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Trump imposes 25% tariff on imports of some advanced computing chips
Jan 14 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday imposed a 25% tariff on certain advanced computing chips, such as the Nvidia H200 AI processor and a similar semiconductor from AMD called t...
Jan 14, 2026
OpenAI to buy compute capacity from Cerebras in latest AI deal
Jan 14 (Reuters) - OpenAI said on Wednesday it has agreed to purchase up to 750 megawatts of computing power over three years from Cerebras as the ChatGPT maker looks to pull ahead in the AI race and ...
Jan 14, 2026
Trump's greenlight for Nvidia AI chips to China draws fire from lawmakers, former officials
By Alexandra Alper WASHINGTON, Jan 14 (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers and former officials on Wednesday questioned President Donald Trump's decision to allow Nvidia to sell its second most powerful AI chip...
Jan 14, 2026
Ugandans, Iranians turn to Dorsey's messaging app Bitchat in web crackdowns
By Harshita Mary Varghese, Jaspreet Singh and Aditya Soni Jan 14 (Reuters) - A little-known offline messaging app launched by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey has emerged as a key lifeline for Ugandans ...
Jan 14, 2026
Visa crypto chief bets on stablecoin settlement, sees volumes growing
By Elizabeth Howcroft PARIS, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Visa is working to integrate stablecoins into existing payment systems, seeing an opportunity to maintain its market leadership as these tokens gain tra...
Jan 14, 2026
European telcos may get unlimited radio spectrum rights, EU document shows
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Europe's telecoms providers may be given the use of lucrative radio spectrum without a time limit under the European Commission's proposed revamp of teleco...
Jan 14, 2026
Interactive Brokers says betting on US midterm elections should juice growth of its platform
By Anirban Sen NEW YORK, Jan 14 (Reuters) - As Americans bet on U.S. midterm elections in November, Interactive Brokers founder and chairman Thomas Peterffy said he expects growth to accelerate this y...
Jan 14, 2026
Verizon's network down for tens of thousands of users in US, Downdetector shows
Jan 14 (Reuters) - Telecom operator Verizon Communications' network was down for tens of thousands of users in the U.S. on Wednesday, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com. Verizon sai...
Jan 14, 2026
California to investigate xAI over deepfake content, officials say
WASHINGTON, Jan 14 (Reuters) - California officials said they were demanding answers from Elon Musk's xAI amid the spread of non-consensual sexual images on the platform that has prompted global scrut...
Jan 14, 2026
EU will carefully assess X's promised changes to Grok, spokesperson says
MADRID, Jan 14 (Reuters) - The European Commission will carefully assess changes Elon Musk's platform X has said it would make to its Grok chatbot, a spokesperson said on Wednesday. "We take note of t...
Jan 14, 2026
