Apple, once the world’s most valuable company, was the first public company to hit valuations of $1 trillion (August 2, 2018), $2 trillion (August 19, 2020), and $3 trillion (January 3, 2022), but it looks like the current world’s most valuable company, Nvidia, is poised to be the first to $4 trillion. Top Three Market Caps: Nvidia – $3.853 trillion Microsoft – $3.697 trillion Apple – $3.064 trillion Martin Baccardax for Barron’s: ‎ Nvidia crossed the $1 trillion mark in June 2023, shortly after it effectively fired the starting gun on a race to benefit from demand linked to artificial intelligence with a revenue forecast for its powerful chips that obliterated Wall Street forecasts. It took another 262 days to…

Chinese Communist Party-controlled Huawei Technologies Co. debuted its first in-house operating system for personal computers, offering an alternative to Microsoft’s shiteous Windows as China pushes to replace American technologies amid rising geopolitical tensions. Bloomberg News: ‎ The company’s HarmonyOS is now ready to run on the MateBook Fold, its latest foldable laptop, consumer chief Richard Yu said Monday. Huawei is working to make its operating system compatible with more than 2,000 apps, including the popular WeChat and QQ messaging platforms, he said… The company also introduced a traditional HarmonyOS-powered laptop for government and enterprise clients. The HarmonyOS has been Huawei’s answer to Alphabet Inc.’s Android operating system for smartphones, following the imposition of US restrictions in 2019… An array of…

Microsoft today shared a new ad on YouTube with the tagline "we're faster than a Mac." In the video, Microsoft says the top-end Windows PCs with Copilot+ branding are up to 58% faster than the previous-generation MacBook Air with the M3 chip, based on Cinebench 2024 multi-core CPU benchmark results. The ad is citing old figures that were reported on all the way back in May 2024, so take that as you will. While the ad is using an older MacBook Air for comparison purposes, Microsoft's fine print does say some Copilot+ PCs are still faster than even the latest MacBook Air models with the M4 chip, based on the same Cinebench 2024 benchmark. Some of the Copilot+ PCs that…

Apple CEO Tim Cook Apple, once a pioneer in consumer technology, has notably lagged behind in the AI revolution, trailing rivals like xAI, OpenAI, Google, and Microsoft, who have surged ahead with advanced generative AI and robust language models. While competitors integrate cutting-edge AI into their ecosystems, Apple’s AI efforts, particularly in regard to its digital assistant Siri, have been widely criticized as outdated and underperforming, often struggling with even simple queries and lacking the contextual understanding of modern AI systems. This gap has sparked concerns about Apple’s innovation pace, with Siri’s limitations becoming a frequent point of embarrassment for a company known for its polished user experience. Joanna Stern for The Wall Street Journal: ‎ Hey Siri, will things…

Microsoft's Skype has finally shut down, concluding its 22-year tenure as the once-dominant internet calling and messaging service. Microsoft acquired Skype in 2011 for $8.5 billion in what was then its largest-ever acquisition. At its peak, Skype had more than 300 million monthly active users and was synonymous with internet-based voice and video calling. For many, Skype was their first experience of speaking to someone halfway across the world for free, a radical shift from the dominance of telcos and expensive long-distance calls. The service steadily declined in relevance in recent years, with its active user base shrinking to approximately 36 million by 2023 as competitors such as Zoom, WhatsApp, and Microsoft's own Teams platform gained traction. Teams has since…

Microsoft is again worth more than Apple, as shares of the company are getting pummeled after it delayed its promised – and widely advertised (for which it faces class action lawsuit claiming false advertising) – Apple Intelligence-powered Siri and other AI features alongside increased U.S. import tariffs aiming to level the playing field in global trade. Apple shares have dropped some 23% over the past four trading sessions. Jordan Novet for CNBC: ‎ As of Tuesday’s close, Microsoft is worth $2.64 trillion, while Apple’s market cap stands at $2.59 trillion. While the market broadly is getting hammered by President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff plan, Apple is getting hit the hardest among tech’s megacap companies due to the iPhone maker’s reliance…