Apple Q3 strong ahead of iPhone launches
Apple's third quarter results were better-than-expected as the company delivered 10% revenue growth from a year ago.
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Apple's third quarter results were better-than-expected as the company delivered 10% revenue growth from a year ago.
Amazon Web Services' revenue in the second quarter jumped 17.5% to $30.9 billion, which is good for an annual revenue run rate approaching $124 billion.
Meta raised its capital spending outlook for 2025 as it throws money at AI researchers as it chases superintelligence. The good news for Meta is that it can afford the spending spree.
Microsoft delivered better-than-expected fourth quarter earnings results as Azure ended the fiscal year with $75 billion in revenue, up 34%.
Palo Alto Networks said it will acquire CyberArk in a deal valued at $25 billion, or $45 a share, in a move that'll integrate identity security into its platform.
Writer released Action Agent, an "autonomous AI superagent," that's designed to carry out multi-step work using deep research, computer use and tools with enterprise controls.
Figma filed for an initial public offering, named ServiceNow CEO Bill McDermott to its board and highlighted its revenue growth as investors got to see why Adobe wanted to buy the company for $20 billion.
DigitalOcean CEO Paddy Srinivasan said AI inferencing is becoming the dominant workload at the cloud provider, AI native companies have the potential to scale faster and leaner than ever before and agentic AI is in the early innings with a lot of loose ends to tie up.
Dexcom, which makes glucose monitoring equipment and technology, is betting that it can dramatically expand its total addressable market for people with diabetes with a big assist from generative AI.