SELLAS Life Sciences rose 3.4% premarket Monday to $4.29 after closing Friday at $4.15, up 2.7%. Trading volume hit 5.9 million as investors watched for updates from the phase 3 AML trial,
Sandisk shares fell 6.1% Tuesday to $547.57, deepening a February slide as memory and storage stocks weakened ahead of Friday’s U.S. inflation report. About 14.4 million Sandisk shares traded hands. Micron dropped 2.5%, Western Digital 7.4%, and Seagate 6.2%. Retail sales were flat in December, and Fed officials signaled rates may stay high.
U.S. Senate Democrats urged the Pentagon to investigate SpaceX after allegations that Chinese investors secretly bought stakes in the company. Senators Elizabeth
UnitedHealth Group fell 2.6% to $273.95 in after-hours trading Tuesday, extending a two-day drop of about 5.5%. Shares of Humana, Elevance, and CVS Health also declined, despite gains in the broader market. Investors are watching for final 2027 Medicare Advantage payment rates, with the public comment window closing Wednesday.
SELLAS Life Sciences rose 3.4% premarket Monday to $4.29 after closing Friday at $4.15, up 2.7%. Trading volume hit 5.9 million as investors watched for updates from the phase 3 AML trial, with 72 of 80 required events reached. The company reported $71.8 million in cash at year-end and a short interest of 24.4%.
Sandisk shares jumped 5.2% to $683.53 early Monday, with volume near 5 million. Western Digital last week said it would sell about 5.8 million Sandisk shares to cut debt, retaining 1.7 million shares for future sale. The deal values Sandisk shares at $545 each. Investors await AI infrastructure demand signals ahead of February 25.
Oracle fell 5.4% Friday to close at $148.08, underperforming a rising market after new reports on OpenAI’s $600 billion compute expansion plans and a possible $30 billion Nvidia investment. The stock traded between $147.39 and $153.99 during the session and remains tied to debate over funding and cloud capacity for AI growth. Oracle shares have ranged from $118.86 to $345.72 in the past year.
Oracle shares fell 2.7% to $152.25 Friday morning, underperforming the S&P 500 and Nasdaq, which rose after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Trump-era tariffs. Nvidia is nearing a $30 billion stake in OpenAI as part of a funding round expected to top $100 billion, according to a source. Investors await Nvidia’s results next week for signals on AI spending and data center growth.
Oracle shares fell 5.4% to $148.08 after Friday’s close, trailing the broader U.S. market, which rose following the Supreme Court’s removal of Trump-era global tariffs. Investors are watching Oracle’s 2026 funding plan and Nvidia’s upcoming results, as AI infrastructure spending and OpenAI’s financing dominate headlines.
Broadcom shares rose 0.3% to $333.51 Wednesday, despite Citi cutting its price target to $458 ahead of March 4 earnings. Meta signed a multi-year AI hardware deal with Nvidia, agreeing to deploy millions of Nvidia chips. Investors weighed Broadcom’s software risks and competition from Google’s TPU chips.
Salesforce rose 2.7% to $190.41 Friday, outperforming a sluggish U.S. market after January inflation data came in below expectations. Shares swung between $184.31 and $193.43 on volume of 6.1 million. Despite Friday’s gain, Salesforce is down about 30% in 2026 amid tech sector volatility. The company reports quarterly and annual results on February 25 after market close.
Salesforce shares fell 1.6% to $182.12 Thursday morning, nearing a 52-week low after dropping nearly 30% in the past month. The company agreed to acquire AI-based product discovery firm Cimulate; terms were not disclosed. Salesforce will report quarterly and full-year results on February 25. Reuters reported planned layoffs of fewer than 1,000 employees, which Salesforce has not confirmed.
Intel shares rose 2% to $48.08 in Wednesday afternoon trading, with about 87 million shares exchanged. The company said it will demonstrate live AI inference on mobile networks at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Intel forecasts Q1 revenue between $11.7 and $12.7 billion, citing underestimated server processor demand. CEO Lip-Bu Tan said Intel is preparing data center GPUs to challenge Nvidia.
Sandisk shares fell 6.1% Tuesday to $547.57, deepening a February slide as memory and storage stocks weakened ahead of Friday’s U.S. inflation report. About 14.4 million Sandisk shares traded hands. Micron dropped 2.5%, Western Digital 7.4%, and Seagate 6.2%. Retail sales were flat in December, and Fed officials signaled rates may stay high.
