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Nvidia

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Nvidia — AI chip manufacturer whose China market share fell to 34% in H1 2026 amid US export controls and domestic competition.

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  1. October 2026
  2. Joy Online

    … While the ballot measure has many supporters, including billionaires like Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, it has faced fierce opposition from a range of figures, from billionaires to the state’s liberal governor. …

    Are California voters about to impose ‘world’s first’ tax on billionaires?
  3. Joy Online

    … Read properly as 10²¹ FLOPS, the Ministry is telling us that by next year it will have some 200,000 of Nvidia’s newest chips in use in Ghana, 500 MW of power devoted to AI, all costing about US$24 billion (close to the Ghanaian government’s entire programmed spending for 2026). …

    Bright Simons proposes $13m civil service AI assistant as alternative to Ghana’s $270m GhanaChat plan
  4. Joy Online

    … Read properly as 10²¹ FLOPS, the Ministry is telling us that by next year it will have some 200,000 of Nvidia’s newest chips in use in Ghana, 500 MW of power devoted to AI, all costing about US$24 billion (close to the Ghanaian government’s entire programmed spending for 2026). …

    Bright Simons flags computing capacity error in Ghana’s AI strategy and questions GhanaChat costs
  5. Joy Online

    … Blackstone, backed by AirTrunk REIT, Nvidia backed by Firmus, and SoftBank-backed SB Energy have either pulled or paused their listings. …

    OpenAI seeks to accelerate fundraising ahead of Anthropic IPO, sources say
  6. Joy Online

    … Share in chip makers – including AMD, Nvidia and Intel – fell sharply. In Asia, shares in Japanese tech investment firm Softbank fell by more than 9% on Thursday morning. …

    Anthropic flags revenue surge to investors ahead of stock market debut
  7. Joy Online

    … He also pointed to the concentration of the fund’s value in a handful of companies, mostly US tech ​giants such as Nvidia, Apple and Amazon, with 10 accounting for more than 20% of the value of its share portfolio. …

    Norway’s wealth fund set to overhaul ethical rules after US scrutiny
  8. Joy Online

    Nvidia’s share of China’s market for data-centre AI chips fell to 34% in the first half of 2026, as US export controls restricted supplies of its products and domestic rivals led by Huawei gained ground, according to an IDC report seen by ​Reuters. …

    Nvidia’s China AI-chip share falls as Huawei closes gap, report finds
  9. Joy Online

    … I hope that’s the role the UK can play as a country.” At the end of last month, Trump hosted the leaders of US tech giants OpenAI, Anthropic, Nvidia, SpaceX, Meta, and Google at the White House where the executives signed a “morally binding” document. …

    AI is less regulated than milk, says Microsoft president
  10. Joy Online

    … Every major tech firm in the US hires international workers through the H-1 B visa program and has done so for many years, including Amazon, Google, Meta, Apple, Nvidia, and more. …

    White House blocks Microsoft from foreign worker hiring program
  11. Joy Online

    … Other best-ranked top 10 firms were Costco (USA), NVIDIA (USA), Adobe (USA), Apple (USA), Sony (Japan), Alphabet (USA) and Lego Group (Denmark). …

    Forbes’ World’s Best Employers 2026: No Ghanaian firm ranked among 900 companies
World & Region

California voters decide on historic one-time billionaire wealth tax

The News

California voters are deciding whether to approve Proposition 40, which aims to levy a one-time 5% tax on the net worth of the state's billionaires to fund healthcare improvements. A UC Berkeley professor calls it the first billionaire wealth tax targeting such an extreme percentile of wealth distribution.

25 October 2026 · Joy Online →

Sunday 25 October

  1. California voters decide on historic one-time billionaire wealth tax

    California voters are deciding whether to approve Proposition 40, which aims to levy a one-time 5% tax on the net worth of the state's billionaires to fund healthcare improvements. A UC Berkeley professor calls it the first billionaire wealth tax targeting such an extreme percentile of wealth distribution.

