(RTTNews) - Zscaler, Inc. (ZS) announced the intent to acquire Symmetry Systems. The transaction is expected to close in the coming days. Zscaler said Symmetry Systems gives it the foundational visibility required to govern AI agent communication at scale and unlock the next phase of Zero Trust. Jay Chaudhry, Chairman and CEO of Zscaler, said: "With Symmetry Systems, we are adding the access graph...
(RTTNews) - Zscaler, Inc. (ZS) announced the intent to acquire Symmetry Systems. The transaction is expected to close in the coming days. Zscaler said Symmetry Systems gives it the foundational visibility required to govern AI agent communication at scale and unlock the next phase of Zero Trust. Jay Chaudhry, Chairman and CEO of Zscaler, said: "With Symmetry Systems, we are adding the access graph that maps how every identity, application, and data source connects across the enterprise. This foundational visibility is what Zscaler's Zero Trust Exchange will use to govern agentto-application and agent-to-agent communication at scale, giving customers the actionable control they need to safely embrace AI." In pre-market trading on NasdaqGS, Zscaler shares are down 1.19 percent to $172.37. The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.
News that Samsung management had managed to negotiate successfully with labor unions prompted a rally in South Korean stocks, augmented by the bullish comments from Nvidia’s CEO about the AI industry and chip demand.
News that Samsung management had managed to negotiate successfully with labor unions prompted a rally in South Korean stocks, augmented by the bullish comments from Nvidia’s CEO about the AI industry and chip demand.
AMD announced more than $10 billion in investments across Taiwan's semiconductor ecosystem on Thursday, targeting advanced chip packaging and manufacturing partnerships needed to support its next-generation AI infrastructure. The investments center on expanding capabilities in 2.5D chip interconnect packaging technology, which links chips together to improve performance and power efficiency, the c...
AMD announced more than $10 billion in investments across Taiwan's semiconductor ecosystem on Thursday, targeting advanced chip packaging and manufacturing partnerships needed to support its next-generation AI infrastructure. The investments center on expanding capabilities in 2.5D chip interconnect packaging technology, which links chips together to improve performance and power efficiency, the company said. AMD is collaborating with Taiwan-based packaging and testing firms ASE and its unit SPIL to develop and qualify what it calls Elevated Fanout Bridge, or EFB, technology. That technology will support AMD's sixth-generation EPYC processors, codenamed "Venice," according to AMD. The company said it also reached a milestone with Taiwanese firm PTI by qualifying the first 2.5D panel-based EFB interconnect. The announcement extends to the deployment of AMD's Helios rack-scale AI server platform, which the company said is on track for production in the second half of 2026. Manufacturing partners for Helios include Sanmina, Wiwynn, Wistron, and Inventec. The platform pairs AMD Instinct MI450X GPUs with Venice CPUs and runs on AMD's ROCm open software stack, the company said. "As AI adoption accelerates, our global customers are rapidly scaling AI infrastructure to meet growing compute demand," AMD Chair and CEO Lisa Su said in a statement. "By combining AMD leadership in high-performance computing with the Taiwan ecosystem and our strategic global partners, we are enabling integrated, rack-scale AI infrastructure that helps customers accelerate deployment of next-generation AI systems." TSMC's cutting-edge 2-nanometer fabrication process is being used to manufacture the Venice CPUs, Reuters reported. AMD has been building momentum heading into this announcement. The company reported first-quarter revenue of $10.25 billion, a 38% increase from the prior year, driven by surging demand for AI infrastructure. Its data center segment generated $5.78 billion in revenue, up 5...
Oklo Inc. OKLO is making fuel recycling the centerpiece of its long-term nuclear fuel strategy. The Sam Altman-backed company is building the nation’s first privately funded nuclear fuel recycling facility in Oak Ridge, TN, backed by a planned $1.68 billion investment and expected creation of more than 800 jobs. The move targets a major industry inefficiency: conventional reactors use only about 5...
Oklo Inc. OKLO is making fuel recycling the centerpiece of its long-term nuclear fuel strategy. The Sam Altman-backed company is building the nation’s first privately funded nuclear fuel recycling facility in Oak Ridge, TN, backed by a planned $1.68 billion investment and expected creation of more than 800 jobs. The move targets a major industry inefficiency: conventional reactors use only about 5% of a fuel’s energy content, leaving roughly 95% unused. OKLO aims to recover that remaining energy and use it in advanced reactors like Aurora. This strategy is now moving from concept to execution. At its Tennessee Advanced Fuel Center, OKLO is continuing site-preparation work while advancing the facility’s technology design and regulatory readiness. The company has also said that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) application readiness review is progressing, which is an important step toward eventual licensing. For OKLO, the fuel recycling facility is not just a separate infrastructure project; it is intended to support long-term fuel availability for its advanced reactor deployments. In that sense, the fuel segment could become a key strategic enabler for the company’s broader reactor business. Financially, OKLO’s $2.5 billion in cash and marketable securities gives it a stronger base to fund development and deployment, although its $33.1 million first-quarter net loss shows that the company remains in an investment-heavy phase. The broader industry backdrop makes this effort more significant. The United States has accumulated nearly 100,000 metric tons of used nuclear fuel, and OKLO estimates that this material contains energy equivalent to about 1.2 trillion barrels of oil. Recent DOE requests for applications to support privately funded used-fuel recycling further highlight the growing view that used nuclear fuel can be treated as a strategic domestic energy resource rather than only as waste. Beyond the financial opportunity, OKLO’s approach could help re...
