Xi Jinping has given China’s campaign to shape global AI governance a new institution and an explicitly geopolitical purpose. Beijing’s open-access pitch is strengthened by competitive models but weakened by domestic censorship and reliance on restricted chip technology.
South Korea has unveiled a near-$1.2 trillion, decade-long push into semiconductors, AI and data centres led by Samsung and SK Hynix, in a state-orchestrated bet that towers over the EU's Chips Act.
A week of sharp swings in Asian and US tech stocks has revived fears that the AI investment boom is a bubble. For Luxembourg, the world's second-largest fund domicile, stretched tech valuations are a portfolio-level concern.
Apple raised prices on its Mac and iPad lines worldwide on 25 June 2026, citing soaring memory-chip costs driven by the AI build-out. Here is what changes for buyers in Luxembourg and the euro zone.
SK Hynix has filed to raise up to about $29bn through a Nasdaq listing of American depositary shares, a deal that would rank among the largest equity offerings on record and stands as a marquee bet on the AI-driven memory boom.