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Here's your afternoon TNB Tech Minute for Wednesday, September 17th.

I'm Zoe Golkin for the Wall Street Journal.

Beijing's top cybersecurity regulator urged big tech companies not to buy one of

NVIDIA's newest chips, the

Nvidia's RTX Pro 6,000D, dragging the company even further into the U.S.-China trade war.

China is signaling that it doesn't need the less advanced AI chips that the U.S. allows

Nvidia to sell to Chinese customers, but still wants their top-of-the-line products.

When asked about China's targeting, NVIDIA's chief executive Jensen Huang said he was,

quote, disappointed and pointed out that this is something larger between China and the United

States.

Elsewhere, Lyft is partnering with Alphabet's Waymo, the Autonomous Ride Hailing Service.

The company said they planned to launch Waymo's services in Nashville starting next year, using Lyft's fleet management services, including vehicle maintenance, infrastructure, and depot operations.

The fleet of autonomous vehicles would first be available on Waymo's app, with plans to expand to Lyft's platform later in

2006. And battery part maker N-tech technology has agreed to sell a majority stake to investment

firm I-squared capital, which also plans to invest in the company's planned factory in Indiana.

N-tech makes battery separators, components that prevent short-circuiting, and are used

in batteries for electric vehicles, military technology, energy storage systems, and more. I-square's

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