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Crowds gather in Times Square to celebrate the surrender of Japan, V-J Day, New York City, New York, USA, U.S. Army Signal Corps, August 15, 1945
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FFM Mogami at the Yokosuka Naval Base on April 8, 2025.
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Hard Numbers: Japan wins huge Oz carrier contract, Migrant boat sinks off Yemen, US to require bonds from visa-seekers, Taiwan arrests chip snoops

The flag of China is displayed on a smartphone with a NVIDIA chip in the background in this photo illustration.
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Nvidia delays could slow down China at a crucial time

H3C, one of China’s biggest server makers, has warned about running out of Nvidia H20 chips, the most powerful AI chips Chinese companies can legally purchase under US export controls.

Did Biden’s chip rules go too far?
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Did Biden’s chip rules go too far?

Microsoft has joined a growing revolt against Biden-era chip export controls that tech companies claim will hurt American competitiveness. On Feb. 27, Microsoft publicly urged the Trump administration to roll back one specific set of restrictions on advanced AI chips imposed during Biden’s final days in office.

​This illustration photo shows the DeepSeek AI application logo on a black background displayed on a cell phone with a kaleidoscope-effect China flag in the background.
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What DeepSeek means for the US-China AI war

A Chinese startup might have achieved what many thought was impossible: matching America’s best artificial intelligence systems at a fraction of the cost.

Biden has one week left. His chip war with China isn’t done yet.
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Biden has one week left. His chip war with China isn’t done yet.

Joe Biden is leaving office in less than a week, but his administration is still making a bid to expand restrictions on computer chip exports — potentially a lasting mark of his presidency.

​The Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library is pictured in Harvard yard at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., December 7, 2023
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​President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden make remarks at the first-ever White House Conference on Women's Health Research in Washington, D.C., United States, on December 11, 2024.
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One last crackdown on chips for Biden

Joe Biden might not be done with his yearslong effort to limit China’s access to advanced computer chips.

A Microsoft logo is pictured on a store in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York.
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Microsoft gets OK to send chips to the UAE

The US government has reportedly permitted Microsoft to export advanced AI chips to one of its own facilities in the United Arab Emirates.

Biden tightens China’s access to chips one last time
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Biden tightens China’s access to chips one last time

Throughout Joe Biden’s presidency, the Commerce Department has gradually tightened its chokehold on China’s access to semiconductors needed to access, train, and build artificial intelligence. It just announced its “strongest controls ever," prompting China to respond in kind with restrictions of its own that send a signal to President-elect Donald Trump.