4 hours ago
US Officials Sound Alarm Over Potential ASML Chip Tool Leak to China
Key Takeaways U.S. export enforcement and intelligence officials suspect that restricted ASML lithography equipment may have made its way into Chinese fabrication facilities. ASML has explicitly denied selling or shipping any Extreme Ultraviolet (EUV) lithography systems to Chinese customers, maintaining full compliance with Western sanctions. The clash highlights intensifying Western…
9 hours ago
Sixth Circuit Rules Ohio Can Force Parental Consent for Under-16 Social Media Use
Key Takeaways A 2-1 Sixth Circuit panel overturned a lower-court ruling blocking Ohio’s law, finding it does not violate First Amendment protections. The court ordered the lower court to lift the enforcement block, with Judge Eric Clay stating that the law is fundamentally a parental consent requirement. The ruling deals…
1 day ago
Trump Confirms Apple-Intel Chip Deal: Intel Surges 9%, TSMC Dependency Begins to Crack
Key Takeaways Intel’s stock rose 9% in premarket trading on Thursday after Trump said the company had agreed to a deal with Apple to design and build chips in the US. Trump posted on Truth Social: “Apple has agreed to work with Intel to design and build its chips in…
1 day ago
Tim Cook Confirms Apple Price Hikes Are “Unavoidable” as AI Demand Broke the Memory Market
Key Takeaways Cook said Apple can no longer absorb rising supplier costs, making price increases unavoidable despite efforts to protect customers. Price increases could arrive even sooner for Macs and iPads, Apple already raised the starting price of the Mac mini by $200 recently by eliminating its lowest-tier model. Tim…
2 days ago
Snap Unveils Specs AR Glasses at $2,195, Shipping This Fall, Beating Apple and Meta to Market
Key Takeaways Specs are priced at $2,195 with a $200 refundable deposit, more than 15 times the price of Snap’s original 2016 Spectacles camera glasses. Specs will launch later this fall in the US, UK, and France, with Snap OS running natively and Lens Studio getting agentic development tools, including…
