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SK Hynix will invest ~$12.9B to build an advanced chip packaging plant in South Korea to meet rising memory chip demand, targeting completion by the end of 2027 (www.reuters.com)
2026-1-13 Korea

Italy's antitrust authority says it reduced the record fine imposed on Amazon in 2021, from €1.13B to €752M, after a recalculation (www.reuters.com)
2026-1-13 Italy Amazon

Document: Meta said last week that it would exclude Italy from its ban on rival AI chatbots on WhatsApp, after an order from the country's antitrust authority (www.reuters.com)
2026-1-13 Italy AI chatbot WhatsApp Ban

Crypto custody company BitGo aims to raise up to $201M in its IPO on the NYSE at an up to $1.96B valuation, selling 11.8M shares at $15 to $17 per share (www.reuters.com)
2026-1-13 IPO

President Trump says “we may speak to Elon” about using Starlink to restore the internet in Iran, after the state imposed an internet blackout amid protests (www.reuters.com)
2026-1-12 Trump Iran

Qatar and UAE will join the Pax Silica coalition on January 12 and 15, respectively, expanding the US-led effort to secure AI and semiconductor supply chains (www.reuters.com)
2026-1-12 AI Qatar

Documents and sources: India proposes security rules that would force smartphone makers to share source code, prompting quiet pushback from Apple and Samsung (www.reuters.com)
2026-1-11 India Samsung Apple

China launches a probe into competition among online food delivery platforms, aiming to curb price wars that have contributed to deflationary economic pressures (www.reuters.com)
2026-1-11 China

Indonesia temporarily blocks Grok due to the risk of AI-generated pornographic content, becoming the first country to deny access to the AI tool (www.reuters.com)
2026-1-11 AI Indonesia

US PE firm Haveli Investments agrees to acquire a majority stake in business contract software company Sirion; a source says the deal values Sirion at about $1B (www.reuters.com)
2026-1-10

The FCC approves SpaceX's request to deploy an additional 7,500 Gen2 Starlink satellites, bringing the total to 15,000 satellites worldwide (www.reuters.com)
2026-1-10 SpaceX

The US Commerce Department drops a plan to impose restrictions on Chinese drones to address national security concerns; FCC barred imports in December 2025 (www.reuters.com)
2026-1-10 China Drone

Rain, which helps businesses issue stablecoin-linked Visa cards, raised a $250M Series C led by ICONIQ at a $1.95B valuation, bringing total funding to $338M+ (www.reuters.com)
2026-1-10

The EU says it is considering designating WhatsApp a “very large platform”, after WhatsApp published user numbers above the DSA threshold in February 2025 (www.reuters.com)
2026-1-10 WhatsApp

Sources: Google, Meta, Netflix, Microsoft, and Amazon will not be included in the EU's Digital Networks Act, despite calls from telecoms companies (www.reuters.com)
2026-1-9 Google Amazon Microsoft Netflix

The EU says it ordered X to retain all internal docs and data relating to Grok until the end of 2026, after criticizing Grok's nonconsensual image generation (www.reuters.com)
2026-1-9

The US FCC exempts some new models of foreign-made drones and critical components from an import ban, announced in December 2025, until the end of 2026 (www.reuters.com)
2026-1-8 Drone Ban

Sources: to hedge against Beijing approval risk, Nvidia is requiring Chinese customers to pay upfront for H200 chips, with no cancellations, refunds, or changes (www.reuters.com)
2026-1-8 China Nvidia

Chinese AI company Zhipu opened up 3.3% in its Hong Kong trading debut after raising ~$558M in its IPO at a valuation of about $6.55B (www.reuters.com)
2026-1-8 China Hong Kong IPO AI

Arm creates a “Physical AI” unit to focus on robotics and automotive sectors, as part of a reorganization that includes “Cloud and AI” and “Edge” business units (www.reuters.com)
2026-1-8 AI Robot

Filing: Samsung plans to acquire $1.73B of its stock for employee and executive compensation, as part of a performance-linked scheme introduced in October 2025 (www.reuters.com)
2026-1-7 Samsung

The US FDA says it will limit regulation of non-medical wellness wearables and AI software, provided they don't make claims about disease diagnosis or treatment (www.reuters.com)
2026-1-7 AI

Marvell says it will acquire networking equipment provider XConn Technologies in a deal worth about $540M; the deal is expected to close in early 2026 (www.reuters.com)
2026-1-7

Singapore-based data center operator DayOne raised a $2B Series C led by Coatue to build hyperscale campuses in Lahti and Kouvola, Finland, and elsewhere (www.reuters.com)
2026-1-6 Singapore Finland

AMD teases its next-generation CDNA 6-based MI500 AI chips built on a 2nm node, claiming 1,000x performance gains over predecessors, launching in 2027 (www.reuters.com)
2026-1-6 AI AMD

Analysts expect Samsung's Q4 operating profit to jump 160% YoY to ~$11.7B, driven by a severe global shortage of memory chips amid booming AI demand (www.reuters.com)
2026-1-6 Samsung AI 4Q

Taiwanese prosecutors file additional indictments against Tokyo Electron's Taiwan unit and three other defendants over the alleged theft of TSMC trade secrets (www.reuters.com)
2026-1-5 Taiwan Tokyo

Foxconn reports Q4 revenue up 22% YoY to ~$82.7B, above ~$77B est., and record December revenue up 31.8% YoY to ~$27.5B, driven by AI and networking demand (www.reuters.com)
2026-1-5 AI 4Q

Taiwan says China's cyberattacks on its hospitals, banks, energy, and other infrastructure rose 6% YoY in 2025 to an average of 2.63M attacks a day (www.reuters.com)
2026-1-5 China Taiwan Energy

Samsung co-CEO TM Roh says the company has rolled out Gemini-powered AI features to ~400M mobile devices by 2025, and aims to boost the figure to 800M in 2026 (www.reuters.com)
2026-1-5 Mobile Samsung AI

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