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Taiwan’s stock market value surpassed that of the United Kingdom at around $4.3 billion, followed closely by South Korea, driven by massive gains in TSMC, Samsung and SK Hynix (Bloomberg).

By Stacey D. WallsApril 25, 2026

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: Apple after Tim Cook, OpenAI’s new Mojo, Meta’s internal tracking escape The Big Technology Podcast…

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Texas Instruments stock rose 19% on Thursday, its best day since 2000, after upbeat second-quarter forecasts driven by strong demand for analog chips used in AI data centers (Katie Tarasov/CNBC)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 23, 2026

Featured Podcasts Lenny’s podcast: How Anthropic’s product team is growing faster than anyone else | Cat Wu (Product Manager, Claude…

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Ornn Compute Price Index: Hourly rent for Nvidia Blackwell GPUs reached $4.08, up 48% from $2.75 two months ago, driven by demand for agentic AI (Wall Street Journal)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 13, 2026

Wall Street Journal: Ornn Compute Price Index: Hourly rent for Nvidia Blackwell GPUs hit $4.08, up 48% from $2.75 two…

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Waymo says its fleet has driven more than 170 million miles as of December 2025 and its Waymo Driver system has been involved in 92% fewer serious injury crashes than human drivers (Andrew J. Hawkins/The Verge)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 19, 2026

Andrew J. Hawkins / The edge: Waymo claims its fleet has traveled more than 170 million miles as of December…

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A look at Corning’s booming fiber business, driven by data center demand and a $6 billion Meta deal, as Nvidia explores Corning’s co-packaged optics for servers (Christopher Mims/Wall Street Journal)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 8, 2026

Christophe Mims / Wall Street Journal: A look at Corning’s booming fiber business, driven by data center demand and a…

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Stock of Chinese short-video app Kuaishou has surged 88% over the past year, driven by the success of its Kling AI video generator, which has amassed 60 million users (Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 10, 2026

Bloomberg: The stock of Chinese short video app Kuaishou has surged 88% over the past year, driven by the success…

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Fast delivery apps like Blinkit, Zepto and Swiggy are growing in India’s tier 2 and tier 3 cities, driven by rising incomes and cheap smartphones and data (Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 30, 2025

Featured Podcasts Squeak: The most serious conversations of 2025: AI, business and beyond Grit explores what it takes to create,…

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U.S. companies sold $1.7 billion worth of investment-grade bonds in 2025, close to 2020’s record $1.8 billion, driven by borrowing in AI infrastructure; Goldman says AI accounts for about 30% (Kate Duguid/Financial Times)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 23, 2025

Kate Duguid / Financial Times: U.S. companies sold $1.7 billion worth of investment-grade bonds in 2025, close to 2020’s record…

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Salesforce: Black Friday online sales grew 6% year-over-year to $79 billion globally, including $3 billion in U.S. sales driven by AI agents; Adobe: U.S. online sales increased 9.1% to $11.8 billion (Joan Verdon/Forbes)

By Stacey D. WallsNovember 29, 2025

Jeanne Verdon / Forbes: Salesforce: Black Friday online sales grew 6% year-over-year to $79 billion globally, including $3 billion in…

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Xiaomi reports third-quarter revenue up 22.3% year-on-year to ~$15.9 billion, below ~$16.4 billion est., and net profit up 80.9% year-over-year to ~$1.59 billion, above ~$1.5 billion est., driven by AI and electric vehicle sales (Reuters)

By Stacey D. WallsNovember 18, 2025

Reuters: Xiaomi reports third-quarter revenue up 22.3% YoY to ~$15.9 billion, below estimate of ~$16.4 billion, and net profit up…

ASEAN, China unlikely to finalize South China Sea Code of Conduct at next summit – Radio Free Asia

Heat maps show North Korea’s largest greenhouse at less than half capacity – Radio Free Asia

Balikatan 2026 exercises will highlight Manila’s ‘more active defense posture’ – Radio Free Asia

North Korean agents use fake identities to apply for tech jobs – Radio Free Asia

Award-winning Burmese journalist Shin Daewe released from prison – Radio Free Asia

The stock falls following weak sales

OpenAI partners with Customers Bank to automate finance

Generation X is driving beauty sales

The clock is ticking for Spirit Airlines as bondholders weigh in on Trump bailout

New York pied-à-terre tax sparks legal fight over values

Melania Trump slides down and tries to get Jimmy Kimmel fired

White House Correspondents’ Shooter’s Dinner Changes Nothing

Many Americans don’t care about Trump’s third assassination attempt

Jamie Raskin crushes Dana Bash’s efforts to blame Democrats for WHCD attacker

Trump brags about crowd size after someone tries to shoot up WHCD

Kashable, which allows businesses to offer "socially responsible" credit and financial wellness programs for employees as a voluntary benefit, raised $60 million Series C (Mary Ann Azevedo/Crunchbase News)

Microsoft and OpenAI amend their agreement to allow OpenAI to offer all its products on any cloud provider; Microsoft will no longer pay revenue share to OpenAI (OpenAI)

By the end of 2025, 79 of the 500 software companies tracked, including HubSpot, Adobe and Salesforce, had adopted usage-based AI fees, more than double from 2024 (The News)

Sources detail Microsoft’s “Windows K2,” an ongoing initiative aimed at addressing Windows 11 users’ top complaints about AI features, OS bloat, performance, and more. (Zac Bowden/Windows Central)

OpenAI releases framework of five principles for AGI development, pledging to resist the concentration of AI power and collaborate with businesses and governments (Marcus Schuler/Implicator.ai)

Browsing: driven

Taiwan’s stock market value surpassed that of the United Kingdom at around $4.3 billion, followed closely by South Korea, driven by massive gains in TSMC, Samsung and SK Hynix (Bloomberg).

Texas Instruments stock rose 19% on Thursday, its best day since 2000, after upbeat second-quarter forecasts driven by strong demand for analog chips used in AI data centers (Katie Tarasov/CNBC)

Ornn Compute Price Index: Hourly rent for Nvidia Blackwell GPUs reached $4.08, up 48% from $2.75 two months ago, driven by demand for agentic AI (Wall Street Journal)

Waymo says its fleet has driven more than 170 million miles as of December 2025 and its Waymo Driver system has been involved in 92% fewer serious injury crashes than human drivers (Andrew J. Hawkins/The Verge)

A look at Corning’s booming fiber business, driven by data center demand and a $6 billion Meta deal, as Nvidia explores Corning’s co-packaged optics for servers (Christopher Mims/Wall Street Journal)

Stock of Chinese short-video app Kuaishou has surged 88% over the past year, driven by the success of its Kling AI video generator, which has amassed 60 million users (Bloomberg)

Fast delivery apps like Blinkit, Zepto and Swiggy are growing in India’s tier 2 and tier 3 cities, driven by rising incomes and cheap smartphones and data (Bloomberg)

U.S. companies sold $1.7 billion worth of investment-grade bonds in 2025, close to 2020’s record $1.8 billion, driven by borrowing in AI infrastructure; Goldman says AI accounts for about 30% (Kate Duguid/Financial Times)

Salesforce: Black Friday online sales grew 6% year-over-year to $79 billion globally, including $3 billion in U.S. sales driven by AI agents; Adobe: U.S. online sales increased 9.1% to $11.8 billion (Joan Verdon/Forbes)

Xiaomi reports third-quarter revenue up 22.3% year-on-year to ~$15.9 billion, below ~$16.4 billion est., and net profit up 80.9% year-over-year to ~$1.59 billion, above ~$1.5 billion est., driven by AI and electric vehicle sales (Reuters)