SK Hynix jumps 10% on profit beat, $25B investor payout
The AI memory leader's record quarter triggers a massive capital return - and signals the HBM boom is far from over.

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The AI memory leader's record quarter triggers a massive capital return - and signals the HBM boom is far from over.
AI memory demand hands the South Korean chipmaker a sharp profit beat and a $25 billion plan to reward shareholders.
Peter Steinberger, the developer behind the open-source AI agent OpenClaw and now an OpenAI employee, revealed the eye-watering cost of running AI agents at scale at Cloudflare's Connect conference.
The Oculus and Anduril founder is betting $200 million that 'elite working dogs' with advanced body armor will reshape the battlefield.
The deal raises a key question: should companies cover executives' personal tax bills?
Europe's Less-Personalized Ads model, live since the start of the year, is now showing up in Meta's earnings - and it is a warning shot for every business built on targeted advertising.
Tesla will sell its autonomous two-seater by end of year while federal regulators investigate whether it meets vehicle safety standards.
European infrastructure firms are building AI factories on Nvidia's DSX reference design, which the chipmaker says slashes cooling water use to almost zero.
Google told the court it is ready to carry third-party app stores starting Wednesday, July 22.
Two voice models, GPT-Live-1 and GPT-Live-1 mini, let ChatGPT listen and speak at once, plus stream longer reasoning.