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Silicon shadows: inside the black market for AI chips

As the US tightens export controls, a thriving black market is helping advanced AI semiconductors reach China

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Silicon Shadows: Inside the Black Market for AI Chips

As the US tightens export controls, a thriving black market is helping advanced AI semiconductors reach China. The FT's Eleanor Olcott investigates how resellers are bypassing US export controls and what the illicit trade reveals about the geopolitical race over artificial intelligence.

Nvidia halves Asia buyer list in China chip crackdown

Tougher vetting in Singapore, Malaysia and Japan reflects Washington’s push to close export-control loopholes

Already rich, already successful, why the last wave of tech winners is grinding again

They're rolling up their sleeves again, seemingly out of fear of missing AI's defining moment and, presumably, the irresistible allure of making even more money -- potentially a lot more.

SpaceX is gearing up for Starship's 13th test flight later this week

This flight will put Starship under higher pressure and test out new Starlink satellites in orbit.

Uber's product chief on hotels, robotaxis, and why the company doesn't want to be "everything for everyone"

Uber Chief Product Officer Sachin Kansal walks TechCrunch through the company's financial-services ambitions, its increasingly complicated relationship with Waymo, its new AV Labs data operation, and how AI is starting to show up in ways riders and drivers will actually notice.

How to manage AI investments in the agentic era

Five practical steps to understand AI usage, control spend, and invest in the work that creates the most value.

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