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Bids Rush in For TikTok as Americans Scramble to Get the App
Bids Rush in For TikTok as Americans Scramble to Get the App

American billionaires and tech giants are falling over each other to get their bids in for TikTok

‘AI Breakthrough’ by China’s DeepSeek Rocks US Tech Giants
‘AI Breakthrough’ by China’s DeepSeek Rocks US Tech Giants

Little-known China startup allegedly spent $5.5 million, and used sub-optimal Nvidia chips, on an AI model that rates with the best created by US tech giants; this caused Nvidia and other tech shares to sink

‘The End May Be In Sight’: Musk Pans Trump’s $500bn AI Deal
‘The End May Be In Sight’: Musk Pans Trump’s $500bn AI Deal

Musk is a rival of OpenAI's Sam Altman and is in an ongoing lawsuit with OpenAI. He alleges the ChatGPT-maker put profits and commercial interests ahead of the public good

Yen Rises After Bank of Japan Lifts Rates to Highest Since 2008
Bangladesh’s Ousted PM Hasina ‘Faked High Growth’: Yunus
Trade Wars Would be ‘Catastrophic’ for World Economy: WTO
Bytedance ‘Plans $20 Billion Outlay on AI Infrastructure This Year’
Trump Seen Blocking the ‘De Minimis’ Trade Loophole With China
China’s CATL Feels the Pinch of a Lithium Price Slump it Created
SoftBank, UAE’s MGX Join $500bn Data Centre Deal With OpenAI

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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