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The Chief Financial Officer of SanDisk stated that it is expected to obtain a total contract amount of $93.9 billion from 8 customers during the contract period, with a Non-GAAP gross margin of approximately 80% for the fiscal years 2028 to 2030, and a Non-GAAP operating profit margin expected to reach about 75%. It is anticipated that the adjusted free cash flow profit margin will remain at 50% for the fiscal years 2028 to 2030. The company stated that in the future, after fulfilling strategic investment and business development needs, it will return 100% of excess cash to shareholders.SanDisk expects that as the storage industry cycle improves and the demand for high-performance computing (HPC) and artificial intelligence infrastructure grows, the company's profitability will further enhance, and shareholder value will be increased through high-margin businesses and capital return strategies. This capital allocation plan shows that SanDisk will prioritize business expansion and strategic investments in the future while returning remaining cash to investors through stock buybacks, dividends, and other means.

Bitget has launched the US stock bottom-fishing interest-earning product FCN (Fixed Coupon Note), allowing users to use USDT to subscribe to structured products linked to US stock rToken and set target purchase prices. According to the product rules, if the observation price at maturity is greater than or equal to the exercise price, users will receive the USDT principal and the agreed USDT interest; if the observation price at maturity is lower than the exercise price, the USDT principal will be converted into the corresponding number of US stock rToken at the exercise price, while also receiving the agreed USDT interest.At the same time, the platform has launched a first-time rebate activity. Users who successfully subscribe to FCN for the first time with a single amount of no less than 1,000 USDT can receive up to 20 USDT; if the cumulative subscription amount reaches the specified threshold, an individual can receive a maximum cashback reward of 10,000 USDT. For more details, please refer to the official Bitget platform.

Lenovo Group released its Q1 financial report for the fiscal year 2026/27, with revenue of $26.9 billion, a year-on-year increase of 43%, setting a new record for a single quarter; gross margin at 16.5%, up 1.8 percentage points year-on-year; loss attributable to equity holders of $609 million, primarily due to a non-cash fair value loss from the revaluation of $1.7 billion in warrants. Adjusted profit attributable to equity holders was $1.075 billion, a year-on-year increase of 176%, surpassing the $1 billion mark for the first time; adjusted diluted earnings per share were 7.39 cents, a year-on-year increase of 176%.All three business groups achieved record revenue in the first fiscal quarter. The Intelligent Devices Group reported revenue of $17.1 billion, a year-on-year increase of 27%, with a global PC market share of 24.2% and an AI PC market share of 25.1%; smartphone revenue also reached a record high in the first fiscal quarter. The Infrastructure Solutions Group reported revenue of $8.5 billion, a year-on-year increase of 98%, with an operating profit margin rising to 9.1%, and AI server order backlog reaching $54 billion, a quarter-on-quarter increase of 157%. The Solutions and Services Group reported revenue of $2.9 billion, a year-on-year increase of 28%, with an operating profit margin of 24.2%.AI-related revenue grew by 60% year-on-year, accounting for 35% of total revenue. As the official technology partner of the FIFA World Cup, the group deployed AI technology and over 25,000 devices for all 104 matches. Regionally, revenue in the Americas grew by 58% year-on-year, the Central and Eastern European market grew by 53%, and China grew by 25%. The group ranked in the top five in Gartner's global supply chain rankings and rose to 153rd place in the Fortune Global 500 rankings.

Lenovo Group surged over 12% in the afternoon, as the company announced its performance at noon. In the first fiscal quarter, adjusted profit attributable to equity holders increased by 176% year-on-year, and revenue from AI-related businesses grew by 60% year-on-year, reaching 63.4 billion yuan, setting a new historical high.

Super Micro Computer's stock rose about 10.4% in pre-market trading, after the company released a revenue outlook for fiscal year 2027 that exceeded market expectations.

According to Ed Zitron's citation of Microsoft's latest financial report and Bloomberg analysis, OpenAI contributed $24.1 billion in revenue to Microsoft for the fiscal year ending June 2026, accounting for more than 70% of Microsoft's AI business revenue for that fiscal year, and approximately 7.26% of Microsoft's total revenue of $331.8 billion for FY26. Bloomberg estimates OpenAI's contribution to be around 70%, based on Microsoft's previously disclosed 123% annual growth rate in AI business and an annualized AI revenue scale of about $34 billion.The report points out that Microsoft has accumulated approximately $261.3 billion in capital expenditures since early 2022, with analysts believing that a significant portion of this expenditure serves a single client, OpenAI. Ed Zitron commented that Microsoft "has invested in AI for nearly four years, and aside from a company that requires infinite resources to maintain its computing bill, there is almost nothing to show for it." Previously, in a report on August 4, Ed Zitron cited analysts estimating that OpenAI and Anthropic together account for more than 70% of the AI revenue of the three major cloud providers: Microsoft, Google, and Amazon. Microsoft also disclosed in its financial report that as of June 30, accounts receivable from OpenAI amounted to $6 billion.

According to Jinshi reports, SoftBank expects artificial intelligence and cloud business to achieve a 30% annual growth before the fiscal year 2027.

According to Ai Yi's monitoring, the address 0xb37 deposited 1.448 million USDC to Hyperliquid this morning as collateral, and then placed a total buy order of 10 million USD for SKHX in the range of 991.22 to 1016.6 USD.If the price of Hynix continues to drop, the related buy orders may be executed.

