Nikkei Asia:
Sources: Tokyo-based chipmaker Renesas agrees to sell its clocks and timing device business to Nasdaq-listed chip design company SiTime for ~$3B  —  Chipmaker divesting non-core businesses after seeing a loss in 1st 9 months of 2025  —  Renesas' clocks and timing business was formerly part …

Financial Times:
Sources: the US Commerce Department finished reviewing Nvidia's H200 China license, but the State Department seeks tighter restrictions, delaying its approval  —  The state department has pushed for close scrutiny before approving export licences  —  Michael Acton in San Francisco …

Sebastian Herrera / Wall Street Journal:
Recon: the US market share of Copilot as paid users' first choice fell from 18.8% in July 2025 to 11.5% in January 2026, while Gemini's rose from 12.8% to 15.7%  —  Microsoft's Pivotal AI Product Is Running Into Big Problems After leaning on its partnership with OpenAI, Microsoft is playing catch-up in the chatbot race.

Jay Peters / The Verge:
Adobe reverses its plans to discontinue Animate after creators expressed frustration, saying it won't get new features but will remain available “indefinitely”  —  It won't get new features, but it will still be available. … Adobe is no longer planning to discontinue Adobe Animate on March 1st.

Madlin Mekelburg / Bloomberg:
Filing: OpenAI accuses xAI of systematically destroying evidence in its antitrust case by directing employees to use auto-deleting “ephemeral messaging tools”  —  OpenAI accused Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company of “systematic and intentional destruction” …