Investors love AI, as long as you’re a cloud host

Investors love AI, as long as you’re a cloud host

Amazon reported better-than-expected second-quarter earnings on Thursday, and investors loved what they saw. Net sales rose 20%, and cloud revenue stood out as a particular bright spot. This combination of positive results was enough to send Amazon’s stock up nearly 10% in after-hours trading. Crucially, Amazon isn’t slowing down on data center spending, despite the…

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Apple projects tariff costs will hit .1B next quarter

Apple projects tariff costs will hit $1.1B next quarter

Tariffs are projected to cost Apple $1.1 billion in the July-to-September quarter, an uptick from the previous period, CEO Tim Cook said during the company’s earnings call with investors Thursday.  Those cost projections, which are based on current rates and policies, could end up lower than expected as they did in the previous quarter. Apple…

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Intel continues to pull back on its manufacturing projects

Intel continues to pull back on its manufacturing projects

Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan is making progress on his plan for the company to shed its inefficiencies. And that includes spiking several manufacturing projects. The semiconductor giant reported Thursday in its second-quarter earnings report that it will delay, and in some cases not move forward with, multiple manufacturing projects. Specifically, Intel said it was no…

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