AI Technology 13 February 2026 - 21 May 2026

AIFC Under Pressure After AI Financial Reports $271M Crypto Loss
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AIFC Under Pressure After AI Financial Reports $271M Crypto Loss

AI Financial Corp. heads into the shortened holiday week after its quarterly report last week. Shares closed at $0.8932, with trading volume near 1.07 million. The stock saw a bounce late last week but is still down sharply over the last five sessions. U.S. equity markets will be closed Monday, May 25 for Memorial Day, Nasdaq said. Trading resumes Tuesday at the usual 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time. Tuesday will give investors a read on demand after stocks struggled last week.
May 24, 2026
Quantum Shares Tick Up in Pre-Market Trade After AI Storage Angle Draws Notice
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Quantum Shares Tick Up in Pre-Market Trade After AI Storage Angle Draws Notice

Quantum Corp was up before the open Thursday, following a solid gain from the previous session. The Nasdaq-listed data-storage stock closed Wednesday at $8.16, up 5.84%. Shares traded at $8.64 pre-market on Investing.com, a 5.88% move before regular trading on Nasdaq starts. The move is catching attention now with investors shifting back into technology and AI names. Wall Street’s big indexes all rose over 1% Wednesday, led by chip stocks and tech names. The Nasdaq Composite was up 1.55%. “Technology is driving the bus” as investors push into AI, BMO Private Wealth’s Carol Schleif told Reuters.
May 21, 2026
RELX PLC Stock Faces Fresh AI Test After Dividend Date and Morgan Stanley Cut
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RELX PLC Stock Faces Fresh AI Test After Dividend Date and Morgan Stanley Cut

RELX PLC saw its London shares tread water Friday, still feeling the weight from Thursday’s sharp ex-dividend fall and a fresh downgrade from Morgan Stanley. The renewed scrutiny circles the impact artificial intelligence might have on the company’s legal and risk data operations. RELX finished the week at 2,460 pence, virtually flat—off just 0.08% on May 8—after tumbling 6.21% the prior session. The payout calendar lands right as RELX clears the record date for its 2025 final dividend, sharpening attention on cash returns. Investors are weighing whether the FTSE 100 data firm's premium subscription model can hold up as AI tools accelerate. For ordinary shares, the record date was May 8, with a payout set for June 18. U.S. holders
May 9, 2026
Commonwealth Bank Drawn Into $153 Million Branch Fight as AI Push Deepens
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Commonwealth Bank Drawn Into $153 Million Branch Fight as AI Push Deepens

Commonwealth Bank of Australia now finds itself at the center of a renewed clash on regional banking, after a coalition of smaller lenders called on the nation’s big banks to chip in for in-person services beyond metropolitan areas. The Regional Banking Investment Alliance, speaking for 24 regional banks and their allies, is pushing a A$153 million industry-backed plan to keep branches open in rural and remote areas. That effort has CBA, Westpac, NAB and ANZ once again facing scrutiny over footing the bill for cash services, account assistance and fraud support as they keep scaling back their branch networks.
April 26, 2026
RELX PLC Stock Gets Fresh AI Test After £350 Million Buyback and 2026 Outlook Reassurance
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RELX PLC Stock Gets Fresh AI Test After £350 Million Buyback and 2026 Outlook Reassurance

RELX PLC kept its full-year outlook steady and announced a new £350 million share buyback, aiming to reassure investors following a choppy period for legal and data names unsettled by worries that artificial intelligence might disrupt parts of their business. Timing is key here. The London-listed information and analytics group is touting gains from its own AI-enabled products to shareholders, even as investors keep probing if newer AI tools might eat into the value of its proprietary legal, risk and research data.
April 24, 2026
Salesforce Says You May Never Need to Log In Again as Headless 360 Opens CRM to AI Agents
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Salesforce Says You May Never Need to Log In Again as Headless 360 Opens CRM to AI Agents

Salesforce rolled out Headless 360, aiming to let AI agents interact with its products without anyone touching the CRM interface. Revealed during the TDX developer event in San Francisco, the suite exposes Salesforce features as APIs, Model Context Protocol resources, and command-line operations for direct use by software agents. The timing is critical. Earlier this year, software stocks took a beating as investors grew wary that rapid-fire AI advances could threaten the traditional seat-based software business. Salesforce still faces skepticism, with Agentforce yet to demonstrate it can move past limited pilots and into routine use. Back in February, Reuters put the software and services index’s losses at roughly $1 trillion in market value during the downturn, and analysts flagged the
April 20, 2026
Applied Materials stock jumps after earnings beat; AMAT rallies in after-hours as AI demand drives outlook
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Applied Materials stock jumps after earnings beat; AMAT rallies in after-hours as AI demand drives outlook

New York, February 12, 2026, 18:49 EST — After-hours Shares of Applied Materials shot up 13.3% to $371.97 in after-hours action this day, bouncing back from a 3.4% drop at the close, where the stock settled at $328.39. The chip equipment maker outpaced Wall Street estimates for the quarter and delivered a forecast that landed ahead of expectations. Figures are from Public market data.
February 13, 2026