JUSTTHENEWS (Ben Whedon) - Trump touts $100B investment from Taiwan semiconductor company
Trump further suggested that the investment pledge was an indicator of the success of his economic policies on global trade.
NYTIMES (Tripp Mickle) - Intel’s Chip Business Shows Signs of Life After Years of Struggle
It is the centerpiece of President Trump’s drive to make more chips in the United States, but the company still has a long way to go before it can be called a complete turnaround.
NYTIMES (Don Clark) - IBM Unveils New Method to Make Smaller Computer Chip Parts
Industry leaders had worried that innovations in chip miniaturization were no longer possible.
DAILYCALLER (Faith Miller) - US Technology Giant Seeks To Become Leader In China
REDSTATE (Ward Clark) - New Problem: Tech Execs Warn Helium Shortage Could Halt Chipmaking
THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Steven Tucker) - Putin’s Pigeons
Does Moscow plan to use microchipped birds to bomb Americans—and to begin controlling human minds? The post Putin’s Pigeons appeared first on The American Conservative .
Takimag Putin’s Pigeons Does Moscow plan to use microchipped birds to bomb Americans—and to begin controlling human minds? TakiMag Pigeons are often colloquially known as “flying rats.” Might this be because they are actually secretly spies, trained by intelligence services to flap around “ratting” on people like feathered Stasi and KGB informers? In Vladimir Putin’s Russia, this appears to be the plan. Recent Western reports imply that, under a demented Russian cyber-engineering program codenamed PJN-1, small GPS-linked cameras are being strapped to birds’ chests, powered by a miniature solar panel. Then,…Open
NYTIMES (Meaghan Tobin) - How China Built a Chip Industry, and Why It’s Still Not Enough
More than a decade into Beijing’s push for self sufficiency, Chinese firms are producing fewer, lower-performing chips than their foreign competitors.