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Meta launches paid subscriptions for Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp

Meta on Wednesday launched paid subscription plans for its flagship apps, marking a major push by the tech giant to diversify beyond its longtime reliance on advertising revenue.Meta in 2023 launched ad-free, paid versions of Facebook and Instagram in Europe to comply with EU data privacy legislation, giving users a choice between a free, ad-supported experience and a paid, ad-free one. arp/md

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Pope Leo XIV teams with Anthropic founder on bold AI warning

When the people building something stand next to the people warning about it, that usually means everyone in the room is worried about the same thing. For most of the past three years, the artificial intelligence conversation has split cleanly into two camps. The builders keep raising bigger ...

TheStreet
2 Reasons to Buy FedEx Stock Now, According to J.P. Morgan

On Wednesday, J.P. Morgan analyst Brian Ossenbeck boosted his rating of FedEx stock to Buy from Hold. FedEx stock jumped 2.9%, closing at $411.78 on Wednesday, while UPS stock rose 2.5% to $104.47. Ossenbeck has a positive view of the company heading into the spinoff of its freight business, expected next week, and before its fiscal fourth-quarter results on June 23.

Barrons.com
SK Hynix and Micron lead AI boom, join trillion-dollar club

Yahoo Finance Tech Editor Dan Howley joins Host Josh Lipton on Market Domination to break down the day’s leading tech stories, including SK Hynix (000660.KS) joining the Trillion-dollar club and Micron Technology (MU) impressive growth in 2026.

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Tesla Stock Rises. Europe EV Sales Are Helping.

Helping were sales data from Europe that showed Tesla sold 10,654 cars in April, up 46.5% year over year. It’s been a strong year for European EV sales, amid higher oil prices. In 2025, Tesla sold 238,656 vehicles in Europe, down 26.9% year over year.

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HP tops revenue, profit estimates as AI PC and Windows 11 refresh boost demand

HP beat analysts' estimates for second-quarter revenue and profit on Wednesday, helped by strong demand for AI-optimized personal computers, but warned ‌that rising memory costs would pressure margins. PC makers including HP, Dell Technologies and ‌China's Lenovo Group are navigating a shortage of memory chips as data center buildout is sucking up capacity and ​triggering price increases of smartphones and PCs. CFO Karen Parkhill said HP "took deliberate actions to lower memory costs" by reconfiguring ‌products, sourcing cheaper components and ⁠prioritizing higher-margin units, while also adjusting prices to account for commodity increases.

Reuters
Synopsys reaches settlement with Elliott, says Jesse Cohn to join board

Chip design software maker Synopsys has reached an agreement with activist investor Elliott Investment Management that will give one board seat to the activist investor's ‌managing partner Jesse Cohn, the company said on Wednesday. Synopsys, which has a market valuation ​of about $100 billion and counts Tesla and Google parent Alphabet among its customers, has held discussions with Elliott, one of the industry's most powerful activists, for roughly two months. “Synopsys is essential to the global chip industry and is well-positioned to benefit from increasing AI investment and engineering complexity,” Cohn said in a statement.

Reuters
Assessing Whether Alphabet (GOOGL) Looks Overvalued After A Strong Year Of Share Price Momentum

Alphabet stock snapshot and recent performance Alphabet (GOOGL) stock has been drawing fresh attention after recent trading left it at a last close of US$388.88, with investors weighing its multi segment business and recent price performance. See our latest analysis for Alphabet. Alphabet’s recent 12.92% 1 month share price return and 24.28% 3 month share price return point to firming momentum, while the 125.70% 1 year total shareholder return highlights how strongly longer term holders have...

Simply Wall St.
Micron surges: Where the $1T memory chipmaker fits into AI trade

As shares of memory chipmaker Micron Technology (MU) maintains gains after its market cap crossed above $1 trillion this week, Yahoo Finance Markets and Data Editor Jared Blikre compares how the chip stock holds up to the performance of Nvidia (NVDA) and the broader AI trade.

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Buy, Sell, or Hold Vanguard’s Mega Cap Growth ETF Right Now | MGK

There’s a tech ETF that has been almost neck-and-neck with the S&P 500 in the past year and has built up a meaningful lead over the past five years. It’s the Vanguard’s Mega Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:MGK). This ETF tracks the price of the CRSP US Mega Cap Growth Index, which in turn tracks companies ... Buy, Sell, or Hold Vanguard’s Mega Cap Growth ETF Right Now | MGK

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Amazon is offering its AI shopping tools to retailers

Market Domination Host Josh Lipton and Yahoo Finance Senior Reporter Brooke DiPalma track several of the day's top trending stories and stock moves, including how Amazon (AMZN) is licensing and selling its "Alexa for Shopping" AI tool to other retailers.

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