SELLAS Life Sciences rose 3.4% to $4.29 in premarket trading Monday after closing at $4.15 Friday. The company is nearing the final analysis of its phase 3 AML trial, with 72 of
Microsoft shares fell $1.26 to $398.46 in after-hours trading Thursday after going ex-dividend. The company announced plans to invest $50 billion in AI for developing markets by 2030. Director John W. Stanton bought 5,000 shares on Feb. 18, raising his direct stake to 83,905. CrowdStrike shares rose 1.5% after expanding its partnership with Microsoft.
Salesforce shares fell 1.6% to $182.12 Thursday morning, nearing a 52-week low after dropping almost 30% in the past month. The company announced a deal to acquire AI firm Cimulate; financial terms were not disclosed. The transaction is expected to close in Q1 fiscal 2027. Investors await Salesforce’s earnings report on February 25 for signs of demand and AI progress.
Accenture shares fell 3.8% to $221.58 Thursday, hitting an intraday low of $215.22, after CEO Julie Sweet disclosed plans to sell 6,057 shares. The drop follows a two-day slide and comes as traders eye a March 19 earnings call and a May 20 GAO ruling on a $1.4 billion federal contract challenge.
IBM shares fell 4.5% to $260.66 in Thursday afternoon trading, hitting a low of $257.21 on volume of 8.5 million shares. The drop followed the launch of a new FlashSystem storage line featuring “agentic AI.” U.S. tech stocks declined as investors demanded proof of returns from AI investments. Traders are focused on Friday’s U.S. CPI report after strong jobs data unsettled rate cut expectations.
Plug Power moved its special shareholder meeting to Feb. 12, focusing on proposals to increase authorized shares and a possible reverse stock split. Shares closed at $1.96 Wednesday, down 3.9%. Albany County’s development agency lowered Plug’s local job targets tied to incentives from 1,087 to 650 by 2027. The virtual meeting is set for 4 p.m. Eastern; only shareholders of record as of Dec. 12, 2025, may vote.
Leidos shares dropped 11% to close at $173 Wednesday, with little movement after hours. The company will report earnings before market open on February 17 and faces scrutiny over its planned $2.4 billion ENTRUST acquisition. Leidos recently won a $142 million federal contract tied to Defense Information Systems Agency. Analysts expect quarterly earnings of $2.57 per share on $4.25 billion revenue.
Intel shares rose 2% to $48.08 Wednesday, with about 87 million shares traded. The company said it will demonstrate AI-inference on live mobile networks at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. CEO Lip-Bu Tan admitted Intel underestimated demand for server CPUs paired with AI accelerators. Intel plans to invest around $100 million in AI chip startup SambaNova Systems.
Microsoft shares slipped 0.1% to $413.27 in premarket trading Wednesday after Melius Research downgraded the stock, citing rising AI-related capital spending and pressure on cash flow. The move follows a 10% drop in late January after weak investor reaction to Microsoft’s AI investment update. Investors await the U.S. January jobs report, due later Wednesday.
Sandisk shares fell 6.1% Tuesday to $547.57, extending losses that began in February amid a broader drop in memory and storage stocks. About 14.4 million shares changed hands. Micron, Western Digital, and Seagate also declined. Traders cited caution ahead of Friday’s U.S. inflation report and weak December retail sales data.
Dow Jones hit a record above 50,000 as weak retail sales held back the S&P 500 and Nasdaq. Alphabet dropped 2.8% after a $20 billion bond sale, while Spotify surged 15% and Datadog 13% on earnings. Investors await the delayed January jobs report on Feb. 11 and inflation data on Feb. 13. Retail sales were flat in December, missing forecasts.
Rumors about “Nokia 2026 Foldable 5G” and “Nokia Evolve Pro 2026” with high-end specs and low prices are circulating on Indian social media, but HMD Global has not confirmed these models. Listings on mycampusstore.in claim features like 300MP cameras and large batteries, though all details are based on leaks. No official Nokia channels list these phones.
OpenAI has launched GPT-5.3-Codex for paying ChatGPT users but is restricting wider access due to cybersecurity concerns. The company is piloting a “Trusted Access for Cyber” program and offering $10 million in API credits to support defensive efforts. Competitors like Anthropic are also expanding agentic coding tools. GPT-5.3-Codex set new coding benchmarks and is classified as “high capability” in cybersecurity.
