Panic bookings, midnight alerts and a frantic dash across the globe

Tech workers with H‑1B visas rushed from India to get back before the government demanded $100,000 workers from their companies for the privilege.

Orders sale then demands billions for letting it happen

The Trump administration forced TikTok to change hands in the US and wants a fat fee from the investors who are stepping in to buy it.

Tech firms shafted as H-1B costs hit $100,000

US King Donald Trump has decided that if foreigners want to work in the US, they had better be rich. And if tech companies want skilled labour, they can pay through the nose for them.

Brussels tells search giant to flog off part of ad business

US president Donald Trump is rattling sabres again after Brussels fined Google €2.95 billion (£2.52 billion) for its advertising antics.

Kissing the ring while Musk is left out in the cold

The biggest names in US tech have lined up at the White House to show how much they adore Donald and Melania Trump, apparently believing fawning public displays will save their companies from regulators.

MI308 stays on ice 

AMD, chief financial officer, Jean Hu, slammed the breaks on China GPU production on 3 September 2025, even after getting licences from the Trump administration.

Shrugs at Washington’s pricey patriotism push

Despite a flood of government cash designed to drag chipmaking back to the US, one of the industry's key suppliers seems distinctly unimpressed.

Real countries have fabs

Intel has been strong-armed into holding on to its bleeding foundry business after Donald Trump’s administration tied subsidies to an equity grab.

AI darling’s data centre growth slows as H20 blacklisting bites

Nvidia has blown past earnings expectations again, but that wasn’t enough to satisfy the cocaine nose jobs of Wall Street.

US government stake could be a poisoned chalice

Troubled Chipzilla has admitted that the US government’s shiny new 9.9 per cent stake in the firm might be more of a liability than a lifeline.