01:24 PM EDT, 07/17/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Tech stocks were mixed Friday afternoon, with the State Street Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLK) decreasing 0.1% and the State Street SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF (XSD) rising 0.2%.

The Philadelphia Semiconductor index was fractionally higher.

In corporate news, Meta Platforms ( META ) is in talks to rent out computing power from its data centers to Anthropic in a deal that could be worth up to $10 billion over two years, The New York Times reported. Separately, Meta has hired Dave Brown, a senior executive at Amazon (AMZN) Web Services, to help with its data center expansion and computing infrastructure ambitions, the Wall Street Journal reported. Meta shares were down 2%.

Apple ( AAPL ) is in early discussions with the US Justice Department regarding the settlement of a 2024 lawsuit alleging the tech giant violated antitrust laws, Bloomberg reported. Separately, Apple ( AAPL ) has sent personal legal warnings to dozens of former employees now working at Microsoft-backed (MSFT) OpenAI to find proof that the AI company stole its trade secrets, the Financial Times reported. Apple ( AAPL ) shares were shedding 1%.

ASML ( ASML ) will give its workers globally a one-time 20,000 euro ($22,862) bonus, as AI demand boosts sales, Bloomberg reported, citing an emailed statement. The company plans to give employees a share award on Jan. 1 that begins vesting at the start of 2030 for workers who stay with the company for the entire period, the report said, citing the statement. ASML ( ASML ) shares were fractionally higher.

Alibaba ( BABA )-backed (BABA) Moonshot said Thursday that it is launching Kimi K3, a 2.8 trillion-parameter open-source AI model with a 1 million-token context window, describing it as the world's first open 3T-class model. Alibaba ( BABA ) shares were declining 1.6%.