The South Korea-US summit offered a rare gathering of tech heavyweights, as Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang met with Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong and SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won. The encounter underscored the rising importance of high-bandwidth memory (HBM) and cross-border semiconductor investment in the intensifying global AI race.

Pegatron unveiled two new server platforms, AS205-2T1 and AS400-2A1, featuring Nvidia RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition GPUs. These servers target enhanced performance in AI inference, scientific computing, and multimedia workloads, with an aim to boost enterprise and manufacturing operations.

Since August 11, 2025, when Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan met with US President Donald Trump at the White House, and following the White House confirmation on August 22 that it would subsidize Intel through the CHIPS and Science Act in exchange for about a 10% equity stake, speculation has swirled around Trump’s special mission to save Intel and promote “Made in America.”

The rollout of Google’s AI summary function has sparked notable decreases in traffic for numerous media websites, raising concerns among publishers about a “Google Zero” era where users bypass clicking through to original sources. Industry participants are exploring strategies to counteract these impacts, according to the Financial Times and TechCrunch.