China’s homegrown chip machines rattle markets, ETH holds its ground
China's chip machine production challenges US tech dominance, impacting global markets and highlighting Ethereum's resilience amid volatility. The pos…
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China’s CXMT Stock Soars 470% in Start of Trading, Amid A.I. Race
The meteoric rise on its first day of trading catapulted CXMT, China’s leading memory chip maker, to being the most valuable company on the Shanghai s…
Nvidia forms 37-member AI security alliance without OpenAI, Anthropic or Google
The chipmaker and 36 other companies say defenders need AI they can run themselves. Major AI players OpenAI, Anthropic and Google are not among them.
Qualcomm reportedly notifies hardware partners of impending chip price hikes
Double-digit rate increases starting September 1 could force Android brands and laptop makers to further raise prices. Credit: Qualcomm TL;DR Qualcomm…
What CXMT must do to grow global memory market share and build on its surge: analysts
Shares of ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) could more than double from Monday’s close as the Chinese chipmaker expands its global dynamic random-ac…
Goldman Is Bullish on Three Asian Currencies, All Three Are Down in 2026
Goldman Sachs is bullish on the South Korean won, Taiwan dollar, and Malaysian ringgit, arguing that the artificial intelligence (AI) investment boom …
Jim Cramer Spots New NVIDIA Narrative as Chipmaker Pushes Open AI Security Alliance
NVIDIA built the Open Secure AI Alliance with 36 partners after closed AI models blocked Hugging Face incident responders. The post Jim Cramer Spots N…
Chinese chipmaker shares surge nearly 470% in blockbuster stock market debut
The company's shares soared by nearly 470% in its market debut, as the AI boom drives chip demand.
Big Short trader Michael Burry’s rising bearish AI positions test China’s stock support
China’s state support for its stock markets may face a test, as seasoned US hedge fund manager Michael Burry increased bearish wagers on artificial in…
CXMT surge shows why China stock buyers see IPOs as one-way bet
Chipmaker CXMT surged more than fivefold on its Shanghai trading debut to become the largest mainland-listed company by market value as the artificial…
Why is China’s AI push gaining ground? | Explained
How have Chinese firms caught up with leading U.S. AI models despite chip restrictions? What advantages do Chinese open-source AI models offer over ca…
Foxconn drops VMware, adopts hyperconverged upstart Arcfra for workloads including AI
PLUS: New CEO for Infosys; China fines Trip.com; India demands GitHub remove Jack Dorsey's distributed social network; And more! ASIA IN BRIEF Taiwane…
How Crypto Lets Traders Bet on China’s Biggest Chip IPO
Key Takeaways CXMT perps settle in USDT and convey no shares, dividends or voting rights. Gate lists long and short […] The post How Crypto Lets Trade…
I’ve used every Pixel Tensor chip. Here’s where Google went wrong — and what I hope comes next
Looking at the state of Tensor ahead of the Pixel 11. First impressions matter, and Google’s learned that the hard way with its Tensor chipsets. We’re…
The Galaxy Z Flip 8’s best upgrade on paper is the one that worries me the most
The Galaxy Z Flip 8's Snapdragon chip is a weak attempt to justify its price hike. With the Galaxy Z Flip 7, Samsung made the controversial choice to …
We found the 6 best laptops for college students going back to school
Mashable reporters tested and reviewed the best laptops for college students going back to school, including Mac and Windows PCs. Here at Mashable, we…
New lawsuit alleges unpatchable Apple chip exploit was developed using stolen trade secrets
Magnet Forensics is suing Paradigm Shift Technology over its publication of usbliter8, alleging that the unpatchable exploit affecting several Apple S…
AMD vibe codes its way past the CUDA moat with ROCm.AI
Hey Claude, optimize this model for me Even as AMD’s GPUs have grown more competitive, the House of Zen has struggled to shake the perception that its…
Uh-oh, Qualcomm is hiking prices for its clients amidst RAMageddon, report says
Any company that buys chips from Qualcomm is going to see a double-digit price increase soon, according to a new Bloomberg report. The general percept…
The ASUS ROG Flow Z13 gaming laptop just got a huge price cut on Amazon — save $400
Save $400 on the ASUS ROG Flow Z13 (2025) gaming laptop at Amazon, now $1,699.99 with an 180Hz touchscreen and 32GB RAM. TL;DR: The ASUS ROG Flow Z13 …
Did Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon Wear Elite chip nuke the Galaxy Watch Ultra 2’s battery gains?
Samsung bumped the Galaxy Watch Ultra 2 to an 800mAh battery, but official quotes show no increase in battery life. Credit: Zac Kew-Denniss / Android …
Intel knows it needs to ‘leapfrog’ ARM and AMD, says CEO Lip-Bu Tan
Chipzilla changes PC biz name to reflect belief edge and robots could be as valuable one day Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan has acknowledged that the semiconduc…
Intel Benefits From a New Shift in A.I. Spending
The Silicon Valley chipmaker’s revenue rose 25 percent in the latest quarter, its fastest growth in 15 years, as A.I. firms increasingly bought chips …
AMD and Cerebras join forces against Nvidia’s Groq LPUs
The enemy of my enemy is my friend GPUs are great for training, but for inference, you need a heavy dose of speedy memory to churn out the tokens. AMD…
Apple could deactivate leased iPhones remotely for non-payment, report says
Code discovered in the iOS 27 beta could let Apple and third-party lenders remotely deactivate phones if customers miss payments. The iPhone 18 is abo…
AMD attacks the rack with Helios systems that rival Nvidia's
Spec for spec, the House of Zen's first rack-scale AI compute platform is bigger and faster than Nvidia's Vera Rubin by nearly every metric, but that'…
Two new Macs might skip M5 chips and go straight to M6
Yesterday Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman detailed a years-long roadmap for upcoming Macs, and per his report, it sounds like two new models might skip the ba…
Tesla burns through a billion as Musk bets the farm on chips and bots
Optimus remains 'very complex' and Robotaxis will try not to flatten your cat Tesla's investment bill ballooned in calendar Q2 as Elon Musk's biz ente…
Crypto’s next cycle: holders demand real value and real price protection
OLY aims to align token incentives by rewarding long-term holders instead of short-term sellers. Exit taxes fund staking rewards, liquidity defense, t…
China’s star fund manager dumps long-held consumer bets in pivot to AI trade
China’s tepid consumer spending prompted one of the country’s biggest fund managers to aggressively cut holdings in consumption-related stocks from li…