Vanguard Information Technology Index Fund ETF Shares News - April 2026
Apple names John Ternus CEO, ending Tim Cook’s $4 trillion era
Apple announced Tim Cook will step down as CEO on September 1, 2026. Cook will transition to the role of executive chairman. John Ternus, current senior vice...
Tesla Reports Q1 Earnings, Betting on AI to Offset Weak Deliveries
Tesla will report first-quarter 2026 financial results after the market close today. Investors are weighing the company's pivot to AI and robotics against...
Apple names John Ternus CEO, Tim Cook to become Executive Chairman
Apple announced on April 21, 2026, that CEO Tim Cook will step down effective September 1, 2026. Cook will transition to executive chairman of the board after...
Amazon invests $25B in Anthropic, securing $100B cloud deal
Amazon is investing an initial $5 billion in AI research firm Anthropic. The total investment could eventually reach $25 billion. This strategic partnership...
Amazon lands $100B Anthropic deal, fueling JP Morgan S&P 500 upgrade
Amazon and Anthropic finalized a deal worth over $100 billion in cloud computing spending. Anthropic will use Amazon Web Services (AWS) for its computing...
Apple Names John Ternus CEO, Transitioning Tim Cook to Executive Chairman
Apple CEO Tim Cook will transition to the role of Executive Chairman on September 1, 2026. John Ternus, currently Senior Vice President of Hardware...
Musk taps Intel for Terafab AI factory, sending Intel stock up 50%
Elon Musk is accelerating the Terafab project, a vertically integrated AI chip factory. This facility will supply hardware to Tesla, SpaceX, and xAI. Intel...
Musk Taps Intel for Terafab AI Factory, Sending Intel Stock Up 50%
Elon Musk is accelerating the Terafab project, a vertically integrated AI chip factory. The facility will supply hardware to Tesla, SpaceX, and xAI. An...
OpenAI commits $20 billion to Cerebras, challenging Nvidia’s chip dominance
OpenAI agreed to spend more than $20 billion over three years on AI servers from chip startup Cerebras Systems. The agreement includes a potential equity stake...
Anthropic warns White House on Mythos AI, citing cybersecurity risks
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei meets White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles today, April 17. They will discuss the national security implications of the company’s...
TSMC Profits Soar 58% on AI Demand, Boosts Annual Revenue Forecast
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) reported a record first-quarter net profit increase of 58% year-over-year. Gross margins reached a record high of...
Anthropic provides Mythos AI to federal agencies, strengthening national cybersecurity
The U.S. government is preparing to deploy Anthropic’s Mythos artificial intelligence model across major federal agencies. A memo reviewed by Bloomberg News...
TSMC Raises 2026 Revenue Forecast Above 30%, Citing Surging AI Demand
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) raised its 2026 revenue growth forecast to above 30%. This projection increases the 25% growth estimate issued...
TSMC Profit Surges 58% on AI Boom, Lifting 2026 Revenue Forecast
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) reported a record first-quarter net profit of NT$572.48 billion. This 58% increase significantly exceeded analyst...
TSMC tops profit estimates, hikes 2026 outlook on surging AI demand
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) reported a first-quarter net income of NT$572.5 billion ($18 billion). This result surpassed analyst estimates of...
TSMC Hits Record Q1 Profit, Fueled by Nvidia and Apple AI Orders
TSMC reported record first-quarter revenue and profit that exceeded analyst expectations. Relentless demand for advanced artificial intelligence chips drove...
TSMC Posts Record $35.6B Revenue, Fueled by Surging Global AI Demand
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) reported record first-quarter revenue of $35.6 billion. This figure represents a 35% year-over-year increase...
TSMC Smashes Estimates, Hikes 2026 Outlook on Massive AI Chip Demand
TSMC reported record first-quarter revenue of $35.71 billion. This figure represents a 35% year-over-year increase and exceeds consensus analyst estimates....
Meta and Broadcom Extend AI Chip Partnership to Cut GPU Reliance
Meta Platforms and Broadcom extended their strategic partnership to co-develop custom artificial intelligence silicon through 2029. Broadcom will serve as the...
ASML Hikes 2026 Sales Forecast to €40 Billion, Citing AI Demand
ASML Holding NV raised its full-year 2026 revenue outlook following strong first-quarter results. The company now projects 2026 sales between €36 billion and...
ASML raises sales forecast to €40 billion, driven by AI demand
ASML Holding NV reported strong Q1 2026 results and increased its annual sales guidance. The company now expects full-year sales between €36 billion and €40...
TSMC Hits Record $35.6B Revenue, Driven by Surging AI Chip Demand
TSMC reported record first-quarter revenue of $35.6 billion. Quarterly revenue grew 35% compared to the previous year. The results significantly exceeded...
