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Chinese chipmaker YMTC plans to build two additional factories in addition to one to be completed in 2026, doubling its production capacity (Reuters)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 14, 2026

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Alat, a $100 billion PIF-backed electronics manufacturing fund in Saudi Arabia, has removed its CEO Amit Midha; sources say he abandoned plans to invest in chip production (Matthew Martin/Semafor)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 11, 2026

Matthew Martin / Semafor: Alat, a $100 billion PIF-backed electronics manufacturing fund in Saudi Arabia, has removed its CEO Amit…

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How India’s film industry is embracing AI, as studios use the technology to cut production times and costs, while union rules limit its use in Hollywood (Munsif Vengattil/Reuters)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 4, 2026

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Taiwanese memory chip maker Nanya raised $2.5 billion in private placement from Sandisk, SK Hynix’s Solidigm, Cisco and Kioxia to expand advanced chip production (Reuters)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 28, 2026

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Toyota to invest $1 billion to increase U.S. production in Kentucky and Indiana

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 23, 2026

Production of the Toyota Camry at the automaker’s Georgetown, Kentucky, plant.Courtesy of ToyotaToyota engine announced Monday that it would spend…

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Drones caused the shutdown of a Qatari helium-producing energy center; crucial in chipmaking, Bloomberg says closed hub accounts for about 33% of global helium production (Ines Ferré/Yahoo Finance)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 14, 2026

Inès Ferré / Yahoo Finance: Drones caused the shutdown of a Qatari helium-producing energy center; crucial in chipmaking, Bloomberg says…

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Meta unveils four new chips, the MTIA 300, MTIA 400, MTIA 450 and MTIA 500, scheduled for launch by the end of 2027; MTIA 300 is in production for content ranking (Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 11, 2026

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Netflix buys InterPositive, a 16-person company founded by Ben Affleck that builds an AI model based on the daily lives of a production for use in post-production (Todd Spangler/Variety)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 5, 2026

Todd Spangler / Variety: Netflix buys InterPositive, a 16-person company founded by Ben Affleck that builds an AI model based…

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TSMC urges customers to apply for N2 production allocation as early as Q2 2027, with large capacity allocations nearly exhausted for the next two years (Tim Culpan/Culpium)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 28, 2026

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: Anthropic vs. the Pentagon, Bloodbath at Block, The Citrini Selloff The Big Technology Podcast takes…

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Amazon MGM Studio plans to develop new AI tools through its ‘AI Studio’ to accelerate TV and film production and reduce costs, working with vendors AWS and LLM (Reuters)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 4, 2026

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Uyghur human rights activist condemns death sentences in Bangkok attack – Radio Free Asia

China’s maritime outposts could distract Taiwan’s allies in the event of an invasion from Beijing – Radio Free Asia

The Dalai Lama undergoes left knee surgery in New Delhi – Radio Free Asia

Satellite photos reveal Vietnamese construction boom in controversial Spratly channel – Radio Free Asia

Can ASEAN’s green goals survive the data center boom? – The diplomat

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Rivian CEO takes different approach to humanoid robots than Elon Musk

Paramount-WBD Merger Gets DOJ Approval

Elon Musk becomes world’s first billionaire as SpaceX begins commercial operations

Trump attacks Weather Channel as storm threatens to wipe out his UFC event at White House

Pete Hegseth Tried to Defend the Iran War and It Was a Complete Disaster

Trump has been officially removed from the Kennedy Center

American households are paying a $3,100 Trump tax and they don’t know it

Trump has lied dozens of times about a deal with Iran that isn’t even a deal.

Fox announces acquisition of Roku in deal worth about $22 billion, including debt, giving it access to more than 100 million streaming homes (Joseph De Avila/Wall Street Journal)

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the UK would ban social media for under-16s and restrict gaming and live streaming platforms, aiming for regulation by the end of 2026 (Reuters)

Alibaba is in talks to buy Chinese fresh food delivery platform Pupu for $1.5 billion, aiming to better compete with food delivery rivals like Meituan (Cathy Chan/Bloomberg)

Rylo, which develops real-time voice and sign language translation tools for deaf and hard of hearing users, has raised $85 million led by General Catalyst and Canaan (Sophie Shulman/CTech)

Frank founder Charlie Javice, sentenced in September 2025 to 85 months in prison for defrauding JPMorgan Chase, requested presidential pardon from Trump (Wall Street Journal)

Browsing: production

Chinese chipmaker YMTC plans to build two additional factories in addition to one to be completed in 2026, doubling its production capacity (Reuters)

Alat, a $100 billion PIF-backed electronics manufacturing fund in Saudi Arabia, has removed its CEO Amit Midha; sources say he abandoned plans to invest in chip production (Matthew Martin/Semafor)

How India’s film industry is embracing AI, as studios use the technology to cut production times and costs, while union rules limit its use in Hollywood (Munsif Vengattil/Reuters)

Taiwanese memory chip maker Nanya raised $2.5 billion in private placement from Sandisk, SK Hynix’s Solidigm, Cisco and Kioxia to expand advanced chip production (Reuters)

Toyota to invest $1 billion to increase U.S. production in Kentucky and Indiana

Drones caused the shutdown of a Qatari helium-producing energy center; crucial in chipmaking, Bloomberg says closed hub accounts for about 33% of global helium production (Ines Ferré/Yahoo Finance)

Meta unveils four new chips, the MTIA 300, MTIA 400, MTIA 450 and MTIA 500, scheduled for launch by the end of 2027; MTIA 300 is in production for content ranking (Bloomberg)

Netflix buys InterPositive, a 16-person company founded by Ben Affleck that builds an AI model based on the daily lives of a production for use in post-production (Todd Spangler/Variety)

TSMC urges customers to apply for N2 production allocation as early as Q2 2027, with large capacity allocations nearly exhausted for the next two years (Tim Culpan/Culpium)

Amazon MGM Studio plans to develop new AI tools through its ‘AI Studio’ to accelerate TV and film production and reduce costs, working with vendors AWS and LLM (Reuters)