Netherlands urges US to drop a bill that would limit ASML's chip sales to China

Dutch Trade Minister Sjoerd Sjoerdsma met US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and members of Congress on June 24. He went to oppose a US bill called the MATCH Act. The bill would stop ASML, Europe's most valuable company, from selling and servicing chip-making machines for buyers in China. China made up 19 percent of ASML's machine sales in early 2026.

Qualcomm said on June 24 it agreed to buy the AI software startup Modular for about $3.9 billion in stock. Modular's software lets companies run AI programs across chips from different makers, instead of being tied to Nvidia. Qualcomm makes most of its money from phone chips and wants to sell more for data centers.

Google added a built-in tool to its Gemini 3.5 Flash AI on June 24 that lets it see and control screens. The AI can click buttons, type, and scroll across web browsers, phones, and desktop computers. Google said the tool can do tasks like filling forms and testing software.

Vishal Sikka, who led the IT outsourcing firm Infosys from 2014 to 2017, raised $32 million for a new startup called Hang Ten Systems. The funding round was led by Mayfield, with Aramco Ventures and angel investors taking part. Hang Ten uses AI to build and run company software, work that outsourcing firms now do with large teams of staff.

Google has started a new account setting called Search Services History. It saves images, files, and audio from your searches and uses them to train its AI models, unless you turn it off. Google said the data used for training can be kept for up to four years, even after you delete the original activity.