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• US says China's Huawei can't make more than 200,000 AI chips in 2025

  Nvidia's AI chips are more powerful than Huawei's but Washington's export controls on its most sophisticated chips have caused it to lose market share.

  

• Chip-maker Micron expands US investment to $200 bn backed by Trump

  The announcement is part of the Trump administration's broader efforts to secure major investment commitments from technology companies and strengthen US industrial capacity.

  

• Synopsys restarts some China services, sales of core tools still blocked

  The decision led Synopsys, a California-based provider of semiconductor design software, to halt sales and services in China and shut down access to its SolvNet customer support site.

  

• Palestinian Authority says internet down in Gaza after attack on fibre optic cable

  It added that its maintenance and repair teams had been unable to safely access the sites where damage occurred to the fibre optic cable.

  

• Taiwan jails Chinese ship captain for damaging undersea cables

  Taiwan's Chunghwa Telecom suffered losses of more than T$17 million ($576,564) in repair costs, the court said.

  

• Nairobi startup's bid to be 'operating system for global South'

  On its website, the company highlights uses of its platform such as slashing crop insurance costs for farmers across Africa by monitoring conditions, or warning dairy producers in Morocco of water sources at risk from climate change.

  

• Meta is creating a new AI lab to pursue 'Superintelligence'

  The new lab is part of a larger reorganization of Meta's AI efforts, the people said. The company, which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, has recently grappled with internal management struggles over the technology, as well as employee churn and several product releases that fell flat, two of the people said.

  

• Singapore takes down 1,000 IPs linked to cybercrime

  This was part of a four-month operation across 26 countries led by the global police organisation Interpol and named Operation Secure, it said.

  

• Google offers buyouts to more workers amid AI-driven tech upheaval and antitrust uncertainty

  Google is offering the buyouts while awaiting a federal judge to determine its fate after its ubiquitous search engine was declared an illegal monopoly as part of nearly five-year-old case by the US Justice Department. The company is also awaiting remedy action in another antitrust case involving its digital ad network.

  

• Nvidia chief calls AI 'the greatest equaliser' - but warns Europe risks falling behind

  But beyond the sheeny optics, Nvidia used the Paris summit to unveil a wave of infrastructure announcements across Europe, signaling a dramatic expansion of the AI chipmaker's physical and strategic footprint on the continent.

  

• 'Applied AI' set to dominate France's Vivatech trade fair

  President Emmanuel Macron, a regular at Vivatech, will also attend the event at the southern Paris convention centre, the Elysee Palace said, with a walking tour and chats with "French Tech" startups on the agenda.