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John Ternus takes over Apple as AI strategy leans on Google partnership
John Ternus becomes Apple’s chief executive on Sept. 1, inheriting an AI strategy that uses Google’s Gemini model to power Siri and relies on external partnerships.
HPE to showcase sovereign AI and hybrid cloud at LEAP 2026
Hewlett Packard Enterprise will showcase its AI Factory with NVIDIA portfolio at LEAP 2026 in Riyadh from Aug. 31 to Sept. 3.
Big Tech earnings set to test AI rally as Microsoft and Meta report under heavy spending scrutiny
Microsoft and Meta kicked off a major earnings week with investors demanding proof that costly AI bets can sustain growth, as Big Tech’s collective spending on AI infrastructure is expected to surge again in 2026.
Traders brace for a big Microsoft move as earnings put Azure growth and AI spending in focus
Microsoft’s quarterly results are expected to spotlight Azure growth and the scale of AI infrastructure spending. Options markets imply a sizeable post-earnings swing as investors weigh strong demand against rising costs.
U.S. approves case-by-case exports of Nvidia H200 GPUs to China under new testing and supply conditions
The U.S. Department of Commerce has approved exports of Nvidia’s H200 GPUs to China, but with tighter guardrails: third-party lab testing, case-by-case licensing, caps tied to U.S. customer volume, and requirements that buyers demonstrate security controls and non-military use.
NVIDIA pushes AI weather forecasting with Earth-2 models aimed at faster, cheaper prediction
NVIDIA has unveiled open-source AI models designed to speed up weather forecasting dramatically, positioning the approach as a way to make high-quality prediction more accessible to researchers and agencies. The move highlights AI’s growing role in scientific computing, disaster planning, and climate-risk analysis.
Micron starts Singapore fab project in $24 billion expansion aimed at AI-era memory demand
Micron said it has begun work on a new advanced wafer fabrication facility in Singapore, describing the project as roughly a $24 billion investment over the next decade. The expansion is aimed at boosting NAND capacity and supporting surging demand tied to AI and data-centric workloads, with production expected to start in the second half of 2028.
Micron to invest about $24 billion in Singapore chip plant as AI demand tightens memory supply
Micron said it plans a roughly $24 billion investment to build a new chip manufacturing facility in Singapore over the next decade. The move comes as memory demand tied to AI infrastructure pushes supply constraints across the industry and as the company aims to scale capacity while avoiding the boom-bust cycles that have historically hit the sector.
Tech digest highlights Nvidia-CoreWeave bet, Siri shake-up talk, and Crunchbase breach confirmation
A roundup of major tech headlines spotlights ongoing AI infrastructure investment, shifting assistant strategies, and new cybersecurity anxiety after reports that Crunchbase confirmed a breach and hackers published stolen files.
Micron to build a new advanced wafer fab in Singapore in a $24B push to meet AI-driven memory demand
Micron said it will invest about $24 billion over the next decade to expand manufacturing in Singapore, including a new advanced wafer fabrication facility and related high-bandwidth memory work. The company is positioning the buildout for the next phase of AI and data-center growth, with wafer production expected to begin in the second half of 2028.
Commerce CHIPS office outlines $1.6B proposed support for USA Rare Earth’s “mine-to-magnet” plan
The Commerce Department’s CHIPS Program Office announced a non-binding letter of intent to provide USA Rare Earth up to $277 million in direct funding and up to $1.3 billion in a senior secured loan, describing the plan as a vertically integrated pathway from mining to rare earth magnets that are important for semiconductors and other strategic industries.
Windows 11’s January 2026 update sparks crashes and boot errors, forcing repeated emergency fixes
Microsoft’s first Windows 11 update cycle of 2026 has turned into a reliability problem for some users and IT teams. After shutdown and Remote Desktop issues, Microsoft issued out-of-band patches, and newer reports cite cloud-storage app hangs and even boot failures on certain systems.