Published on: 2025-06-05 01:18:00
What just happened? TSMC is once again in talks with US officials about a potential advanced chip factory in the United Arab Emirates. The plan has been floated before under the Biden administration, but now it appears to have gained new life following recent conversations between TSMC, the Trump administration, and UAE representatives. A Bloomberg report, citing sources familiar with the matter, highlights that the proposed plant would be a gigafab, essentially a sprawling complex of multiple
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-05 00:10:00
The Trump administration has terminated National Science Foundation grants for more than 100 research projects related to climate change, according to an MIT Technology Review analysis of a database that tracks such cuts. The move will cut off what’s likely to amount to tens of millions of dollars for studies that were previously approved and, in most cases, already in the works. Many believe the administration’s broader motivation is to undermine the power of the university system and prevent
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-06 09:04:08
China is calling out the U.S. for "discriminatory restrictions" in its use of export controls in the chip industry, after the Trump administration accused the world's second-largest economy of violating a preliminary trade deal between the two countries. "Recently, China has repeatedly raised concerns with the U.S. regarding its abuse of export control measures in the semiconductor sector and other related practices," China U.S. embassy spokesperson Liu Pengyu told NBC News. It's the latest es
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The Trump administration has canceled a $766 million contract with Moderna for the development of a human bird flu vaccine, the pharmaceutical company announced Wednesday. The Biden administration signed a $176 million deal with Moderna last year for the development of an mRNA-based shot targeting the virus that causes bird flu, H5N1. Then, earlier this year, Biden’s Department of Health and Human Services awarded the drugmaker an additional $590 million for late-stage development of the vaccin
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The Department of Health and Human Services—under the control of anti-vaccine advocate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.—has canceled millions of dollars in federal funding awarded to Moderna to produce an mRNA vaccine against influenza viruses with pandemic potential, including the H5N1 bird flu currently sweeping US poultry and dairy cows. Last July, the Biden administration's HHS awarded Moderna $176 million to "accelerate the development of mRNA-based pandemic influenza vaccines." In the administration
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-10 09:03:10
As Nvidia reports earnings for the first quarter of its fiscal year 2026, which closed on April 28, the company has released numbers on how the Trump administration’s recent chip export restrictions are affecting business. Nvidia reported that it incurred a $4.5 billion charge in Q1 due to licensing requirements impacting its ability to sell its H20 AI chip to companies in China. The chipmaker also reported that it was unable to ship an additional $2.5 billion of H20 revenue in the quarter due
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As the Trump administration continues its attack on higher education, Education Secretary Linda McMahon has laid out some guidance for how universities can keep the attack dogs at bay: just share the values of the administration and do exactly as it asks. “Universities should continue to be able to do research as long as they’re abiding by the laws and in sync, I think, with the administration and what the administration is trying to accomplish,” McMahon said in an interview with CNBC on Wednes
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-17 09:40:23
Jonathan Feist / Android Authority TL;DR The White House just threatened Apple with 25% tariffs over plans to build iPhones in India. At the time, it was unclear if this was only targeted at Apple, or if the rule would impact smartphones at large. Now the administration confirms its intent to be “fair” by similarly penalizing Samsung and other manufacturers. The current US administration is hell-bent on changing the face of global manufacturing, and has committed to the universally derided p
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What to make of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency at this stage of the Trump administration? Elon Musk has purportedly stepped away from his government duties. Courts are trying to strike down some of DOGE’s most egregious efforts. It may seem as though the worst excesses of DOGE have passed, replaced by something closer to a stasis. This isn’t true. Not even close. While the image of DOGE most likely burned into your retina is that of Elon Musk wielding a literal chain saw, th
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The Trump administration on Thursday halted Harvard University’s ability to enroll international students, taking aim at a crucial funding source for the nation’s oldest and wealthiest college in a major escalation of the administration’s efforts to pressure the elite school to fall in line with the president’s agenda. The administration notified Harvard about the decision — which could affect about a quarter of the school’s student body — after a back-and-forth in recent weeks over the legalit
