When we look back on 2025, at least in tech, we’ll remember it mostly as a year about AI. We had a race between OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, and others to build the best model for the most things. Nvidia became the most valuable company in the world, data centers started to spring up everywhere, and …
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Trump says Nvidia can sell more powerful AI chips to China
Nvidia has received White House approval to start exporting its H200 AI GPU chips to “approved customers” in China and other countries, according to President Donald Trump. In a Truth Social post on Monday, Trump said the deal comes with “conditions that allow for continued strong national security,” and that the US will take a …
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ICEBlock Sues Trump Admin Over Pressuring Apple for App Store Removal
Two months ago, Apple removed ICEBlock, an app that allowed immigrants to track Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity through user sightings. Trump’s Attorney General Pam Bondi proudly took credit for the removal. At the time, ICEBlock vowed to fight the decision, and on Monday, they followed through on that promise. ICEBlock’s developer Joshua Aaron filed …
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Ron DeSantis Proposes AI Bill of Rights as Trump Says He’ll Kill State AI Laws
Donald Trump said on Truth Social this morning that he plans to sign an executive order that will preempt any and all state regulations on AI, which was apparently news to Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who just last week announced a proposal to establish an AI Bill of Rights for Floridians and introduce protections for …
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Trump considers new tariffs on Indian rice, says ‘they shouldn’t be dumping’ – The Hindu
Trump considers new tariffs on Indian rice, says ‘they shouldn’t be dumping’ The Hindu Trump’s New Tariff Warning To India Over “Rice Dumping” Amid Trade Talks NDTV ‘India should not be dumping rice’: Trump signals fresh tariffs as US farmers decry cheap imports The Times of India Trump considers fresh tariffs on Indian rice as US farmers allege …
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Trump considers fresh tariffs on Indian rice as US farmers allege unfair dumping – India Today
Trump considers fresh tariffs on Indian rice as US farmers allege unfair dumping India Today ‘India should not be dumping rice’: Trump signals fresh tariffs as US farmers decry cheap imports The Times of India Trump likely to announce tariffs on Indian rice and Canadian fertiliser as trade deal stalls India TV News Trump Links Tariffs To New …
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Trump Says Nvidia Can Sell the H200 Chip to China
Donald Trump says he’s going to allow Nvidia to sell the H200 artificial intelligence chip to China, according to a new post from the president on Truth Social. The move will still bar Nvidia from selling its more advanced Blackwell chips to China, but it’s still considered a win for the tech company since the …
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‘ONE RULE’: Trump says he’ll sign an executive order blocking state AI laws despite bipartisan pushback
President Donald Trump said on Monday he plans to ink an executive order this week that would limit states from enacting their own regulation of AI technology. “I will be doing a ONE RULE Executive Order this week,” Trump posted on social media. “You can’t expect a company to get 50 Approvals every time they …
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ICEBlock developer sues Trump administration over App Store removal
Joshua Aaron, the developer of the ICEBlock app, is suing Attorney General Pam Bondi, US Homeland Security Secretary Kirsti Noem, acting director of ICE Todd Lyons, White House “Border Czar” Tom Homan, and other federal officials over the Trump administration’s “unlawful threats” made against Aaron and its actions to pressure Apple to pull the app …
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Netflix Reportedly Greased the Skids for Its Warner Acquisition by Yukking It Up with Trump
The main subtext of the unpleasant announcement on Thursday that Netflix planned to buy Warner Bros. Discovery in a deal worth $82.7 billion was that Silicon Valley is still grabbing all it can amid the ongoing looting of culture by Big Tech. That subtext may have overshadowed some additional, equally nauseating subtext that anonymous sources …
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