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The video games maker said its highly anticipated “Grand Theft Auto VI” is on track to launch in November.

The Roundhill Memory ETF (DRAM) declined 1.5% in Friday’s premarket session, tracking a 2.3% drop in Samsung shares in Seoul on Friday.

Data from S3 Partners showed that bets against Wendy’s rose significantly in 2026.

Prediction market traders currently see the highest odds for a SpaceX debut valuation between $2 trillion and $2.5 trillion.

AMD CEO Lisa Su said that the company is working with its vendors in Taiwan to ramp up production amid a stronger-than-expected demand for CPUs.

Lockheed Martin has begun building a new manufacturing facility in Alabama to increase missile production for the U.S. and its allies.

Nvidia’s first-quarter beat sparked price target hikes by 17 analysts. The most bullish of them expects NVDA to more than double.

SpaceX accounts for 16.2% of DXYZ’s portfolio, while VCX holds Anthropic at 20.7%, OpenAI at 9.9% and SpaceX at 5%.

Freedom Broker upgraded Walmart to ‘Hold’ from ‘Sell’.

The launch follows Novo Nordisk’s failure to pay a C$250 patent maintenance fee in Canada.

The Donald Trump administration announced $1 billion in grants to IBM to support its quantum foundry venture, and smaller grants to companies operating in the space, such as Rigetti Computing, D-Wave Quantum, and Infleqtion.

At the CIBC Technology & Innovation Conference 2026, BlackBerry QNX President John Wall said demand is increasing for the company’s QNX software.

The video conferencing platform reported first-quarter results above expectations and raised its annual forecasts.

Retail speculation intensified as short interest in SLS climbed to a record high of 30.7% ahead of the final Regal catalyst.

The Donald Trump administration announced $100 million grants to Rigetti Computing, D-Wave Quantum, and Infleqtion as part of a $2 billion package for the quantum computing industry.

The gains came after major AI infrastructure announcements as investors turned their attention to the hardware and energy systems needed to support AI growth.

CEO William Li said Nio is prioritizing margins and profitability over chasing delivery growth through discounts.

The retailer’s fiscal first-quarter same-store sales surged 17% year-on-year.

The contract came ahead of Rocket Lab’s “Viva La StriX” Electron launch mission for Synspective from New Zealand.

Whitehawk said it has secured rights from Hangzhou DAC to use the CPT113 linker-payload technology in up to five additional internally developed programs.

Aneel Bhusri, a Workday co-founder, returned as CEO in Q1.

Akari said its experimental therapy AKTX-101 showed strong results when paired with an already-approved cancer drug in lab tests on pancreatic cancer cells that carry a common KRAS mutation.

Estee Lauder and Puig were in talks since March 2026.

The study did not show that the drug slowed the worsening of motor and daily-living symptoms compared with placebo, the company said.

Webull’s total customer assets totaled $24 billion in Q1, representing 90% year-over-year growth.

According to a Wall Street Journal report, IMAX has begun gauging interest from possible buyers, including major entertainment companies.

A stark jump in IBM share price drove the Dow Jones Index to record highs.

The study showed that the treatment helped reverse precancerous changes in the cervix and clear the high-risk HPV virus that causes them in many patients.

Stellantis is looking to bring €190 billion in revenue from 2030, compared to €154 billion reported in 2025.

Spotify announces a host of AI partnerships and features during its 2026 Investor Day.

John Livingston joined the company’s board of directors.

Price cuts to be the highest in years to tackle Walmart and Costco.

SRx Health, which is merging with EMJ Crypto Technologies, said EMJ’s proprietary operating system used quantitative models and artificial intelligence to pick Optimi Health as an investment opportunity.

The transaction to acquire a 480 MWh portfolio of battery energy storage system development projects marks the initial deployment under Frontier Power USA’s previously announced 2 GWh capacity reservation agreement with Eos Energy.

The Food and Drug Administration is eyeing a meeting on June 18 to discuss mRNA-1010.

Real Vision co-founder Raoul Pal on Thursday called the development “a big deal” and said digital transaction costs are trending toward zero.

SpaceX stated that the launch window for Starship’s 12th flight test opens at 6:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, with the live webcast of the flight test starting 45 minutes prior to liftoff.

Addressing reporters at the White House, Trump reiterated that there is nothing more important than not letting Iran obtain a nuclear weapon.

Morgan Stanley stated that fourth-quarter results and FY27 guidance confirm that base Elf cosmetics momentum has slowed, while adding that base Elf share is "disconcerting" ahead of cycling August pricing.

In an interview with CNBC, Michael Saylor said Strategy has already purchased more Bitcoin this year than miners have produced.

Multiple brokerages, including KeyBanc, Wells Fargo, Barclays, UBS, and Jefferies, cut price targets on Intuit after weaker-than-expected third-quarter results, particularly in TurboTax.

Driving the company's momentum was Asia, where revenue rose 31%, particularly from strong growth in China.

During an interview with CNBC, Huang downplayed concerns of rising competition in the AI infrastructure space, stating that Nvidia is gaining share in the hyperscalers segment.

Jefferies credited the accelerating uptake of Blackwell chips for Nvidia’s strong Q1 performance, while raising the price target for NVDA stock to $300 from $275 and keeping a ‘Buy’ rating.

Bitcoin and Ethereum traded lower after Nvidia’s earnings report, with crypto markets struggling to gain momentum despite strong results from the AI chipmaker.

The company filed its fourth patent in the U.S. and established a separate drone subsidiary earlier this week.

Critical Metals stated that it had signed a binding 15-year offtake agreement with REalloys for rare earth concentrate from its flagship Tanbreez Project.

As per the terms of the separation, Ford has also redeemed its membership interest in BlueOval SK, terminating a $6.6 billion capital contribution obligation to the joint venture.

During an interview with CNBC, Walmart CFO John David Rainey said that consumers might feel the pinch of higher fuel prices in Q2 as the tax return boost fades.

The company said its total revenue more than doubled to RMB 25.53 billion ($3.70 billion), driven by higher delivery volume and average selling prices.