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Apple shares opened down 8%, Microsoft 5%, Nvidia 14%, Google parent Alphabet 6%, Amazon 8%, Facebook parent Meta 7% and Tesla 11%.

Large technology stocks flails as lower interest rates appear on deck and investors view a Trump presidency as increasingly likely.

Apple can generate a whopping $485 billion in iPhone revenues over the next two years as users upgrade to AI-enabled devices, according to Morgan Stanley analyst projections.

Current and former employees listed pregnancy and family responsibilities as several reasons why married women are not hired at the plant, according to the report. Foxconn denies any discrimination.

Analysts expect Microsoft and Nvidia to become more profitable than Apple before the end of the 2020s.

Apple joined the great AI arms race this week after months of lagging behind big tech rivals like Google, Microsoft and Meta, unveiling a series of products juiced with artificial intelligence that it has pitched as a more secure, privacy-focused alternative to how its competitors process requests in the cloud.

Hours after Apple announced “Apple Intelligence” — its new generative artificial intelligence initiatives — billionaire Elon Musk blasted the announcement in a series of tweets. If Apple “integrates OpenAI at the OS level,” all Apple devices will be banned at his companies, Musk says.

Apple’s largest announcement revolved around artificial intelligence enhancements that will soon be added to iPhones, Macs and its digital assistant, Siri.

If you believe Nvidia’s CEO that we’re amidst a “new industrial revolution,” then an investment in Nvidia is akin to an investment in the steam engine in the 1700s.

A widespread outage of Apple’s instant messaging service was reported Friday morning, with thousands of users reporting problems on Downdetector, though Apple reported shortly after 7 p.m. that the issue had been “resolved.”