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Tech Selloff Extends to Japan as DeepSeek Puts Focus on AI Costs
Tech Selloff Extends to Japan as DeepSeek Puts Focus on AI Costs

Shares of Nvidia plunged by 17% on Monday, wiping nearly $600 billion from the chipmaker's market value, a record one-day loss for any company.

Bids Rush in For TikTok as Americans Scramble to Get the App
Bids Rush in For TikTok as Americans Scramble to Get the App

American billionaires and tech giants are falling over each other to get their bids in for TikTok

‘AI Breakthrough’ by China’s DeepSeek Rocks US Tech Giants
‘AI Breakthrough’ by China’s DeepSeek Rocks US Tech Giants

Little-known China startup allegedly spent $5.5 million, and used sub-optimal Nvidia chips, on an AI model that rates with the best created by US tech giants; this caused Nvidia and other tech shares to sink

‘The End May Be In Sight’: Musk Pans Trump’s $500bn AI Deal
Trade Wars Would be ‘Catastrophic’ for World Economy: WTO
Bytedance ‘Plans $20 Billion Outlay on AI Infrastructure This Year’
SoftBank, UAE’s MGX Join $500bn Data Centre Deal With OpenAI
Trump Day 2: 10% China Tariffs by Feb 1, EU to Also ‘Get Fairness’
What Trump’s First Day Meant For AI, Renewables, TikTok, Crypto
Stock and Currency Investors Jolted by Trump’s Chaotic Approach

Fintech: The Big Picture

ASML in the Centre of the Chip War

With a market cap of$240 billion, chipmaker ASML is Europe’s most valuable tech company. Its market-leading position comes from its monopoly in Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography (EUV) machines which allow chipmakers to make smaller, faster and smarter semiconductors