Deals Making Up an Epic AI Boom Listed
Nvidia, OpenAI, Meta and Oracle are the bright stars anchoring constellations of multi-billion-dollar deals driving US tech growth.
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OpenAI Pursues Custom Chips with Broadcom Deal
As Nvidia struggles to meet demand for AI GPUs OpenAI joins other tech giants in seeking to create chips tailored to its AI models.
TSMC Q3 Profits Soar on AI Boom
Asia's most valuable company is projected to announce a whopping 28% jump in profits as it struggles to keep up with the demand to fabricate ...
Google Plans $15 Billion India AI Data Center
A 1-gigawatt data center campus will be built in Visakhapatnam in India's Andhra Pradesh province as Google seeks to become a leading global AI services ...
AI Boom Masks Consumer Weakness
A surge of new business investment is offsetting weakening consumer demand and trade but won't prevent slow job growth and rising unemployment.
China Exports, Imports Surged to Record in September
Exports jumped 8.3% as Chinese manufacturers found alternative markets to offset impact of US tariffs.
China Car Sales Soared in September
With surging EVs making up well over half of all auto sales, Chinese domestic auto sales enjoyed its biggest month of the year.
Rupee to Get Central Bank Help Amid Rising US-China Tensions
The recent trade tiff between the world's two biggest economies could send the Indian currency to a new all-time low unless the central bank steps ...
Major Chinese Humanoid Robot Firm Plans Hong Kong IPO
AgiBot seeks a valuation of over $5 billion with investments from LG Electronics and BYD for robots that can fold clothes, make coffee and clean ...
Space Startups Snag Record $3.5 Billion in Q3 Investments
Investors see opportunities to tap an expected boom in space-based hardware and services that startups seek to tap.
Qualcomm Faces China Antitrust Probe on Autotalks Acquisition
Buying the maker of Israeli chips that prevents car crashes could weaken Qualcomm's position in China's massive smartphone market.
Online Retailers Forced to Remove Millions of Chinese Electronics
An FCC crackdown on items like security cameras and phones from Huawei and ZTE forces online retailers to remove listings for millions of items.
Ferrari Teases 193 MPH EV Beast
The Electrica, Ferrari's first EV set for 2026 release, is teased with a look under the hood of a drivetrain with a 333-mile range.
Golden Week Spending Dip Alarms China Planners
Spending by Chinese during one of the year's two biggest holiday periods has fallen to a three-year low, confirming a fall in consumer confidence.
China Adds Controls on Rare Earths, Magnet Technology
The new restrictions may have been precipitated by current US efforts to further tighten export controls on chipmaking equipment sales to China.
Microsoft Strikes Deal with Harvard for Medical Advice
In a continuing effort to cut its dependence on OpenAI Microsoft adds Harvard Medical School as a provider of medical advice for is Copilot app.
OpenAI, Anthropic Eye Investor Funds to Settle Copyright Suits
Massive publisher content used to train AI models has opened the possibility of tens of billions of dollars of liability for copyright infringement.
Cisco Systems Unveils Router Chips to Link AI Data Centers
Data centers located at great distances to take advantage of available power sources must be linked to tackle intensive AI training as a single computing ...
10 Airtaxies Leading the Commercialization Race
Quiet, clean and financially viable flying cars are already flying passengers in cities around the world.
Toyota, Sumitomo Metal Develop New Cathode Material
The development will advance the quest for solid-state EV batteries that are durable, safe and charge faster.
Cheap Model Y Faces Intense Price Competition in Europe
The new affordable Tesla Model Y faces little competition in the US but dozens of competitors in Europe.
Nintendo Cards, Consoles, and Castles
In 130 years Nintendo evolved from making playing cards in Kyoto to building a gaming empire for the entire world.
China Evaded Restrictions to Buy $38 Billion in Advanced Chipmaking Gear
Regulations introduced in 2022 to block China's access to state-of-the-art chipmaking gear failed to prevent China's 2024 purchases from making up 39% of aggregate sales ...
Vinfast Electric Motorbikes Threaten Honda Stronghold
The Vietnamese government's push toward EVs boosts Vinfast's EV vehicles at the expense of Honda's market dominance.
Vietnam Stocks Surge on Market Upgrade
FTSE Russell's upgrade of Vietnam to emerging market status drives a surge in shares of locally listed firms.
