Printed circuit boards are a quiet but crucial part of every electronic, and the U.S. can’t make enough for Nvidia and others in the AI boom.

Some 60% of the world’s PCBs come from China, creating national security and supply chain risks.

CNBC’s Katie Tarasov explains.

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TBWalmart, the world’s largest retailer, has been rolling out digital shelf labels in thousands of U.S. stores since 2024. The company says the technology streamlines price changes, frees up employees’ time and helps shoppers find what they need. But as the labels expand, so do concerns about dynamic pricing. CNBC’s Laya Neelakandan visits a Walmart store in New Jersey.

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Reporting by: Laya Neelakandan
Produced and shot by: Natalie Rice
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Animation: Jason Reginato
Senior Managing Producer: Tala Hadavi
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How Walmart Is Hoping Its New Tech Will Help Shoppers And Employees

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Chinese companies are using prefabricated construction to build data centers faster and more efficiently. As America’s AI-driven data center boom accelerates, China’s BrightRay hopes to win U.S. business with its modular approach. But growing U.S.-China tensions, national-security concerns and restrictions on some Chinese-made products could limit that opportunity. CNBC’s China Bureau Chief Eunice Yoon reports.

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4:48 Chapter 2 – China’s focus on the U.S. market
8:20 Chapter 3 – Public vs. government reactions

Reporting by: Eunice Yoon
Produced by: Natalie Rice
Editing by: Darren Geeter
Animation: Jason Reginato
Senior Managing Producer: Tala Hadavi
Additional Footage: Getty Images, BRIGHTRAY

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Inside China’s Race To Build The World’s Data Centers

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With thousands of YouTube creators relying on the platform for income, many are turning to strategists as essential advisors on how to keep videos viral.

Meet the YouTube whisperers, a booming class of advisors behind MrBeast and other million-dollar channels.

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Two years after Elon Musk made Greater Memphis the center of his artificial intelligence ambitions, building data centers and energy infrastructure at breakneck speed, residents are grappling with unwanted effects, including noise and emissions from the natural gas-burning turbines.

Now, public opposition to the SpaceXAI sites, known as Colossus and Colossus II, is providing a blueprint for other communities across the country opposed to AI developments.

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