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Google Plans to Double Spending Amid A.I. Race

4 February 2026 at 19:43
Profits jumped 30 percent to $34.5 billion last quarter, and the tech giant is increasing its capital spending this year to as much as $185 billion.

Β© Lucia Vazquez for The New York Times

A Google ad in Times Square.

Amazon and Google Eat Into Nvidia’s A.I. Chip Supremacy

29 January 2026 at 11:12
The rivals made billions of dollars in the business over the past year, showing other companies that Nvidia isn’t the only game in town.

Β© Christie Hemm Klok for The New York Times

Google’s chips for artificial intelligence are increasingly being used by companies other than Google.

Silicon Valley Wants to Build A.I. That Can Improve A.I. on Its Own

26 January 2026 at 05:02
Ricursive Intelligence, founded by two former Google researchers and valued at $4 billion, is among several efforts to automate the creation of artificial intelligence.

Β© Cayce Clifford for The New York Times

Anna Goldie and Azalia Mirhoseini, the founders of Ricursive Intelligence, at the start-up’s offices in Palo Alto, Calif.

Louis E. Brus, Nobel Laureate Who Illuminated the Nanoworld, Dies at 82

23 January 2026 at 14:42
He accidentally created some of the first quantum dots, tiny semiconductors that now power many electronics.

Β© Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Associated Press

Louis E. Brus in 2023. β€œThe entire field of nanoscience and nanotechnology owes a huge debt to him,” said Moungi Bawendi, a chemist who shared the Nobel Prize with Dr. Brus and Aleksey Yekimov.

Trump Imposes Limited Tariffs on Foreign Semiconductors

14 January 2026 at 21:06
The tariffs will allow President Trump to take a cut of Nvidia’s chip sales to China while putting off a decision about imposing higher taxes on the chip industry.

Β© Jim Wilson/The New York Times

Much of the chip industry relies on materials from overseas.

Trump Administration Nears Trade Deal With Taiwan

12 January 2026 at 12:31
The deal would cut tariffs and include a commitment from Taiwanese Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation, the island’s chip giant, to build more manufacturing plants in the United States.

Β© Loren Elliott for The New York Times

A Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation facility under construction in Phoenix. As part of the trade deal, the company would commit to building more semiconductor facilities in Arizona.

Nvidia Details New A.I. Chips and Autonomous Car Project With Mercedes

6 January 2026 at 12:02
At the CES conference, Jensen Huang, the company’s chief executive, said the more efficient and powerful chip would begin shipping later this year.

Β© Eric Lee for The New York Times

Nvidia’s Vera Rubin on display at a company conference in October. The new chip is named for an astronomer whose research supported the existence of dark matter.

Even the Sky May Not Be the Limit for A.I. Data Centers

1 January 2026 at 05:00
Some tech leaders are concerned that the artificial intelligence race will exhaust available land and energy. The solution might lie in orbit.

Β© Soña Lee

Even the Sky May Not Be the Limit for A.I. Data Centers

1 January 2026 at 05:00
Some tech leaders are concerned that the artificial intelligence race will exhaust available land and energy. The solution might lie in orbit.

Β© Soña Lee

China Is Getting Much of What It Wants From the U.S., Including Chips

12 December 2025 at 00:01
For China, President Trump’s moves to loosen chip controls, soften U.S. rhetoric and stay silent on tensions with Japan amount to a rare string of strategic gains.

Β© Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times

President Trump and Xi Jinping, China’s leader, after their meeting in Busan, South Korea, in October. Mr. Trump’s latest moves extended the conciliatory posture he struck at this summit.
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