Taiwan's minister Wu Cheng-wen says the US won't impose "punishing" tariffs on Taiwan, after a "consensus" that Taiwan would support the US chip industry (Financial Times)

TP-Link Systems Inc., a major Wi-Fi manufacturer founded in China, is attempting to assure US national security officials of its independence from Beijing amid scrutiny over its factory in Vietnam, where products are produced for the US market.

OpenAI has partnered with Foxconn to co-design and manufacture hardware for AI data centers in the United States, focusing on essential components such as cabling, networking, cooling, and power systems. This collaboration aims to enhance the infrastructure required to support OpenAI's growing artificial intelligence initiatives.

Amazon.com Inc.'s Ring division has mandated that hundreds of customer service employees relocate to central hubs in the US and UK. This move is part of a broader initiative to streamline and automate operations within the company.

Meta Platforms Inc. is entering the electricity trading market to expedite the construction of new power plants in the United States, which are essential for supporting its artificial intelligence infrastructure. This strategic move aims to enhance Meta's operational capabilities as it expands its AI initiatives.

Meta Platforms Inc. is entering the electricity trading market, aiming to expedite the development of new power plants in the U.S. that are essential for its artificial intelligence initiatives. This strategic move reflects the company's commitment to securing energy resources to support its growing AI operations.

The CEO of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) has committed to expanding the company's presence in the United States to meet the rising demand for artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. This expansion is part of TSMC's broader strategy that also includes growth in Japan and Europe.

MajinBook is an open catalogue aimed at enhancing the use of shadow libraries like Library Genesis and Z-Library for computational social science and cultural analytics. It combines metadata from these archives with structured bibliographic data from Goodreads, resulting in a corpus of over 539,000 references to English-language books. The project emphasizes machine-readable quality and addresses biases in traditional corpora, while ensuring legal compliance for text and data mining in research.

Leading US stock markets experienced a decline shortly after a brief rally sparked by Nvidia's strong earnings report. Despite Nvidia's reassurances of robust demand for its advanced datacenter chips, investor concerns about a potential AI bubble resurfaced, leading to pressure on technology stocks central to the AI boom.