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SK Hynix to invest $38 billion building new memory chip plants

TazaPulseAugust 7, 2026

SK Hynix Inc. signage at the company’s office in Seongnam, South Korea, on Tuesday, June 30, 2026. SeongJoon Cho | Bloomberg | Getty Images SK Hynix said on Friday it will invest 54 trillion Korean won ($38.1 billion) to build two new memory chip manufacturing plants, as demand for the components, which are key to...

Jim Cramer highlights 5 investing themes — and the stocks to buy for each

TazaPulseAugust 7, 2026

CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Thursday earnings season has revealed investing themes he thinks will produce the market’s best buying opportunities. “I love themes. They help you craft a portfolio of stocks with the wind at their backs, not in their faces — the kind of stocks that you can confidently buy more of when they...

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AMD buys Taalas, startup that hardwires AI models into its silicon

TazaPulseAugust 7, 2026

An AMD employee installs a the first Helios rack-scale AI system in a data center lab in Rockdale, Texas, on June 24, 2026. Helios comes in four customizable configurations, and this is the one Meta will deploy later this year. Andrew Evers | CNBC Advanced Micro Devices is counting on its graphics processing units to...

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Revenue growth shows the AI spend is paying off

TazaPulseAugust 7, 2026

George Arison, chief executive officer of Grindr, in New York, US, on Thursday, June 4, 2026. Emma Rose Milligan | Bloomberg | Getty Images Grindr is betting that artificial intelligence can do more than just improve the dating app experience. It believes AI can simultaneously create a new premium subscription business while also dramatically changing...

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Big Tech’s free cash flow — or lack thereof — only tells part of the investment story

TazaPulseAugust 6, 2026

Wall Street is fixated on all the money Big Tech is spending on artificial intelligence infrastructure. But not enough attention is being paid to all the cash still coming through the door at these hyperscalers. One of the dominant topics this earnings season has been the dwindling amount of cash remaining after all that AI...

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5 things to know before the stock market opens Thursday

TazaPulseAugust 6, 2026

1. Rain check Kevin Warsh, chairman of the US Federal Reserve, during a news conference following a Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, July 29, 2026. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh has floated reducing the number of policy meetings that the central...

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Demis Hassabis’ new Google DeepMind role explained

TazaPulseAugust 6, 2026

Demis Hassabis is one of the defining figures of the AI era. Google recognized his potential early, buying DeepMind just four years after he founded it. What once began as a small London-based company now sits at the heart of Google’s fight to lead in artificial intelligence, as the company races to compete with a...

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‘AI Kill Switch’ bill needs to be passed this year, Rep. Lieu says

TazaPulseAugust 6, 2026

Rep. Ted Lieu, D-Calif., one of the authors of the “AI Kill Switch Act,” said Thursday that the ongoing hacks by rogue artificial intelligence agents are adding urgency to getting the bill passed. “We need to get this bill across the finish line this year because the advanced closed-weight models are already doing, as you...

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Applovin stock tanks on Q2 revenue miss

TazaPulseAugust 6, 2026

Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images Shares of adtech giant Applovin tanked 17% on Thursday following a second-quarter revenue miss. Here’s how the company performed compared with Wall Street’s expectations, according to LSEG estimates: Earnings per share: $3.76 vs. $3.76 expected Revenue: $1.92 billion vs. $1.94 billion expected In the earnings call Wednesday, CEO...

Hadrian hits $8 billion as defense tech spending craze endures

TazaPulseAugust 6, 2026

An overall view of the manufacturing line in a Hadrian Automation Inc. factory. Courtesy: Hadrian Automation, Inc. Riding a wave of enthusiasm for defense tech, manufacturing startup Hadrian on Thursday closed its latest round of funding at a nearly $8 billion valuation, more than quadruple where investors valued the company in January. The round was...