Monday, July 14, 2025

Malaysia says individuals and companies must get a permit 30+ days before exporting AI chips, effective now, signaling it is clamping down on China chip exports (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg:
Malaysia says individuals and companies must get a permit 30+ days before exporting AI chips, effective now, signaling it is clamping down on China chip exports  —  Malaysia will now require permits for exports of high-performance US artificial intelligence chips, suggesting the government …



Republican House leaders anticipate passing the GENIUS Act along with considering two other crypto bills, as the House kicks off a regulatory Crypto Week (Yash Roy/Bloomberg)

Yash Roy / Bloomberg:
Republican House leaders anticipate passing the GENIUS Act along with considering two other crypto bills, as the House kicks off a regulatory Crypto Week  —  Republican House leaders anticipate passing an industry-friendly stablecoin regulatory bill this week, sending Congress's …



Jensen Huang says Chinese military is unlikely to use Nvidia's AI chips, citing the risk of the chips being "limited at any time" due to US export restrictions (Ian King/Bloomberg)

Ian King / Bloomberg:
Jensen Huang says Chinese military is unlikely to use Nvidia's AI chips, citing the risk of the chips being “limited at any time” due to US export restrictions  —  Addressing the largest concern Washington has cited in placing increasing restrictions on US technology exports to the Asian nation …



Sunday, July 13, 2025

YouTube and Netflix are increasingly locked in a battle over TV in the US; Nielsen: YouTube accounted for 12.5% of all TV viewing time in May and Netflix 7.5% (John Koblin/New York Times)

John Koblin / New York Times:
YouTube and Netflix are increasingly locked in a battle over TV in the US; Nielsen: YouTube accounted for 12.5% of all TV viewing time in May and Netflix 7.5%  —  The two giant video companies have far different strategies, but the same goal: controlling your TV set.



With Tim Cook likely to lead Apple through this decade, a look at Apple's executive succession challenges as many of Cook's direct reports near retirement age (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
With Tim Cook likely to lead Apple through this decade, a look at Apple's executive succession challenges as many of Cook's direct reports near retirement age  —  Also: The company is scaling back the iOS 26 Liquid Glass revamp; a look at upcoming devices; and Meta poaches Apple's top AI models executive.



Portola, which develops the Tolan app featuring AI companions, raised a $20M Series A led by Khosla Ventures; the app has 3M+ downloads and 100K+ paid users (Kurt Schlosser/GeekWire)

Kurt Schlosser / GeekWire:
Portola, which develops the Tolan app featuring AI companions, raised a $20M Series A led by Khosla Ventures; the app has 3M+ downloads and 100K+ paid users  —  GeekWire's startup coverage documents the Pacific Northwest entrepreneurial scene.  Sign up for our weekly startup newsletter …



A look at Xiaomi AI Glasses, launched in China on June 26 with a starting price of ~$278, featuring a 12MP ultra-wide camera and powered by Qualcomm's AR1 chip (Ben Jiang/South China Morning Post)

Ben Jiang / South China Morning Post:
A look at Xiaomi AI Glasses, launched in China on June 26 with a starting price of ~$278, featuring a 12MP ultra-wide camera and powered by Qualcomm's AR1 chip  —  The Xiaomi AI glasses are handy for hands-free photography and videography, which is ideal for situations like cycling



MediaTek says it has started to use Intel Foundry's advanced chip packaging in addition to TSMC's, as the mobile chip designer bets on AI demand for growth (Cheng Ting-Fang/Nikkei Asia)

Cheng Ting-Fang / Nikkei Asia : MediaTek says it has started to use Intel Foundry's advanced chip packaging in addition to TSMC's...