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China’s Xi Meets Top Tech Chiefs, Baidu Shares Slip as CEO Absent
China’s Xi Meets Top Tech Chiefs, Baidu Shares Slip as CEO Absent

The tightly choreographed pro-business meet marked a turnaround in Beijing's approach to the tech industry in the face of a slowdown in growth, deflationary concerns and a bitter rivalry with the US

Taiwan, Korea on Edge as Trump Sets Sight on Chip Funding
Taiwan, Korea on Edge as Trump Sets Sight on Chip Funding

Insiders say the White House is concerned about many of the terms underpinning the $39 billion Chips and Science Act industry subsidies

Baidu to Offer Ernie Chatbot For Free Amid DeepSeek Challenge
Baidu to Offer Ernie Chatbot For Free Amid DeepSeek Challenge

Up until the launch of DeepSeek last month, Ernie Bot was widely seen as the closest Chinese rival to ChatGPT

Japan’s Honda, Nissan Officially Scrap $60 Billion Merger Plan
Apple Taps Alibaba to Bring AI to Chinese iPhones: Report
BYD in Talks to Supply Carbon Credits to European Carmakers
BYD to Offer Tesla-Like Self-Driving Tech in All Models For Free
Fears of Reciprocal Trump Tariffs Wipe $180bn Off Indian Stocks
Trump’s ‘No Exemption’ Tariffs Rattle Chinese Steelmakers
810,000 Investors Have Lost Over $2 Billion on Trump Coin – NYT

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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