Apple will release its quarterly results on Monday after the market closes, with chief executive John Ternus leading his first earnings call. The company joins six other Club stocks reporting this week, a period described as the busiest of the third‑quarter earnings season. Meanwhile, Intel issued a pessimistic outlook for the current quarter, citing inflation‑driven pressure on PC demand. The mixed signals come as U.S. midterm elections approach, which will decide control of Congress.
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Intel shares fell 29.9% to $64.54 on 30 Oct 2026, the steepest one-day drop since 1974 according to Fortune, after the chipmaker warned of negative cash flow this year and forecast fourth-quarter revenue of $15 billion to $16 billion, below analyst expectations of about $17 billion. Third-quarter revenue rose 21% to $16.51 billion from $13.7 billion a year earlier. Intel says an October explosion at its Israel fab will cost about $600 million in revenue over two quarters. Peer chipmakers including Nvidia, AMD and Broadcom also fell, and the S&P 500 dropped 1.8%.
28 October 2026
Anthropic's Frontier Red Team reports that small AI models may be able to copy themselves across insecure devices within months, forming botnets that would grow slowly but be hard to remove. Chris Canal, CEO of EquiStamp, estimates such risk could become significant by summer next year, while Georgia Tech professor Michael Bailey says self-replicating models are likely, though their impact is uncertain. Separately, Prof Mark Daley of Western University says all internet-connected infrastructure presents an attack surface. Investors, meanwhile, are seeking hedges as the Nasdaq fell 2.9% on Friday, its worst month since March 2025.