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Five industries benefiting from Europe's defence spending boom

After decades of treating military spending as someone else's problem, Europe is now writing very large defence cheques. Here are the industries set to benefit.

Tech News

Samsung AI workers could get up to €350,000 yearly bonus in union win

Samsung is only the second company known to strike a profit-sharing agreement with AI workers, according to local reporting.

Markets

Memory chip giants SK Hynix and Micron cross $1 trillion amid AI mania

South Korea's SK Hynix and US chipmaker Micron both surpassed $1 trillion (€860bn) in market capitalisation within 24 hours of each other. Seoul's KOSPI index also hit an all-time high as AI continues to reshape markets.

Business

Nvidia shares dip despite 85% revenue surge and strong outlook

The world's most valuable company beat forecasts as revenues jumped 85%. Yet rising competition and efforts to diversify beyond big tech left investors cautious, sending shares lower in late trading.

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Tech News

Trump China visit: Here's how the two AI superpowers compare

As Trump heads to Beijing for a summit with Xi Jinping, AI-enabled warfare, cybersecurity and the deepening US-China tech rivalry are set to dominate talks, even as a breakthrough deal on semiconductors looks unlikely.

Business

What makes a stock jump 1,000%? Europe’s winners of 2026

From Swedish photonics to French satellites and British fuel cells, meet this year's top-performing equities across sectors.

Tech News

Everything to know about Elon Musk’s new chip factory for SpaceX

Terafab is being developed by SpaceX, Tesla, and xAI, placing it at the centre of Musk’s push to connect artificial intelligence, computing power, and space infrastructure.

Business

Anthropic reportedly in talks to secure UK-based Fractile AI chips

Anthropic is reportedly in discussions to procure high-performance AI chips from Fractile, a London-based start-up. The agreement aims to diversify the hardware supply chain of the Claude creator, namely away from Nvidia.

Business

AI boom drives TSMC profit up 58%

The Taiwan-based chipmaker reported record revenue and profit, driven largely by strong demand for artificial intelligence chips and orders from major customers including Apple and Nvidia.

Business

AI expansion drives up profits for Dutch semiconductor giant ASML

ASML, the Dutch semiconductor giant, has posted a rise in net profits to €2.76 billion for the first quarter of 2026 representing a 15% increase compared to the same quarter in the previous year.

Business

Nvidia forecasts $1tn in AI-driven orders by 2027

Chief executive Jensen Huang says surging demand for artificial intelligence tools could drive Nvidia’s sales towards $1tn within two years.

Tech News

Qualcomm bets on AI-native 6G by 2029 and says Europe can lead

"6G is not an evolution, it's a revolution," Qualcomm's Wassim Chourbaji tells Euronews Next at the Mobile World Congress.

Tech News

European chip research giant imec opens Qatar hub in Middle East push

Semiconductor and research hubs like imec are training talent and supporting startups in computing, AI and life sciences.

26 February 2026

Business

President Trump again eases restrictions on H200 chip exports to China

While some lawmakers fear what Beijing will do with the advanced tech, others stress that restrictions will only force China’s homegrown industry to innovate.

14 January 2026

Business

President Trump gives Nvidia green light to sell H200 chips to China

The US government said the approval, which comes in exchange for a 25% surcharge, would also be available to other chipmakers like Intel and AMD.

9 December 2025

Markets

Nvidia shares rise after quarterly earnings, calming bubble anxiety

Nvidia reported stronger than expected quarterly earnings, soothing worries that AI-driven stock prices may have shot too high.

20 November 2025

Business

South Korean firms, including Samsung, lift domestic investment

South Korea's President Lee Jae Myung credited the business sector for helping his government negotiate a trade deal with Washington but urged the companies to maintain strong domestic investments.

17 November 2025

Business

Chipmaker Nexperia said it halted China shipments on payment refusal

Dutch chipmaker Nexperia said it stopped sending wafers to its Chinese unit because of a payment refusal — the latest twist in Europe’s semiconductor standoff with Beijing.

6 November 2025

Business

OpenAI and Amazon sign $38 billion deal for AI computing power

OpenAI and Amazon have signed a $38 billion agreement enabling the ChatGPT creator to run its artificial intelligence systems on Amazon’s data centres in the US.

4 November 2025

Tech News

Donald Trump says Nvidia’s most powerful AI chips to stay in the US

Nvidia’s most powerful semiconductors will be reserved for American AI companies, says US President Donald Trump.

3 November 2025