Billionaire Masayoshi Son backs his long-time ally Lip-Bu Tan, now Intel CEO, with $2bn share investment amid push for huge data centre venture with OpenAI in the US

AI pioneer Sam Altman says the money being thrown at some players in the industry is 'insane' and 'not rational'

Asian tech giants say they will make data centre equipment in a factory in Lordstown, as part of the huge Stargate AI project

US Treasurer seen pressuring Tokyo with his remark the BOJ is 'behind the curve', reflecting Washington's desire for a stronger yen

The world's largest contract electronics maker reports a 27% rise in second-quarter profit, sees significant growth in third quarter as well

Days after seeking his resignation, the US President ended up praising Tan and saying the meeting was "a very interesting one."

SK Hynix expects the market for custom-made high bandwidth memory chips to grow to tens of billions of dollars by 2030

"Japan needs a stable coalition.. [or] it's impossible to pursue consistent policies," an LDP heavyweight said, so it was best "to seek a coalition partner under a new leader."

US official says Nvidia and AMD will provide a share of revenue to the government in return for licences to sell advanced chips to China; the deal comes amid a push by Beijing for HBM chips

The Japanese car giant's warning is the highest estimate yet of the negative impact that Trump's tariffs will have on a company

The move is part of Trump's efforts to spur manufacturing in the US. There was also news that Apple will invest $100 billion in its home market

US President says additional tariffs on semiconductors and pharmaceuticals will be revealed in about a week or so. "People love tariffs," he said in a TV interview