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The NVIDIA logo is pictured on its facility at the High-tech park at Yokne'am, in northern Israel, on July 9, 2025.
BUSINESS / Tech
Feb 23, 2026
Battered by Gaza war, Israel’s tech sector in recovery mode
The sector was not spared the knock-on effects of the war, which began in October 2023 and led to staffing shortages and skittishness from would-be backers.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg delivers a speech presenting a new line of smart glasses at the company's headquarters in Menlo Park, California, on Sept. 17, 2025.
BUSINESS / Tech
Feb 18, 2026
Meta deepens Nvidia ties with pact for ‘millions’ of chips
Meta was already the second-largest buyer of Nvidia products in the last fiscal year, having accounted for a total of about $19 billion.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.’s plant in Kumamoto Prefecture. The go-to chipmaker for Nvidia and Apple has decided to adopt cutting-edge technology for its second wafer fabrication plant in the prefecture.
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 5, 2026
TSMC plans major upgrade of Japan chip plant in win for Takaichi
The go-to chipmaker for Nvidia and Apple has decided to adopt cutting-edge technology for its second wafer fabrication plant in Kumamoto.
China’s DeepSeek received extensive technical assistance from Nvidia as a legitimate commercial partner hone artificial intelligence models that were later used by the Chinese military, it has been revealed.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jan 29, 2026
Nvidia helped DeepSeek hone AI models later used by China’s military
When Nvidia provided DeepSeek help, there was no public indication that its technology was ​being used ‌by the Chinese military, U.S. lawmaker John Moolenaar says.
Jensen Huang, chief executive officer of Nvidia, speaks at the 2026 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Jan. 6.
BUSINESS
Jan 21, 2026
Nvidia’s Huang plans to visit China as he works to reopen market
The U.S. is loosening export restrictions on AI processors, but on the Chinese side, government officials are deciding how many of the chips to let in.
A Micron Technology DDR5 DRAM memory module
BUSINESS / Tech
Jan 19, 2026
Micron says AI-driven memory crunch is ‘unprecedented’
The Nvidia supplier said the shortage has accelerated and reiterated that the crunch would last beyond 2026 due to the surge in demand.
A man rides a scooter past shipping containers at the Port of Keelung on Friday. The United States said on Thursday that it has signed a deal with Taiwan to reduce tariffs on goods from the democratic island, while increasing Taiwanese semiconductor and tech companies' investments in America.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 16, 2026
U.S. and Taiwan clinch deal to cut tariffs and boost chip investment
Duties on Taiwanese shipments would fall to 15%, and Taiwan’s tech industry would increase financing for American operations by $500 billion.
U.S. President Donald Trump's administration will allow Nvidia to export its second most powerful AI chips to China after the company was previously barred from doing so.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jan 14, 2026
U.S. gives green light to Nvidia H200 chip exports to China
Under a new rule, Nvidia can export but will need to certify that there are enough chips in the U.S., while Chinese customers must demonstrate “sufficient security procedures.”
Jensen Huang, chief executive officer of Nvidia, talks about partnering with Mercedes Benz during the Nvidia Live event at CES 2026 in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Monday.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jan 12, 2026
Nvidia and Tesla chase same self-driving goal via varying paths
While Tesla and Nvidia are fundamentally different companies, their dynamic underscores how unsettled the autonomous vehicle arms race remains.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang speaks about autonomous-driving vehicles during a Nvidia keynote address at CES 2026, an annual consumer electronics trade show, in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Monday.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jan 6, 2026
Self-driving and AI take center stage at CES as carmakers dial back EV plans
As automakers have hit the brakes on electric vehicle plans, auto suppliers and start ups are lining up to show off their latest autonomous vehicle hardware and software.
A Samsung Electronics sign at the IFA Consumer Electronics and Home Appliances trade fair in Berlin on Sept. 5, 2024. Investors are increasingly asking if we’re living through another financial bubble that’s destined to burst.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jan 5, 2026
Is the AI boom a bubble waiting to pop? Here’s what history says.
Investors are increasingly asking if we’re living through another financial bubble that’s destined to burst.
U.S. approval of Nvidia’s advanced AI chip exports to China risks accelerating the PLA’s military AI capabilities and eroding America’s technological edge at a critical moment in the U.S.-China strategic rivalry.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 26, 2025
Will Nvidia turbocharge China’s AI military?
The deal could give China access to Nvidia’s second-most powerful AI processor, which is roughly six times more capable than the H20 chips previously available to it.
Nvidia head Jensen Huang speaks in Washington in October. The CEO said earlier this year that when its Blackwell chip was released, nobody wanted the previous generation anymore.
