Technology 13 May 2026 - 17 May 2026

WiseTech Stock Faces Monday Test After 10% Slide as AI Pivot Faces Scrutiny
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WiseTech Stock Faces Monday Test After 10% Slide as AI Pivot Faces Scrutiny

WiseTech Global shares closed at A$38.01 Friday, up 3.65% after a three-day slide, but remain about 10% below the prior week’s close and down 44.55% year to date. The logistics software maker reaffirmed FY26 revenue and EBITDA guidance in February, but investors are watching integration of e2open and its AI cost-cutting plan. WiseTech serves around 22,000 logistics firms in 193 countries.
May 17, 2026
Applied Optoelectronics’ Monster AI Rally Now Faces a $600 Million Test
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Applied Optoelectronics’ Monster AI Rally Now Faces a $600 Million Test

Applied Optoelectronics shares closed Friday at $190.36, up nearly 28% over five sessions despite a two-day drop, after announcing a $600 million at-the-market stock-sale program. The company reported first-quarter revenue of $151.1 million, up from $99.9 million a year earlier, and signed leases for over 730,000 square feet of Houston-area industrial space for expansion.
May 17, 2026
Pegasystems Shares Approach 2026 Lows Ahead of Monday AI Cloud Event
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Pegasystems Shares Approach 2026 Lows Ahead of Monday AI Cloud Event

Pegasystems shares closed at $33.71 Friday after a five-day slide, down 43.55% year-to-date, despite a 0.96% gain that day. First-quarter revenue fell 10% to $429.97 million, while GAAP net income dropped 62%. CEO Alan Trefler and CFO Ken Stillwell will present at J.P. Morgan’s tech conference Monday. Twelve analysts maintain a “Buy” consensus with an average price target of $60.13.
May 17, 2026
ASML-Tata Deal Gives India’s Chip Ambitions Their Biggest Test Yet
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ASML-Tata Deal Gives India’s Chip Ambitions Their Biggest Test Yet

ASML and Tata Electronics signed an agreement in The Hague to support Tata’s planned $11 billion semiconductor fab in Dholera, Gujarat. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten attended the signing. ASML will provide lithography tools and expertise for the project. The deal marks a key step in India’s push to build its first front-end chip manufacturing plant.
May 17, 2026
LSEG Shares Fall Late Friday After AI Data News
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LSEG Shares Fall Late Friday After AI Data News

London Stock Exchange Group shares closed Friday at 9,132 pence, down 0.87%, as the FTSE 100 dropped 1.7% amid political and economic concerns. Despite the fall, LSEG ended the week 1% higher than the previous Friday. The company reported a 9.8% rise in first-quarter income and continued its share buyback program. LSEG also announced new AI and climate-index partnerships during the week.
May 16, 2026
BAE Systems Lands UK Apache Drone Spot as Project NYX Race Narrows
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BAE Systems Lands UK Apache Drone Spot as Project NYX Race Narrows

The UK Ministry of Defence awarded BAE Systems, Anduril Industries (UK), Tekever, and Thales UK £10 million to develop autonomous drones for use with British Army Apache helicopters, narrowing the field from seven firms in January. The NYX project aims for service entry by 2030, with drones providing reconnaissance and electronic warfare support while humans retain weapons control.
May 15, 2026
Sage Group plc’s AI Leadership Shake-Up Lands Days Before Results—Why Investors Are Watching
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Sage Group plc’s AI Leadership Shake-Up Lands Days Before Results—Why Investors Are Watching

Sage Group appointed Krish Vitaldevara as chief product officer and Anand Swaminathan as chief strategy officer, both based in San Jose, ahead of interim results due May 21. Shares rose 0.5% to 859.2 pence. North America led first-quarter growth, with revenue up 13% to £304 million. The hires come as Sage expands AI offerings and faces competition from Xero and Intuit.
May 15, 2026
Reckitt Benckiser’s AI Push Faces a Bigger Test After Dettol Maker’s Growth Miss
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Reckitt Benckiser’s AI Push Faces a Bigger Test After Dettol Maker’s Growth Miss

