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Another RX 9070 XT fries its 16-pin cable
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Sapphire joins ASRock in the GPU roasting league

Just when we thought the RX 9070 XT was immune to the melted connector circus, another premium board has gone full toaster. This time, it's Sapphire's Nitro+ edition that's joined ASRock’s Taichi OC in the "crispy connector" club.

China pulls the rug under US chip industry
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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.

Big Tech ignoring Trump's tariff tiffs
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Investing shedloads in India

American Big Tech firms are showing remarkable confidence in India even as tariff tensions and visa snags simmer between New Delhi and Washington.

Beijing aims at Qualcomm in chip wars
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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.

Dutch government seizes Chinese-owned Nexperia
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Wants to keep chipmaking tech inside Europe

The Dutch government has seized control of Nexperia, the Chinese-owned but Netherlands-based semiconductor outfit, claiming it needs to stop vital chip know-how from drifting out of Europe.