Trump scraps Biden’s AI chip export rule
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.
Tariff tantrums rattle Arm
SoftBank’s silicon darling stumbles as Washington jitters mount
British chip designer Arm took a knock on 8 May, warning that trade uncertainty has fogged up its revenue crystal ball..
Amazon spooked by tariffs
Looking to AI to sort things out
Bookshifter Amazon warned the cocaine nose jobs of Wall Street that the US tariff policy is battering its bottom line. Shares dipped 2.3 per cent in after-hours trading after the company had a weaker-than-expected forecast for the second quarter.
EU slaps Apple and Meta with landmark DMA fines
Trump screams extortion
The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple has been handed a €500 million ($570 million) slap by EU regulators, with Facebook flogger Meta coughing up €200 million, in the first real show of teeth under the bloc’s Digital Markets Act.
Tech supply chains are buckling
Prices likely to spike, analysts warn
Tech manufacturing lines are buckling, which could mean prices are set to rise, analysts have warned.
Tariff truce for Big Tech will be short-lived
Trump gives imports a breather, but it won't last
The Tame Apple Press celebrated on Friday after Donald Trump announced that tariffs on Big Tech giants would be temporarily suspended – only to have its hopes dashed 24 hours later.
Trump axes ex-CISA chief Krebs’ clearance
Revenge is a dish best served very cold
Donald [hamburger-eating surrender monkey] Trump has signed a presidential memorandum stripping former CISA director Chris Krebs of any active security clearance and triggering a sweeping review into the cybersecurity agency's conduct during his tenure.
Trump caves on Nvidia crackdown after $1m Mar-a-Lago knees-up
China export curbs on H20 AI chips safe
Donald [hamburger-eating surrender monkey] Trump’s White House has quietly shelved a looming crackdown on Nvidia’s H20 chip exports to China, just days after the GPU peddler’s CEO Jensen Huang dined at Mar-a-Lago — where seats went for a $1 million a head.
Razer yanks Blade 16 preorders from US site
Trump’s tariff hammer sends gaming kit into digital limbo
Razer has pulled the plug on US preorders for its upcoming Blade 16 and other laptops, just days after Donald [hamburger-eating surrender monkey] Trump’s latest tariff barrage on Chinese, Taiwanese, and other tech supply sources sent ripples through the hardware industry.
Microsoft confirms ditching $1 billion Ohio data centre dreams
Trump’s tariff tantrum sends Vole scurrying
The Software King of the World, Microsoft has confirmed that it is binning its $1 billion data centre plans for Ohio, quietly folding under pressure from Donald [hamburger-eating surrender monkey] Trump’s latest wave of tech tariffs.