The Trump administration plans to replace the lottery system for H-1B visas with a “weighted” system prioritizing higher-paid individuals, starting February 27
key changes explained NDTV Profit : New H-1B Visa Rules Tilt In Favor Of US Big Tech, Indian IT Faces Fresh Challenges: Sandip Agarwal Business Today : U.S. Scraps H-1B Lottery, Shifts To Skill- And S...
The US DOJ detains two men for allegedly violating export controls by trying to smuggle $160M+ of Nvidia H100 and H200 chips to China; a third man pleads guilty
DOJ says H100 and H200 shipments were relabelled with a fictional brand to dodge export controls Institute for Progress : Should the US Sell Hopper Chips to China? Jasper Ward / Reuters : US Justice D...
Nexperia warns customers face impending production halts and urges its Chinese unit to reengage, says it hadn't got “any meaningful response” despite outreach
Update Naomi Li Gan / Tech in Asia : Nexperia urges Chinese units to restore supply chain operations Sam Meredith / CNBC : What's going on at Nexperia? China's Wingtech escalates war of words with Dut...
China's Commerce Ministry says it will work with the US to resolve issues related to TikTok, stopping short of saying it agreed to a deal touted by Trump
What we know Solomon Oladipupo / TipRanks Financial : TikTok Transfer Deal Now Has China's Blessing, U.S. Confirms Mark Magnier / South China Morning Post : Developing | Trump, Xi strike truce with so...
Trump says he canceled plans for a “surge” of National Guard to San Francisco after speaking to “great people like Jensen Huang, Marc Benioff, and others”
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The UK CMA designates Google with “strategic market status” in search and ads, but excludes Gemini; Google has warned such oversight could slow product launches
Update Natasha Lomas Euractiv / Euractiv : Google's search and ads business to face tougher rules in the UK Holly Williams / The Standard : Google may be forced to loosen control of search engine in U...
President Trump says that the US will impose an extra 100% tariff on imports from China and “Export Controls on any and all critical software” from November 1
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Microsoft plans to raise Xbox Series X price by $50 to $649.99 and Series S by $20 to $399.99 starting Oct. 3, citing “changes in the macroeconomic environment”
second price increase of 2025 comes as shifting tariffs continue to plague tech prices Vikki Blake / Eurogamer.net : U.S. Xbox fans hit with another hardware price hike just four months after the last...
How Jensen Huang successfully lobbied Trump to resume Nvidia's H20 sales to China; US officials hadn't vetted the 20% pay-to-play proposal when Trump offered it
Amrith Ramkumar and Robbie Whelan, reporting for The Wall Street Journal (gift link): Emma Roth / The Verge : US demands cut of Nvidia sales in order to ship AI chips to China Arjun Kharpal / CNBC : T...
President Trump says that he plans to announce new tariffs “on semiconductors and chips” as soon as next week “because we want them made in the United States”
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