, a research preview that lets its Claude assistant keep working while users are away, according to Tech Crunch.
- Walmart lets AI agents shop and checkout on its behalf
Walmart introduced tools that let AI agents search for products and complete purchases on behalf of shoppers, according to Reuters.
- Nasdaq dragged lower as Facebook owner's spending spooks the Street
Technology stocks bore the brunt of a broad market sell-off on Thursday, with the Nasdaq Composite falling 1.6% as semiconductor shares led the retreat and…
- Meta shares slide 7% as spending startles twitchy investors
Meta's shares fell around 7% in early trading on Thursday, wiping $116 billion from the value of the Facebook owner.
- Pichai rebuffs Trump bid to rename the Atlantic Ocean
President Donald Trump said he called Google chief executive Sundar Pichai to discuss renaming the Atlantic Ocean, according to the Washington Post.
- Taiwan's tech factories are flashing green, and AI is why
Taiwan sits at the heart of the global technology industry.
- Nasdaq futures slide 1.7% as oil spike and earnings jitters rattle tech stocks
Nasdaq futures are pointing sharply lower ahead of Thursday's open, with contracts on the tech-heavy index down 1.7% as semiconductor stocks reverse…
- SpaceX is building an AI supercomputer bigger than anything the world has seen
SpaceX is building one of the largest artificial intelligence supercomputers in the world, and it is doing so at a pace that has surprised even the analysts…