Wall Street was busy on Monday with a flurry of analyst upgrades and downgrades. The action spanned from tech giants like Intel and Nvidia to consumer staples like Costco and Estee Lauder.
A major data breach at Condé Nast has exposed information from 2.4 million Wired accounts. The hacker claims to have data from other publications, potentially affecting 40 million more records. Here’s what you need to know.
Vertiv and GreenScale have announced a strategic collaboration to deploy factory-built, AI-ready data center platforms across Europe. The partnership will use Vertiv’s OneCore systems, designed for high-density, liquid-cooled NVIDIA GPUs. GreenScale plans an initial rollout of about 120 MW in Northe
Samsung may be forced to raise the price of its upcoming Galaxy S26 smartphones. The hike, reportedly up to $60, would break a four-year trend of stable pricing.
Adam Joseph secured a seven-figure investment from Mark Cuban for his AI PR agency, Clipbook, entirely through email. He shared the exchange with Business Insider, revealing Cuban’s direct vetting style. The deal moved “more aggressively and faster” than Joseph expected.
Samsung has unveiled its Galaxy Book 6 series at CES 2026, featuring Intel’s new Core Ultra Series 3 processors for over 50% faster CPU performance. The laptops boast up to 30 hours of battery life and a suite of Galaxy AI features, with availability set for later this month.
Apple is leaning on data from its Heart and Movement Study to show Apple Watch users maintain their New Year’s resolutions. The company is adding four new workout programs and new challenges to keep the momentum going.
Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a massive, seven-year-long Chinese hacking operation called DarkSpectre. It used hundreds of fake browser extensions to infect over 8.8 million users across Chrome, Edge, and Firefox.
AMD is running a unique bounty program, offering its upcoming flagship “Strix Halo” laptops as rewards for fixing critical bugs in its ROCm compute software. Meanwhile, older AMD GCN graphics cards are getting a significant performance boost from a new RADV driver feature.
DRAM shortages are spiraling out of control, with contract prices projected to jump as much as 50% in the first quarter of 2026. Major PC OEMs are reportedly down to just weeks of supply, forcing them into costly long-term agreements.
