Nvidia, the world’s most valuable publicly traded company, gave a tepid revenue forecast for the current period, fueling concerns that a massive run-up in artificial intelligence spending is slowing. Sales will be roughly $54 billion in the fiscal third quarter, which runs through October, the company said in a statement Wednesday. Though that was in line with the average Wall Street estimate, some analysts had projected more than $60 billion. The forecast excluded data center revenue from China, a market where it has struggled with US export restrictions and opposing pressure from Beijing.

The outlook adds to concern that pace of investment in artificial intelligence systems is unsustainable. The difficulties in China also have clouded Nvidia’s business. Though the Trump administration recently eased curbs on exports of some AI chips to that country, the reprieve hasn’t yet translated into a rebound in revenue.

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On today's podcast:
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2) SpaceX’s Starship rocket launched to space and deployed satellites for the first time before surviving most of its journey to Earth, achieving new technological milestones after a year of fiery setbacks.
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1) President Trump moves to fire Lisa Cook, but the Fed Governor says she's not going anywhere. It follows allegations that she falsified mortgage documents, citing "sufficient cause" to fire her. Cook said Trump has no authority to fire her, and she won't quit, with her lawyer planning to take "whatever actions are needed to prevent" Trump's "illegal action."
2) The president issues a new trade threat against countries with digital services taxes. President Trump threatened to impose fresh tariffs and export restrictions on advanced technology and semiconductors in retaliation against other nations’ digital services taxes. Trump said these taxes "are all designed to harm, or discriminate against, American Technology" and give a pass to China's largest tech companies.
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