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Bluesky CEO Toni Schneider said posts and likes doubled during to the U.S. midterm elections on Tuesday.

A day after the US midterm elections gave Democrats control of Congress, Onion CEO Ben Collins and comedian Patti Harrison spoke to WIRED about the salve of satire during politically fraught times.

Shares of semiconductor stocks plunged on Thursday, extending a recent selloff as investors turn skeptical on the artificial intelligence trade after the Democrats dominated the midterm elections.

Futures are mixed and oil settles after a sharp sell-off

U.S. midterm results could slow data center development, raising the value of existing AI capacity while increasing pressure on debt-funded neoclouds.

Sony Group Corp. raised its profit outlook after a string of entertainment hits propelled better-than-expected results in the September quarter.

Speaking at the WSJ Tech conference, Dina Powell McCormick said the company is more optimistic about scaling up its existing data centers.

Cramer warned that Wall Street may be getting ahead of itself following the midterm elections.

AI industry PACs spent millions influencing the 2026 midterms, with mixed results. Political groups are already looking toward the next election cycle.

CFRA Research Senior VP and Equity Analyst Angelo Zino says ARM’s revenue outlook was broadly in line with expectations and its results looked fine, but investors may have wanted clearer guidance on the company’s move into physical CPU products. He speaks on "Bloomberg The Close." (Source: Bloomberg)

CFRA Research Senior VP and Equity Analyst Angelo Zino discusses Qualcomm’s latest quarterly results and outlook. Speaking on "Bloomberg The Close," Zino expects a lower gross margin profile as Qualcomm shifts away from handsets. (Source: Bloomberg)

Figma is letting clients use more artificial intelligence features for the same price. The company would like the move to boost results in the long term.

Comprehensive cross-platform coverage of the U.S. market close on Bloomberg Television, Bloomberg Radio, and YouTube with Romaine Bostick, Vonnie Quinn, Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec. (Source: Bloomberg)

Qualcomm delivered better-than-expected results but issued a weak earnings forecast.

Kat Abughazaleh and CJ Pearson spoke at WIRED World Fair on Wednesday about the influence of social media on politics following Tuesday’s midterm elections.

Apple, Amazon, Google, Meta and Microsoft stock was up after the midterms, while stocks tied to Trump advisor Elon Musk and data centers fell on Wednesday.

Data centers can be assets to energy resources and the power grid, says Arushi Sharma Frank, founder and CEO of Luminary Strategies. The former US energy market policy lead at Tesla discusses how the midterm results could impact the AI buildout, and why Elon Musk's plan to put data centers in space offers diversification for the chip sector. She joins Carol Massar on "Bloomberg Tech." (Source: Bloomberg)

Find insight on AI and the U.S. midterm elections, the New York Times Company, Uber and more in the latest Market Talks covering Technology, Media and Telecom.

Elon Musk at least was able to put a comical twist on the Republicans’ midterm meltdown, infused with his signature doses of dark humor and needling of adversaries.

From high-profile Senate races to local rezoning initiatives, data centers and their supporters did miserably on the ballot in the 2026 midterms.

Investors facing new political and financial constraints

Join WSJ’s Washington Coverage Chief Damian Paletta for a real-time written chat on Wed., Nov. 4, from 2-3 p.m. ET. WSJ subscribers can submit questions in the comments section at any time.

AMD reported better-than-expected third-quarter results, driven by booming sales of AI chips

The new ad placements could help Reddit squeeze more revenue from existing users as Google's AI search changes how people discover its content.

Reddit is testing ads on another area of its platform: search. With this update, ads will appear within your search results "based on a range of factors, including contextual relevance to a search query," according to Reddit. That means searching for "espresso station" could present you with ads for espresso, machines, beans, or mugs, while […]

Tuesday's midterm elections follow record spending on AI-generated political ads.

The 2026 midterm elections will determine the scope of President Donald Trump’s power in his final two years in office, and signal what voters care about going into the 2028 presidential election. While this year’s races are expected to be most broadly defined by affordability issues, there’s several topics impacting the tech industry that appear […]

The second Trump administration has created a boon for a relatively new crop of financial companies in the digital finance industry. Some traders are positioning for that to change after Tuesday’s US midterm vote.

From gas and groceries to housing and wage growth, midterm voters who are being squeezed by inflation say the economy is their top issue this Election Day.

