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WSJ Tech News Briefing

TNB Tech Minute: Nvidia Hits $5 Trillion in Market Value

WSJ Tech News Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

Tech News, News

4.31.7K Ratings

🗓️ 29 October 2025

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Plus: Verizon’s profit and revenue rise in the third quarter, but postpaid phone losses continue. And Paramount will cut roughly 2,000 workers across the company. Zoe Kuhlkin hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Here's your morning TNB Tech Minute for Wednesday, October 29th. I'm Zoe Colkin for the Wall Street Journal.

0:38.9

Nvidia has officially become the first company to hit $5 trillion in market value. This is the

0:44.9

latest milestone in an unprecedented surge that reflects the growing influence of AI on markets

0:50.1

and the economy. The stock's been boosted by excitement from AI's potential in the recent flurry of

0:55.4

deals in partnerships with some of the biggest companies in AI and corporate America, from OpenAI

1:00.7

and Oracle to Nokia and Eli Lilly. NVIDIA's value also exceeds entire sectors of the S&P 500,

1:07.8

including utilities, industrials, and consumer staples.

1:12.3

Verizon says consumer revenue climbed just under 3% during the third quarter, but the company

1:17.5

lost lucrative post-paid phone customers in its consumer business.

1:20.9

The telecom giant notched 7,000 wireless retail post-paid phone net losses, and business

1:26.7

revenue felled 2.8% despite 51,000

1:29.9

postpaid phone net additions. Its largest business, wireless service revenue rose just over 2%

1:35.9

year over year to $21 billion. Shares were up about 1% in early trading. Verizon has been

1:41.9

lagging behind its rivals as of late, but said it remains

1:44.7

confident in its full year guidance. And Paramount will lay off roughly 2,000 workers across

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