According to Livecoins, Brazilian police discovered a hidden illegal Bitcoin mining operation at a recycling station during a routine inspection targeting the theft and sale of scrap metal. Approximately 15 ASIC miners and 3 servers were seized on-site, with the total value of the equipment estimated to exceed 200,000 reais (about 39,400 USD).Bitcoin mining is not illegal in Brazil itself, but these devices were illegally tapping into electricity, with local power company Cemig estimating a monthly loss of about 60,000 reais (about 11,800 USD). A 37-year-old employee of the recycling station was unable to explain the source of the equipment and did not provide an invoice, leading to his arrest on charges of theft and trafficking. The police have also filed cases against a 31-year-old man and woman responsible for the business.The police stated that they are currently investigating the flow of the mined cryptocurrency.

According to Jinshi reports, Apple CEO Tim Cook stated that spending on memory in the third fiscal quarter was "significantly higher" than in the second fiscal quarter.

According to Jinshi reports, Apple's Chief Financial Officer expects the year-on-year growth rate of iPhone revenue in the fourth fiscal quarter to reach around 15%.

According to Jinshi reports, Apple's service revenue in Q3 of fiscal year 2026 was $30.74 billion, lower than the market expectation of $31.22 billion.

According to Jinshi reports, Apple Inc. (AAPL.O) had a gross margin of 50.1% in the third quarter of fiscal year 2026, higher than the market expectation of 47.92%.

According to Jinshi reports, Apple Inc. (AAPL.O) had a revenue of $109.42 billion in Q3 of fiscal year 2026, an increase from $94.036 billion in the same period last year, exceeding market expectations of $108.578 billion.

According to Jinshi, the Japanese government on Thursday lowered its economic growth forecast for the current fiscal year due to rising oil prices caused by tensions in the Middle East, which are squeezing household spending and corporate profits. The inflation-adjusted GDP growth rate is expected to be 0.9% for the fiscal year ending March 2027, down from the 1.3% forecast in January. However, the economic growth rate for the next fiscal year is expected to accelerate to 1.1%.

Microsoft released its Q4 fiscal year 2026 financial report, with revenue of $90 billion, a year-on-year increase of 18%, exceeding market expectations of $87.7 billion; adjusted earnings per share of $4.74, a year-on-year increase of 23%, which is 11.5% higher than expected; operating profit of $40.6 billion, a year-on-year increase of 18%. Intelligent cloud revenue was $39.3 billion, a year-on-year increase of 32%, with Azure and other cloud services revenue growing by 43%, significantly higher than the market expectation of 39.6%. Total revenue from Microsoft Cloud was $59.3 billion, a year-on-year increase of 27%. CEO Satya Nadella disclosed that Azure's annual revenue has surpassed $100 billion for the first time, and paid users of Microsoft 365 Copilot exceeded 30 million.In terms of capital expenditure, the fourth quarter's property and equipment acquisition expenditure was $35.8 billion, a year-on-year increase of approximately 110%; total capital expenditure including finance leases was $41 billion, a year-on-year increase of 70%, but lower than the market expectation of $42.5 billion. The remaining performance obligations (RPO) for cloud business surged 84% year-on-year to $678 billion, about twice the annual revenue. Microsoft disclosed in a regulatory filing that new unexecuted data center lease commitments in the fourth quarter exceeded $130 billion, with the total unexecuted lease commitments increasing by 67.4% quarter-on-quarter to $329.1 billion. Annual revenue was $331.8 billion, a year-on-year increase of 18%; net profit was $133.7 billion, a year-on-year increase of 31% (GAAP).

According to Jinshi reports, Microsoft recorded a $3.2 billion gain in the fourth fiscal quarter due to its investment in Anthropic, combined with expenses related to the voluntary departure plan being lower than expected, resulting in a positive impact of 27 cents on earnings per share (EPS).

According to Jinshi reports, Microsoft's fourth fiscal quarter revenue growth for AZURE and other cloud services, excluding the impact of exchange rates, increased by 43%, exceeding market expectations.

According to TechCrunch, Fish Audio announced on Tuesday that it has completed a $50 million seed round of financing. This round was led by Coreline Ventures and Capital Today, with participation from institutions such as 359 Capital, Parable, Play Time, Alphalist Partners, Bayhouse Ventures, Carya Venture Partners, and HF0.Fish Audio was initially a small project initiated by former NVIDIA researcher Shijia Liao. Dissatisfied with the lack of expressive synthetic voice technology on the market, he trained a voice generation model using a single GPU and made it open source. Today, the Fish Speech project repository on GitHub has received over 31,000 stars and is widely used by independent developers, game designers, and content creators.In the past year, Fish Audio has launched five models, including four voice generation models and one speech-to-text model. The company has open-sourced three of the voice generation models, but the latest S2.1 Pro model is currently only available through a paid API. Since its launch last year, the startup's open-source and hosted version models have attracted over 8 million users, with current annual recurring revenue (ARR) reaching $21 million.

According to the monitoring by the head of Galaxy Research, these token transfers consist of tokens confiscated from Ryan Farace ("xanaxman") and the closed cryptocurrency exchange BTC-e.