Some of the U.S.'s biggest AI tech companies are expected to go to the White House to sign the "ratepayer protection pledge" that promises they will pay for all of their electricity usage and not pass on the burden of increased rates to the average American.
Building upon his Social Truth post from last month, President Trump has formally asked the big tech players to build their own power plants. Data centers have been eating at the national grid, causing electricity prices to rise across the board — for the average household. The "ratepayer protection pledge" will combat this by ensuring companies generate their own energy.
The White House is considering a tariff carve-out for big AI tech companies, like Amazon, Google, and Microsoft, allowing them to purchase imported AI chips from TSMC without getting slapped with an import tax.
Nvidia is spending another $2 billion investing in CoreWeave, one of its AI customers, due to "confidence in their growth and confidence in CoreWeave’s management," according to CEO Jensen Huang.
Orbital data centers have been proposed as a way around the power, cooling, and regulatory requirements of building on Earth, but new analysis reveals that the costs of deploying such installations would be astronomical.
ASML allegedly offered to spy on its customers for the U.S. after it was caught breaking a gentleman's agreement that limited the number of DUV lithography machines it could sell to China.
A new job posting at Apple exposes clues that the company could be looking at Intel as a packaging partner for future SoCs. Future M-series chips could leverage EMIB and/or Foveros.
A YouTuber's videos telling people how to use Windows 11 without a Microsoft account and how to install it on unsupported hardware were allegedly violating community guidelines on dangerous and illegal activities.