I am not highly conflicted

Troubled Chipzilla’s chief executive Lip-Bu Tan [pictured] has fired back at Donald Trump after the US president accused him of being “highly conflicted” and demanded he resign.

China lifts rare earth curbs 

The US government has walked back its export bans on chip design software for Chinese firms. The revocation, reported by Bloomberg, is part of a broader trade deal with Beijing, which is dropping its own export restrictions on rare earths in return.