Chinese Ships to Face $3.2 Billion in US Port Fees
The US is threatening to impose port fees on Chinese built ships expected to total $3.2 billion in 2026 for the top 10 carriers.
Layoffs Muted Despite Stalled Hiring
The number of jobless claims went up modestly in the final week of September but hiring appears to remain stalled on uncertainty over Trump's tariffs ...
Tesla Teases Cheaper Model to Break Sales Slump
The end of the $7,500 tax credit last month that drove a sales bump is expected to put long-term downward pressure on Tesla EV prices.
Top AI Infrastructure Deals Worth Over $1 Trillion
Nvidia remains at the center of multi-billion-dollar deals signed by tech titan to build the AI infrastructure of tomorrow.
Anthropic Hogged Q3 AI Venture Funding
The $13 billion in new venture funding received during 2025 Q3 gave Anthropic the lion's share of the 46% of total global venture funding that ...
10 Most Important AI-Powered New Materials Discoveries
AI is accelerating the pace of new materials discoveries by orders of magnitude over previous decades, leading to a brave and green new world of ...
Vietnam Led Asia Growth in Q3
Vietnam remained Asia's fastest-growing economy despite headwinds from 20% US tariffs that kicked in mid-quarter.
Bezos Touts Advantages of Space-Based Data Centers
Unlimited solar energy and the lack of weather conditions make data centers in space an inevitability according to Amazon Executive Chairman Jeff Bezos.
Battlefield Systems by Palantir, Anduril Panned by Army
Military communications systems provided by Trump allies contain major security flaws, according to an internal Army memo.
Uniqlo Mastered the Art of Simple
Tadashi Yanai didn’t need to follow trends or plaster a logo on shirts to grow Uniqlo into one of the world’s biggest clothing retailers.
$55 Billion EA Buyout Shows IP Crossover Value
The leveraging of video games into movies and streaming content adds a crucial new dimension to the valuation of gaming assets.
Applied Materials to Lose $600 Million to New Chip Export Curbs
A recent expansion of restrictions on high-end chip exports is projected to cost the firm $600 million in 2026 revenues.
Rivian Cuts Deliveries Forecast on End of EV Tax Credits
Despite a big jump in EV deliveries last quarter, Rivian adjusts down forecasts on pessimism on loss of $7,500 credits by mid-income households for leased ...
Tae Oh's Spacecoin Seeks to Challenge Starlink
The satellite data communications startup succeeded in sending blockchain financial data around the world using a system designed for decentralized control.
Stargate Deepens Samsung-OpenAI Partnership
Samsung and SK Hynix will meet the high demand for memory chips from OpenAI's Stargate data centers in the US and in South Korea.
Taiwan Refutes US Claim of 50/50 Chipmaking Deal
Despite a $165 billion TSMC is investing in US chip factories, most chip production will remain in Taiwan.
H-1B Visa Fee Pushes US Firms to Shift Work to India
Global capability centers (GCC) in India may become the main beneficiary of Trump's push to make H-1B visas prohibitively expensive.
Global Currency Trade Hits $10 Trillion per Day
Amid rising volatility the yuan's share of FX trade has risen at the expense of the euro and the British sterling.
YouTube Wrangles for Streaming Dominance
Negotiations over shows like Sunday Night Football, America's Got Talent and Love Island illustrates YouTube's focus on streaming market share as key to media dominance.
China Carmakers Invest More Abroad Than at Home
Fierce domestic competition and tariffs are pushing China's carmakers to look abroad for growth opportunities.
Booming S. Korean Used-Car Exports Cushion Tariff Impact
Surging demand from Russia, Central Asia and the Middle East has made used cars the fastest growing S. Korean export sector along with cosmetics.
S. Korea September Exports Surge
Strong chip demand more than made up for Trump tariffs as S. Korea enjoys the biggest export growth since August 2024.
Low-Carbon Aluminum Helps Mercedes Cut Emissions
The new electric CLA uses aluminum that produces one-fifth the carbon emissions of conventional aluminum.
China Factory Output Shrinks in September
Slumping domestic demand and US tariffs result in a sixth straight month of decline in manufacturing output.
DeepSeek Unveils AI Model with Big Efficiency Jump
DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp is seen as an intermediate step toward next-generation AI architecture and greatly reduces training and computing costs.
