Helium is a commodity that is key to every major growth theme in the global economy – space, AI, and healthcare. But almost nobody talks about it – and the helium supply picture has just become ...

Just weeks after basically shutting down its free plan, Helium Mobile has announced it is being acquired. Noble Mobile will take over the existing subscriber base and plans to continue offering access ...

Helium Mobile ended its free Zero plan for existing subscribers, forcing them onto the paid Air plan. The move directly contradicted the company’s previous statements, which asserted that existing ...

Since time immemorial, humans gazing up at the moon have asked grand questions. Where did it come from? Why does it wax and wane? Is it made of cheese? We now have responses to most of these (“a giant ...

Qatar’s LNG disruption had a limited lasting impact on gas prices, but it triggered a severe helium shortage, disrupting up to 35% of global supply. The helium crunch is hitting semiconductor ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. RAS LAFFAN PORT, QATAR - March, 2017: (SOUTH AFRICA OUT): The port of Ras Laffan, north of ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The war in Iran has helped drive a global energy shock, sending oil and ...

The war in the Middle East has disrupted the world’s supply of helium. Qatar produces about a third of global helium, but attacks on its gas infrastructure have forced production to stop. At the same ...

The GlobalFoundries Fab 8 campus in Malta. Like other chipmakers, GlobalFoundries uses helium to make computer chips. Helium supplies are constrained after the world's largest helium factory in Qatar ...

Let’s cut straight to it. A geopolitical shock just knocked roughly one-third of global helium supply offline. Iran’s strike on Qatar’s largest LNG facility damaged production lines that could take ...

Chip makers have a big problem they can’t manufacture their way out of. When Iran struck Qatar’s largest liquefied natural gas facility last week, it damaged helium production lines that could take ...

With a third of the global supply offline because of the war in Iran, gas companies are scrambling to assure critical A.I. chip makers there will be no disruptions. Air Liquide supplies helium and ...