Reckitt Benckiser highlighted its use of digital science and generative AI to speed product development and boost innovation across brands like Dettol and Durex. The move follows a missed quarterly revenue forecast and a warning of lower first-half margins due to high oil prices and weak demand. Shares traded at 4,558p early Friday, near a year low. Over 2,000 staff have been trained on the new tools, now used in more than 20 countries.
May 15, 2026
Megaport Stock Jumps 28% After $254 Million AI Contracts — The Capex Catch
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Megaport Stock Jumps 28% After $254 Million AI Contracts — The Capex Catch

Megaport Ltd shares jumped 27.72% to A$12.58 after its Latitude.sh unit won three contracts worth A$254 million with two unnamed U.S. tech firms. The deals will add about A$90.6 million in annualised recurring revenue after hardware is deployed by mid-2027. Megaport will spend about A$140.3 million on Nvidia GPUs and related equipment, funded by cash and a larger debt facility. FY26 revenue and EBITDA guidance was reaffirmed.
May 15, 2026
Northern Star Resources Stock Slips as Cyber Outage Delays Supplier Payments
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Northern Star Resources Stock Slips as Cyber Outage Delays Supplier Payments

Northern Star Resources expects supplier payments to be delayed until May 21 after a cyber incident took part of its ERP system offline. Shares fell 2.36% to A$21.13, underperforming peers, as the company shifted to manual procurement processes. Northern Star said backups were intact and no supplier data had been compromised. The KCGM mill expansion remains on track for early FY27 commissioning.
May 14, 2026
Goodman Group’s Data Centre Bet Faces a Crucial May Test as ASX:GMG Shares Rise
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Goodman Group’s Data Centre Bet Faces a Crucial May Test as ASX:GMG Shares Rise

Goodman Group shares closed at A$31.40 Thursday, up 0.32% after a 1.39% rise Wednesday, as investors focused on its data-centre pipeline ahead of a Q3 FY26 update due May 26. Data centres accounted for 73% of its A$14.4 billion work in progress in February. The S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.12% Thursday, while the RBA cash rate stands at 4.35%. Goodman reported first-half operating profit of A$1.20 billion.
May 14, 2026
London Stock Exchange Group Stock Rises as UBS Backs AI Push After Google Cloud Deal
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London Stock Exchange Group Stock Rises as UBS Backs AI Push After Google Cloud Deal

London Stock Exchange Group shares rose 1.49% to 9,262p Thursday after UBS reiterated a Buy rating and 11,700p target. LSEG announced a connector to bring its data into Google Cloud’s Gemini AI and signed a deal with Planetrics to develop climate-scenario indices. First-quarter total income excluding recoveries rose 9.8% year-on-year, with £1.1 billion in share buybacks completed.
May 14, 2026
RELX Stock Rebounds as AI Pressure Puts Its Risk Data Moat on Trial
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RELX Stock Rebounds as AI Pressure Puts Its Risk Data Moat on Trial

RELX shares rose 2.25% to 2,385.50 pence by midday Thursday, partially recovering from a 4.97% drop the previous day. The rebound followed a May 13 investor seminar highlighting the company’s Risk Business Services and AI-driven fraud and identity tools. Anthropic’s expanded Claude legal AI tools continue to pressure RELX and peers. RELX’s Risk unit generated £3.5 billion revenue in 2025, with fraud and identity its largest segment.
May 14, 2026
Reckitt Benckiser’s AI Investor Day Has a Catch: No New Trading Update
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Reckitt Benckiser’s AI Investor Day Has a Catch: No New Trading Update

Reckitt Benckiser will outline its use of digital science and generative AI in R&D at a streamed investor seminar Thursday, but will not provide new financial disclosures. Shares rose 1.04% to 4,564p ahead of the event. The company recently bought back 208,000 shares, now holding 638,967,290 voting rights. Unilever’s recent AI advances set a competitive benchmark for Reckitt’s digital efforts.
May 14, 2026
Northern Star Resources Cyber Outage Delays Payments as KCGM Expansion Nears Key Stage
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Northern Star Resources Cyber Outage Delays Payments as KCGM Expansion Nears Key Stage

Northern Star Resources said part of its ERP system remains offline after a cyber incident at a service provider, forcing manual procurement and delaying supplier payments until at least May 21. The company reported no evidence of supplier data compromise and said its U.S. Pogo mine was unaffected. Shares closed 1.03% higher at A$21.64 on May 13. Gold prices fell 0.6% to $4,686.35 an ounce amid U.S. rate uncertainty.
May 14, 2026
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