China’s imports of semiconductor manufacturing machinery have surged in recent years in tandem with soaring demand for AI chips in China and around the globe.
—
Jared Perlo,
NBC news,
2 Apr. 2026
The league has embraced advances in technology and artificial intelligence, including putting chips in footballs and using virtual measurements to determine first downs.
Now, a war thousands of miles away not only interrupts that potential progress, but also threatens to knock the labor market further off course.
—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN Money,
29 Mar. 2026
The noise pauses conversations, interrupts performances at the nearby Langroise Center for the Performing Arts, and challenges residents near the tracks to find sleep as an average eight trains pass through downtown each night.
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