U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with C.C. Wei, chief executive of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., at a news conference in Washington on March 3.
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Mar 19, 2025
Tariff threats spur TSMC’s Taiwan peers to seek U.S. expansion
Taiwanese electronic firms' migration of manufacturing to the U.S. has accelerated from previous years as U.S. President Donald Trump threatens more trade barriers.
Google will acquire cloud security platform Wiz for $32 billion, citing the need for greater cybersecurity capacity as artificial intelligence embeds itself in technology infrastructure.
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Mar 19, 2025
Google to buy cybersecurity company Wiz for $32 billion
The transaction will test Donald Trump's openness to large takeovers after resistance to such deals by the administration of his predecessor.
BYD's large cylindrical cell batteries are pictured at Smart Energy Week in Tokyo on Feb. 19.
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Mar 18, 2025
How BYD’s five-minute charging stacks up against the competition
The Chinese firm is now staking claim to a system it says will make it as quick to charge an electric vehicle as to refuel a gasoline car.
The Intel headquarters in Santa Clara, California
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Mar 18, 2025
Intel's new CEO plots overhaul of manufacturing and AI operations
Intel reported an annual loss of $19 billion in 2024, its first since 1986.
Cars at the Geely Auto production base in Hangzhou, in China's eastern Zhejiang province on Feb. 16
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Mar 17, 2025
Geely billionaire goes on a cost-cutting spree to catch rivals
The shift was laid out in a document called the Taizhou Declaration, which called for consolidation, synergies and savings.
An early pioneer of artificial intelligence is interested in teaching AI models how to efficiently forget.
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Mar 15, 2025
AI pioneer wants Europe to forge its own nimbler way forward
Sepp Hochreiter, an early pioneer of the technology, is interested in teaching AI models how to efficiently forget.
Microchips are a major source of "forever chemicals” that are linked to cancer and other health problems.
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Mar 14, 2025
As chips race spews ‘forever chemicals,’ startups emerge to destroy them
A wave of companies are offering potential solutions that won’t cut the chemicals out of the supply chain but destroy them.

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