Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang will take center stage as the company reports earnings today after the market closes. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)AFP via Getty ImagesKey TakeawaysIndexes Slide While Earnings And Fed Signals Heighten Market Uncertainty TodayNvidia’s Report Looms Amid Growing Questions About AI Investment SustainabilityFed Minutes And Jobs Data Could Reset Expectations For Year-End PolicyIt was a wild day for equities on Tuesday. The S&P 500, Na ...

A global outage of Microsoft’s Azure cloud service is impacting operations of Alaska Air Group, less than a week after the carrier canceled flights due to a data system failure https://t.co/JZTrLlM98y ...

Core Insights - Apple and Microsoft have both surpassed a market capitalization of $4 trillion, marking a significant milestone in the tech industry [1][3] - Apple is the third company to reach this milestone, following Nvidia and Microsoft, with its valuation driven by strong sales of the iPhone 17 [2] - Microsoft regained its $4 trillion valuation after a slight drop, attributed to a new agreement with OpenAI, highlighting the importance of AI partnerships in driving growth [1][3] Company Performance - Apple's growth trajectory has been remarkable, achieving $1 trillion in 2018, $2 trillion in 2020, and $3 trillion in 2022, with the latest surge linked to the iPhone 17 launch [2] - Microsoft benefits from the increasing demand for its Azure cloud services, which integrate OpenAI's language models, contributing to its valuation [3] - Alphabet, Google's parent company, is approaching the $4 trillion mark, currently valued at $3.25 trillion, indicating a competitive landscape among tech giants [3]

The second catalyst was a broader economic recession that began in Japan in March 2000 , triggering global market fears and accelerating the flight from risky assets. This one-two punch of higher rates and global uncertainty caused investors to reassess the astronomical valuations of internet companies.The dot-com crash wasn’t triggered by a single event, but rather a convergence of factors that exposed fundamental weaknesses in the late 1990s tech economy. The first critical blow came from the Federal Rese ...

When Microsoft invested $1 billion in OpenAI in 2019, it was weird. Now, the bet looks like one of the smartest investments in technology history. OpenAI announced last week that it's restructuring itself into a for-profit public benefit corporation. The move will create traditional stock that enables investors to get equity stakes in the business.As part of this, Microsoft will likely get a new equity stake in OpenAI that could be worth at least $150 billion, according to analysts at BNP Paribas and other ...