Oracle NYSE:ORCL rose 2.97% intraday after the Financial Times reported that the company is the front-runner to build an air-gapped cloud system for Japan's government, ahead of Amazon Web Services NASDAQ:AMZN, Microsoft NASDAQ:MSFT, and Google NASDAQ:GOOGL. The enterprise software and cloud compan…
Oracle NYSE:ORCL is reportedly leading rivals in talks to build a highly secure cloud network for Japan, putting it ahead of Amazon Web Services, Microsoft and Google in a strategically important government contract.The proposed system would be air-gapped, meaning it would operate without access to…
IBM NYSE:IBM remained under pressure after its preliminary second-quarter results triggered a roughly 25% selloff, with investors reassessing the company's position against enterprise technology peers.IBM blamed the shortfall on slower software spending, delayed large customer deals and weaker dema…
Microsoft becomes first announced hyperscale cloud provider to deploy 3M Expanded Beam Optical (EBO) technology3M to use Microsoft AI and digital capabilities to advance enterprise transformation across key functionsST. PAUL, Minn. and REDMOND, Wash., July 15, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- 3M (NYSE:MMM) and…
Microsoft (MSFT) received downward price target revisions from at least three Wall Street analysts, while they maintained their respective bullish ratings ahead of the tech giant’s fiscal fourth-quarter results later this month.At the time of writing, MSFT stock traded marginally in the green durin…
International Business Machines NYSE:IBM shares tumbled on Tuesday after the company disclosed preliminary second-quarter results that fell short of Wall Street expectations.IBM said second-quarter revenue was approximately $17.2 billion, below analyst estimates of $17.85 billion. Adjusted earnings…
Amazon NASDAQ:AMZN, Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT), Meta NASDAQ:META and Google NASDAQ:GOOG are helping drive a rush of data-center stake sales as operators look to cash in on the AI infrastructure boom, according to The Wall Street Journal.Developers including Netrality Data Centers, DataBank, Edged and…
A securities fraud class action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of Microsoft investors after its stock plummeted 10% because Microsoft allegedly misled investors regarding its AI chatbot Copilot and cloud computing platform Azure.NEW YORK, July 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading securities law firm…
V-Shaped Bottom 2.0?Thus far, 2026 is shaping up eerily similarly to 2025. In 2025, U.S. equity markets suffered a swift and violent correction after President Trump unveiled his ‘Liberation Day’ blanket tariff policy. However, after a brief multi-week correction, equities began to price in the tar…
Investors have moved back into Apple NASDAQ:AAPL, the iPhone maker, as growing concerns about returns from artificial intelligence spending weigh on chipmakers and cloud-computing companies. Apple shares have climbed 15% since reaching a low on June 25, adding nearly $600 billion in market value an…
Among 56 analysts covering Microsoft Corporation (MSFT), 53 rate the stock Buy or higher, and the analysts’ average price target is $559.59, implying roughly 45% upside from the re
“The Big Short” investor Michael Burry may be on pace for a nine-figure year, with the potential payday primarily coming from Substack subscriptions rather than stocks or options.Burry said on Sunday that his Cassandra Unchained newsletter had crossed 300,000 subscribers just 231 days after launch…
HSBC identified 10 Buy-rated stocks it believes are well positioned ahead of the second-quarter earnings season, citing favorable trends across technology, financial, consumer and industrial sectors.HSBC named Amazon NASDAQ:AMZN, Microsoft (MSFT), Meta Platforms NASDAQ:META, Alphabet (GOOGL), AbbVi…
IBM NYSE:IBM drew a Neutral rating from Susquehanna as strength in quantum computing, Watsonx AI and software was offset by concerns around consulting disruption and a rich valuation.Analyst James Friedman set a $303 price target and valued IBM's quantum opportunity at $65 per share. He also pointe…
Alphabet NASDAQ:GOOG, the parent company of Google; Amazon NASDAQ:AMZN, the e-commerce and cloud-computing company behind Amazon Web Services; Meta Platforms NASDAQ:META, the social-media company expanding its artificial intelligence infrastructure; Microsoft NASDAQ:MSFT, the software and cloud-com…
Microsoft NASDAQ:MSFT, Google (NASDAQ:GOOG), Amazon Web Services NASDAQ:AMZN and Oracle NYSE:ORCL will come under direct UK financial regulatory oversight as the government moves to reduce the risks created by banks' growing reliance on cloud computing.The companies were designated Critical Third P…
Shares of Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) were in focus on Friday after Argus analyst Joseph Bonner updated his outlook on the software giant amid the company's continued push into AI and cloud computing.According to TheFly, Bonner maintained a ‘Buy’ rating on Microsoft while trimming the price target to $5…
Microsoft NASDAQ:MSFT, a major software company investing heavily in artificial intelligence infrastructure, reported that its carbon emissions increased 25% in 2025 as its rapid data-center expansion placed more pressure on its sustainability goals. The company emitted 20 million metric tons of ca…
Apple NASDAQ:AAPL may have a new path for on-device AI after startup PrismML reportedly shrank Alibaba's NYSE:BABA Qwen 3.6 model to run on the iPhone 17 Pro.The Information reported that PrismML compressed the 27 billion-parameter model to less than 4GB from about 54GB, while claiming the reductio…
Starbucks, a coffee chain, NASDAQ:SBUX is developing AI-assisted in-house software that could replace some applications it currently buys from Microsoft, a software company whose system tracks inventory for Starbucks, NASDAQ:MSFT and IBM NYSE:IBM, a technology company whose tool manages Starbucks m…