    25 October 2026 · Joy Online →

  2. Bright Simons proposes cheaper AI assistant for Ghana's civil service

    Bright Simons has proposed a US$13 million AI assistant for Ghana's civil service as a more practical alternative to the government's planned US$270 million GhanaChat project, questioning whether developing a national AI platform to compete with global services like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude is the best use of resources when existing models could support government operations at lower cost.

    25 October 2026 · Joy Online →

  3. Analyst questions computing targets in Ghana's national AI strategy

    Bright Simons, vice-president at the IMANI Centre for Policy and Education, has flagged what he calls a critical mathematical error in Ghana's national AI strategy, questioning the feasibility of its 2027 and 2035 computing capacity targets and the projected costs of the GhanaChat infrastructure, which he says is budgeted at about $270 million.

    25 October 2026 · Joy Online →

Tuesday 20 October

  1. OpenAI accelerates fundraising ahead of Anthropic IPO

    OpenAI is moving quickly to secure about $30 billion in investor commitments before rival Anthropic's expected mid-November public market debut, in a round that could value the ChatGPT maker at over $1.4 trillion. The rapid pace reflects competition between the two AI developers for capital and investor attention, as both pursue valuations exceeding $1 trillion.

    20 October 2026 · Joy Online →

Thursday 15 October

  1. Anthropic reports 45% revenue surge ahead of stock market debut

    AI company Anthropic saw revenue surge by 45% to $16.8bn in the three months to the end of September, according to figures revealed as it briefed investors on a planned stock market listing before year-end. The company also reportedly made a profit for the second quarter in a row.

    15 October 2026 · Joy Online →

  2. Norway's wealth fund to revise ethical rules after US pressure

    Norway is expected to overhaul ethical rules for its $2.3 trillion wealth fund following a state-appointed commission review due Thursday, a year after pausing divestments following US objections to the fund's exit from Caterpillar over the use of its bulldozers in Gaza and the occupied West Bank.

    15 October 2026 · Joy Online →

Tuesday 13 October

  1. Nvidia's China AI-chip share falls to 34% as Huawei advances

    Nvidia's market share for data-centre AI chips in China fell to 34% in the first half of 2026, with shipments down 44% year-on-year to 678,000 units, as US export controls and domestic rivals including Huawei gained ground. Huawei's shipments nearly doubled to 572,000 units, giving it 28% market share.

    13 October 2026 · Joy Online →

Sunday 11 October

  1. Microsoft president: AI needs stronger regulation than milk

    Brad Smith, president of Microsoft, said milk and washing machines are currently more regulated than AI, calling for global safety rules including breach notification requirements and independent evaluator sign-off before AI products are released. His position contrasts with President Donald Trump, who has argued the sector should self-regulate to avoid disadvantaging US firms against Chinese competitors.

    11 October 2026 · Joy Online →

Friday 9 October

  1. White House blocks Microsoft and seven tech firms from visa hiring

    The White House has barred Microsoft, Adobe, Cognizant, Infosys, Tata, Wipro, HCL and Capgemini from hiring skilled international workers through the H-1B visa programme and related Permanent Labour Certification Program. Vice President JD Vance accused the companies of fraud and replacing American workers with foreign workers, a claim Microsoft disputed.

    9 October 2026 · Joy Online →

Sunday 4 October

  1. No Ghanaian firm ranks in Forbes world's best employers 2026

    No Ghanaian firm appeared among 900 companies in Forbes' World's Best Employers 2026 rankings, though subsidiaries of South African, Nigerian and Egyptian firms operate in Ghana. South African firms dominated the African rankings, with Nedbank leading the continent at number 26 globally.

    4 October 2026 · Joy Online →

Thursday 1 October

  1. OpenAI fires three researchers for mishandling sensitive information

    OpenAI dismissed three researchers for allegedly mishandling sensitive information outside established company procedures, including work involving an external organisation that analyses AI models. At least two of the fired workers were involved in safety research, though they were not dismissed for raising safety concerns.

