Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has banned state employees from using Chinese-linked technology—including Shein, Temu, Alibaba, and TP-Link—citing privacy and national security concerns, while ByteDance secured TikTok's U.S. future through a majority American-owned joint venture to manage user data and avoid a nationwide ban.
In a move that underscores the insatiable appetite for artificial intelligence infrastructure, ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, has reportedly finalized a staggering $14.3 billion (100 billion yuan) order for high-performance AI chips from NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA). This procurement, earmarked for the 2026 fiscal year, represents a significant escalation from the $12 billion the social [...]
The high-performance computing landscape has reached a historic inflection point in early 2026, as the open-source RISC-V architecture officially shatters the long-standing duopoly of ARM and x86. What began a decade ago as an academic project at UC Berkeley has matured into a formidable industrial force, driven by a global surge in demand for "architectural [...]
In a move that has sent shockwaves through both Silicon Valley and Beijing, the Trump administration has officially authorized the export of NVIDIA H200 GPU accelerators to the Chinese market. The decision, finalized in late January 2026, marks a dramatic reversal of the multi-year "presumption of denial" policy that had effectively crippled the sales of [...]
Chinese stocks offer potential for growth, but with political tensions. BYD, Alibaba, Tencent are top picks. China's economy and capital markets are supported by government policies.
As of January 24, 2026, the geopolitical landscape of the Middle East is being distilled into a single, high-stakes number on the world’s leading prediction markets. Traders on Polymarket are currently pricing in a 21% probability that Ali Khamenei will be out as the Supreme Leader of Iran by February 28, 2026. This surge in [...]
The open-standard RISC-V architecture has officially reached a historic turning point in the global semiconductor market, now accounting for 25% of all new silicon designs as of January 2026. This milestone signals a definitive shift from RISC-V being a niche experimental project to its status as a foundational "third pillar" alongside the long-dominant x86 and [...]
In a move that signals a seismic shift in global technology trade, the Trump administration has finalized a new export policy for high-end artificial intelligence semiconductors. Effectively ending the "presumption of denial" that has defined U.S.-China chip relations for nearly four years, the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced on January [...]
The global semiconductor landscape has been thrown into chaos this week as a high-stakes trade standoff between Washington and Beijing left the world’s most advanced AI hardware in a state of geopolitical limbo. The "H200 Export Crisis," as it is being called by industry analysts, reached a boiling point following a series of conflicting regulatory [...]
In a move that signals a profound shift in the global semiconductor hierarchy, Alibaba Group Holding Limited (NYSE: BABA) has reportedly initiated plans to list its specialized chipmaking subsidiary, T-Head (also known as Pingtouge). As of January 22, 2026, the tech giant is moving to restructure the unit into a
NEW YORK — As the sun rose over Wall Street on January 22, 2026, investors were greeted by one of the most anticipated and unusual economic reports in recent memory. The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) released a combined Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) report covering both October and November 2025—a
March S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESH26) are up +0.66%, and March Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQH26) are up +0.89% this morning, pointing to further gains on Wall Street after U.S. President Donald Trump walked back his threats to impose tariffs on a grou...
According to a Bloomberg report citing people familiar with the matter, Alibaba initially plans to restructure the unit, named T-Head, as a business owned partly by the company’s employees.
