Samsung launched its latest Galaxy Ultra devices and the pitch is getting things done faster in the background. Samsung launched its Galaxy S26 Ultra, Galaxy S26+, and Galaxy S26 with enhanced AI-driven features throughout. Galaxy S26 Ultra includes 256GB, 512GB, and 1TB storage options starting at $1,299.99. Galaxy S26+ and Galaxy S26 feature 256GB and 512GB storage options with Galaxy S26+ starting at $1,099.99 and Galaxy S26 starting at $899.99.

The Galaxy S26 Ultra is powered by a customized Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Mobile Platform with integrated CPU, GPU and NPU. Samsung said the latest Galaxy devices are designed to make recommendations and be prepared to help based on your personal context.

HP reported a better-than-expected first quarter results with earnings of 58 cents a share on revenue of $14.4 billion, up 6.9% from a year ago. Non-GAAP earnings in the quarter were 81 cents a share, or 4 cents better than estimates.

Bruce Broussard, Interim CEO at HP, said the company saw strong demand for AI PCs. Personal systems revenue was up 11% with consumer up 16% from a year ago and commercial up 9%.

HP held its outlook, but said results may be closer to the low end of its range due to memory costs. For the second quarter, HP projected non-GAAP earnings of 70 cents a share to 76 cents a share. For fiscal 2026, HP projected non-GAAP earnings of $2.90 a share to $3.20 a share.

Verint named Dave Rhodes CEO effective immediately. Rhodes had been CEO of Calabrio. Verint was acquired by Thoma Bravo for $2 billion in 2025 and merged with Calabrio, another Thoma Bravo portfolio company. The combination of Verint and Calabrio is focused on CX automation.

SambaNova launched its SN50 AI inference chip that runs agentic AI 3x cheaper than GPUs and said SoftBank will be the first to deploy the chip in its AI data center in Japan. The company also said it raised $350 million in Series E funding.

In addition, SambaNova said it will collaborate with Intel to deliver cloud-scale AI inference.

SambaNova's S50 will ship to customers later this year.

Apple said it is expanding its Houston factory to manufacture its Mac mini in the US. Apple also said it will expand its AI server production in Houston. Apple has pledged to increase its US manufacturing efforts.

CrowdStrike in its 2026 Global Threat Report said the average e-crime breakout time fell to 29 minutes in 2025 with the fastest breakout occurring in 27 seconds. Adversaries are leveraging AI at a rapid clip and nation-state attacks have surged.

IQM said it will go public via a SPAC merger with Real Asset Acquisition Corp. The deal values IQM at $1.8 billion. IQM, which said it has delivered 15 systems and $35 million in 2025 revenue, will be the largest listed European Quantum Company.

What's a software company worth 5 years from now? JunkBond Investor penned a notable analysis on software bond spreads and the reality that bond investors can't value SaaS companies 5 years from now. Until that terminal value is found, it's likely to be a lot of turbulence and price discovery for SaaS companies.

UiPath said it has launched agentic AI tools for clinicians and healthcare admins. The AI agents are focused on medical records summarization, claim denial prevention and resolution and prior authorization. The launch highlights how agentic AI players are targeting process optimization.

Rimini Street reported a fourth quarter profit of $724,000, or a penny a share, on revenue of $109.8 million, down 3.9% from a year ago. Non-GAAP earnings for the fourth quarter were 6 cents a share.

The revenue decline was due to Rimini Street phasing out its PeopleSoft support offerings.

As for the outlook, Rimini Street projected first quarter revenue between $101.5 million and $103.5 million. The company reiterated revenue growth for 2026 in the 4% to 6% range.

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CEO Seth Ravin said on the earnings call that its agentic ERP offerings with ServiceNow are garnering strong interest. He said:

"We're positioning Rimini Street as the bridge between existing traditional ERP software infrastructure and the capability and benefits of modern AI innovation, and we expect growing subscriptions for both Rimini Support as our core service offering and our new AI for the real-world service offerings to fuel top and bottom line growth in 2026."

Cognizant expanded its partnership with Google Cloud and said it will deploy Google Workspace with Gemini Enterprise internally. Cognizant previously announced it would adopt Gemini Enterprise internally. The two companies are go-to-market partners for bringing AI agents to enterprises where Gemini Enterprise is integrated with Cognizant's Neuro AI and Agent Foundry.

The Financial Times is reporting that Amazon outages were due to AI coding and its Kiro AI too. Amazon said it was user error. Discussion ensued. Kiro was launched last year as an IDE powered by AI agents and was fleshed out at AWS re:Invent 2025.