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Canada Bans China’s WeChat on State Devices Over Privacy Risks
Canada Bans China’s WeChat on State Devices Over Privacy Risks

Beijing said the ban was an abuse of national power, adding that it was imposed without any real evidence

Vietnam in Talks on First Chip Plant, Despite Warning on Costs
Vietnam in Talks on First Chip Plant, Despite Warning on Costs

The Southeast Asian nation already does chip packaging and testing for US giant Intel, but wants to build its first fab for basic chips in coming years

Top Memory Chipmaker Gets $2 Billion From China’s ‘Big Fund’
Top Memory Chipmaker Gets $2 Billion From China’s ‘Big Fund’

Support from the state 'Big Fund' is part of a $5.3bn capital expansion by Changxin Xinqiao, a leading memory chip firm in Hefei, as China expands its production capacity and R&D

Panasonic Battery Unit Cuts Profit Forecast, Warns on EV Sales
Biden to Order ‘Wide Action’ to Limit Risks of Rogue AI Use
G7 Agree AI Code of Conduct to Limit Tech Threat Risks
Tata to Assemble iPhones in India After $125m Wistron Deal
China’s YMTC in Advanced AI Memory Chip Coup – SCMP
Huawei’s China Smartphone Sales Soar, Closes Gap on Apple
Huawei, US-Sanctioned Firms Win as China Dumps Western Tech

Fintech: The Big Picture

ASML in the Centre of the Chip War

With a market cap of$240 billion, chipmaker ASML is Europe’s most valuable tech company. Its market-leading position comes from its monopoly in Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography (EUV) machines which allow chipmakers to make smaller, faster and smarter semiconductors