Kuaishou’s Kling AI platform generates video from text and still images. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images BEIJING — China’s video-heavy entertainment world has yielded a trove of data for companies — and they’re now ramping up money-making artificial intelligence tools for generating ads and film clips. TikTok parent ByteDance holds the first and third…
Amazon Web Services CEO Matt Garman speaks at the AWS re:Invent conference in Las Vegas on Dec. 4, 2024. Noah Berger | Reuters Amazon’s cloud group grew recorded revenue growth of 18% in the second quarter, slightly ahead of analysts’ estimates. Amazon Web Services continues to lead the cloud infrastructure market, but is facing intensifying…
Figma Inc. signage during the company’s initial public offering (IPO) at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Thursday, July 31, 2025. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images You can almost smell the bubbly wafting across Silicon Valley. Following Figma’s blockbuster market debut on Thursday, four of the most iconic…
Apple delivered a solid June quarter Thursday evening, and the stock moved higher. However, the lack of any real artificial intelligence strategy updates tempered investor enthusiasm. The stock remains an AI “show me” story — and in a market currently being powered by the AI trade, that’s all anyone really cares about. Revenue in Apple’s…
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy speaks during the GeekWire Summit in Seattle on Oct. 5, 2021. David Ryder | Bloomberg | Getty Images Amazon shares slid more than 7% in extended trading on Thursday after the company reported second-quarter results that exceeded expectations, but it gave light operating income guidance for the current period. The stock…
Apple CEO Tim Cook attends the world premiere of “F1” at Times Square in New York on June 16, 2025. Angela Weiss | AFP | Getty Images Apple reported third-quarter earnings on Thursday that topped Wall Street expectations for profit and revenue. iPhone sales grew 13% year-over-year and overall revenue grew 10% — Apple’s largest…
Coinbase shares fell Thursday after gains in the cryptocurrency exchange’s subscription revenue failed to offset weaker trading volumes. In the quarter ended June 30, Coinbase earned $1.43 billion, or $5.14 per share, up from earnings of $36.13 million, or 14 cents per share, in the same quarter a year ago. It was not immediately clear…
Figma celebrates its initial public offering at the New York Stock Exchange on July 31, 2025. NYSE Figma‘s stock more than tripled in its New York Stock Exchange debut on Thursday, a day after the design software company sold shares at $33 in its initial public offering. The big opening pop is the latest indication…
META CEO Mark Zuckerberg (L) and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. Getty Images Shares of Meta soared 12% and Microsoft popped 5% on Thursday, after the companies reported better-than-expected earnings that beat on top and bottom lines. Microsoft topped the $4 trillion market cap benchmark with the move, joining Nvidia in the club. Both Meta and…
China is one of Nvidia’s largest markets, particularly for data centers, gaming and artificial intelligence applications. Avishek Das | Lightrocket | Getty Images While Nvidia has been given assurances by Washington that it will be allowed to resume exports of its made-for-China H20 general processing units, the AI chips’ return may be met with increased…
