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.
An internal Amazon document shows device margins getting squeezed by the same AI boom fueling AWS growth.
The AI buildout is minting fortunes beyond GPUs, and memory, cloud, and cooling suppliers are riding the same wave.
Local officials control data center approvals, so midterm races for governor and county boards could matter more than the House or Senate for AI investment.
Kashim Chowdhury denies dishonesty after concealing multiple public-sector roles. The case puts remote-work ethics and criminal liability in the spotlight.
Bots are rolling off the Fremont line, but a year-long scale-up and unresolved hand design stand between Tesla and its 2027 delivery goal.
Data-center demand has locked up most of Samsung's supply, and analysts now expect another double-digit price surge for consumer RAM.
A single hardware generation just cleared a major quantum computing hurdle: logical qubits get more reliable as they grow, not less.
A walkout at one of the world's key memory chip hubs threatens supply just as AI demand peaks, and puts Taiwan's profit-sharing norms to the test.
The dismissal clears the singer's bestselling memoir of defamation claims, a win for authors and publishers facing similar suits.
Rapid glacier retreat, heavy rainfall, and thousands of tiny tremors preceded Alaska's 1,580-foot tsunami, a warning for every coastal community in a warming world.