Nvidia, AMD Ramp at TSMC Arizona as U.S. Tariffs Loom

From EETimes: Nvidia and AMD this week said they are starting production at TSMC’s new chip facility in Arizona just as U.S. President Donald Trump has vowed to levy tariffs on semiconductors a few days from now. The two events are not a coincidence, analysts told EE Times.

“Essentially, AMD and...

TikTok is getting its own version of community notes

From The Verge: TikTok has announced “Footnotes,” its own take on the community notes features that started on Twitter and have been spreading to other social networks. As elsewhere, it’s a crowd-sourced approach to moderation — TikTok says contributors will be able to “add relevant information to...

Google Is Sunsetting Country-Specific Search Domains

From CNET: Google is in the process of consolidating the many international domains names that lead to google.com, eliminating sites such as google.co.jp and google.ru for Japan and Russia because the company says it no longer needs so-called "country code top-level domain" names to provide local...

Nvidia’s latest GPU drivers fix lots of bugs and crashes

From The Verge: Nvidia is releasing a new GPU driver today that includes a massive amount of fixes for bugs and crashes that have plagued its Game Ready drivers recently. After widespread reports of black screens, game crashes, and general stability issues, today’s 576.02 driver release (.exe...

SpaceX Is Prepping a New Starlink Router

From PC Mag: SpaceX is preparing to launch a new Starlink Wi-Fi router, possibly for its updated high-performance dish.

The company today received FCC clearance to sell the new “Starlink Router” in the US, according to FCC filings. The router features the model number “UTR-251,” suggesting it...

EU equips US-bound staff with burner phones

From ComputerWorld: The European Commission has issued so-called burner phones and simple laptops to certain staffers traveling to the US to reduce the risk of espionage, according to The Financial Times.

The Commission issued the new guidelines to commissioners and senior officials traveling to...

CORSAIR Launches Upgraded HXi Series PSUs

From Corsair Press Release: CORSAIR (Nasdaq: CRSR) is excited to announce upgraded HX1200i and HX1500i Series fully modular, low-noise power supplies for 2025. These powerful PSUs are Cybenetics Platinum-certified for up to 91% efficiency, delivering clean, reliable power. They now feature updated...

Android phones will soon reboot if they’re locked for a few days

From The Verge: Android is launching a new security feature that will force devices to reboot themselves if you haven’t unlocked them for a while, making it harder for other people to access the data inside. The feature included in the latest Google Play services update says that Android phones will...

Android 15 Update Spells the End of 16GB Phones and Tablets

From PC Mag: Cheap phones and tablets with low-end specs often skimp on internal storage to keep the price down, but we'll soon see the end of particularly stingy Android devices sporting just 16GB of storage.

Google's latest Android 15 update introduces a new restriction: phones and tablets must...

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