Microsoft shares slipped 2% on Wednesday after the software maker reported lower-than-expected capex even as earnings and revenue topped estimates. Here’s how the company did in comparison with LSEG consensus: Earnings per share: $4.27 adjusted vs. $4.06 expected Revenue: $82.89 billion vs. $81.39 billion expected Microsoft’s revenue grew 18% year over year in the quarter,…
Sebastien Bozon | Afp | Getty Images The last time tech’s hyperscalers addressed Wall Street, three months ago, they announced plans to collectively spend well over half a trillion dollars this year to build out their artificial intelligence infrastructure. That was before the U.S. invaded Iran, causing oil prices to spike, and leading to a…
OpenAI and Microsoft on Monday announced a revamped partnership agreement that will allow the artificial intelligence company to cap revenue share payments and serve customers across any cloud provider. As part of the new agreement, the companies said revenue share payments from OpenAI to Microsoft will be “subject to a total cap,” but they will…
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg attends the UFC 326 event at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on March 7, 2026. Chris Unger | Ufc | Getty Images Around 3.6 billion people use Meta’s applications every day, and the social networking company will be operating 32 data centers to handle the load with the completion of a…
Anthropic is ramping up a push to secure European data center deals to power its AI models, as it looks to hire a role for negotiating compute capacity in the region. U.S. hyperscalers’ AI infrastructure expenditure is set to top $600 billion in 2026. Anthropic is looking to capitalize on the boom and has announced…
Daniel Shapero, CEO of LinkedIn and Ryan Roslansky, EVP of LinkedIn and Microsoft Office. Courtesy: LinkedIn Microsoft has tapped Dan Shapero to be the new CEO of its LinkedIn division, succeeding Ryan Roslansky, who has run the subsidiary since 2020 and last year took on additional responsibility in Microsoft’s Office productivity group. The change is…
US President Donald Trump speaks in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, April 21, 2026. Daniel Heuer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Hello, this is Dylan Butts writing to you from Singapore. Welcome to another edition of CNBC’s Daily Open. U.S. President Donald Trump has extended the…
John Ternus, senior vice president of hardware engineering at Apple Inc., speaks about iMac computers during the Peek Performance virtual event in New York, U.S., on Tuesday, March 8, 2022. Photographer: Gabby Jones/Bloomberg via Getty Images Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Apple has maintained its dominance in consumer devices and built up a $4…
San Jose CA, commercial hub of silicon valley and its network of freeways. Steve Proehl | The Image Bank | Getty Images Despite the C-suite’s enthusiasm over artificial intelligence agents that can plow through office tasks like never-sleeping interns, the underlying technology is still rickety and a potential cost-sucker. That much was clear this week…
You can call it a comeback. Stocks rocketed to record highs last week on hopes of a peace deal with Iran, with the S & P 500 closing above 7,100 for the first time and the Nasdaq completing its longest-winning stretch since 1992 — 13 days of gains. For the week, the broad-based S &…