Louis Mosley, who oversees Palantir's business in the UK and Europe, says, “blue chips on this side of the Atlantic are not yet adopting AI." He made the comments in a conversation with Tom Giles at Bloomberg Tech in London. "That worries me because we’re starting to see extraordinary results from those customers, those big American blue chips,” he adds. (Source: Bloomberg)

Midterm voting gets underway amid volatility across stock and oil markets

With Democrats poised to make significant gains in Tuesday’s midterm elections, Trump supporters have been reduced to posting bizarre Star Wars fan fiction.

Result for the company, which earned $30.71bn and exceeded analysts’ expectations, bucked downward trend for tech firms Apple Inc posted stronger-than-expected revenue in the fiscal third quarter, giving John Ternus, the new CEO, an upbeat start to his tenure, which began in September. The solid results bucked a downward trend for tech giants this quarter, as companies including Alphabet, Amazon and Intel had disappointing quarterly results. “Apple’s strong earnings come in the wake of a recent tech sell-off, as investors question the enormous cost and uncertain returns of the AI boom driven by Apple’s big tech counterparts,” said Jacob Bourne, an Emarketer analyst, adding that record iPhone revenue and strong growth in China demonstrate the resilience of Apple’s business. Continue reading...

Apple posted September quarter revenue that narrowly topped analysts’ estimates, even as sales in the key Chinese market fell short of projections. Revenue rose 12% to $114.5 billion during the fiscal fourth quarter, which ended Sept. 26, the company said in a statement. Analysts had estimated $113.5 billion on average, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. The quarterly report — the first under new Chief Executive Officer John Ternus — offered a mixed picture to investors. Sales growth decelerated from a 16% clip in the June quarter, and results from Apple’s iPad and wearables businesses were particularly weak. But the iPhone, the company’s biggest moneymaker, remained strong. Mark Gurman, Bloomberg News Managing Editor for Global Consumer Tech, joins to discuss the results. He speaks with Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec. (Source: Bloomberg)

IDC Senior Director of Data & Analytics Nabila Popal says Apple’s iPhone results beating analyst expectations were not surprising. IDC’s preliminary shipment data showed iPhones outperforming a smartphone market that had suffered a historic 21% decline in calendar Q3, while Apple’s shipments fell only 4%. She speaks with Kailey Leinz & Ed Ludlow on "The Close." (Source: Bloomberg)

The Nasdaq 100 Index tumbled into a correction on Monday as investors turn increasingly pessimistic about Big Tech and the artificial intelligence trade.

A big study with very little beyond negative results still gets published.

The runup in Apple shares in recent months has left the iPhone maker little room for disappointment when it reports earnings after the bell on Monday. The gains have left the stock trading at the priciest levels since 2008, making it particularly vulnerable if the company’s results fall short of expectations. At roughly 36 times earnings expected over the next 12 months, the shares are almost twice as expensive as the S&P 500 Index, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. We preview Apple's results with Anurag Rana, Senior Tech Analyst for Bloomberg Intelligence. (Source: Bloomberg)

The Ninja Crispi Microwave stands out for its FusionCrisp technology, which combines the speed of a microwave with the crispy results you'd expect from an air fryer.

Apple reports fourth-quarter results after the bell Monday, following a 25% run up in the stock from a low in late June which added roughly $1 trillion in market value. Gil Luria, head of technology research at DA Davidson, sees the company as a safe haven from the artificial intelligence trade and has a preview of what he expects to be “tricky” results for Apple on “Bloomberg Surveillance.” (Source: Bloomberg)

Tech leaders await fallout from Tuesday’s US midterms

Chatbots are often quite good at retrieving the information you want from the web. But sometimes you’ll get better results by typing your query into a good old search engine.

Outsourcing planning to AI can lead people to surrender their own critical thinking, which can have potentially deadly results in places like the backcountry.

At a Brooklyn midterm party five days before Election Day, every conversation, from a council member’s fireside chat to a debate about the Democratic Party, kept circling back to AI and data centers.

Asia’s AI-heavy stock markets face a new US policy wildcard in the midterm elections, with the outcome potentially reshaping the tech trade and sectors from clean energy to defense.

The latest Windows 11 Insider build adds some powerful new search features and quick settings while in Xbox mode. The Xbox shortcuts let you control things like Bluetooth, WiFi, and power settings without having to exit gaming mode. The search improvements are quite comprehensive. You can now filter results for files, actions, or web results. […]

Interest groups tied to cryptocurrency are spending millions to tilt the midterm elections. They had mixed success in 2024

Analysts at Graphika report that the influence campaign known as Spamouflage is active ahead of the midterm elections

Studies have shown that the betting sites can predict races correctly, but their ability to forecast U.S. midterm elections is an important proving ground.