Deals Making Up an Epic AI Boom Listed
Nvidia, OpenAI, Meta and Oracle are the bright stars anchoring constellations of multi-billion-dollar deals driving US tech growth.
OpenAI Pursues Custom Chips with Broadcom Deal
As Nvidia struggles to meet demand for AI GPUs OpenAI joins other tech giants in seeking to create chips tailored to its AI models.
TSMC Q3 Profits Soar on AI Boom
Asia's most valuable company is projected to announce a whopping 28% jump in profits as it struggles to keep up with the demand to fabricate ...
Google Plans $15 Billion India AI Data Center
A 1-gigawatt data center campus will be built in Visakhapatnam in India's Andhra Pradesh province as Google seeks to become a leading global AI services ...
AI Boom Masks Consumer Weakness
A surge of new business investment is offsetting weakening consumer demand and trade but won't prevent slow job growth and rising unemployment.
China Exports, Imports Surged to Record in September
Exports jumped 8.3% as Chinese manufacturers found alternative markets to offset impact of US tariffs.
China Car Sales Soared in September
With surging EVs making up well over half of all auto sales, Chinese domestic auto sales enjoyed its biggest month of the year.
Rupee to Get Central Bank Help Amid Rising US-China Tensions
The recent trade tiff between the world's two biggest economies could send the Indian currency to a new all-time low unless the central bank steps ...
Major Chinese Humanoid Robot Firm Plans Hong Kong IPO
AgiBot seeks a valuation of over $5 billion with investments from LG Electronics and BYD for robots that can fold clothes, make coffee and clean ...
Space Startups Snag Record $3.5 Billion in Q3 Investments
Investors see opportunities to tap an expected boom in space-based hardware and services that startups seek to tap.
Qualcomm Faces China Antitrust Probe on Autotalks Acquisition
Buying the maker of Israeli chips that prevents car crashes could weaken Qualcomm's position in China's massive smartphone market.
Online Retailers Forced to Remove Millions of Chinese Electronics
An FCC crackdown on items like security cameras and phones from Huawei and ZTE forces online retailers to remove listings for millions of items.
Ferrari Teases 193 MPH EV Beast
The Electrica, Ferrari's first EV set for 2026 release, is teased with a look under the hood of a drivetrain with a 333-mile range.
Golden Week Spending Dip Alarms China Planners
Spending by Chinese during one of the year's two biggest holiday periods has fallen to a three-year low, confirming a fall in consumer confidence.
China Adds Controls on Rare Earths, Magnet Technology
The new restrictions may have been precipitated by current US efforts to further tighten export controls on chipmaking equipment sales to China.
Microsoft Strikes Deal with Harvard for Medical Advice
In a continuing effort to cut its dependence on OpenAI Microsoft adds Harvard Medical School as a provider of medical advice for is Copilot app.
OpenAI, Anthropic Eye Investor Funds to Settle Copyright Suits
Massive publisher content used to train AI models has opened the possibility of tens of billions of dollars of liability for copyright infringement.
Cisco Systems Unveils Router Chips to Link AI Data Centers
Data centers located at great distances to take advantage of available power sources must be linked to tackle intensive AI training as a single computing ...
10 Airtaxies Leading the Commercialization Race
Quiet, clean and financially viable flying cars are already flying passengers in cities around the world.
Toyota, Sumitomo Metal Develop New Cathode Material
The development will advance the quest for solid-state EV batteries that are durable, safe and charge faster.
Cheap Model Y Faces Intense Price Competition in Europe
The new affordable Tesla Model Y faces little competition in the US but dozens of competitors in Europe.
Nintendo Cards, Consoles, and Castles
In 130 years Nintendo evolved from making playing cards in Kyoto to building a gaming empire for the entire world.
China Evaded Restrictions to Buy $38 Billion in Advanced Chipmaking Gear
Regulations introduced in 2022 to block China's access to state-of-the-art chipmaking gear failed to prevent China's 2024 purchases from making up 39% of aggregate sales ...
Vinfast Electric Motorbikes Threaten Honda Stronghold
The Vietnamese government's push toward EVs boosts Vinfast's EV vehicles at the expense of Honda's market dominance.
Vietnam Stocks Surge on Market Upgrade
FTSE Russell's upgrade of Vietnam to emerging market status drives a surge in shares of locally listed firms.
