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General view of CXMT office buildings is seen in Shanghai, China, on July 15, 2026, as CXMT raises billions for AI technology (Photo by Ying Tang/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Shares of chipmaker Changxin Technology Group rose about 470% Monday as they debuted on Shanghai’s tech-heavy STAR Market, making CXMT

Jensen Huang, chief executive officer of Nvidia Corp., speaks to members of the media following the company’s “Japan AI Ecosystem” reception in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday, July 16, 2026. Kiyoshi Ota | Bloomberg | Getty Images Nvidia said it’s secured AI memory supply from South Korea’s SK Hynix, as the chipmaker tries to lock in

It was a tough week for stocks, as investors navigated everything from escalating tensions in the Middle East to key tech earnings reports to healthcare developments. Logging their second straight weekly losses, the S & P 500 slipped 0.6%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq fell 2.1%. Here’s a closer look at what drove the trading action.

Jeff Dean, head of artificial intelligence at Google LLC, speaks during a Google AI event in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Earlier this year, Google AI lead Jeff Dean, on a podcast, discussed a concept that, at the time, was hardly spoken about

The SpaceX Starship and Super Heavy v3 Booster lift off on its 13th test flight from the SpaceX launch complex in Starbase, Texas, U.S., July 24, 2026. Steve Nesius | Reuters SpaceX launched its massive Starship rocket Friday evening from its company town and launch facility in Starbase, Texas, in a 13th test flight and

The White House is visited by tourists on July 17, 2025 in Washington, DC. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images Nvidia, Microsoft, Meta, Palantir and more than 20 other companies released a letter on Friday urging policymakers to avoid “premature restrictions” on open-weight artificial intelligence models that would “stifle competition or drive innovation overseas.” Open-weight

Li Lecheng, China’s Minister of Industry and Information Technology, spoke at a press conference on July 23, 2026, in Chengdu, China, as part of the APEC Digital Weeks. Evelyn Cheng | CNBC CHENGDU, China — Governments increasingly want to control artificial intelligence, as companies release more powerful open-source models, a new multilateral statement indicates. The

Google‘s cloud chief Thomas Kurian said the company’s existing customers are shelling out “roughly 50% more” than they’ve already committed to spend on its products, which helped drive its red-hot cloud growth during the second quarter.  “Our existing customers have increased their spend when they make a commitment to us,” Kurian told CNBC’s Jim Cramer

(L-R) Google CEO Sundar Pichai speaks and Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk arrive for the inauguration ceremony before Donald Trump is sworn in as the 47th US President in the US Capitol Rotunda in Washington, DC, on Jan. 20, 2025.  Saul Loeb | Via Reuters When Alphabet and Tesla kicked off tech earnings season

Pressure from President Donald Trump to manufacture advanced semiconductors in the U.S. is increasing costs and squeezing margins at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the world’s leading chipmaker. Following Trump’s return to power in 2025, the president has repeatedly threatened tariffs on companies that don’t make their products in America. Since then, TSMC has announced a

A worker inspects a toilet unit at a Toto Ltd. plant in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, on Thursday, May 28, 2026. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images At a time when investor attention has been on the semiconductor industry, some hidden gems with businesses quite dissimilar to high tech have turned out to be market

SpaceX celebrates their IPO at the Nasdaq on June 12th, 2026. Adam Jeffery | CNBC SpaceX‘s stock gained 5% on Tuesday, attempting to snap a seven-day losing streak after setting its maiden earnings report, which coincides with a major share lock-up expiration. Elon Musk‘s aerospace and defense contractor on Monday announced Aug. 4 as its

CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Monday that the artificial intelligence trade has become too noisy and unpredictable to aggressively put new money to work — at least for now. “If you own too much tech, you’re going to be slaughtered, and you won’t even know what hit you,” the “Mad Money” host said. “For the moment,

Alphabet shares climbed 3% on Monday after The Information reported the company is developing a new server chip, internally dubbed “Frozen v2,” designed to run Gemini models more efficiently. The chip would permanently embed parts of Gemini’s architecture directly into the silicon, reducing the number of calculations and amount of data movement required to answer

Wendell Huang, chief financial officer of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), during a news conference in Taipei, Taiwan, on Thursday, July 16, 2026. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images TSMC is racing to accelerate capacity at its Arizona factory as the company continues to see a “multi-year demand mega trend” from its customers, Chief Financial

The AI trade dominated the market once again this week, upstaging an impressive start to the second-quarter earnings season. Cooler-than-expected June reports on consumer and producer prices offered encouraging signs that inflation continued to ease, while earnings from the nation’s largest banks reinforced the strength of capital markets. At the same time, investors kept one