WASHINGTON D.C. / NEW YORK — Global financial markets were plunged into a state of "Arctic uncertainty" this Tuesday, January 20, 2026, as U.S. stock futures cratered following a weekend of unprecedented geopolitical brinkmanship. President Donald Trump, marking the one-year anniversary of his second term, has reignited his long-standing ambition
The United States economy finds itself at a complex crossroads following the delayed release of critical macroeconomic data that paints a picture of a surprisingly robust consumer base tempered by stubborn wholesale inflation. On January 14, 2026, the Department of Commerce and the Bureau of Labor Statistics finally broke a
As the second week of 2026 draws to a close, the credit card industry is facing its most significant legislative challenge in decades. A bipartisan push to cap credit card annual percentage rates (APRs) at a flat 10% has moved from a fringe populist idea to a central pillar of
SANTA CLARA, CA — As the sun sets on a transformative 2025 for the semiconductor industry, all eyes are fixed on Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) as it prepares to report its fourth-quarter earnings on Thursday, January 22, 2026. The stakes have rarely been higher for the Silicon Valley titan. With the
The immediate implications are stark: production of Google’s sixth and seventh-generation Tensor Processing Units (TPUs) and Amazon’s custom Trainium and Inferentia chips are now directly bottlenecked by raw material availability rather than chip design or foundry capacity. With supply lines for the highest-grade "T-Glass" (Low Coefficient of Thermal
As of January 20, 2026, the global semiconductor supply chain is facing a critical bottleneck that threatens the production schedules of the world’s most advanced hardware. At the center of this crisis is a specialized material known as high-grade "T-glass" cloth, a fundamental component in the high-performance chipboards required
The eyes of Wall Street are firmly fixed on Los Gatos today as Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) prepares to report its fourth-quarter 2025 financial results after the market close on January 20, 2026. This earnings call is perhaps the most consequential in the company’s history, marking the first full reporting
As of January 20, 2026, the global semiconductor landscape has shifted on its axis. Intel (Nasdaq:INTC) has officially announced that its 18A process node—the cornerstone of its "five nodes in four years" strategy—has entered high-volume manufacturing (HVM). This milestone marks the first time in nearly a decade that the American chipmaker has reclaimed a leadership [...]
In a move that signals a tectonic shift in the semiconductor landscape, SiFive, the leader in RISC-V computing, announced on January 15, 2026, a landmark strategic partnership with NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) to integrate NVIDIA NVLink Fusion into its high-performance RISC-V processor platforms. This collaboration grants RISC-V "first-class citizen" status within the NVIDIA hardware ecosystem, providing [...]
In a decisive move toward vertical integration, OpenAI has officially unveiled the roadmap for its first custom-designed AI processor, codenamed "Titan." Developed in close collaboration with Broadcom (NASDAQ: AVGO) and slated for fabrication on Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's (NYSE: TSM) cutting-edge N3 process, the chip represents a fundamental shift in OpenAI’s strategy. By moving from [...]
The hierarchy of artificial intelligence hardware underwent a seismic shift in January 2026, as Google, a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL), officially confirmed that its custom-designed Tensor Processing Units (TPUs) have outshipped general-purpose GPUs in volume for the first time. This landmark achievement marks the end of a decade-long era where general-purpose graphics chips were [...]
On January 15, 2026, the global semiconductor landscape underwent its most seismic shift in decades as the United States officially implemented the "Silicon Surcharge." This 25% ad valorem tariff, enacted under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, targets high-end artificial intelligence processors manufactured outside of American soil. Designed as a "revenue-capture" mechanism, [...]
Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) has officially reached a historic milestone in its quest to reclaim semiconductor leadership, announcing today the commencement of the pilot phase for its 14A (1.4nm) process node. This development comes as the company successfully completed rigorous acceptance testing for its fleet of ASML (NASDAQ:ASML) High-Numerical Aperture (High-NA) Extreme Ultraviolet (EUV) lithography machines at [...]
LAS VEGAS — Just weeks after the conclusion of CES 2026, the global technology landscape is still reeling from NVIDIA’s (NASDAQ: NVDA) definitive unveil of the Rubin platform. Positioned as the successor to the already-formidable Blackwell architecture, Rubin is not merely an incremental hardware update; it is a fundamental reconfiguration of the AI factory. By [...]
Wall Street's hottest pure-play quantum computing stocks have inadvertently highlighted one of the biggest risks inherent to investing in next-big-thing technologies.
