its ai—powered chips is still going strong. katie. demand is still strong? yes, it is a of demand is still strong? yes, it is a i of a — demand is still strong? yes, it i”low-bag.- is a bit of a mixed bag, investors are not sure what to of it. overall the results are good but not great. that a jump of 12% on the previous quarter — and it was helped by huge demand for its ai chips. 114% increase compared to a year earlier. the chinese ai chatbot which was released late january — its founders said it was produced at a fraction of the cost of competitiors. for now, nvidia says it

doesn't expect a slowdown, for the current quarter. you'll remember when deepseek was released, nvidia, its shares tumbled would stoke interest in al. blocking the firm from exporting certain to toughen these up. nvidia has been pretty vocal in opposing these controls, saying it hurts american business and will only strengthen china's resolve to make their own advanced chips. investors seemed like they struggled to know what to make of the results. in after hours trading, shares went up — and then down,

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more commonly known by their shortened name, the last of the 20s. cards, as mariko oi found out when she caught up with the boss of the pokemon company. translation: i believe the original game was i ground—breaking, because it allowed users to exchange it became a tool to actively communicate with others. has increased to more than 1,000 today, and theirfans world and the virtual world what doing about those fake pokemon?

the more popular pokemon became, the worse the problem. stationery, cards, you name it. influencer logan paul currently holds the guinness world record for the most expensive pokemon trading card, which he bought to us, the true value of pokemon is to play, have fun and communicate with friends.

along with hello kitty and super mario, pokemon is one of japan's three big soft power, and the pokemon company is the only one that remains private despite its huge revenue. and super mario is one of the characters for nintendo. reinvested into pokemon. to do when the popularity of pokemon dies down?" is no longer popular." there have been some controversies over they want to know what happened to him in his retirement. on camera, but it's only what you see on tv.

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