Taiwanese prosecutors have indicted a senior Nvidia manager and eight others over an alleged scheme that shipped 74 servers containing B300 chips to China via Japan and Indonesia. They are seeking five years for forgery and breach of trust. The first known criminal case against an Nvidia employee over AI chip smuggling has reached indictment. 

Over the weekend, Amazon significantly raised the prices of its hardware devices, jacking them up by as much as 60% in some cases. The price explosion impacted Fire TVs, Echos, Kindles, and Eeros. 

Both chambers of Congress have now passed bills allowing U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to share packing, shipping, and marketplace data with brand owners. On August 7, 2026, the Senate unanimously passed S. 2677, the Grassley-Hassan bill, expanding what information CBP may share with rights holders about suspected counterfeit imports. 

The signals have been building for months. Now the numbers confirm it: the electronics manufacturing supply chain is facing renewed and measurable pressure on component and materials availability, and conditions are moving in the wrong direction.

Newswise — Counterfeit and out-of-spec components are entering U.S. defense supply chains through thousands of small and midsized suppliers that make up the lower tiers of the industrial base. Researchers at the Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute (GTMI) say the fix isn't just better parts, but better proof: verified digital records, secured against tampering, that travel with each component from raw material to installation.   

Qualcomm Inc, the biggest maker of smartphone processors, plans to increase prices by a percentage in the double digits, a move that's likely to ripple through much of the tech industry.

The US Commerce Department has put the tech world on notice. An official from the department confirmed that regulatory action targeting chips and artificial intelligence is forthcoming, sending a clear signal that Washington is not done reshaping the rules around advanced technology.

BOSTON -- A Massachusetts man was found guilty Monday of conspiring to unlawfully export electronic components to Iran in violation of U.S. sanctions.Mahdi Mohammad Sadeghi, who worked at the global electronics company Analog Devices, was accused of helping an Iranian business associate get around American export control laws. 

If you wanted to find a place in China that looked as though it had been lifted straight from a science-fiction novel, chances are someone would point you to Huaqiangbei, an area in the country’s southern tech hub of Shenzhen. Known as “China’s No. 1 Electronics Street,” it is home to the world’s largest electronics market. 

Hong Kong Customs shuts down trading company selling counterfeit mobile phones and other electronic devices online Hong Kong Customs mounted a special enforcement operation on July 7 and detected a case of a trading company selling counterfeit mobile phones and other electronic devices online.