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May 8 (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures rose on Friday as a recovery in chipmakers helped offset worries about renewed U.S.-Iran tensions, while investors looked ahead to a crucial employment

(Bloomberg) -- After Lip-Bu Tan became chief executive officer of Intel Corp. in March of last year, the struggling company’s shares went nowhere for seven months while the chipmaker was getting trounced in the market for artificial intelligence.Most Read from BloombergBillionaire Duke of Westminster to Sell £700 Million of US Real Estate AssetsUS Fires on Iranian Targets as Trump Demands Deal From TehranSony to Pay Almost $4 Billion for Bieber, Neil Young CatalogDOJ Plans Intervention in Trump

Investors are taking overnight clashes in stride.

President Trump met with Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Thursday, while the administration extended its trade deadline with the European Union (EU) to July 4. Yahoo Finance Washington Correspondent Ben Werschkul speaks more about what this meeting could mean for US-Brazil relations and the latest news about Trump's 25% tariffs against EU cars.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 7 (Reuters) - Apple has publicly opposed a Canadian bill that the company says could require it to break the encryption ‌of its devices if passed. Bill C-22 was proposed by Canada's ruling Liberal ‌Party, which gained a parliamentary majority last month and is currently being debated in the House of Commons.

(Bloomberg) -- Apple Inc. has reached the late stages of development for new AirPods with built-in cameras, a significant milestone for what will likely be its first wearable device designed for the artificial intelligence era.Most Read from BloombergBillionaire Duke of Westminster to Sell £700 Million of US Real Estate AssetsUS Has Opened a Passage Through Hormuz, Central Command SaysDOJ Plans Intervention in Trump Supreme Court Carroll AppealChina Asks Banks to Pause New Loans to US-Sanctioned

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Software developer Rave on Thursday filed an antitrust lawsuit against Apple, alleging that the iPhone maker ‌kicked Rave's app for shared viewing of video content off the Apple ‌App Store after introducing a competing product called SharePlay. Ontario, Canada-based Rave is demanding reinstatement into the ​App Store and "hundreds of millions of dollars" in damages, according to the complaint filed in U.S. federal court in New Jersey. Apple did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Apple stock on Thursday cleared a five-month consolidation pattern and hit a record high. In morning trades on the stock market today, Apple hit an all-time high of 292.13. In recent trades, Apple stock rose more than 1% to 290.91.

(Bloomberg) -- Alphabet Inc.’s Google on Thursday launched the Fitbit Air, a $100 screenless fitness band aimed squarely at taking on Whoop Inc. and other makers of health and fitness wearables that forgo displays. Most Read from BloombergUS Has Opened a Passage Through Hormuz, Central Command SaysBillionaire Duke of Westminster to Sell £700 Million of US Real Estate AssetsDOJ Plans Intervention in Trump Supreme Court Carroll AppealChina Asks Banks to Pause New Loans to US-Sanctioned RefinerSony

Tech stocks came roaring back in April, bolstered by strong earnings and a fresh wave of enthusiasm for AI-linked shares. But there's something else under the surface that has also helped the rally along, according to JPMorgan Chase: Share buybacks.

Arm Holdings (NASDAQ:ARM) reported quarterly earnings and guidance that surpassed Wall Street expectations, while highlighting strong customer demand for its recently launched artificial intelligence-focused data center processor. Despite the upbeat results, U.

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(Bloomberg) -- Artificial intelligence startup Anthropic PBC, which originally aimed its Claude chatbot at businesses, is looking to capitalize on recent inroads with consumers by making the software more appealing to everyday people.Most Read from BloombergUS Has Opened a Passage Through Hormuz, Central Command SaysDOJ Plans Intervention in Trump Supreme Court Carroll AppealUS Says Offensive Phase of Iran War Over as Ship Hit in StraitAnthropic Unveils AI Agents to Field Financial Services Task

(Bloomberg) -- Artificial intelligence startup Anthropic PBC, which originally aimed its Claude chatbot at businesses, is looking to capitalize on recent inroads with consumers by making the software more appealing to everyday people.Most Read from BloombergUS Has Opened a Passage Through Hormuz, Central Command SaysUS Says Offensive Phase of Iran War Over as Ship Hit in StraitDOJ Plans Intervention in Trump Supreme Court Carroll AppealAnthropic Unveils AI Agents to Field Financial Services Task

Arm Holdings forecast first-quarter revenue above Wall Street expectations on Wednesday, benefiting from higher adoption of its chip technology as tech companies spend heavily on artificial intelligence compute. Arm shares jumped 12% in after-hours trading, but reversed course ‌to drop 5.49% after executives told analysts on a conference call that they have not yet secured supplies to meet ‌the demand for a new chip and after analysts probed about the costs of getting into the business of making its own chips. The company expects quarterly revenue of $1.26 ​billion, compared with analysts' estimates of $1.25 billion, according to data compiled by LSEG.