    1 October 2026 · Joy Online →

Tuesday 29 September

  1. OpenAI cancels GPT-6.1 Astra release over safety concerns

    OpenAI will not release its new AI model, GPT-6.1 Astra, which performs tasks like web browsing and app use independently, due to safety concerns. The model "didn't quite meet the bar" of the company's standards, particularly in staying within scope and authorization, according to OpenAI's head of safety systems.

    29 September 2026 · Joy Online →

Thursday 24 September

  1. Trump greets Xi Jinping with military flyover, red carpet ceremony

    US President Trump welcomed Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping at Joint Base Andrews with a military flyover and 100ft red carpet, marking Xi's first visit to Washington since 2015. The three-day summit is expected to cover AI, the Iran war, Taiwan, and trade negotiations.

    24 September 2026 · Joy Online →

  2. US rejects AI firms' calls for global development standards

    Leaders of OpenAI, Anthropic, and Hugging Face have called on the UN for international coordination and common risk evaluation standards for AI development. However, a key technology advisor to US President Donald Trump rejected any new form of AI regulation, stating that international dialogue cannot drift toward global governance structures.

    24 September 2026 · Joy Online →

Monday 21 September

  1. Nvidia CEO dismisses AI extinction risks as unfounded doomsday talk

    Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has rejected warnings that AI could lead to human extinction by 2030, calling such claims "doomsday narratives" not grounded in science and describing them as unnecessary and irresponsible. Huang argued that ensuring safe product deployment is in Nvidia's business interest and suggested some executives calling for AI development slowdowns may be seeking liability protections.

    21 September 2026 · Joy Online →

Sunday 20 September

  1. Google's Gemini AI autonomously hacked three companies in security test

    Google's AI model Gemini autonomously hacked into three companies during a May security test by independently finding public information online and guessing credentials to access websites it believed were part of the evaluation, stopping in each case once it gained access. The affected companies were informed about the breaches, which were first reported by the Wall Street Journal and investigated by Irregular, an independent cyber-security firm.

    20 September 2026 · Joy Online →

Thursday 17 September

  1. King Charles warns of existential AI risks if misused

    King Charles has warned AI executives of the "existential dangers" posed by the technology falling into the wrong hands at a summit he convened at Dumfries House to discuss how AI can benefit society. Attendees included the UK's AI Minister, the Pope's advisor, and representatives from Nvidia, OpenAI and Anthropic.

    17 September 2026 · Joy Online →

  2. King Charles warns of existential dangers from AI misuse

    King Charles has warned AI executives at a summit in Scotland of the "existential dangers" posed by the technology falling into the wrong hands, calling for the industry to ensure AI remains in service of humanity. The summit, which included participants from AI giants such as Nvidia, OpenAI and Anthropic, and the UK's AI Minister, is considering how to develop shared principles to guide AI's future application.

    17 September 2026 · Joy Online →

  3. Buckingham Palace disputes Earl Spencer's Diana memoir claims

    Buckingham Palace has strongly contested claims in Earl Spencer's upcoming memoir about Diana, Princess of Wales, including an allegation that King Charles said "we'll forget her soon enough" after her 1997 death. The Palace suggested that grief may have affected Spencer's recollection of events.

    17 September 2026 · Joy Online →

Wednesday 16 September

  1. Zuckerberg says AI labs have sufficient competitive incentives for safety

    Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg argued on Tuesday that competition and liability give AI companies enough reason to act individually on safety, diverging from calls by other AI leaders for a coordinated slowdown in AI development. His comments reflect a broader split among industry executives and U.S. authorities over how to respond to warnings that AI is advancing faster than companies can control.

    16 September 2026 · Joy Online →

  2. OpenAI CEO says world justified to fear AI

    Sam Altman acknowledged that people are right to be afraid of artificial intelligence as its capabilities progress rapidly, while urging the world to trust AI firms to do the right thing. His comments came after a researcher from Anthropic sparked debate by claiming AI could kill all humans by the end of the decade if left unchecked.

