Air Liquide opens Taiwan factory as helium shortage tightens around chip makers — 200 specialized helium containers stranded near the Strait of Hormuz

French industrial gas supplier Air Liquide opened a new factory near the port of Taichung, Taiwan, on Wednesday, as the semiconductor industry faces a worsening helium shortage.

US Supreme Court says ISPs aren’t liable for their users’ piracy — top judiciary body unanimously rules that Cox Communications did not commit copyright infringement

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled against Sony Music Entertainment in its case against Cox Communications alleging that the ISP is liable for its users’ illegal sharing of copyrighted content.

Startup builds first responder drone connected via Starlink that enables eight mile range — UAV can fly for over an hour, swap batteries automatically, and carry various payloads

The BRINC Guardian has a built-in Starlink module, allowing operators to continue operating the drone even if it falls outside the range of its base station, cellular networks, and other terrestrial signals.

US Senators call for a halt to Nvidia GPU exports in the wake of the Super Micro scandal — looming Chip Security Act may put a wrench into Huang’s China ambitions

As the Super Micro smuggling scandal unfolds, U.S. senators have urged the government to halt Nvidia GPU exports to China, as the Foreign Affairs Committee prepares the Chip Security Act, which will impose location trackin…

Super Micro shareholders sue company over securities fraud after AI chip smuggling bust — furious investors claim company concealed dependence on illicit sales to China

Supermicro shareholders argue that the company committed securities fraud because it did not tell them that illegal activities made up a huge portion of its sales and that it had issues with export controls compliance.

Three individuals charged with attempting to break US sanctions on AI chips — damning text messages between conspirators reveal intention to find clients to ‘act as pass through partner for customers in China’

One Chinese and two U.S. citizens have been charged of conspiring to commit smuggling and export control violations after they attempted to order servers containing controlled chips for export to Thailand on paper, but wit…

Elon Musk’s Terafab semiconductor project could cost $5 trillion, Bernstein claims — herculean effort would cost more than 70% of the total yearly US government budget

To build 1 TW of AI silicon per year, Elon Musk’s TeraFab would need to process 22.4 million Rubin Ultra GPU wafers, 2.716 million Vera CPU wafers, and 15.824 million HBM4E wafers annually using from 142 to 358 fabs, accor…