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In Brief Just a few weeks after the U.S. and China made significant steps to de-escalate the growing trade war between the two countries, tensions are flaring again — this time over semiconductors. China’s Commerce Ministry in Beijing released a statement on Wednesday that threatened legal action against anyone who enforces U.S. export restrictions on Huawei’s AI chips, according to reporting from Bloomberg. This statement is in response to a set of “guidelines” released by the Trump administ
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Violent threats and calls for impeachment on social media platforms against US judges have skyrocketed by 327 percent since last year, according to new research from the Global Project Against Hate and Extremism (GPAHE). Many of the posts are violent and politically charged. “THIS JUDGE NEEDS TO BE REMOVED AND CHARGED W TREASON,” one user posted on TikTok in March, referring to Judge James Boasberg, who found probable cause for contempt against the Trump administration after it refused to turn
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As first reported by Politico , the Trump administration has fired the Register of Copyrights and US Copyright Office Director, Shira Perlmutter. The Register of Copyrights works under the Librarian of Congress — a title held most recently by Carla Hayden, who was fired earlier this week for her DEI efforts, as White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told The New York Times . Perlmutter's dismissal comes just after the office released a report that raised concerns about certain uses of copy
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You would think the administration that launched the Department of Government Efficiency (despite how ineffective it has been) would be a big fan of improved efficacy in all areas. But Donald Trump keeps trying to kill any law that sets efficiency requirements for water and energy usage. His latest effort came Friday, when he signed a presidential memorandum calling the Department of Energy to “consider using all lawful authority to rescind” or weaken water and energy standards and signed measur
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It’s a voluntary program launched during a Republican administration, endorsed by manufacturers and well-recognized by U.S. consumers, who have saved an estimated $500 billion over the past 33 years guided by its familiar blue label. But President Donald Trump’s administration has decided the Energy Star program has got to go. CNN and The Washington Post first reported the plan to eliminate the program that certifies the most energy-efficient appliances and buildings with the Energy Star label
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-10 17:43:00
Bottom line: The Energy Star program was introduced by a Republican president in 1992. Now, a new Republican administration appears poised to shut it down for good. While the Trump administration speaks of organizational improvements, industry representatives are warning politicians about the dire consequences their actions could have on households budgets. Internal sources at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) report that the administration plans to kill the Energy Star program. After s
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Protesters at a “Hands Off” event on the National Mall last month called for the Trump administration to stop making cuts to the federal government. ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Reporting Highlights Grants Terminated: Washington state’s attorney general alleges the Trump administration has violated a preliminary injunction intended to stop it from cutting research grant funding. Washi
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For more than two months, the Trump administration has been subject to a federal court order stopping it from cutting funding related to gender identity and the provision of gender-affirming care in response to President Donald Trump’s executive orders. Lawyers for the federal government have repeatedly claimed in court filings that the administration has been complying with the order. But new whistleblower records submitted in a lawsuit led by the Washington state attorney general appear to c
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, right, speaks alongside President Donald Trump about investing in America, at the White House in Washington, on April 30, 2025. The Trump administration on Wednesday prepared to rescind U.S. chip export restrictions known as the "AI diffusion rule," effectively stopping a set of artificial intelligence semiconductor limits from taking effect next week. A Department of Commerce spokesperson confirmed the plan to CNBC after Bloomberg reported on it earlier. Nvidia share
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On Wednesday, the Trump administration announced plans to rescind and replace a Biden-era rule regulating the export of high-end AI accelerator chips worldwide, Bloomberg and Reuters reported. A Department of Commerce spokeswoman told Reuters that officials found the previous framework "overly complex, overly bureaucratic, and would stymie American innovation" and pledged to create "a much simpler rule that unleashes American innovation and ensures American AI dominance." The Biden administrat