Apple is expected to release iOS 26.3 as early as February 9, with iOS 26.4 developer beta following around February 23. iOS 26.4 will include new Siri and Apple Intelligence features, plus new emoji. iOS 26.3 adds an iPhone-to-Android transfer tool and notification forwarding for third-party smartwatches in the EU. The public rollout of iOS 26.4 is planned for late March.
Leaked images showing Samsung’s Galaxy S26 and S26 Plus in white appeared online Saturday. Reports highlight faster charging but no built-in Qi2 magnets, meaning magnetic covers remain necessary. A TechRadar poll found 70% of respondents are not looking forward to the launch. Samsung is expected to unveil the series at an event on February 25.
Google Pixel users report loud “pop” sounds from speakers when opening or switching apps, even with volume muted. Complaints span Pixel 7 to Pixel 10 models. Google has not commented or issued a fix. Some users say replacing the speaker does not resolve the issue, fueling speculation of a software bug.
Intel has warned Chinese customers of delays of up to six months for some Xeon server CPUs, sources said. AMD server CPU orders now face delivery times of eight to ten weeks. Prices for Intel server CPUs in China have risen over 10% in many cases. Notices were sent in recent weeks as demand for AI data centers strains supply.
Apple is expected to unveil the iPhone 17e, its new entry-level model, on February 19, sources say. The phone will likely feature MagSafe charging and upgraded Apple-designed connectivity chips. A new base iPad may also get an A18 chip and more memory to support Apple Intelligence. Design changes for both devices are expected to be minimal.
A fire broke out at the GSI Helmholtz Center in Darmstadt on February 5, forcing evacuation and delaying the FAIR particle accelerator project’s test phase indefinitely. Authorities blamed a short circuit in the high-voltage supply; no injuries were reported. Residents nearby were told to stay indoors. Damage estimates remain unknown.
Apple has released release candidate versions of its 26.3 OS updates to developers, including macOS Tahoe 26.3. Supply chain reports point to new MacBook Pro models with M5 Pro and M5 Max chips arriving between February and March. An OLED MacBook Pro redesign is expected in late 2026, with Samsung Display set to begin production in May. Apple has not yet announced new MacBook Pro hardware.
Roblox launched a beta AI tool called “4D creation” that generates interactive in-game models from natural language prompts. The company says the tool aims to broaden creator access beyond experienced developers. Early users created over 160,000 objects using the feature. Roblox ended Q3 with more than 150 million average daily active users.
Google began rolling out the February 2026 Android 16 update to supported Pixel devices, including Pixel 7a and newer, Pixel Fold, and Pixel Tablet. The update addresses a high-severity VPU driver vulnerability, CVE-2026-0106, but adds no new features. Pixel 6 and 7 series are not included. Versions and rollout timing vary by region and carrier.
SpaceX has paused Falcon 9 launches after a second-stage issue followed Monday’s Starlink mission, which deployed 25 satellites from Vandenberg. The company is reviewing data and gave no timeline for resuming flights. NASA now targets February 11 at the earliest for its Crew-12 launch to the ISS. The FAA could not comment due to the ongoing U.S. government shutdown.
RELX, Wolters Kluwer, and Thomson Reuters shares dropped over 10% Tuesday after Anthropic launched a legal AI plug-in for its Claude chatbot. RELX lost up to 17%, its biggest one-day fall since 1988. Publicis also declined following earnings and a Barclays survey highlighting ad agencies' AI risk. The selloff spread to U.S. software stocks, with Microsoft, Oracle, and others falling in early trading.
Disabling Google’s AICore system service on a Samsung Galaxy S24 FE caused several Galaxy AI features to stop working locally, shifting some tasks to the cloud. Samsung says users can enable on-device processing, but many AI tools still rely on online servers. Google states AICore supplies up-to-date AI models for Android apps, including Gemini Nano. Some users report better battery life with AICore off, but storage use remains similar.
Scientists have detected methane directly in the coma of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, using data from the James Webb and Hubble space telescopes. Preprints report the comet’s nucleus measures about 2.6 km wide, larger than expected. 3I/ATLAS is fading as it leaves the inner solar system. Only three interstellar objects have been observed passing through our solar system to date.
Garmin released iOS app update 5.21.1 to fix sync issues between watches and phones after recent software changes. Some users must re-pair devices, which deletes Garmin Pay data. The problem affects only iOS, with reports from Fenix 8, Venu 4, and Forerunner 970 owners. Users say the update does not resolve all cases; some watches still fail to connect.