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.
US tariffs come with a side of Starlink
Musk’s satellite biz rides shotgun on trade strong-arm tactics
The White House seems to be nudging nations toward handing Elon Musk’s Starlink the keys to their internet backdoors, all while waving the threat of 50 per cent tariffs in their faces.
SK Hynix doubles profit on AI chip boom
Brushes off tariff fears
SK Hynix, Nvidia’s go-to for high-bandwidth memory, has posted a 158 per cent leap in quarterly operating profit, hitting 7.4 trillion won (€5.1 billion), while shrugging off the usual US trade panic.
ASML sees tariff trouble ahead
Dutch kitmaker hopes for growth as chip industry scrambles for AI
ASML, the Dutch giant that builds the world’s priciest chip kit, says rising tariffs have muddied its 2025-2026 outlook, even as it clings to a bullish full-year forecast.
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.
Tariff chaos fuels robot revival
Volatility, but automation’s future looks bulletproof
The tariffs crisis might be a migraine for many, but it's opening some tasty new doors for the AI, robotics and automation sector.
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.
Trump's tariffs force Framework to yank laptops from US store
Taiwan import tax turns budget gear into a money-loser
Donald [hamburger-eating surrender monkey] Trump’s latest tariff bomb has claimed its first public tech casualty—Framework has pulled two Laptop 13 models from its US store, citing cold, hard economics.
Apple sees a last-minute sales surge
Tariff panic sends iPhone punters scrambling
The cocaine nose jobs of Wall Street barely had time to flinch before punters started storming Job’s Mob’s stores, fearing price spikes after Donald [hamburger-eating surrender monkey] Trump’s latest tariff tantrum.