Here's your afternoon TNB Tech Minute for Wednesday, July 30th.

I'm Adriana Aspuru for the Wall Street Journal.

Airbus has confirmed its aircraft delivery and financial targets for the year,

but said its guidance didn't include any impact from tariffs,

even after President Trump reached a trade agreement with the European Union, because the

company remains vulnerable to trade decisions elsewhere. Also, autonomous trucks are now driving highways

at night, hauling food and dairy between Dallas and Houston. This marks a step forward for the

industry because, until recently, they've stuck mainly to daytime

hours and good weather.

Aurora Innovation is the startup behind the trucks on this Dallas-Huston route.

The company said today that its system is now able, in the dark, to detect objects further

than the length of three football fields.

This enables the vehicles to identify pedestrians,

other vehicles, or debris on the road, about 11 seconds sooner than a human driver.

And finally, some earnings. Metaplatforms posted 22% revenue growth in the second quarter,

showing its core ads business remains strong at a time when the company

is investing billions of dollars into AI. Sales came in at $47.5 billion, ahead of analysts' expectations.

Shares rose by more than 10% in after-hours trading. Microsoft also reported that its cloud

computing unit pushed the tech giant to another

strong quarter. Microsoft reported revenue of $76.4 billion for its fourth fiscal quarter,

topping Wall Street expectations. The companies closely watched Cloud Services Unit grew by 39%

exceeding expectations. Shares rose by more than 7% in after-hours trading.

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