Chinese Ships to Face $3.2 Billion in US Port Fees
The US is threatening to impose port fees on Chinese built ships expected to total $3.2 billion in 2026 for the top 10 carriers.
Layoffs Muted Despite Stalled Hiring
The number of jobless claims went up modestly in the final week of September but hiring appears to remain stalled on uncertainty over Trump's tariffs ...
Tesla Teases Cheaper Model to Break Sales Slump
The end of the $7,500 tax credit last month that drove a sales bump is expected to put long-term downward pressure on Tesla EV prices.
Top AI Infrastructure Deals Worth Over $1 Trillion
Nvidia remains at the center of multi-billion-dollar deals signed by tech titan to build the AI infrastructure of tomorrow.
Anthropic Hogged Q3 AI Venture Funding
The $13 billion in new venture funding received during 2025 Q3 gave Anthropic the lion's share of the 46% of total global venture funding that ...
10 Most Important AI-Powered New Materials Discoveries
AI is accelerating the pace of new materials discoveries by orders of magnitude over previous decades, leading to a brave and green new world of ...
Vietnam Led Asia Growth in Q3
Vietnam remained Asia's fastest-growing economy despite headwinds from 20% US tariffs that kicked in mid-quarter.
Bezos Touts Advantages of Space-Based Data Centers
Unlimited solar energy and the lack of weather conditions make data centers in space an inevitability according to Amazon Executive Chairman Jeff Bezos.
Battlefield Systems by Palantir, Anduril Panned by Army
Military communications systems provided by Trump allies contain major security flaws, according to an internal Army memo.
Uniqlo Mastered the Art of Simple
Tadashi Yanai didn’t need to follow trends or plaster a logo on shirts to grow Uniqlo into one of the world’s biggest clothing retailers.
$55 Billion EA Buyout Shows IP Crossover Value
The leveraging of video games into movies and streaming content adds a crucial new dimension to the valuation of gaming assets.
Applied Materials to Lose $600 Million to New Chip Export Curbs
A recent expansion of restrictions on high-end chip exports is projected to cost the firm $600 million in 2026 revenues.
Rivian Cuts Deliveries Forecast on End of EV Tax Credits
Despite a big jump in EV deliveries last quarter, Rivian adjusts down forecasts on pessimism on loss of $7,500 credits by mid-income households for leased ...
Tae Oh's Spacecoin Seeks to Challenge Starlink
The satellite data communications startup succeeded in sending blockchain financial data around the world using a system designed for decentralized control.
Stargate Deepens Samsung-OpenAI Partnership
Samsung and SK Hynix will meet the high demand for memory chips from OpenAI's Stargate data centers in the US and in South Korea.
Taiwan Refutes US Claim of 50/50 Chipmaking Deal
Despite a $165 billion TSMC is investing in US chip factories, most chip production will remain in Taiwan.
H-1B Visa Fee Pushes US Firms to Shift Work to India
Global capability centers (GCC) in India may become the main beneficiary of Trump's push to make H-1B visas prohibitively expensive.
Global Currency Trade Hits $10 Trillion per Day
Amid rising volatility the yuan's share of FX trade has risen at the expense of the euro and the British sterling.
YouTube Wrangles for Streaming Dominance
Negotiations over shows like Sunday Night Football, America's Got Talent and Love Island illustrates YouTube's focus on streaming market share as key to media dominance.
China Carmakers Invest More Abroad Than at Home
Fierce domestic competition and tariffs are pushing China's carmakers to look abroad for growth opportunities.
Booming S. Korean Used-Car Exports Cushion Tariff Impact
Surging demand from Russia, Central Asia and the Middle East has made used cars the fastest growing S. Korean export sector along with cosmetics.
S. Korea September Exports Surge
Strong chip demand more than made up for Trump tariffs as S. Korea enjoys the biggest export growth since August 2024.
Low-Carbon Aluminum Helps Mercedes Cut Emissions
The new electric CLA uses aluminum that produces one-fifth the carbon emissions of conventional aluminum.
China Factory Output Shrinks in September
Slumping domestic demand and US tariffs result in a sixth straight month of decline in manufacturing output.
DeepSeek Unveils AI Model with Big Efficiency Jump
DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp is seen as an intermediate step toward next-generation AI architecture and greatly reduces training and computing costs.
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