A circuit board displayed inside the Texas Instruments (TI) semiconductor wafer plant in Sherman, Texas, US, on Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025. Desiree Rios | Bloomberg | Getty Images Asian tech shares on Friday tracked losses in U.S. chip stocks after a downbeat earnings report from Broadcom sparked a rotation out of artificial intelligence-linked names into … Read more
CANADA – 2025/08/07: In this photo illustration, the SoftBank Group (Soft Bank) logo is seen displayed on a smartphone screen. (Photo Illustration by Thomas Fuller/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Shares of SoftBank Group skyrocketed Thursday as blockbuster earnings from Nvidia overnight signaled strong momentum in the artificial intelligence … Read more
The AI rally continued this earnings season. But companies building the underlying hardware powering the boom warned that the Iran war is putting pressure on their supply chains and profitability. A spiraling conflict in the Middle East has seen oil prices skyrocket and supply chains crucial to the tech sector hamstrung. Shortages of key chipmaking … Read more
Aerial view of Mt. Fuji, Tokyo Tower and modern skyscrapers in Tokyo on a sunny day. Yongyuan | E+ | Getty Images Shares in Japanese tech-focused investment giant SoftBank Group soared 16.5% Thursday, amid a broader tech-fueled rally that saw Japan’s Nikkei 225 surge to record highs. Japanese markets reopened after an extended holiday and … Read more
Images of mobile devices at the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) Museum of Innovation in Hsinchu, on Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022. I-Hwa Cheng | Bloomberg | Getty Images Asian technology stocks fell on Thursday as Iran’s latest attacks on Qatar’s Ras Laffan Industrial City and a surge in oil prices rattled investor sentiment, amplifying concerns … Read more
Fire breaks out at the Shahran oil depot after U.S. and Israeli attacks, leaving numerous fuel tankers and vehicles in the area unusable in Tehran, Iran, on March 8, 2026. Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images South Korea’s Kospi triggered its second circuit breaker in four sessions on Monday, leading a broader regional sell-off as … Read more