Nvidia stock shrugs off report that Chinese customers will only be able to buy H200 AI chips “under special circumstances”
The Information is reporting that Chinese customers won’t be able to get their hands on as many H200 AI chips as they want. Per the outlet, the “Chinese government this week told some tech companies ...
Nvidia rebuts claim that it’s requiring full up-front payment from Chinese buyers of its H200 AI chips
An spokesperson offered a rebuttal to Reuters on Tuesday , saying the chip designer does not require full payment for H200 chips up front, as the outlet had written in a January 8 report. President ...
China plans to permit purchases of Nvidia’s H200 chips “as soon as this quarter,” per Bloomberg
Nvidia’s $54 billion opportunity to sell H200 AI chips to the world’s second-largest economy is reportedly close to getting the thumbs-up from Chinese officials. Bloomberg reports that China is “prepa...
Rare earth stocks rise as White House statement confirms the US is looking at options for acquiring Greenland, including using the military
Companies like , , , and have caught a bid in early trading on Wednesday, after a White House statement yesterday confirmed that the president and his team are discussing “a range of options” in thei...
Nuke stocks up as Venezuela intervention boosts political uncertainty
Shares tied to nuclear fuel and experimental forms of nuclear energy surged Monday, with a backdrop of geopolitical uncertainty in the wake of President Trump’s intervention in Venezuela and new Depar...
Airlines climb as market prices in medium-term oil supply relief amid US-Venezuela tensions
US airlines are climbing on Monday, despite higher oil prices amid escalating US-Venezuela tensions following the US’s capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. The price...
Oil and defense stocks gain after President Trump says the US plans to “run” Venezuela after Saturday’s military operation
Oil and defense stocks rose in premarket trading Monday as markets reacted to the US military’s Saturday operation in Venezuela, which resulted in the capture of President Nicolás Maduro. The rally in...
Chinese AI chatbots reportedly must answer 2,000 questions, prove censorship compliance
For American companies building AI today, it is basically a free-for-all, a self-regulation zone with zero federal restrictions. But for Chinese AI companies, the Chinese Communist Party exerts strict...
FCC bans new Chinese drones and components from DJI and Autel Robotics
Yesterday, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) banned new drones and critical components from the market-leading Chinese drone manufacturer DJI, and smaller firm Autel Robotics, calling the fo...
Trump administration says tariffs on Chinese semiconductor imports are coming... in 2027
After a year-long investigation into China’s tactics to bolster its domestic semiconductor industry, the US has determined that its practices are “unreasonable” and is going to do something about that...
Nvidia plans to begin shipping H200 chips to China by mid-February, per Reuters
Chinese buyers can get their hands on the best chips from Nvidia’s Hopper generation before the new year — their Lunar New Year, that is, which starts on February 17. Reuters reports that the chip des...
Report: China’s “Manhattan Project” built an advanced EUV chip fab prototype
The most advanced chipmaking process in the world is currently owned by one company : Dutch chipmaker . The process, known as extreme ultraviolet lithography (EUV), allows for the smallest, most compl...
Nvidia gains after report that there’s so much demand from China it’s considering boosting H200 output
Shares of caught a bid in premarket trading after Reuters reported that the chip designer has told customers in China that it is considering adding more capacity to produce H200 chips in light of a d...
China’s DeepSeek is using banned Blackwell chips to train its newest AI model, The Information reports
DeepSeek, the Chinese AI startup whose chatbot built on the cheap turned the US tech world upside down in early 2025, is using “several thousand” of top Blackwell chips to build its next model, per T...
Nvidia sheds gains after FT reports that China may limit access to H200 chips despite Trump’s announcement yesterday
There’s no easy fix to Nvidia’s China problem . The world’s most valuable publicly traded company had extended Monday’s gains during after-hours trading yesterday on the heels of US President Donald T...
President Trump says that Nvidia can begin to sell its H200 chips to China, with 25% of proceeds going to US government
US President Donald Trump confirmed after the close on Monday that will be allowed to ship its H200 chips to China, sending shares of the chip designer up more than 1% in the after-hours session. Per...
Elon Musk says European Union‚ where Tesla’s sales are low, “should be abolished”
CEO Elon Musk is stirring controversy once again in Europe after the European Union fined his social media platform , X, $140 million for a number of issues, including a “deceptive” blue check mark de...
Report: US senators plan to introduce bill blocking Nvidia from selling advanced chips to China for 30 months
US senators are on the verge of introducing a bill that would block from selling its H200 or Blackwell chips to China for 30 months, the Financial Times reports . The H200 is Nvidia’s best chip from ...
OpenAI’s Sam Altman has explored bringing his feud with Tesla’s Elon Musk to space
Billionaires, they’re just like us: they want to bring their terrestrial beefs to outer space. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has explored buying or partnering with a rocket company to compete with CEO Elon M...
Chinese tech giants are training their models offshore to sidestep US curbs on Nvidia’s chips
Nvidia can’t sell its best AI chips in the world’s second largest economy. That’s an problem. But it’s also a China problem — and it’s one that the region’s tech giants have resorted to solving by tr...