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Arm CEO says US AI CPU export ban to China is nearly impossible to enforce
Arm CEO Rene Haas said blocking AI-capable CPU exports to China is very difficult due to broad CPU uses despite new US export controls.
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Taiwan stresses political stability to secure AI chip supply amid soaring demand
Taiwan President Lai Ching-te said on June 2 that maintaining political status quo is vital to global AI chip supply chains amid rising demand.
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NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang and Lex Fridman explore Taiwan night markets during COMPUTEX 2026
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang and AI podcaster Lex Fridman explored Taiwan’s night markets and local cuisine during COMPUTEX and GTC Taipei 2026.
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Meta scales back AI tracking plan on employee devices after backlash
Meta reduced data collection in its employee AI training program after resistance from staff and a petition with over 1,500 signatures.
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Chinese AI startup DeepSeek aims to raise about 50 billion yuan in funding round
Chinese AI startup DeepSeek plans to raise about 50 billion yuan in its first funding round, valuing it at up to 400 billion yuan.
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Nintendo Music launches web version and adds Apple CarPlay, Android Auto support
Nintendo Music launched a web browser version and updated its mobile app with car platform support on June 2, 2026.
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Intel to launch Crescent Island AI chip by end of 2026 with cheaper memory and air cooling
Intel announced the Crescent Island AI chip for inference workloads, featuring LPDDR5 memory and air cooling, scheduled for shipment by end of 2026.
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OpenAI expands Codex with new enterprise plugins, Sites feature, and Windows support
OpenAI launched new Codex plugins, an interactive Sites feature, and Windows Computer Use support to boost enterprise adoption.
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Intel launches Xeon 6+ CPU with 288 cores to boost data center AI performance
Intel unveiled its Xeon 6+ CPU at COMPUTEX in Taipei, targeting data center and AI workloads with advances in power efficiency and performance.
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Nvidia launches Vera Rubin AI chip with OpenAI and Anthropic among first customers
Nvidia announced full production of its Vera Rubin AI platform and revealed OpenAI, Anthropic, and SpaceX as early customers at Computex Taipei.
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Taiwan pledges peace to protect AI and semiconductor supply chains at COMPUTEX 2026
Taiwan President Lai Ching-te reaffirmed peace as national policy to sustain global AI and semiconductor supply chains at COMPUTEX 2026 in Taipei.
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US closes loophole on Nvidia AI chip exports to Chinese firms outside China
The US Department of Commerce ended a loophole allowing Nvidia AI chips to reach Chinese subsidiaries abroad, reinforcing export controls on May 31, 2026.
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EU-China SMILE spacecraft launched from Kourou to study solar wind impact on Earth
The SMILE spacecraft launched May 19, 2026, from French Guiana to observe solar wind and Earth’s magnetic field interactions.
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MiniMax prepares mainland China IPO after Hong Kong debut, boosts revenue and users
Shanghai AI startup MiniMax signed with Citic Securities May 29 to launch its mainland China IPO amid strong growth and local competition.
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Iranian Hackers Suspected of Breaching US Gas Station Tank Monitoring Systems
US officials suspect Iranian hackers breached automatic tank gauge systems at gas stations across multiple states by exploiting weak security.
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Nvidia unveils N1X chip for Windows PCs at Taipei Computex with Microsoft partnership
Nvidia revealed the N1X Arm-based PC processor in Taipei on June 1, launching RTX Spark laptops and desktops for fall 2026 [s1,s6].
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Samsung ships samples of 12-layer HBM4E high-bandwidth memory chips to global customers
Samsung Electronics started shipping samples of its 12-layer HBM4E memory chips with 48GB capacity and up to 16 Gbps speed to major customers worldwide.
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Qualcomm signs deal to supply AI chips to ByteDance for new data centers
Qualcomm agreed to supply millions of AI-specific chips to ByteDance to support its growing AI data center operations in 2026.
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Huawei unveils Tau Scaling Law for 1.4-nanometre chip density target by 2031
Huawei introduced the Tau Scaling Law on May 25, aiming for 1.4-nanometre transistor density chips by 2031 without EUV lithography.
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NASA awards $220M rover contracts to Lunar Outpost, Astrolab; Blue Origin to deliver vehicles
NASA awarded contracts to build lunar rovers and selected Blue Origin and Firefly to deliver vehicles for its moon base plans.
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Nvidia retires classic Control Panel after 20 years with driver version 610.47
Nvidia has retired its classic Control Panel after 20 years, moving all features to the Nvidia app starting with driver version 610.47.
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China Limits Overseas Travel for Top AI Talent in Private Firms Including Alibaba
China has imposed travel restrictions requiring government approval for top AI professionals at private companies like Alibaba and DeepSeek.
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Zhou Qunfei attends China state banquet with Elon Musk and Tim Cook
Zhou Qunfei, founder of Lens Technology, was seated alongside Elon Musk and Tim Cook at a China state banquet in Beijing today.
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Anthropic urges US to secure 12-24 month AI lead over China by 2028 to ensure safety
Anthropic called on the US to lock in a 12-24 month lead in frontier AI by 2028 to prevent China from surpassing American AI capabilities.