• June 20, 2026
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Washington Suspects ASML’s Most Advanced Chip Tool Reached China. ASML Says No.

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has told senior ASML executives in a series of recent meetings that he is concerned one of the Dutch company’s most advanced chipmaking machines may have…

  • June 20, 2026
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Baseten Seeks $1.5 Billion at a $13 Billion Valuation, Months After Its Last Mega-Round

Five months. That is how long Baseten waited between its last giant fundraising round and its next one. The AI inference company, which raised $300 million at a $5 billion…

  • June 20, 2026
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Tesla’s Cybercab Specs Surface in EPA Filings: Light, Fast Enough, and Cheap to Build

The numbers were sitting in a federal filing all along. Environmental Protection Agency documents posted this week disclose the full technical specifications of Tesla’s Cybercab, the robotaxi the company unveiled…

  • June 20, 2026
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Go’s $580 Million Tokyo Listing Becomes Japan’s Largest IPO of the Year

The gong sounded on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and, for the first time in years, the traders on the floor had something to cheer. Go, Japan’s leading ride-hailing operator, completed…

  • June 20, 2026
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Apple and Intel Team Up to Build Chips in America, Opening a Third Foundry Lane

The announcement came from the White House, not from Cupertino. President Trump said Apple will work with Intel to design and manufacture chips in the United States, a partnership that,…

  • June 20, 2026
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EU Orders Meta to Restore Free WhatsApp Access for Competing AI Chatbots

The ruling arrived in Brussels on a Friday and landed in Palo Alto before the weekend. The European Commission, acting under the Digital Markets Act, found that Meta had breached…

  • June 20, 2026
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Peace Deal With Iran Sets Off Rally in Asian Chip Stocks

The opening bell on the Tokyo Stock Exchange had barely rung when the buying started. SoftBank Group shares surged more than 10% in early trading on June 20, pushing the…

  • June 20, 2026
  • 67 views
Britain Passes Under-16 Social Media Ban, With Fines Up to 10% of Global Revenue

The vote came late in the parliamentary session, after a debate that ran longer than the bill’s supporters expected. When it passed, the UK became one of the first major…

  • June 20, 2026
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White House Warms to Anthropic Even as Its Flagship Models Come Offline Abroad

The interview had barely aired when the phones started ringing at Anthropic’s offices. President Trump told Axios he no longer regards the AI company as a national security threat, a…

  • June 20, 2026
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OpenAI Posts $3.7 Billion Quarterly Loss as IPO Preparations Accelerate

The internal numbers landed at a difficult moment. OpenAI lost $3.7 billion in the first quarter of 2026, according to The Information, putting the company on a pace to burn…