June 18 is the deadline Senator Warren set for Nvidia to explain why DOJ indictments allege $670 million in GPU diversions to China that CEO Jensen Huang said never happened.
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FTC opens antitrust probe into Arm as chip designer turns competitor
The US Federal Trade Commission has launched an antitrust investigation into Arm Holdings, questioning whether the chip architect is restricting rivals’ access to processor blueprints after launching its own data-centre chip in March 2026.
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Trump’s January chip order rewrites the rules on AI hardware exports
A January 2026 presidential proclamation imposing a 25 percent tariff on imported AI chips, combined with a BIS rule shifting export review of advanced chips from presumption of denial to case-by-case, has restructured who can buy the most powerful AI hardware and on what terms.
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UK announces AI hardware strategy to cut semiconductor dependence
The UK government unveiled a domestic AI hardware plan in late April, committing to build sovereign capability in the chips and semiconductor technologies underpinning the AI stack — a belated but explicit acknowledgement that dependence on US and Asian supply chains is a strategic vulnerability.