While giving her Cincinnati hot takes, country star Carly Pearce made her allegiance known: She is a Gold Star person.

Trump’s chip policy is also facing scrutiny in other respects. After rescinding former President Biden’s AI diffusion rule in May, Trump has yet to introduce a replacement framework.

Shares of chip firms have surged as enthusiasm for AI continues. But some strategists think investors should take a step back.

China mines around 70% and processes around 90% of rare earths. The U.S. is hoping to change that with investment in the domestic rare earth supply chain.

A NVIDIA spokesperson said criticisms of the company’s resumption of H20 chip sales to China “are misguided and inconsistent with the Administration's AI Action Plan.” ...

AMD's Strix Halo is a beefy chip with superb CPU performance (according to our testing), but I thought it was a bit too power hungry and pricey to slap into a gaming handheld.

Samsung's chip plant is only miles away in Taylor, which Musk wrote was "convenient." Musk has previously employed a hands-on, "founder mode" approach to running Tesla and X, formerly Twitter.

Japan's $550 billion trade deal with the U.S. could help fund TSMC's chip plants in America, deepening supply chain ties while raising concerns over limited impact on U.S. semiconductor capacity.