Shares of regional banking company BankUnited (NYSE:BKU) jumped 8.8% in the afternoon session after the company reported fourth-quarter 2025 earnings that surpassed Wall Street's expectations.
Shares of leading data storage manufacturer Western Digital (NASDAQ: WDC)
jumped 9.3% in the afternoon session after analysts grew more optimistic about the company's prospects ahead of its upcoming earnings report, with Bank of America significantly raising its price target on the stock. The firm maintained its "Buy" rating but increased its price target to $257 from $197, a jump of over 30%. Analysts cited several reasons for the positive outlook, including a stable pricing environment where demand was expected to outpace supply. They also pointed to strong spending from large-scale data centers and rising prices for hard-disk drives. This confidence led Bank of America to forecast higher earnings per share for the company in the coming years. Adding to the positive sentiment, Rosenblatt Securities also raised its price target to $270 while keeping a "Buy" rating, suggesting a broader belief that the company's revenue and margins would improve.
Shares of business intelligence platform Domo (NASDAQ:DOMO) jumped 7.6% in the afternoon session after the company announced that Yamaha Corporation was using its AI and Data Products platform to modernize its global logistics operations. Yamaha's Logistics Division built a centralized intelligence platform on Domo that delivered visibility across international transportation, inventory, and warehousing. This change resulted in faster, more accurate decision-making and earlier risk detection. The partnership also led to significant operational efficiency gains, including a reduction of 200 hours of manual workload annually for the manufacturer.
Shares of regional bank Dime Community Bancshares (NASDAQ:DCOM) jumped 9.8% in the afternoon session after the company reported strong fourth-quarter 2025 results that beat Wall Street's expectations for both revenue and earnings.
Shares of digital small business lender Live Oak Bancshares (NYSE:LOB) jumped 6% in the afternoon session after TD Cowen initiated coverage on the company with a Buy rating and a $50 price target.
Shares of RFID manufacturer Impinj (NASDAQ:PI) jumped 10.1% in the afternoon session after well-known tech investor Dan Niles named the company a top stock to own for 2026, believing it had reached a major turning point.
The artificial intelligence landscape has been rocked this week by technical disclosures and leaked benchmark data surrounding the imminent release of DeepSeek V4. Developed by the Hangzhou-based DeepSeek lab, the upcoming 1-trillion parameter model represents a watershed moment for the industry, signaling a shift where Chinese algorithmic efficiency may finally outpace the sheer compute-driven brute [...]
In a landmark shift for deep-space exploration, NASA has officially transitioned its Foundational Artificial Intelligence for the Moon and Mars (FAIMM) initiative from experimental pilots to a centralized mission framework. As of January 2026, the program is poised to provide the next generation of planetary rovers and orbiters with what researchers call a "brain transplant"—moving [...]
Google, a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOGL), has officially moved the goalposts in the generative AI arms race with the wide release of Veo 3.1. Launched as a major update on January 13, 2026, the model marks a shift from experimental text-to-video generation to a production-ready creative suite. By introducing a "co-director" philosophy, Veo [...]
In a series of landmark reports released in early 2026, researchers and economists at the University of California, Berkeley, have issued a stark warning: the artificial intelligence industry may be entering a period of severe correction. The reports, led by prominent figures such as computer science pioneer Stuart Russell and researchers from the UC Berkeley [...]
The era of the "general-purpose" humanoid robot has transitioned from a Silicon Valley vision to a concrete industrial reality. In a milestone that has sent shockwaves through the global manufacturing sector, Figure AI has officially transitioned its partnership with the BMW Group (OTC: BMWYY) from an experimental pilot to a large-scale commercial deployment. The centerpiece [...]
In a move that signals the dawn of a new era in the artificial intelligence race, OpenAI has officially announced a massive, multi-year partnership with Cerebras Systems to deploy an unprecedented 750 megawatts (MW) of wafer-scale inference infrastructure. The deal, valued at over $10 billion, aims to solve the industry’s most pressing bottleneck: the latency [...]
As the sun sets on January 21, 2026, the financial world is bracing for what may be the most significant data release of the young year. Tomorrow morning, the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) is scheduled to release a combined Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) report covering both October and November
The stock market faced a jarring reality check on Tuesday, January 20, 2026, as two pillars of the Dow Jones Industrial Average suffered significant sell-offs, signaling a potential sea change in investor sentiment. 3M Company (NYSE: MMM) saw its shares plummet nearly 7%, while International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM)
Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOGL) has officially ushered in a new era of developer productivity with the global rollout of Gemini 3 Flash. Announced in late 2025 and seeing its full release this January 2026, the model is designed to be the "frontier intelligence built for speed." By moving the AI interaction layer directly into the [...]
The era of choosing between artificial intelligence and personal privacy may finally be coming to an end. Moxie Marlinspike, the cryptographer and founder of the encrypted messaging app Signal, has officially launched Confer, a groundbreaking generative AI platform built on the principle of "architectural privacy." Unlike mainstream Large Language Models (LLMs) that require users to [...]
The landscape of digital commerce has shifted from simple transactions to intelligent, agent-led experiences. On January 11, 2026, during the National Retail Federation’s "Big Show" in New York, Papa John’s International, Inc. (NASDAQ: PZZA) and Google Cloud, a division of Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOGL), announced the nationwide deployment of their new "Food Ordering Agent." This [...]
As the global hunger for generative AI compute continues to outpace supply, the semiconductor landscape has reached a historic inflection point in early 2026. Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) has successfully leveraged its "Golden Ticket" opportunity, transforming from a legacy giant in recovery to a pivotal manufacturing partner for the world’s most advanced AI architects. In a [...]
In a move that signals the dawn of the "industrial AI" era, Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) has officially launched its "Meta Compute" initiative, a massive strategic overhaul of its global infrastructure designed to power the next generation of frontier models. Announced on January 12, 2026, by CEO Mark Zuckerberg, the initiative unifies the company’s data [...]
At the 2026 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMD) officially unveiled its Ryzen AI 400 series, a breakthrough in the evolution of the “AI PC” that transitions local artificial intelligence from a luxury feature to a mainstream necessity. Codenamed "Gorgon Point," the new silicon lineup introduces the industry’s [...]
