Backlash as president demands States stop policing Big Tech

Trump has kicked a hornet’s nest with a push to stop US states from tightening the screws on artificial intelligence companies.

Arizona Fab’s profits fall off a cliff

TSMC’s big Arizona adventure was supposed to be a landmark moment for the US chip industry, although it now looks more like an expensive lesson in why fabs prefer cheaper postcodes.

Jakarta’s server farm shows how China still reaches banned silicon.

A Jakarta data centre squeezed between a school and posh flats has become the latest reminder that US export controls leak badly.

US blocks AI exports once again

Nvidia's hopes of sliding back into China’s lucrative AI market have been crushed, as President Trump confirmed that the company’s new Blackwell chips will not be cleared for export.

Nadella snubs tech bros contract grovelling

While the rest of the US tech industry has tripped over itself trying to please President Donald Trump, Microsoft has refused to play along and Computerworld thinks that is soon going to come with a hefty price tag.

Outfit still on a tightrope

Shares in Troubled Chipzilla surged after the struggling semiconductor outfit posted better than expected revenue, signalling tentative progress in its long and painful turnaround.

Sets sights on AI

In a bold and visionary step toward national strength and technological sovereignty, the Glorious Republican Party under Chairman Trump has begun formal discussions to bring the miracle of quantum computing under the guidance and ownership of the State.

Cook promises more cash for Beijing while pretending to love American manufacturing

Apple's CEO Tim Cook has once again pledged to pump more money into China, promising Beijing’s industry minister Li Lecheng that Job’s Mob will keep investing in the Middle Kingdom.

Rare earth clampdown could pull the plug on America’s AI supply chain

The cocaine nose jobs of Wall Street are twitching nervously as China’s new rare earth export restrictions threaten to upend the global chip industry and potentially block firms like TSMC from selling semiconductors to American companies.

China ramps up tech retaliation ahead of Trump–Xi meeting

Beijing is turning the screws on Washington’s chipmakers, launching a fresh antitrust probe into Qualcomm just as rare-earth export restrictions and trade jabs pile up ahead of a planned meeting between President Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping.