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ASML EVP Christophe Fouquet says the company believes decoupling the global chip supply chain isn’t possible, as the US, EU, and others push for self-reliance (Cheng Ting-Fang/Nikkei Asia)

Cheng Ting-Fang / Nikkei Asia: ASML EVP Christophe Fouquet says the company believes decoupling the global chip supply chain isn’t possible, as the US, EU, and others push for self-reliance — Top equipment maker sources globally while keeping most production in Netherlands — Christophe Fouquet, ASML’s executive vice president and chief business officer.

Intel restructures its manufacturing business to work like a separate unit and begin generating a margin, but offers no clear timeframe; INTC drops 5%+ (Chavi Mehta/Reuters)

Chavi Mehta / Reuters: Intel restructures its manufacturing business to work like a separate unit and begin generating a margin, but offers no clear timeframe; INTC drops 5%+ — Intel Corp (INTC.O) said on Wednesday its manufacturing business will work like a separate unit and will begin to generate a margin …

A look at Dolby Atmos, supported by 15 music streaming services including Apple Music, which has heavily invested in Atmos, and the future of immersive audio (Bob Mehr/New York Times)

Bob Mehr / New York Times: A look at Dolby Atmos, supported by 15 music streaming services including Apple Music, which has heavily invested in Atmos, and the future of immersive audio — True believers in the immersive audio format say it could restore a musical appreciation lost to a generation that has come up

SEO for Law Firms: A Comprehensive Guide

With a proper strategy, law firms can significantly increase their chances of landing more qualified leads & clients because the increased visibility and enhanced credibility build trust with potential clients. Ultimately effective SEO benefits everything from increasing a firm’s presence and brand online down to acquiring new client relationships. Here we outline the key digital

The Pain and Promise of Europe’s Abortion Laws

The continent’s abortion laws are a patchwork of progress and setbacks. And for many, accessing the right care at the right time is still a lottery.

Boots Riley Says a ‘Gentler Capitalism’ Won’t Save Society

The I’m a Virgo creator loves contradictions, like trying to launch a radical labor movement with a show on Amazon Prime.

Docs Show FBI Pressures Cops to Keep Phone Surveillance Secrets

Newly released documents highlight the bureau’s continued secrecy around cell-site simulators—spying tech that everyone already assumes exists.

Shein tries to shed its Chinese image, including by denying claims of sourcing cotton from Xinjiang, but remains silent on details of its suppliers in China (Shen Lu/Wall Street Journal)

Shen Lu / Wall Street Journal: Shein tries to shed its Chinese image, including by denying claims of sourcing cotton from Xinjiang, but remains silent on details of its suppliers in China — Shein says it doesn’t source cotton from Xinjiang as it navigates U.S.-China tensions — Shein, the China-founded ultrafast-fashion retailer …

Nothing Phone 2 could be much more expensive than Phone 1

Credit: Oliver Cragg / Android Authority A news outlet has purportedly leaked Nothing Phone 2 pricing for Europe. The base 256GB variant is said to cost €729 (~$802). This would be a major price hike over the Nothing Phone 1. Nothing started its drip feed of Nothing Phone 2 details months ago, but we’ve also

As Spotify’s podcast strategy of focusing on exclusives and celebrity hosts continues to falter, the company seems to be shifting its focus to selling ads (Amrita Khalid/The Verge)

Amrita Khalid / The Verge: As Spotify’s podcast strategy of focusing on exclusives and celebrity hosts continues to falter, the company seems to be shifting its focus to selling ads — The company is entering the ‘next phase’ of its podcast strategy — but will it learn from its mistakes?

Not a sports fan? YouTube TV tests new multiview stream combos just for you.

YouTube TV is expanding its multiview streams beyond sports. A select number of users can choose between business, news, weather, and other multiview streams. The feature is gradually rolling out over the summer. There’s nothing worse than deciding between two live events you want to watch. This is especially true for sports enthusiasts. YouTube TV

Inside Digital Calipers

If you do any kind of machining, 3D printing, or PCB layout, you probably have at least considered buying a pair of calipers. Old-fashioned ones had a dial and were mechanical devices, but lately, digital ones have become quite affordable. We keep meaning to tear a set of ours apart to see what’s inside, but

Venezuela’s temporary ban on crypto mining is killing the industry President Maduro promoted, with ~75K units of mining equipment disconnected since March (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg: Venezuela’s temporary ban on crypto mining is killing the industry President Maduro promoted, with ~75K units of mining equipment disconnected since March — Venezuela’s temporary ban on mining cryptocurrencies within the country is effectively killing the industry President Nicolás Maduro worked hard to promote.

How Chinese-language subreddits like r/China_irl became a refuge for banned Chinese internet groups, with users jumping the Great Firewall with VPNs (Caiwei Chen/Rest of World)

Caiwei Chen / Rest of World: How Chinese-language subreddits like r/China_irl became a refuge for banned Chinese internet groups, with users jumping the Great Firewall with VPNs — They are drawn to the platform’s community-moderated, discussion-based format, which allows for more fringe voices to thrive.

Source: Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino intervened to mend the company’s relationship with Google Cloud over payments; sources say the bills were $20M+ per month (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal: Source: Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino intervened to mend the company’s relationship with Google Cloud over payments; sources say the bills were $20M+ per month — Social-media platform is now paying for Google cloud services amid talks of broader partnership

Update or migrate? Planning for MySQL 5.7 EOL

MySQL is the most popular open source database in the world, according to DB-Engines, and it has ranked as the second most popular database overall for more than a decade. MySQL fueled the rise of the LAMP stack and has been a trusty companion to many a developer and DBA over the years. In October

How to use EventCounters in .NET Core

When working in .NET or .NET Core applications, you will often want to profile the performance of your application to be aware of any potential bottlenecks before you deploy the application to the production environment. EventCounters provides a collection of performance metrics you can use for this. This article discusses how we can work with

iOS 16.5.1 fixes critical iMessage security flaw, you should update immediately!

Credit: Robert Triggs / Android Authority Apple is rolling out critical security updates to iOS 15 and iOS 16, patching an iMessage flaw that was used to plant spyware on iPhones. The exploit was used on iPhones running iOS 15.7 and earlier. iOS 16 had other changes that protected it from this cyberattack. iPhone and

Figma expands its partnership with Google for Education, allowing all US K-12 students to access its design tools for free on education Chromebooks (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)

Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: Figma expands its partnership with Google for Education, allowing all US K-12 students to access its design tools for free on education Chromebooks — Figma is expanding its partnership with Google for Education in a bid to introduce more school-age students to its product design and collaboration platforms.

Sequoia debuts Atlas, an interactive tool that uses various qualitative and quantitative data collection methods to map the European technical talent landscape (Paul Sawers/TechCrunch)

Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: Sequoia debuts Atlas, an interactive tool that uses various qualitative and quantitative data collection methods to map the European technical talent landscape — There is an estimated 3 million software engineers in Europe, depending on what report you want to believe …

Google Nest cameras and doorbells are down for many people (Update: Fixed)

Credit: C. Scott Brown / Android Authority Google Nest Cam and Nest Doorbell users are facing an outage, with devices appearing as offline in the Google Home app. Users in Europe appear to be primarily affected. Some users are able to view video recordings received through notifications. Update: The issue has now been fixed. Update,

Q&A with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on why UX matters for AI, AGI going “wrong” vs. “AGI is going to go fantastically well”, capping profit, regulation, and more (Edward Felsenthal/TIME)

Edward Felsenthal / TIME: Q&A with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on why UX matters for AI, AGI going “wrong” vs. “AGI is going to go fantastically well”, capping profit, regulation, and more — For this week’s TIME100 Most Influential Companies cover story about OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman …

Sources: the Biden administration has ramped up exploration of security concerns with Chinese cloud computing firms, potentially fueling tensions with Beijing (David McCabe/New York Times)

David McCabe / New York Times: Sources: the Biden administration has ramped up exploration of security concerns with Chinese cloud computing firms, potentially fueling tensions with Beijing — The Biden administration is exploring whether it can mount a campaign against Chinese tech giants like Alibaba and Huawei, potentially fueling tensions with Beijing.

Big firms want to trade crypto with the structure of traditional finance, including orders intermediated by brokers and asset custody separate from the exchange (Matt Levine/Bloomberg)

Matt Levine / Bloomberg: Big firms want to trade crypto with the structure of traditional finance, including orders intermediated by brokers and asset custody separate from the exchange — Institutional crypto — I think even a year ago it was possible to imagine the traditional financial system learning something from crypto.

A Pico-Based ZX Spectrum Emulator

The ZX Spectrum was a popular computer of the 8-bit era. Now, it’s possible to emulate this machine on a microcontroller so cheap that it’s literally been given away on the front cover of magazines. Yes, we’re talking about the Pico ZX Spectrum project. The project consists of all the necessary code to emulate a

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