ISerg/iStock via Getty Images Now is a great time to be a high yield investor, especially as the market continues to chase growth at all costs. There are plenty of names in the REIT and BDC spaces that trade at below average valuations with a strong margin of safety. This, combined with a high yield provides downside protection against a volatile market. This brings me to Carlyle Secured Lending (...
ISerg/iStock via Getty Images Now is a great time to be a high yield investor, especially as the market continues to chase growth at all costs. There are plenty of names in the REIT and BDC spaces that trade at below average valuations with a strong margin of safety. This, combined with a high yield provides downside protection against a volatile market. This brings me to Carlyle Secured Lending ( CGBD ). At the current price of $10.93, CGBD trades close to its 52-week low with a 13% dividend yield, as shown below. CGBD Stock 1-Yr Trend (Seeking Alpha) In this article, I highlight CGBD and including recent business results , and discuss why this stock is a worthy ‘Buy’ at present for high income and value, so let’s dive in! Why CGBD? Carlyle Secured Lending is a BDC that’s externally managed by Carlyle Global Credit Investment Management, a subsidiary of The Carlyle Group ( CG ). CGBD lends to U.S. middle market companies. It currently has a $2.3 billion portfolio at fair value invested in 171 companies in 25 industries. Most of CGBD’s investments are senior secured debt, representing 87% of the portfolio total. Specifically, 83% of the portfolio is first-lien and 4% is second lien. Top sectors include Healthcare, Software, Financial Services, Business and Consumer services, comprising 54% of the portfolio total, as shown below. Investor Presentation Most of CGBD’s investments have sizable revenue streams, with the median company EBITDA being $100 million. Moreover, 95% of investments are backed by private equity sponsors. This helps to ensure another level of due diligence while also providing the borrowers with strategic guidance from the VC sponsor. CGBD delivered a healthy quarter of originations during Q1 2026 with $217 million of fundings. Originations across the platform rose 14% YoY despite a 25% drop in U.S. private equity deal activity. This means that CGBD is taking market share even as the broader market remains subdued. Net asset value per share decline...
For all the hype over those two IPOs, South Korea’s SK Hynix could be the hottest new AI story for American investors in the coming weeks. The memory-chip maker has already filed an application to list American depositary receipts with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The size and pricing of the listing haven’t been decided, but SK Hynix could raise up to $10 billion according to local Kore...
For all the hype over those two IPOs, South Korea’s SK Hynix could be the hottest new AI story for American investors in the coming weeks. The memory-chip maker has already filed an application to list American depositary receipts with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The size and pricing of the listing haven’t been decided, but SK Hynix could raise up to $10 billion according to local Korean media reports.
Eli Lilly (NYSE:LLY) is growing like a software company. Q1 2026 revenue hit $19.80B, up 55.5% year over year, with Mounjaro at $8.66B (+125%) and Zepbound at $4.16B (+80%). CEO David Ricks told investors “2026 is off to a strong start, we delivered 56% revenue growth in the first quarter and raised our full-year revenue ... Can Eli Lilly Stock Reach $1800 by 2030? Here Is the Bull Case
Eli Lilly (NYSE:LLY) is growing like a software company. Q1 2026 revenue hit $19.80B, up 55.5% year over year, with Mounjaro at $8.66B (+125%) and Zepbound at $4.16B (+80%). CEO David Ricks told investors “2026 is off to a strong start, we delivered 56% revenue growth in the first quarter and raised our full-year revenue ... Can Eli Lilly Stock Reach $1800 by 2030? Here Is the Bull Case
Quantum X Labs Inc. The milestone adds a layer that brings a publicly accessible experimental surface-code dataset from Google Quantum AI, Tel Aviv, Israel, May 21, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Quantum X Labs Inc. (Nasdaq: QXL) (“Quantum X” or the “Company”), an advanced technologies company, today announces that its sublicensee,30%-owned subsidiary, has successfully delivered a working integration la...
