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Trump chip tariff Phase 2 would extend duties to servers, laptops, and gaming consoles while killing the data center carve-out that has shielded AI buildout

Wall Street rallied after Nvidia’s blowout results and a 70% Nvidia earnings forecast, lifting tech, software, and crypto-adjacent AI plays into Friday’s Warsh

Gatik raised $200M Series D led by Qatar Investment Authority to scale driverless middle-mile trucks for Walmart, PepsiCo, Loblaw and other retailers.

Samsung confirms its August 27 Galaxy Event expected to unveil the Galaxy S26 FE with the Exynos 2500 chip at 699 to 799 dollars, against the Pixel 10a.

UK AI datacenter expansion strains the electricity grid, forcing new campuses to rely on gas turbines that will outpollute ExxonMobil’s UK operations.

A Santa Barbara startup has begun shipping a gallium arsenide single-chip comb laser to AI lab customers, closing a $40 million Series A on August 24 and delivering the first product: a device that generates eight precisely spaced optical wavelengths from one chip under one electrical control. Quintessent’s QCOMB-1310-08-08-200-EVK targets the external laser slot in

The Crypto Clarity Act Senate committee advance clears committee in historic bipartisan vote, now headed for full Senate floor and possible Trump signature.

Bosch has confirmed its Bühl, Germany plant will begin series production of wheeled humanoid robots in August 2027 under a contract with Humanoid, making it Europe’s first humanoid production line at

IBM Quantum Starling two cold modules linked milestone moves the 20,000-qubit fault-tolerant roadmap closer to its 2029 target with real hardware online.

Samsung $80B AI chip windfall sets a record 2026 shareholder return program. Discover how AI chip architecture powered 70% margins and the $65B-$80B payout.