A Singapore AI firm called Megaspeed has imported over $4.6 billion in Nvidia GPUs since 2023. Now, the US is investigating whether it’s a front for smuggling those restricted chips into China, a probe that could reshape global export controls.
The European Commission says integrating AI across civilian and defense sectors is critical for the bloc’s future. While investment is growing, structural hurdles remain for startups trying to scale.
Shares of chipmaker MetaX Integrated Circuits surged nearly 700% in its Shanghai debut last week. For global retail investors wanting a piece of the action, the door is effectively closed due to China’s restrictive brokerage account requirements.
President Trump signed the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026, which includes significant provisions for next-generation nuclear reactors. The bill aims to boost exports and development, supported by both Republicans and Democrats for different reasons.
Elon Musk just won a huge legal victory. The Delaware Supreme Court has reinstated his $56 billion Tesla pay package from 2018, overturning a lower court’s decision from earlier last year.
According to a new analysis, the practice of manually overclocking your CPU is effectively dead. Modern processors from Intel and AMD now use automated features that push chips to their safe limits out of the box, leaving almost no headroom for meaningful manual gains.
On its way to Jupiter, NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft turned its instruments on an unexpected target: the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS. Its unique vantage point provided a never-before-seen perspective of the comet’s tails. The data could help unravel the comet’s origins in another star system.
Neural Concept, a Swiss AI platform for engineering, has secured €85 million in Series C funding. The round was led by Goldman Sachs Alternatives and will fuel its mission to transform product development with AI-driven design.
Apple is implementing specific changes to its iOS App Store for users in Japan to comply with the country’s new Mobile Software Competition Act. The move highlights a starkly different, more cooperative relationship with regulators compared to the contentious battle unfolding in the European Union.
In a major philanthropic push, the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation is spending $75.8 million on 149 grants across 13 countries. The goal is to fund AI that serves public institutions, from climate resilience to human rights, rather than concentrating power.