Arm Holdings forecast first-quarter revenue above Wall Street expectations on Wednesday, benefiting from higher adoption of its chip technology as tech firms spend heavily on artificial intelligence compute. The company expects quarterly revenue ‌of $1.26 billion, compared with estimates of $1.25 billion, according to data compiled by LSEG. Arm generates revenue by licensing its ‌technology to companies such as Nvidia and Apple, collecting royalty payments for every product built using its designs.

Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) just posted its best March quarter ever at $111.18 billion, while Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) followed with a sixth consecutive revenue beat. Now Bloomberg reports Apple is in early talks to use Intel and Samsung as U.S. chip suppliers. That single thread reframes both earnings reports. iPhone 17 Carries Apple. Foundry Carries Intel. Apple’s quarter ... Forget Tariffs: An Apple-Intel Deal Could Be the Biggest Manufacturing Story of the Trump Era

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Space-related funds are seeing a surge of inflows as investors eagerly await the IPO of Elon Musk's SpaceX (SPAX.PVT). In the latest installment of Yahoo Finance's ETF Report, TMX VettaFi head of research Todd Rosenbluth to talk about the ETFs that could draw in the most investors — like the Procure Space ETF (UFO) — as interest in the broader space economy grows. Rosenbluth goes on to weigh in on prediction market ETFs that are set to launch.

Apple has agreed to pay $250 million to settle a class action lawsuit for overpromising the arrival of Siri's AI features.

Justice ‌Elena Kagan, on behalf of the court, declined to pause a ruling by the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ​that deemed Apple in contempt in the Epic lawsuit contesting App Store fees. Apple had sought the delay to give it time to file a full Supreme Court appeal of the 9th Circuit decision.

Settlement tied to AI feature rollout concerns

U.S. buyers of the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 16 could receive up to $95 per device if a judge approves the deal

Apple agreed to a $250 million settlement

Owners of some iPhones are in line to get cash payments of up to $95 from Apple after the company on Tuesday reached a $250 million settlement in a class-action lawsuit for false advertising of its artificial intelligence capabilities. The company has been scrambling to keep up with tech rivals amid the AI boom but still hasn't delivered on the Siri revamp two years later. The lawsuit, filed on behalf of U.S. consumers in the San Francisco federal court for the Northern District of California, alleged that Apple deceived consumers with a marketing campaign that promoted features that did not yet exist and misled them into buying the devices.

(Bloomberg) -- Samsung Electronics Co.’s market valuation topped $1 trillion after shares in the world’s largest memory maker more than quadrupled over the past year on booming demand for the chips used in artificial intelligence.Most Read from BloombergUS Has Opened a Passage Through Hormuz, Central Command SaysAnthropic Unveils AI Agents to Field Financial Services TasksUS Says Offensive Phase of Iran War Over as Ship Hit in StraitTrump Pauses Plan to Guide Ships While Seeking Iran DealWhite H

Arm reports earnings Wednesday as investors focus on its move into data center CPUs, a business shift that could put the chip-design company in competition with some of its own customers.

Apple on Tuesday settled for $250 million a shareholder lawsuit ‌brought after the company delayed artificial-intelligence upgrades to ‌its Siri voice assistant. The lawsuit, filed by Peter Landsheft in U.S. ​federal court in California in 2024, arose after the iPhone maker announced - and started running advertisements for - a bevy of AI upgrades at its annual software developer conference ‌in 2024, saying ⁠they would become available with new iPhones that fall. In 2025, Apple said that the AI overhaul of Siri would not come ​until this ​year, and executives have ​now confirmed that the ‌new Siri features will be unveiled at Apple's annual developer conference next month.

The semiconductor index has risen 54% since the end of March, its best performance over a 25-day period since March 2000. Chip makers are racing to meet surging demand for the specialized devices that are pivotal to powering artificial intelligence. Tuesday’s rally powered Intel to a 13% gain and a market capitalization of about $544 billion, surpassing Oracle and Johnson & Johnson Shares of Sandisk Micron and Qualcomm all added more than 10%, lifting the tech-heavy Nasdaq composite up 1%.