BUSINESS / Tech
Dec 11, 2025
AI’s $400 billion problem: Are chips getting old too fast?
With chipmakers releasing new, more powerful processors faster than before, estimates regarding how fast these chips become obsolete may be overly optimistic.
Jensen Huang (center), chief executive officer of Nvidia, takes questions during the China International Supply Chain Expo in Beijing in July.
BUSINESS / Economy / FOCUS
Dec 10, 2025
Trump’s Nvidia deal reshapes China strategy and risks supercharging Xi’s AI push
The move raises questions about how far the U.S. president will go to steady ties with his Chinese counterpart.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang speaks alongside U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington on April 30.
BUSINESS / Tech / FOCUS
Dec 10, 2025
Trump’s reprieve for Nvidia’s H200 spurred by Huawei’s AI gains
The U.S. president concluded the move carried a lower security risk because Huawei already offers AI systems with comparable performance.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang at the White House in Washington in April.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 9, 2025
Trump’s Nvidia shift hands Xi opening on national security curbs
The president granted the tech company permission to export its high-end H200 chip to China, watering down years of U.S. national security safeguards.
Jensen Huang, president and chief executive of Nvidia, delivers a keynote address during the Nvidia GTC conference in Washington on Oct. 28.
BUSINESS / Tech
Dec 9, 2025
U.S. to allow Nvidia H200 chip shipments to China, Trump says
The U.S. government will collect a 25% fee on such sales, an approach the U.S. president says will apply to other AI chipmakers.
The Rapidus semiconductor foundry construction site in Chitose, Hokkaido Prefecture, in December 2023. The state-backed company is attempting a high-risk, high-cost leap into making the world’s most advanced chips to revive the nation's tech industry.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 4, 2025
What TSMC and Shakespeare can teach Japan’s Rapidus
If Rapidus pulls it off, though, this moonshot could rewrite the history of Japan’s tech industry.
Masayoshi Son, chairman and chief executive officer of SoftBank Group, speaks during the Future Investment Initiative (FII) Institute Priority Asia conference in Tokyo on Monday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 2, 2025
SoftBank’s Son ‘cried’ about Nvidia stake sale to fund AI bets
Son, addressing for the first time the surprise disclosure that SoftBank had unloaded its stake in the world’s most valuable company, also slammed talk of an AI investment bubble.
Nvidia's H200 chip, unveiled two years ago, has more high-bandwidth memory than its predecessor the H100, allowing it to process data more quickly.
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 22, 2025
U.S. mulls letting Nvidia sell H200 chips to China, sources say
The possibility signals a warmer approach to China, after U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping agreed to a trade truce last month.
‘My dream is broken’: Japan visa rules push out foreign residents
A man orders from a kebab shop in the Okubo district in Tokyo.
Japan triples departure tax in push to combat overtourism
Tourists in Yanaka Ginza, Tokyo, on Wednesday. Japan tripled its International Tourist Tax (departure tax) to ¥3,000 from ¥1,000 on Wednesday for all travelers leaving Japan, regardless of nationality.
Japanese-language education is at a turning point
The country is gradually transforming Japanese-language education from a volunteer-driven system into a professional, government-supported network to better serve its growing foreign population. 
Japan’s princesses face life-altering legal revisions
Princess Aiko, the daughter of Emperor Naruhito, said in a 2022 news conference upon coming of age that she hopes to “spend a long time together” with her parents.
Japan plans to sharply raise fees for residence permits from October
Foreign tourists walk on the path leading to the Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in May.
Iran war exposed, but hasn’t changed, Japan’s reliance on imported oil
Wind turbines generate energy from strong easterly winds on the Shonai Plain in Yamagata Prefecture. Despite the oil crisis caused by conflict near the Strait of Hormuz, and concerns instability in the region could continue to impact supply and the price of imports, the administration of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi does not seem to be drawing on the war as a pretext to hasten progress toward Japan's renewable goals.
Six of the best: rikishi of note in each sumo division
Kazuma (right) faces off against future <i>yokozuna</i> Onosato during the All Japan Amateur Sumo Championships at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo in December 2020.
Some startups see opportunity in an aging Japan
Yasmin Baba, CTO of Amilis, wins the Grand Prize at the Pitch2Tokyo Grand Final on Feb. 19.
Japan’s fertility system offers few safe paths for same-sex couples
A Tokyo Pride parade participant holds a sign that says "we want to be a married couple, not a couple."
Life inside Japan’s largest prison for women
Western-style rooms spanning the size of four tatami mats with hardwood floors, a toilet and soft mattresses on bed frames are designated for foreign nationals and those with health conditions at Tochigi Prison.

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