Quantum X Labs Inc. The milestone adds a layer that brings a publicly accessible experimental surface-code dataset from Google Quantum AI, Tel Aviv, Israel, May 21, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Quantum X Labs Inc. (Nasdaq: QXL) (“Quantum X” or the “Company”), an advanced technologies company, today announces that its sublicensee,30%-owned subsidiary, has successfully delivered a working integration layer that brings a publicly accessible experimental surface-code dataset from Google Quantum AI, into its Error Correction (QECC) IP (patent pending) transformer pipeline. In this phase, the team implemented a standardized data adapter to ingest dense binary syndrome measurements from selected experimental configurations, engineered dynamic attention masking that adapts to code distances and layouts, and established an end-to-end training loop capable of processing mixed batches of real experimental shots. This milestone reduces technical risk by advancing QECC beyond controlled internal data formats and lays the foundation required for scalable training and repeatable benchmarking on a credible external testbed. The transformer-based quantum decoder technology has been developed for advanced quantum error correction, including cloud-deployed neural decoders. The decoder’s IP (patent pending) is licensed from Ramot at Tel Aviv University, with applications in various potential industries and end users. It was previously announced by the company that it has successfully implemented its transformer-based neural decoder on the AWS cloud, marking a significant milestone toward real-world quantum. Building on the recent unveiling of its transformer neural decoder, which outperformed classical quantum error correction (QEC) algorithms in simulations, and the delivery of its first prototype for universal error correction, the technology’s cloud deployment now provides the scalable infrastructure needed to process complex quantum data efficiently. Quantum X Labs Inc. Quantum X Labs ...
Shares of Meta Platforms NASDAQ: META have faced a notable degree of volatility in 2026. The stock started off the year hot, being up around 12% near the end of January. The company’s impressive Q4 2025 earnings report drove an over 10% single day gain. However, a convergence of pressures then hit the stock. This included artificial intelligence (AI) spending fears, legal losses, and the U.S.-Iran...
Shares of Meta Platforms NASDAQ: META have faced a notable degree of volatility in 2026. The stock started off the year hot, being up around 12% near the end of January. The company’s impressive Q4 2025 earnings report drove an over 10% single day gain. However, a convergence of pressures then hit the stock. This included artificial intelligence (AI) spending fears, legal losses, and the U.S.-Iran conflict that drove down the market as a whole. Near the end of March, Meta was down 20% on the year. Get Meta Platforms alerts: Sign Up Meta Platforms, Inc. (META) Price Chart for Thursday, May, 21, 2026 The stock has recovered considerably since that point, now down less than 10% in 2026. Meta’s return has hovered near this level since the end of April, after shares took a 8.6% hit following its Q1 2026 earnings report. Meta is making moves to fight against the biggest headwind to its performance: increasing AI capital expenditure (CapEx) forecasts. The firm is undertaking some of its largest layoffs in recent memory, aimed at offsetting AI investment. However, markets don’t appear to be buying the story. Meta Initiates 10% Layoff—But for Much Different Reasons Than in the Past Meta Platforms Today META Meta Platforms $606.59 +1.53 (+0.25%) 52-Week Range $520.26 ▼ $796.25 Dividend Yield 0.35% P/E Ratio 22.02 Price Target $840.19 Add to Watchlist In mid-May, reports emerged that Meta is laying off 8,000 employees. These job reductions account for approximately 10% of Meta’s total employee base. The move marks the company’s most significant workforce shake-up since its “Year of Efficiency,” which took place between 2022 and 2023. This initiative cut 21,000 jobs. However, there are significant differences between these recent cuts and the Year of Efficiency reductions. Somewhat counterintuitively, Meta undertook one of its most aggressive hiring sprees ever from 2020 to 2022, during the height of the COVID pandemic. By the end of 2022, Meta’s employee count had nearly doubl...
AMD (AMD +8.04%) reported an excellent first quarter, but the real reason the chipmaker has performed so well is because of investors' expectations for the future. In this video, I look beyond the numbers and discuss five of the most important quotes from CEO Lisa Su's remarks on the company's earnings call. *Stock prices used were the morning prices of May 20, 2026. The video was published on May...
AMD (AMD +8.04%) reported an excellent first quarter, but the real reason the chipmaker has performed so well is because of investors' expectations for the future. In this video, I look beyond the numbers and discuss five of the most important quotes from CEO Lisa Su's remarks on the company's earnings call. *Stock prices used were the morning prices of May 20, 2026. The video was published on May 21, 2026.
The S-1 IPO registration statement for Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX arrived late Wednesday afternoon. SpaceX is going after what it describes as a $28.5 trillion addressable market “to build the systems and technologies necessary to make life multiplanetary, to understand the true nature of the universe, and to extend the light of consciousness to the stars.” The IPO is expected to raise a re...
The S-1 IPO registration statement for Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX arrived late Wednesday afternoon. SpaceX is going after what it describes as a $28.5 trillion addressable market “to build the systems and technologies necessary to make life multiplanetary, to understand the true nature of the universe, and to extend the light of consciousness to the stars.” The IPO is expected to raise a record amount of money, valuing Elon Musk’s company at roughly $2 trillion—enough to turn the world’s richest person into a trillionaire.