Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has touted the President Donald Trump administration’s end to “woke” university policies in the U.S.
Venture capitalist Chamath Palihapitiya issued a stark warning to Silicon Valley this week: the growing "Stop AI" movement, championed by figures like Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), is not spreading because it is radical, but because it sounds rational to an increasingly squeezed American public.
The U.S. drone industry got a major boost this week as the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) officially grounded the competition from China.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass) took X and said they are investigating whether tech giants Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) and Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META) are indirectly making U.S. households pay for their AI data centers.
A federal judge blocked Texas from enforcing a sweeping child safety law aimed at app stores, delivering a significant legal win to Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), Alphabet Inc.’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google, and the broader tech industry.
China
U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration signalled a tough stance on Chinese semiconductors while delaying actual tariffs until 2027.
Authorities in China have unveiled a new energy-consuming standard for EVs in a first-of-its-kind regulation in the world.
China called for cooperation and fair treatment, as ByteDance moved to transfer control of TikTok’s U.S. operations to an Oracle Corp (NYSE:ORCL)-led investor group in an effort to avert a potential ban.
Media, Software & Semiconductor
Tencent Holdings (OTC:TCEHY) has reportedly gained access to Nvidia Corp.’s (NASDAQ:NVDA) most powerful Blackwell AI chips by renting computing capacity at overseas data centers, highlighting how Chinese tech giants are navigating U.S. export restrictions.
Groq announced a non-exclusive licensing agreement with Nvidia for its inference technology on Wednesday, aiming to boost high-performance AI inference worldwide.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.
