In this photo illustration, a smartphone displays the logo of Pinterest in front of a screen showing the company’s latest stock market chart on February 3, 2026. Cheng Xin | Getty Images News | Getty Images Pinterest shares were down 22% in premarket trading on Friday, after the company cited tariff-related shocks in disappointing fourth-quarter…
This report is from this week’s The Tech Download newsletter. Like what you see? You can subscribe here. The core Earnings season has seen endless spending commitments from tech companies as they scramble to build out data center capacity amid the AI boom. Hyperscalers, including the likes of Amazon, Microsoft, Meta and Alphabet, announced capital…
Chinese tech company Baidu, best known for its search engine, also operates cloud, mapping and other internet-based services. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images BEIJING — Baidu plans to give users of its main smartphone app direct access to the wildly popular artificial intelligence tool OpenClaw, according to a spokesperson for the Chinese tech company….
A Waymo autonomous vehicle outside the Google headquarters in Mountain View, California, US, on Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Waymo on Thursday said it has begun using its sixth-generation driverless system to provide robotaxi rides to employees on Ojai vehicles, which use a base model made by Chinese…
A Waymo autonomous taxi outside the Google headquarters in Mountain View, California, US, on Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Waymo’s cars are driven without humans. But when a departing passenger leaves a door open, the car won’t move until a person closes it. For that task, Waymo is…
U.S. and Taiwanese flags are seen in San Francisco, California, Jan. 28, 2026. Stephen Nellis | Reuters Washington and Taipei have signed a trade deal lowering tariffs on Taiwanese exports to 15%, on par with those on Asian allies Japan and South Korea, while the island will open its market for U.S. goods. Taiwan will…
Ring security cameras are displayed on a shelf at a Target store on June 01, 2023 in Novato, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Ring is terminating its partnership with police tech provider Flock Safety, the Amazon-owned company announced Thursday. The partnership between Flock and Ring came under scrutiny after the Amazon doorbell company ran…
Axiom Space and KBR successfully completed the first uncrewed thermal vacuum test of the Axiom Extravehicular Mobility Unit (AxEMU), which is designed to support astronauts during the Artemis III mission – the first crewed lunar landing in more than 50 years. Courtesy of KBR and Axiom Space Axiom Space, which provides suits for NASA’s moon…
Apple just wrapped up its worst day on the stock market since April after reports surfaced about delays with Siri and as the company’s news app faced regulatory scrutiny. The stock dropped 5% on Thursday, wiping out its gain for the year and leaving it down almost 4% in 2026. The long-awaited artificial intelligence update…
Pinterest shares plunged as much as 20% in after-hours on Thursday after the social media company reported a fourth-quarter earnings miss and issued weak guidance. Here’s how the company did, compared to analysts’ consensus estimates from LSEG: Earnings per share: 67 cents adjusted vs. 69 cents expected Revenue: $1.32 billion vs. $1.33 billion expected Pinterest…
