Fri, Sept 26, 2025:
Trump Takes Aim at Chip Makers With New Plan to Throttle Imports. Administration wants domestic manufacturing to match imports and would impose tariffs on those companies that don’t step up production. – WSJ
Matching capacity of domestic chips with imports is a taller order than simply increasing domestic investments because overseas products are often cheaper, supply chains are difficult to tweak, and increasing U.S. supply takes time.
Wed, Sept 24, 2025:
This industry will be hardest hit by Trump’s new $100K visa fee. They’re anxious. Tech groups are rushing to coordinate a response to the administration’s overhaul of the H-1B program. – Politico
Thurs, Sept 4, 2025:
Trump Deal Lets Intel Move Factories Overseas – Prospect
Tues, Sept 2, 2025:
The U.S. and China must agree on a trust architecture for A.I. devices, or else rogue entities will destabilize these two superpower nations long before they get around to fighting a war. – NYT/TF
Fri, Aug 22, 2025:
Trump wants to convert $11 billion in federal contracts and subsidies awarded to the struggling chipmaker Intel into an equity stake. – Politico
US Takes Nearly 10% Intel Stake, Clinching Unorthodox Deal – Bloomberg
Tues, Aug 19, 2025:
Lutnick says Intel has to give government equity in return for CHIPS Act funds – CNBC
Mon, Aug 18, 2025:
Trump Administration in Talks to Take a 10% Stake in Intel – Bloomberg
Fri, Aug 15, 2025:
Intel’s Move Toward Nationalization Won’t Work—at Least for the Long Haul. Federal support could get the troubled chip maker over some hurdles, but risks great harm to the U.S. tech sector. – WSJ
Wed, Aug 13, 2025:
Trump Has Made Himself Commander in Chief of the Chip Industry. President Trump has become the semiconductor sector’s leading decision maker, from new fees on exports to China to a brief demand for a C.E.O.’s firing. – NYT
Companies Are Pouring Billions Into A.I. It Has Yet to Pay Off. Corporate spending on artificial intelligence is surging as executives bank on major efficiency gains. So far, they report little effect to the bottom line. – NYT
Sat, Aug 9, 2025:
US licenses Nvidia to export chips to China after CEO meets Trump, Jensen Huang personally lobbied president. – FT
Sun, Aug 3, 2025:
AI Scheming: AI Is Getting Better at Winning, Even at Our Expense – Bloomberg
Fri, June 27, 2025:
The A.I. Frenzy Is Escalating. Again. Companies like OpenAI, Amazon and Meta have supersized their spending on artificial intelligence, with no signs of slowing down. – NYT
Mon, Jan. 27, 2025:
Chinese AI advancement called DeepSeek is sending US stocks plunging – CNN
Wed, Jan 22, 2025:
Why Trump’s AI plan made Musk flip out; what’s really at stake – Politico
Wed, Jan 22, 2025:
Musk bashes AI joint venture Trump announced, claiming its backers don’t “have the money” – CNN
Tues, Jan 21, 2025:
SoftBank joins OpenAI, Oracle in AI Joint Venture – Bloomberg
“The president said he would use emergency declarations and executive action to help ease construction projects, including through easier access to energy.”
Mon, Jan. 20, 2025:
Trump temporarily delays enforcement of federal ban on TikTok – CNN
Sat, Jan 18, 2025:
Trump’s memecoin creates billions from thin air before DC return – Bloomberg
Fri, Jan. 17, 2025:
Supreme Court allows bipartisan TikTok ban to go into effect – CNN
Tue, Jan 7, 2025:
Meta (owner of Facebook and Instagram) is getting rid of fact checkers, acknowledging more harmful content will appear on platforms – CNN
“In 2016, the company launched an independent fact-checking program, in the wake of claims that it had failed to stop foreign actors from leveraging its platforms to spread disinformation and sow discord among Americans. In the years since, it continued to grapple with the spread of controversial content on its platform, such as misinformation about elections, anti-vaccination stories, violence and hate speech.”