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WSJ Tech News Briefing

TNB Tech Minute: Amazon and Microsoft Back Law That Would Limit Nvidia’s Exports to China

WSJ Tech News Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

News, Tech News

4.61.6K Ratings

🗓️ 14 November 2025

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Plus: SAP makes concessions to alleviate competition concerns in the EU. And the robotaxi race revs up in London. Zoe Kuhlkin hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Why are businesses like HelloVet choosing Apple products and services?

0:04.8

So we started the business two years ago.

0:07.2

We had a few people who were used to PCs and this was their first foray into Macs.

0:12.5

But it's been super smooth getting everyone onto those devices and everyone seems really, really happy.

0:18.0

Find out how Mac can help you run and grow your business at apple.com forward slash

0:23.6

HelloVet.

0:27.8

Here's your morning TNB Tech Minute for Friday, November 14th.

0:32.2

I'm Zoe Colkin for the Wall Street Journal.

0:35.4

We are exclusively reporting.

0:37.2

Amazon is joining Microsoft and supporting

0:39.4

legislation that threatens to further limit Nvidia's ability to export to China, a rear split

0:45.3

between the chip designer and two of its biggest customers. The legislation, known as the Gain

0:50.8

AI Act, would require chip firms to satisfy U.S. demand before sending products

0:55.9

to China and other countries subject to arms embargoes, one of the first efforts by Congress

1:01.4

to address chip exports. The policy would give tech firms preferential access to chips at their

1:07.1

data centers around the world. The moves by Microsoft and Amazon to work against a company they are deeply intertwined with

1:13.9

highlights the fierce competitiveness of the AI race, as the companies involved are all jockeying

1:19.6

for favorable policy to stay ahead of rivals.

1:24.0

Germany's SAP is proposing changes to how clients can request support and pay for its business management software,

1:31.3

seeking to alleviate competition concerns from EU officials weeks after they launched an investigation into the company over possible anti-competitive practices.

1:41.0

EU officials said that SAP requires clients to seek support services from SAP itself for its on-premises enterprise resource planning software, potentially restricting competition for third-party providers.

1:54.2

The Commission said it has now received proposals from SAP that would allow clients to choose between different support services providers instead of

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