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Top 5 Tech Stocks By Market Cap: Which Are Surging?

Earnings season has proved beneficial for some of the hottest stocks in the market, with Facebook (FB) the most recent tech company to rise on a better-than-expected performance. The late Wednesday beat has propelled the social media giant to a new all-time high, with Facebook now crossing the $300 billion market cap mark. Let’s look at the charts of the top five tech stocks by market cap: Apple (AAPL), Alphabet (GOOGL), Microsoft (MSFT), Facebook

Apple Supplier Qualcomm Stunted By China Negotiations

Tough negotiations with and underreporting by Chinese smartphone makers stunted Apple (AAPL) chip supplier Qualcomm’s (QCOM) fiscal Q1 guidance and, on Thursday, shares continued a drastic plunge. In early-afternoon trading in the stock market today, Qualcomm stock was down 14%, near 52, following the chipmaker’s late Wednesday fiscal Q4 earnings report. For Q4, Qualcomm reported an 18% dip in sales to $5.5 billion and 91 cents earnings per share

Apple, Alphabet Jumping Into Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence will sweep across technology sectors as robotics usage in manufacturing soars, says Merrill Lynch in a 300-page study that notes Japanese and U.S. companies such as Alphabet and Apple (AAPL) are leading the charge into AI. Apple recently acquired two AI startups, Perceptio and VocalIQ. Among U.S. companies, Alphabet (GOOGL) and IBM (IBM) have high exposure to AI, says the Bank of America report. In robotics, BofA’s stock