Apple plans to release the iOS 26.4 developer beta the week of February 23, with a wider launch expected by late March. iOS 26.3 could arrive as soon as Monday, February 9, according to Forbes. iOS 26.4 will include new Siri and Apple Intelligence features, while iOS 26.3 brings location privacy controls and improved iPhone-to-Android transfers.
Disabling Google’s AICore system service on a Samsung Galaxy S24 FE stopped some Galaxy AI features from running locally, shifting others to cloud processing, according to Android Authority tests. Image tools like Generative Edit required cloud access after AICore was off, while Circle to Search and Live Transcribe still worked. No speed gains were observed. The AICore app continued to use about 1.3 GB of storage.
Apple is expected to launch the iPhone 17e, its new entry-level model, on February 19, according to multiple sources. The phone will likely feature MagSafe charging, a proprietary connectivity chip, and retain a single rear camera. Reports indicate the next base iPad may get an A18 chip and 8GB RAM to support Apple Intelligence. Design changes for both devices are expected to be minimal.
U.S. Senate Democrats urged the Pentagon to investigate SpaceX after allegations that Chinese investors secretly bought stakes in the company. Senators Elizabeth Warren and Andy Kim warned of national security risks tied to SpaceX’s military launches and Starlink network. Lawmakers requested the Defense Department assess foreign ownership and consider a CFIUS review. A response is due by February 20.
A fire broke out at the GSI Helmholtz Center in Darmstadt early Thursday, forcing evacuation and delaying the FAIR particle accelerator project indefinitely. Officials blamed a high-voltage power supply short circuit. No injuries were reported. Residents nearby were told to keep windows closed as a precaution.
Google began rolling out the February 2026 Android 16 update for Pixel 7a and newer devices, including Pixel Fold and Pixel Tablet. The update addresses a high-severity security flaw, CVE-2026-0106, in the VPU driver. No new features or user-facing changes are included. Pixel 6 and 7 models are not listed for this release.
Shares of RELX, Wolters Kluwer, and Thomson Reuters fell over 10% Tuesday after Anthropic launched a legal plug-in for its Claude AI chatbot. RELX dropped as much as 17%, nearing its biggest one-day loss since 1988. Publicis and SAP also declined. Investors cited concerns that generative AI could undercut pricing power in software, data, and advertising.
NOAA reported a major X8.1 solar flare from active region 4366 late on February 1, with minor solar effects possible around February 5. NASA recorded four X-class flares between February 1 and early February 2. U.S. forecasters raised the risk of radio blackouts and a minor solar radiation storm through February 4. Most ejected material is expected to miss Earth, with only marginal impacts likely.
Scientists report the first direct detection of methane in the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, using James Webb and Hubble data from December. The comet’s nucleus measures about 2.6 km wide, larger than expected. 3I/ATLAS is now fading as it exits the inner solar system. Findings are detailed in preprints posted to arXiv.
Garmin released version 5.21.1 of its Garmin Connect iOS app to fix sync issues between watches and iPhones after recent updates. Some users must re-pair devices, which erases Garmin Pay wallet data. The patch does not resolve the problem for all; reports continue of missing devices and failed connections. Android devices are unaffected.
Apple may delay the launch of its high-end MacBook Pro models with M5 Pro and M5 Max chips until macOS Tahoe 26.3 releases, now expected in February, according to Cult of Mac. Mac sales fell 7% year-over-year last quarter to $8.39 billion. Reports point to a major MacBook Pro redesign with OLED touchscreens coming late 2026.
Leaked reports say the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra will feature new "Shadow" colors, a redesigned camera ring, and an updated S Pen. Rising memory costs are forcing Samsung to reconsider its 2026 pricing strategy. Co-CEO TM Roh told Reuters the company may have to raise prices due to an "unprecedented" chip shortage. No mention of a titanium model in the latest color leaks.
Android 16 runs on 7.5% of devices, according to Google’s December 2025 distribution data. Android 15 leads at 19.3%, with Android 14 at 17.2% and Android 13 at 13.9%. Android 4.4 KitKat no longer appears in the chart. Google last updated these figures in April 2025.
NASA’s TESS spacecraft captured new images of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS in January as it exits the solar system. Scientists are analyzing changes in the comet’s brightness to study its rotation and activity. TESS observed the comet between January 15 and 22, with data now publicly available. The comet’s apparent magnitude was measured at about 11.5, far dimmer than the naked eye can see.