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The Mountain Pass rare earth mine in California, operated by MP Materials.

China Hits MP Materials and USA Rare Earth With Export Controls

Beijing aimed its response to Washington's tech blacklist at the two companies the US has funded most to break China's grip on rare earth magnets.

Tech  · 22 Jun 2026, 09:24  · Daniel Okafor
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei at the World Economic Forum in Davos in January 2025.

US Order Forces Anthropic to Disable Fable 5 and Mythos 5 Models

A government letter arrived Friday evening. Hours after going live, Anthropic's most capable models went dark for every user, citizen or not.

Tech  · 13 Jun 2026, 17:45  · Daniel Okafor
Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang, who has described China as a potential $50 billion annual market for the company. Credit: Lam Yik Fei/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Nvidia Pitches Vera CPU to China With August Delivery Target

Locked out of China's GPU market by export controls, Nvidia is offering Chinese cloud companies its new Arm-based Vera processor instead, with first deliveries possible in August.

Tech  · 12 Jun 2026, 18:38  · Daniel Okafor