Chip export controls were not a major topic in Beijing, US Trade Rep Greer says
Chip export controls were not a major topic in Beijing, US Trade Rep Greer says

Greer told Bloomberg TV the bilateral did not address chip controls, even as Reuters reported the Trump administration cleared Nvidia H200 sales to several Chinese firms after the Xi meeting. Semiconductor export controls were not a major topic at this…

US clears H200 sales to 10 Chinese firms, but not a single chip has shipped
US clears H200 sales to 10 Chinese firms, but not a single chip has shipped

Washington has approved Alibaba, Tencent, ByteDance, JD.com, and six others to buy Nvidia’s H200, with each licence good for up to 75,000 units. Beijing has told its tech sector to wait, and Jensen Huang has now been added to Trump’s Beijing trip to tr…

China sharpens criticism of US chip-equipment bill as Trump arrives in Beijing
China sharpens criticism of US chip-equipment bill as Trump arrives in Beijing

Beijing’s foreign ministry hit the MATCH Act on the eve of the Xi summit, with a 150-day alignment deadline for Japan and the Netherlands at the heart of the legislation Beijing has sharpened its criticism of US legislation that would tighten controls …

Spain holds the line on social media and AI rules as US tech lobbying intensifies
Spain holds the line on social media and AI rules as US tech lobbying intensifies

Digital transformation minister Óscar López says ‘the profit of four tech companies cannot come at the expense of the rights of millions’ as Madrid’s regulatory package moves through parliament. Spain’s digital transformation minister, Óscar López, sai…

Ursula Von der Leyen pushes EU-wide social-media age protections for children
Ursula Von der Leyen pushes EU-wide social-media age protections for children

The European Commission president said an EU age-verification app is technically complete and that bloc-level rules on minimum social-media ages are next. France, Spain, and several others are already moving alone. European Commission President Ursula …

The US Commerce Department deletes website details of Microsoft, Google, and xAI security-test deal
The US Commerce Department deletes website details of Microsoft, Google, and xAI security-test deal

The US Commerce Department has removed from its website the details of an agreement under which Microsoft, Google, and xAI agreed to submit new AI models to government scientists for security testing before release, Reuters reported on Monday. The orig…

Jensen Huang skips Trump’s China business delegation
Jensen Huang skips Trump’s China business delegation

The Nvidia CEO is not on the list of US executives travelling to Beijing for the Trump-Xi summit. Apple’s Tim Cook and Tesla’s Elon Musk are among those attending; the trip’s focus is reportedly agriculture, manufacturing, and aviation. NVIDIA CEO Jens…

Trump’s H-1B proposal would push entry-level tech salary floor near $162,000
Trump’s H-1B proposal would push entry-level tech salary floor near $162,000

An entry-level software engineer in San Francisco would need to be paid at least $162,000 a year to qualify for an H-1B visa under a Trump-administration proposal published in March, The same role in Dallas would jump to about $113,000; in New York, $1…

Brussels strikes deal to thin out AI Act and outlaw nudification apps
Brussels strikes deal to thin out AI Act and outlaw nudification apps

After two failed trilogues, Parliament and Council finally landed a compromise that pushes the high-risk compliance deadline to December 2027, lightens paperwork for smaller firms, and writes a long-promised ban on non-consensual intimate imagery into …

Lawrence Wong holds the line: AI will not produce jobless growth in Singapore
Lawrence Wong holds the line: AI will not produce jobless growth in Singapore

Singapore’s parliament has pledged that the country will not see jobless growth as artificial intelligence reshapes the economy, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday in coverage citing Channel NewsAsia. The statement reaffirms the position Prime Minister Lawr…