Nvidia Builds China-Specific Blackwell Chip to Bridge Market Access and Security Limits

Nvidia is quietly engineering a new Blackwell-architecture accelerator tailored for China as it races to reconcile commercial demand with a tightening web of U.S. export curbs and growing geopolitical scrutiny. Internally dubbed the B30A, the chip is being designed to slot between the H20 — the slower, previously approved China model — and Nvidia’s flagship…

China’s Cold Reception of Nvidia’s H20 Chips Reflects Deep Strategic Anxiety

When the U.S. government moved to ease restrictions and allow Nvidia to sell its H20 chips in China, many saw it as a turning point in the bruising technology conflict between the world’s two largest economies. Nvidia had been struggling under tightened export controls, and the green light from Washington appeared to offer the company…

Surging AI Infrastructure Orders Push Foxconn to Forecast Record Server Revenues

Foxconn is charting a new course in its corporate history, shifting the balance of its revenue streams toward artificial intelligence infrastructure as demand for AI servers eclipses that for smartphones. The company’s bullish forecast stems from the accelerating global race to build AI-capable data centers, with orders from cloud giants and enterprise clients driving record…

Saudi Wealth Fund Faces $8 Billion Setback as Oil Market Pressures Mount

Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) has reported an $8 billion hit to its high-profile gigaproject investments in 2024, marking a rare setback for the kingdom’s flagship vehicle for economic transformation. While the fund’s total assets under management surged to nearly $1 trillion, the decline in these ambitious domestic projects underscores the growing financial strain…

Standard Chartered Sees Ether Hitting $7,500 by Year-End on Surging Stablecoin Demand and Institutional Uptake

Standard Chartered has sharply raised its year-end price forecast for ether, the native token of the Ethereum blockchain, to $7,500, up from its earlier target of $4,000. The move reflects growing optimism over Ethereum’s expanding role in the global financial system, the explosive potential of stablecoin adoption, and renewed institutional interest. The new projection represents…

AI Startup Perplexity Launches $34.5 Billion Chrome Bid Amid Antitrust Push and Browser Market Shake-Up

Perplexity AI stunned the technology industry this week with an unsolicited, all-cash $34.5 billion offer for Google’s Chrome browser — a move the startup framed as a bid to accelerate competition in search while securing the distribution channel essential to any company seeking to dominate AI-driven answers. The audacious proposal lands at a moment of…

SK Hynix Cites AI Data-Centre Buildouts, Custom HBM Tech and Supply Dynamics for 30% Annual Growth Call to 2030

SK Hynix’s projection that the market for AI-optimised memory will expand roughly 30% annually to 2030 reflects a convergence of technical, commercial and geopolitical forces that together are reshaping demand for high-bandwidth memory (HBM). Company managers point to surging cloud and hyperscaler AI spending, the trend toward ever larger and more memory-hungry models, bespoke customer…

SoftBank’s surge: how AI bets, portfolio re-rating and stronger profits pushed the shares to a record

SoftBank Group’s shares vaulted to fresh highs in recent trading, capping a rally that has surprised even some long-time market watchers. The leap was not the result of a single development but a confluence of events that together altered investor perceptions of the Japanese conglomerate: a string of large AI-focused investments, a better-than-expected quarterly performance,…

Disney’s Strong Performance Driven by Streaming, Sports Deals and Park Momentum

Disney reported third‑quarter results that exceeded analyst expectations, prompting the company to raise its full‑year earnings guidance. The performance highlights how several strategic developments — notably in streaming, sports rights, and theme park growth — combined to deliver robust financial outcomes. The company posted adjusted earnings per share of $1.61, up 16 percent year‑on‑year and comfortably…