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A chip report out of China erased $1 trillion in market value

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This week, a report that China has begun mass-producing specialty chips critical to artificial intelligence sparked a selloff erasing one trillion dollars from competing chip manufacturers' market values, the Guardian reports. Separately, the Federal Communications Commission banned humanoid robots from China, citing concerns they could steal data or conduct surveillance on US citizens.

Source: https://boingboing.net/2026/08/02/china-tech-rattles-sili...

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