The U.S. government has issued TSMC an annual export license for its semiconductor facility in Nanjing, China. This move guarantees the chip plant can continue operations without interruption until at least the end of 2025.
Samsung is drastically ramping up its production capacity for high-bandwidth memory (HBM) chips. This major investment targets the core hardware need of the AI era, as demand from companies like NVIDIA continues to surge.
Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol found a surprising signal that his turnaround plan is working: a Reddit thread. He says comments from employees about valuing customer service show the culture is shifting back.
According to a Forbes report, AI systems are compounding the invisibility of women’s health by learning from a digital ecosystem that suppresses it. Content on topics like menopause and endometriosis is routinely flagged as “adult” or “sensitive,” stripping it of the authority signals AI needs to su
2025 was a year of digital fragility. According to Tom’s Guide, major outages at AWS, Cloudflare, and OpenAI’s ChatGPT dominated the year, highlighting our dependence on centralized infrastructure. From a 24-hour PlayStation Network blackout to payment system failures, these disruptions had real-wor
After years of god-like hype, 2025 forced the AI industry to confront some hard truths. The “reasoning” in models is often an illusion, legal bills are massive, and the chatbots are making us a little crazy. Welcome to the pragmatic era.
Yoshua Bengio, a leading AI researcher, is urging global leaders to be prepared to disconnect advanced AI systems. He cautions that models are already showing early signs of resisting control, and granting them legal rights would be a “huge mistake.”
India’s L&T Semiconductor is taking a partner-led path into the cellular IoT module market. They’re starting with smart meters in India, but the real prize is automotive modules priced up to $150 each.
An upstart stock exchange in South Korea has captured nearly a third of the country’s trading volume in just eight months. Its success with aggressive retail traders has regulators worried and the main exchange scrambling to compete.
China is escalating a trade dispute over a Dutch chipmaker. The commerce ministry says the Netherlands must correct its “mistakes” after it seized control of Nexperia, a subsidiary of China’s Wingtech, in September.
