Snap Shares Dip 3%, Market Cap Hits $7.4B as AR Hardware Costs Weigh on Valuation
Markets Daniel Marsh

Snap Shares Dip 3%, Market Cap Hits $7.4B as AR Hardware Costs Weigh on Valuation

Snap shares slipped 3% to $4.395, reducing market cap to $7.4 billion. The stock now trades at roughly $7.76 per monthly active user, as investor scrutiny intensifies over the $3.5 billion spent on Specs hardware.

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Rocket Companies Slides as Housing Bill Rally Fizzles on Rate Concerns
Markets Daniel Marsh

Rocket Companies Slides as Housing Bill Rally Fizzles on Rate Concerns

Rocket Companies (RKT) shares slipped 0.8% after a housing bill rally faded. Mortgage rates remain near 6.5%, weighing on refinance and purchase demand.

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Onto Innovation Stock Surges, Nears Key Convertible Note Conversion Price
Markets Daniel Marsh

Onto Innovation Stock Surges, Nears Key Convertible Note Conversion Price

Onto Innovation shares jumped 7.5%, closing in on the $381.80 conversion price of its $1.5B convertible notes. The stock now trades 10.2% below that level, with analysts maintaining a $358.82 average target.

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Applied Materials Surges $50 Billion on AI Memory Boom
Technology Sarah Chen

Applied Materials Surges $50 Billion on AI Memory Boom

Applied Materials surged 10.7% to $652.07, adding $50.4 billion in value, after unveiling new DRAM and advanced packaging systems and forecasting strong AI memory demand.

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Bitmine Stock Slides as Ether Decline Slashes Crypto Holdings Value
Crypto Sarah Chen

Bitmine Stock Slides as Ether Decline Slashes Crypto Holdings Value

Bitmine (BMNR) shares fell 4.4% to $13.40 as ether's decline reduced its ETH holdings by $921M, trading 19% below adjusted asset value.

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Joby Aviation stock drops 4.6% as heavy trading persists below key financing thresholds
Markets Daniel Marsh

Joby Aviation stock drops 4.6% as heavy trading persists below key financing thresholds

Joby Aviation shares slid 4.6% to $8.86 on heavy volume, trading below key financing levels from February and Delta's warrant exercise price.

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Amazon Plunges $67B on EU Cloud Crackdown, Overshadowing Prime Day
Regulation James Calloway

Amazon Plunges $67B on EU Cloud Crackdown, Overshadowing Prime Day

Amazon shares dropped 2.6%, erasing $67 billion in market cap, as EU regulators moved to classify AWS under tough Digital Markets Act gatekeeper rules.

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Polestar Faces U.S. Sales Ban, Pivots to Europe Amid Cash Concerns
Regulation James Calloway

Polestar Faces U.S. Sales Ban, Pivots to Europe Amid Cash Concerns

Polestar (NASDAQ:PSNY) shares slid 5.7% after the U.S. denied authorization to sell 2027 models under new connected-vehicle rules, blocking future U.S. sales and raising funding risks as Q1 net loss widened to $383 million, cash fell to $676 million, and Europe now accounts for nearly 80% of retail sales.

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Plug Power's Denmark Project Highlights Green Hydrogen Scaling Challenges
Markets Daniel Marsh

Plug Power's Denmark Project Highlights Green Hydrogen Scaling Challenges

Plug Power shares rose 0.4% to $2.62 after completing a 5 MW electrolyzer project in Denmark, which produces less than 4% of its U.S. capacity. The small scale underscores the challenges in hydrogen scaling.

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SMCI Shares Dip as $7B Equity Raise Funds AI Server Push
Markets Daniel Marsh

SMCI Shares Dip as $7B Equity Raise Funds AI Server Push

Super Micro Computer (SMCI) fell 1.1% to $32.10 after a $7B equity raise to fund $39B in AI server orders, with dilution risk and cash conversion concerns ahead of Q4 guidance.

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Qualcomm Stock Surges $16 Billion on Upbeat Data Center Revenue Forecast
Technology Sarah Chen

Qualcomm Stock Surges $16 Billion on Upbeat Data Center Revenue Forecast

Qualcomm shares jumped 7.6% to $212.34, adding $16 billion in market value after raising its fiscal 2029 data center revenue target to over $15 billion. The stock later gave back much of its early gains.

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Nexera Shares Surge 54% on Fort Technology's Logia Deal
Markets Daniel Marsh

Nexera Shares Surge 54% on Fort Technology's Logia Deal

Nexera Technologies (NASDAQ:NEXR) soared 54% to $0.8663 on massive volume after Fort Technology signed a non-binding LOI for a data-center backup-power deal with Logia USA.