TSMC Hits Record $35.6B Revenue, Fueled by Nvidia and Apple AI Demand
Taiwan Semiconductor (TSMC) reported record first-quarter revenue of $35.6 billion. This figure represents a 35% year-over-year increase and exceeded analyst...
Samsung and SK Hynix pursue 5-year AI chip deals, targeting revenue stability
Samsung Electronics and SK hynix are negotiating three-to-five-year supply agreements with Microsoft and Google. This shift marks a significant departure from...
TSMC accelerates US expansion, fueled by 35% revenue surge from AI
TSMC is accelerating its multi-billion dollar expansion in Arizona to bolster US-based manufacturing. The company reported a 35.1% year-over-year increase in...
Anthropic Unveils Claude Mythos AI, Alarming Officials Over Massive Security Flaws
Anthropic launched Project Glasswing on April 13, 2026, a defensive cybersecurity initiative powered by the Claude Mythos Preview AI model. The model...
SoftBank and Sony launch AI venture, targeting US and China rivals
SoftBank, NEC, Sony Group, and Honda Motor established a new company to develop high-performance domestic artificial intelligence. Each founding member holds a...
TSMC Revenue Surges 35% to Beat Estimates, Fueled by AI Demand
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) reported a 35% year-over-year surge in first-quarter revenue. These results exceeded market...
Anthropic launches Project Glasswing, arming Big Tech with unreleased Claude Mythos
Anthropic launched Project Glasswing in partnership with Apple, Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and NVIDIA. The initiative provides partners with Claude Mythos...
TSMC Revenue Surges 35% to $35.6B, Driven by Global AI Demand
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) reported first-quarter revenue of NT$1.13 trillion (US$35.62 billion). Revenue increased 35% year-over-year,...
TSMC Reports 35% Revenue Surge to $35.7B, Fueled by AI Demand
TSMC reported record first-quarter revenue of $35.71 billion. This figure represents a 35% year-on-year surge that surpassed analyst expectations. The results...
Broadcom secures Google AI chip deal through 2031, fueling infrastructure expansion
Broadcom secured a long-term agreement to develop and supply future generations of Google’s custom Tensor Processing Units (TPUs). The contract guarantees the...
TSMC Hits Record $35.7 Billion Revenue, Powered by Global AI Demand
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) reported record first-quarter revenue of T$1.134 trillion ($35.71 billion). This figure represents a 35%...
Meta secures $21 billion CoreWeave deal, locking in NVIDIA Vera Rubin tech
CoreWeave expanded its partnership with Meta through a new agreement valued at approximately $21 billion. The contract provides Meta with dedicated AI cloud...
Meta bets $21 billion on CoreWeave to secure long-term AI capacity
Meta and CoreWeave expanded their long-term AI cloud agreement through December 2032. The deal is valued at approximately $21 billion. This partnership ranks...
Google, Microsoft, and AWS adopt A2A Protocol, standardizing AI agent communication
The Linux Foundation’s A2A (Agent-to-Agent) Protocol reached major adoption milestones on its first anniversary. More than 150 organizations now support the...
Intel joins Musk’s $25B Terafab project, targeting world’s largest AI factory
Intel joined Elon Musk’s $25 billion Terafab initiative on Tuesday. The venture will construct the world’s largest AI chip manufacturing facility in Austin,...
🟢 VGT is trading 4.4% up today on US-Iran ceasefire rally
VGT is trading 4.39% up in pre-market driven by a US-Iran ceasefire that has sparked a broad market rally and a 15% plunge in oil prices. • NASDAQ futures...
Broadcom surges 6%, landing AI chip deals with Google and Anthropic
Broadcom (AVGO) stock jumped 6% in midday trading on Tuesday, April 7, 2026. This rally defied a broader technology sector downturn that saw the Nasdaq decline...
Broadcom lands massive Google and Anthropic AI chip deals, extending through 2031
Broadcom signed a long-term agreement with Google to design and supply custom Tensor Processing Units (TPUs) and networking components for AI data centers...
Samsung profit surges 755%, fueled by soaring AI chip demand
Samsung Electronics reported a preliminary first-quarter 2026 operating profit of 57.2 trillion won ($38 billion). This represents a 755% year-over-year...
Microsoft and Google negotiate SK Hynix DRAM deals, securing AI supply
Microsoft and Google are negotiating three-year DRAM supply agreements with SK Hynix. These proposed contracts reportedly include significant upfront deposits...
NVIDIA projects $1 trillion in AI chip orders, fueled by infrastructure demand
NVIDIA's CEO expects $1 trillion in purchase orders for Blackwell and Vera Rubin AI platforms through 2027. This projection doubles the previous forecast of...
SpaceX Files for IPO, Targeting Record $2 Trillion Valuation
SpaceX filed confidentially for an initial public offering on Wednesday. Reports of the filing by the Elon Musk-led company emerged on April 4, 2026. The...