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.

We are not surrendering more than half of output

Taiwan’s top trade negotiator says Washington is not about to walk away with 55 per cent of the island’s chip production.

China reminds Trump it can still make life awkward for US tech

Nvidia finds itself in the firing line as Beijing signals it can squeeze US tech while negotiating a TikTok deal.

Model O Eternal lands everywhere except home turf

Texas-based Glorious has flung its latest gaming mouse across the globe but left its own backyard out in the cold.

Export restrictions are helping not hindering the Chinese

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang slammed the export controls on his outfit saying that they were counterproductive and helping the Chinese fight off US compeition. 

Munich centre adds European edge to Taiwan’s global chip dominance

TSMC has given Brussels something to gloat about by announcing a new chip design centre in Munich.

iPhones made outside US could get slapped with a massive tax

President Donald Trump is kicking off another round of his trade war antics, and this time the Fruity Cargo Cult Apple is in the firing line. On 23 May 2025, Trump warned Apple boss Tim Cook that unless iPhones are made in the US, they’ll be hit with a 25 per cent tariff.

But warns of trouble ahead

Foxconn has reported 91 per cent surge in profit this quarter but warned that it is cutting its full-year outlook over US tariff games.

Even before the scalpers get their paws on them

Nvidia is jacking up prices across almost its entire product line to keep its profits fat while tariffs and soaring manufacturing costs hammer the business.

Nvidia happy for now

The Trump administration has torched the Biden-era “AI Diffusion Rule” just days before it was set to take effect on 15 May. The rule, described by a Commerce Department official as “overly complex, bureaucratic, and would stymie American innovation,” carved up the globe into chip access tiers.