technology
Morning Bid: Skittish Investors Haunted by Tech Sell-Off
Hp, Dell, Acer and Asus Mull Using Chinese Memory Chips Amid Supply Crunch, Nikkei Asia Reports
Google Goes From Laggard to Leader as It Pulls Ahead of OpenAI With Stellar AI Growth
Qualcomm, Arm Bear Brunt of Memory Shortage as Smartphone Chip Sales Disappoint
Instagram Recovers After Brief Outage Disrupts US Users
Date: February 5, 2026
Feb 4 (Reuters) - Meta Platforms' Instagram was down for more than 10,000 users in the U.S. on Wednesday, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com. There were 10,108 incidents of...
Equities Sink in Extended AI Rout, Bond Yields Dip, Silver Savaged
Date: February 5, 2026
By Stella Qiu SYDNEY, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Asian stocks faltered as concerns about the exploding costs of AI investment hounded the tech sector, though Wall Street futures were trying to make a comeback...
Snap Reports Upbeat Revenue as Holiday Season Fuels Ad Sales
Date: February 4, 2026
Feb 4 (Reuters) - Snap forecast first-quarter revenue below Wall Street estimates on Wednesday, signaling tough competition for digital advertising dollars from bigger rivals such as Meta-owned...

Qualcomm Shares Slide as Memory Chip Shortage Hits Smartphone Market
Date: February 4, 2026
By Arsheeya Bajwa and Stephen Nellis Feb 4 (Reuters) - Chip supplier Qualcomm forecast second-quarter revenue and profit below Wall Street estimates on Wednesday, expecting a global memory supply...
Alphabet Says Capital Spending in 2026 Could Double, Cloud Business Booms
Date: February 4, 2026
Feb 4 (Reuters) - Alphabet said on Wednesday it was targeting capital expenditure of $175 billion to $185 billion this year, in yet another aggressive ramp-up in spending from the Google parent as it...
Dip-Buyers Go Missing as Software Selloff Slams Stocks
Date: February 4, 2026
By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK, Feb 4 (Reuters) - The software sector's deepening selloff on Wednesday failed to lure bargain hunters, with the dip-buying reflex that has rescued countless tech routs...