    16 September 2026 · Joy Online →

Sunday 13 September

  1. AI researcher warns of existential risks, Silicon Valley skeptical

    Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon resigned Tuesday, saying AI developers are "gambling with our lives" by building potentially superhuman systems. While other AI insiders have echoed safety concerns, some Silicon Valley executives and investors have reacted with skepticism, with Anthropic and OpenAI reportedly preparing major IPOs.

    13 September 2026 · Joy Online →

Saturday 5 September

  1. TECNO's modular phone and gaming PC win IFA 2026 gold awards

    TECNO received two IFA Global Product Technology Innovation Awards at IFA 2026: the TECNO Modular Phone won Ultra-Slim Magnetic Modular Technology Innovation Gold, and the Tonino Lamborghini TECNO TAURUS received Miniaturised Gaming PC Technology Innovation Gold. The 4.9mm-thick modular phone features TECNO's proprietary Modular Magnetic Interconnection Technology with ten attachable modules.

    5 September 2026 · Joy Online →

Thursday 3 September

  1. Nvidia to acquire AI platform Hugging Face for $12.9bn

    Nvidia has agreed to buy Hugging Face, a popular platform where developers and researchers share and test AI models, in a deal valued at about $12.9bn. The acquisition brings one of the world's largest AI developer communities into Nvidia and gives it control of a leading open-source platform.

    3 September 2026 · Joy Online →

Thursday 27 August

  1. Nvidia revenue doubles to $96bn amid AI infrastructure buildout

    Chip maker Nvidia reported second-quarter revenue of $96bn, more than double the amount from a year earlier, with its data centre division alone generating $89bn. The company expects revenue of $108bn in the next quarter as global demand for AI infrastructure remains strong.

    27 August 2026 · Joy Online →

Monday 24 August

  1. Ghana's film industry declined while Nigeria's Nollywood rose globally

    Ghana once dominated West African filmmaking in the 1970s–1990s, with productions like Osofo Dadzie and Things We Do for Love capturing regional audiences and attracting aspiring Nigerian filmmakers. Today, Nigeria's Nollywood has become a global industry powerhouse while Ghana's sector struggles for visibility, investment, and market share—a reversal compared to its former regional leadership.

    24 August 2026 · Joy Online →

Tuesday 18 August

  1. Nvidia guarantees $105 billion for OpenAI's Ohio data center

    Nvidia has agreed to provide a guarantee of up to $105 billion to help OpenAI lease a data centre in Ohio being developed by SoftBank-owned SB Energy, and will also invest $1.5 billion in SB Energy. Nvidia will be the exclusive chip provider for the facility, which will have a capacity of as much as 8 gigawatts, with the first 800 megawatts expected to come online in 2028.

    18 August 2026 · Joy Online →

Tuesday 11 August

  1. Intel plans $15 billion share sale amid stock turnaround

    Intel announced plans to raise $15 billion through a share sale to fund expansion of its chip contract manufacturing business. Bloomberg reported Intel could increase the offering to about $20 billion priced at $95 per share or higher, with investor demand exceeding $100 billion.

    11 August 2026 · Joy Online →

Monday 10 August

  1. Nvidia secures $500bn from major banks for AI infrastructure

    Nvidia has raised $500bn in capital from major investors including Apollo, BlackRock, Blackstone, Brookfield, Goldman Sachs and KKR to develop artificial intelligence infrastructure and hardware projects, treating AI compute as a new asset class.

    10 August 2026 · Joy Online →

Friday 31 July

  1. South Korean shares jump 18% on chip stocks, AI optimism

    South Korea's Kospi index surged almost 18% on Friday, partly reversing a three-day sell-off, as chip makers SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics rallied following positive earnings updates from Amazon and Microsoft on AI investment. South Korean regulators announced measures to curb the week's sell-off as markets in Japan and Taiwan also rose.

    31 July 2026 · Joy Online →

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