Archive for April, 2024
Beverly Hills: For Lease
April 4th, 2024Via: German in Venice:
Taiwan Earthquake: TSMC Resumes Production; No Damage to Most Critical Chip-Making Equipment
April 4th, 2024Good news. Via: Bloomberg: Taiwan’s semiconductor industry restarted operations and emergency personnel worked to help injured and trapped citizens as the island begins to recover from its worst earthquake in 25 years. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the leading producer of advanced chips for Apple Inc. and Nvidia Corp., said it would resume production less than […]
Prince William Photo With Diddy Raises Questions
April 3rd, 2024Questions, questions… pic.twitter.com/Dq7bSQVV4k — cryptogon (@cryptogon) April 3, 2024 Via: Newsweek: Prince William being left out of photos of Prince Harry with Sean “Diddy” Combs in the aftermath of Department of Homeland Security raids on the rapper’s properties has sparked a backlash against the media. Harry was named in a court filing from music producer […]
Amazon’s “Just Walk Out” Grocery Checkout AI Was Actually 1,000 Contractors in India
April 3rd, 2024Via: The Byte: Amazon is giving up with its unusual “Just Walk Out” technology, The Information reports, which allowed customers to simply put their shopping into their bags and leave the store without having to get in line at the checkout. The tech, which was only available at half of the e-commerce giant’s Amazon Fresh […]
TSMC, UMC EVACUATE CHIPMAKING LINES AFTER MAJOR TAIWAN QUAKE
April 2nd, 2024Via: Bloomberg: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. and its closest rival evacuated factory areas after the biggest earthquake to hit its home island in 25 years, casting uncertainty over production at the world’s largest maker of advanced chips. TSMC, the main contract chipmaker to Apple Inc. and Nvidia Corp., moved staff out of certain areas and […]
Gaza: Israel Kills Seven International Food Aid Workers
April 2nd, 2024Bomb an embassy, bomb aid workers trying to feed starving people – RFK Jr, Trump + Biden all still want to keep giving them as many bombs as they want plus US taxpayer money with NO CONDITIONS. RFK Jr needs to stop saying he is "anti war" immediately, a perversion of the term. — Whitney […]
JK Rowling Dares Police to Arrest Her Over SNP’s New Hate Crime Law
April 1st, 2024Update: JK Rowling Hate Law Posts Not Criminal, Police Say Via: BBC: Social media comments made by JK Rowling challenging Scotland’s new hate crime law are not being treated as criminal, Police Scotland has said. The Harry Potter author described several transgender women as men, including convicted prisoners, trans activists and other public figures. The […]
Israeli Air Strike Destroys Iranian Consulate in Syria
April 1st, 2024Via: BBC: An Israeli strike has destroyed the Iranian consulate building in Syria’s capital, Damascus, killing and wounding several people, Syrian authorities say. A senior Revolutionary Guards commander Brig-Gen Mohammad Reza Zahedi was among the dead, Iranian state media reported. Pictures showed smoke and dust rising from the multi-storey building, which was next to the […]
Is Russia Behind “Havana Syndrome” Attacks?
April 1st, 2024Via: 60 Minutes:
