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Top tech news stories today: August 8, 2024
Fintech 1. Robinhood results beat estimates on meme-stock, crypto-trading boom Robinhood beat Wall Street expectations for second-quarter earnings on Wednesday, as interest in meme stocks and cryptocurrencies soared, and said it continued to gain retail trading market share from rivals. (Yahoo Finan…
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Fintech 1. Robinhood results beat estimates on meme-stock, crypto-trading boom Robinhood beat Wall Street expectations for second-quarter earnings on Wednesday, as interest in meme stocks and cryptocurrencies soared, and said it continued to gain retail trading market share from…
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Robinhood beat Wall Street expectations for second-quarter earnings on Wednesday, as interest in meme stocks and cryptocurrencies soared, and said it continued to gain retail trading market share from rivals. ( Yahoo Finance ) Intel was sued on Wednesday by shareholders who said the Silicon Valley chipmaker fraudulently concealed problems that led it to post weak results, slash jobs and suspend its dividend, and caused its market value to sink more than $32 billion in a single day. ( Market Screen )
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Equinix raised its annual adjusted core earnings forecast on Wednesday, betting on strong demand for its data center operation services amid growing adoption of generative artificial intelligence technology. ( Reuters ) A version of Samsung Electronics’ fifth-generation high bandwidth memory (HBM) chips, or HBM3E, has passed Nvidia’s tests for use in its artificial intelligence (AI) processors, three sources briefed on the results said. ( Yahoo Finance ) Belgium’s imec, one of the world’s top semiconductor R&D firms, on Wednesday reported several computer chip-making breakthroughs at a joint laboratory it operates with ASML, using the Dutch company’s newest 350 million euro ($382 million) chip printing machine. ( US news ) The DIOC was officially inaugurated by Vikram Sinha, President Director and CEO of Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison, along with Simon Lin, President of Huawei Asia-Pacific Region, highlighting the strategic partnership between the two companies. ( Telecom Review )
Key Points
- Fintech
- 1. Robinhood results beat estimates on meme-stock, crypto-trading boom
- IT infrastructure
- 2. Intel shareholders sue chipmaker after job, dividend cuts cause stock plunge
- 3. Equinix raises annual adjusted core earnings forecast on strong data center demand
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