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Rivian announces new ambitions in AI technology, chips and robotaxi

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 11, 2025

Rivian launched new technology at its first “Autonomy and AI Day” on Thursday in Palo Alto, California.Credit: RivianElectric vehicle manufacturer…

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Google DeepMind plans to open its “first automated science lab” in the UK in 2026, focused on using AI tools to develop new materials for chips and more (Melissa Heikkilä/Financial Times)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 11, 2025

Featured Podcasts Great discussion: So what happens after the AGI? A podcast mainly about technology. Presented weekly by Angela Du,…

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Sources: Nvidia has privately demonstrated its first-of-its-kind location verification technology in recent months, which could show the country its chips are operating in (Reuters)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 10, 2025

Reuters: Sources: Nvidia has privately demonstrated its first-of-its-kind location verification technology in recent months, which could show in which country…

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Sources: ByteDance bought more Nvidia chips than any other Chinese company in 2025, but Chinese regulators are now blocking it from using the chips in new data centers (Qianer Liu/The Information)

By Stacey D. WallsNovember 26, 2025

Qianer Liu / The information: Sources: ByteDance bought more Nvidia chips than any other Chinese company in 2025, but Chinese…

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Investigation traces how Shanghai-based AI company INF Tech accessed advanced Nvidia chips in Indonesian data center despite US export controls (Wall Street Journal)

By Stacey D. WallsNovember 13, 2025

Featured Podcasts Great discussion: It turns out there is one more line (don’t make fun of the Pope) A podcast…

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Sources: Chinese government intervenes in how SMIC allocates its chip production, prioritizing Huawei amid US export restrictions on advanced chips (Wall Street Journal)

By Stacey D. WallsNovember 12, 2025

Wall Street Journal: Sources: The Chinese government is intervening in how SMIC allocates its chip production, prioritizing Huawei amid US…

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In an October 27 letter, OpenAI asked the Trump administration to extend a 35% tax credit under the Chips Act to help reduce the cost of AI infrastructure (Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsNovember 7, 2025

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: OpenAI bailout?, Elon’s $1 trillion payment deal, Amazon continues perplexity The Big Technology Podcast takes…

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Speaking to shareholders, Elon Musk said Tesla will probably have to build “a gigantic chip factory” for AI chips and “maybe we’ll do something with Intel” (Sayantani Ghosh/Reuters)

By Stacey D. WallsNovember 7, 2025

Featured Podcasts Spotlight on: Q&A with Zhenya Loginov: The Euro Founder’s Flywheel, IPOs in 2025 and Upgrading from PLG An…

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Sources: China offers to cut data center electricity bills by up to 50% to Alibaba and others if they use local chips like Huawei’s rather than foreign chips like Nvidia’s (Financial Times)

By Stacey D. WallsNovember 4, 2025

Financial Times: Sources: China is offering to cut data center electricity bills by up to 50% to Alibaba and others…

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Microsoft says the US has allowed it to ship the latest Nvidia chips to the UAE for the first time; President Trump reached a deal with UAE President MBZ in May (Tim Bradshaw/Financial Times)

By Stacey D. WallsNovember 3, 2025

Featured Podcasts Squeak: Rebuilding the Front for the AI Age | CEO Dan O’Connell Grit explores what it takes to…

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Tim Cook says the Mac Studio and Mac mini, which many are buying for AI and agent tools, “could take several months to reach balance between supply and demand” (Juli Clover/MacRumors)

Cloud computing provider Nebius agrees to buy Eigen AI, which optimizes the performance of chips running AI inference tasks, for $615 million in stock and cash (Dina Bass/Bloomberg)

Researchers detail CopyFail, a now-patched Linux vulnerability that allows unprivileged users to gain administrator access, as many distributions have yet to add patches (Dan Goodin/Ars Technica)

Huawei expects AI chip revenue to reach about $12 billion in 2026, up 60% from $7.5 billion in 2025, as orders for its Ascend 950PR chip rise and Nvidia stagnates in China (Zijing Wu/Financial Times)

Apple forecasts third-quarter revenue above estimates, reports second-quarter results above projections in China but below expectations in Americas and Europe (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

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Rivian announces new ambitions in AI technology, chips and robotaxi

Google DeepMind plans to open its “first automated science lab” in the UK in 2026, focused on using AI tools to develop new materials for chips and more (Melissa Heikkilä/Financial Times)

Sources: Nvidia has privately demonstrated its first-of-its-kind location verification technology in recent months, which could show the country its chips are operating in (Reuters)

Sources: ByteDance bought more Nvidia chips than any other Chinese company in 2025, but Chinese regulators are now blocking it from using the chips in new data centers (Qianer Liu/The Information)

Investigation traces how Shanghai-based AI company INF Tech accessed advanced Nvidia chips in Indonesian data center despite US export controls (Wall Street Journal)

Sources: Chinese government intervenes in how SMIC allocates its chip production, prioritizing Huawei amid US export restrictions on advanced chips (Wall Street Journal)

In an October 27 letter, OpenAI asked the Trump administration to extend a 35% tax credit under the Chips Act to help reduce the cost of AI infrastructure (Bloomberg)

Speaking to shareholders, Elon Musk said Tesla will probably have to build “a gigantic chip factory” for AI chips and “maybe we’ll do something with Intel” (Sayantani Ghosh/Reuters)

Sources: China offers to cut data center electricity bills by up to 50% to Alibaba and others if they use local chips like Huawei’s rather than foreign chips like Nvidia’s (Financial Times)

Microsoft says the US has allowed it to ship the latest Nvidia chips to the UAE for the first time; President Trump reached a deal with UAE President MBZ in May (Tim Bradshaw/Financial Times)