Apple Unveils $1,999 Foldable iPhone Duo as Nvidia, Oracle Dominate Tech Week

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Apple took the wraps off its new iPhone lineup, including the foldable iPhone Duo starting at $1,999 for the 256 GB option and running up to 2 TB, alongside the iPhone 18 Pro at $1,199 and iPhone 18 Pro Max at $1,299. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang reiterated he is confident in growing revenue 70% next year, noting the upcoming Vera Rubin system is priced at roughly $40,000 versus roughly $25,000 for Blackwell and $18,000 for Hopper, while the Justice Department is investigating whether Nvidia structured its $20B licensing deal with AI chip startup Groq to avoid antitrust scrutiny. Oracle reported fiscal first-quarter results and guidance that topped Wall Street estimates by a significant margin, with cloud revenue at $11.6B, up 62% year-over-year, infrastructure revenue soaring 121% to $7.4B, and application revenue rising 10% to $4.2B. Adobe also reported second-quarter results and guidance above estimates, though analysts noted a slowdown in annual recurring revenue growth amid its freemium AI strategy. In other news, Qualcomm and Amazon announced a partnership to build next-generation AI data center infrastructure, and Microsoft plans to more than triple its global data center capacity to more than 38 gigawatts by 2032, up from about 12 gigawatts currently.

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Artificial Intelligence · 11 stocks
Apple Inc.
AAPL
▲ PositiveTechnologyrelevance

Apple unveiled its new iPhone lineup including the foldable iPhone Duo at $1,999 plus iPhone 18 Pro models.

NVIDIA Corporation
NVDA
± MixedCapitalrelevance

Nvidia's Huang touted 70% revenue growth and higher Vera Rubin pricing, but the DOJ is probing its $20B Groq licensing deal for antitrust.

Microsoft Corporation
MSFT
▲ PositiveCapitalrelevance

Microsoft plans to more than triple global data center capacity to over 38 gigawatts by 2032.

Amazon.com Inc
AMZN
▲ PositiveDemandrelevance

Amazon partnered with Qualcomm to build next-generation AI data center infrastructure.

Cloud & Digital Infrastructure · 4 stocks
Oracle Corporation
ORCL
▲ PositiveCapitalrelevance

Oracle reported fiscal Q1 results and guidance that topped Wall Street estimates by a significant margin, with cloud revenue up 62% and infrastructure revenue up 121%.

Semiconductors · 2 stocks
Qualcomm Incorporated
QCOM
▲ PositiveDemandrelevance

Qualcomm and Amazon announced a partnership to build next-generation AI data center infrastructure.

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