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In Brief SpaceX’s satellite internet service, Starlink, is directly benefiting from the Trump Administration’s tariff trade war, according to leaked State Department memos obtained by the Washington Post. The memos show the U.S. pushing countries to adopt Starlink. Some show that countries believe that doing so could help lubricate their U.S. trade and tariff negotiations. One memo about the tiny African nation of Lesotho, which the U.S. imposed a 50% tariff against, flat-out said so about its
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Hackers are exploiting a critical unauthenticated privilege escalation vulnerability in the OttoKit WordPress plugin to create rogue admin accounts on targeted sites. OttoKit (formerly SureTriggers) is a WordPress automation and integration plugin used in over 100,000 sites, allowing users to connect their websites to third-party services and automate workflows. Patchstack received a report about a critical vulnerability in OttoKit on April 11, 2025, from researcher Denver Jackson. The flaw,
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It’s earnings season, and automakers are warning investors about the impact tariffs will have on vehicle pricing. As first reported by Reuters , the cost of Ford's Mustang Mach-E, Ford’s electric SUV, could rise by as much as $2,000 on some models. Ford manufactures the Mach-E as well as other non-electric models in Mexico, which are now tariffed when sold in the United States. Aside from the Mach-E, Ford estimates that it will take a $1.5 billion hit from current tariff policy. The Trump admi
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The Trump administration has announced plans to eliminate the Energy Star program, as originally reported by The Washington Post. This announcement occurred during an all-hands meeting of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Atmospheric Protection, in which the department was shuttered. As for Energy Star, this program started all the way back in 1992 under the first Bush administration. This is the department that’s responsible for the iconic yellow stickers on home appliances. The
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-18 01:26:37
The US data center industry has warned that the Trump administration’s crackdown on renewable energy could slow its growth and undermine Washington’s goal to win the global artificial intelligence race. Renewables have become a flashpoint since Donald Trump re-entered the White House, with his administration suspending clean energy developments on federal land, pausing federal loans, and last month canceling high-profile projects such as Equinor’s $5 billion Empire Wind site. For tech companie
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In Brief GlobalX, an airline used by the Trump administration as part of its massive deportation campaign, has reportedly been hacked. On Monday, 404 Media first reported news of the breach, based on a defacement message on the airline’s official website and stolen data that the hackers shared with the news website. “Anonymous has decided to enforce the Judge’s order since you and your sycophant staff ignore lawful orders that go against your fascist plans,” wrote the hackers, who claimed to
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is a senior science reporter covering energy and the environment with more than a decade of experience. She is also the host of Hell or High Water: When Disaster Hits Home , a podcast from Vox Media and Audible Originals. The District of Columbia and 17 states — including New York, Arizona, Massachusetts, California, Colorado, and Illinois — sued the Trump administration Monday over its attempts to stop wind energy developments across the US. The states argue that by signing a presidential mem
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In Brief GlobalX, an airline used by the Trump administration as part of its massive deportation campaign, has reportedly been hacked. On Monday, 404 Media first reported news of the breach, based on a defacement message on the airline’s official website and stolen data that the hackers shared with the news website. “Anonymous has decided to enforce the Judge’s order since you and your sycophant staff ignore lawful orders that go against your fascist plans,” wrote the hackers, who claimed to
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Across seven decades and a dozen presidencies, America’s scientific prowess was arguably unmatched. At universities and federal agencies alike, researchers in the United States revolutionized weather forecasting, cured deadly diseases, and began monitoring greenhouse gas emissions. As far back as 1990, Congress directed this scientific might toward understanding climate change, after finding that human-induced global warming posed a threat to “human health, and global economic and social well-be
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What just happened? Kuwait has declared cryptocurrency mining "illegal and unlicensed" as part of a broad crackdown to ease pressure on its strained power grid amid a worsening energy crisis. This firm stance contrasts sharply with neighboring Dubai, which continues to embrace the crypto sector, recently hosting a major international conference attended by prominent industry figures. Kuwait has launched a sweeping crackdown on cryptocurrency mining, blaming the activity for worsening a power cr
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