Dwindling cash and soaring memory costs

Almost four years into the artificial intelligence boom, the world’s biggest tech companies are still making grand promises about the future. The problem is, they’re burning through their cash in the process. AI spending among the megacaps is projected to reach $765 billion this year, before rising to nearly $1.2 trillion in 2027, according to…

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Amazon (AMZN) Q2 earnings report 2026

Amazon reported better-than-expected revenue and cloud growth for the second quarter. The stock shot up more than 9% in extended trading. Here’s how the company did, compared with estimates from analysts polled by LSEG: Earnings per share: $5.75 a share. That may not compare with the $1.82 per share expected by LSEG Revenue: $200.61 billion…

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Gen Z protests boost Instagram’s profile in India

Hello, this is Priyanka Salve, writing to you from Singapore. Welcome to the latest edition of “Inside India“ — your one-stop destination for stories and developments from the world’s fastest-growing large economy. The success of Gen Z protests in India has handed a surprise victory to Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta, cementing its position as the most influential…

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UBS CEO says the AI pullback is healthy — but there’s a bigger risk investors should watch

UBS reported a profit rise in its second-quarter earnings Wednesday, as CEO Sergio Ermotti warned that geopolitical volatility could create fresh headwinds up ahead. The Swiss banking and wealth management giant’s net profit attributable to shareholders came in at $2.8 billion for the three-month period, in line with forecasts by analysts in an LSEG-compiled consensus…

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Congress members buy Musk’s SpaceX stock after IPO

Samuel Boivin | Nurphoto | Getty Images Three days after SpaceX’s blockbuster public debut, Rep. William Timmons bought as much as $100,000 of the rocket company’s stock. The South Carolina Republican chairs a House oversight panel on military and foreign affairs and sits on a financial services subcommittee covering artificial intelligence — two sectors central…

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