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Taiwan’s GlobalWafers, the world’s third-largest manufacturer of semiconductor wafers, has recently announced plans to build a $5 billion plant in Texas but only if the US government helped with the costs. This follows TSMC starting production of their Phoenix plant with help of local tax money and requesting more aid as costs have increased during the project. The focus of these requests? That would be the 2021 CHIPS Act passed by the US Congress to support semiconductor manufacturing as part of the United States Defense Budget. The CHIPS Act was part of the defense budget that has been formally passed and allocated $52 billion to move chip production away from China and to the US. The goal of this act was to help make the US less dependent on China for electronics and support companies building new factories and other projects to achieve this goal. The problem with the CHIPS Act is that Congress has yet to move any of the money and it was also intended to support domestic companies only. Speaking of domestic companies, Intel has also stopped building a factory in Ohio until CHIPS money is released to support their project. Intel has stated that the project was based on the CHIPS funding and not releasing the money has delayed the project from even breaking ground. GlobalWafers and TSMC are both foreign companies and would require modification of the Act if they were to receive any funding. The current global shortage of semiconductors and numerous product shortages caused by this are adding to the push by a large section of the government to make the US better able to sustain itself if a war with China breaks out and those are solid leverage points for companies to push to gain access to those funds. View full article

Taiwan’s GlobalWafers, the world’s third-largest manufacturer of semiconductor wafers, has recently announced plans to build a $5 billion plant in Texas but only if the US government helped with the costs. This follows TSMC starting production of their Phoenix plant with help of local tax money and requesting more aid as costs have increased during the project. The focus of these requests? That would be the 2021 CHIPS Act passed by the US Congress to support semiconductor manufacturing as part of the United States Defense Budget. The CHIPS Act was part of the defense budget that has been formally passed and allocated $52 billion to move chip production away from China and to the US. The goal of this act was to help make the US less dependent on China for electronics and support companies building new factories and other projects to achieve this goal. The problem with the CHIPS Act is that Congress has yet to move any of the money and it was also intended to support domestic companies only. Speaking of domestic companies, Intel has also stopped building a factory in Ohio until CHIPS money is released to support their project. Intel has stated that the project was based on the CHIPS funding and not releasing the money has delayed the project from even breaking ground. GlobalWafers and TSMC are both foreign companies and would require modification of the Act if they were to receive any funding. The current global shortage of semiconductors and numerous product shortages caused by this are adding to the push by a large section of the government to make the US better able to sustain itself if a war with China breaks out and those are solid leverage points for companies to push to gain access to those funds.

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Ya, it seems to be strongly disliked across the nation, but at the same time nearly half of the states are at least considering banning abortions, so I wonder how accurate polls really are or if people have just been voting for politicians that they don't agree with.

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HP and System76 (A Linux System Builder and Dev of Pop!_OS) have teamed together to create an impressive new laptop aimed at developers called the HP Dev One. The Dev One is a fully Linux-focused device with fully supported hardware and even a full Linux keyboard in place. The specs are competitive for the price and overall the machine appears to be quite well designed. At $1,099 the system packs a powerful CPU and enough storage and RAM for the above-average user, but it does not fair well in the GPU or gaming. Pop!_OS is one of the friendliest Linux distributions for Windows or Mac users to adapt to and it is easy to see that System76 has created a great entry-level Linux product that is also highly capable. Reviews of the device have been positive so far and the overall experience comes with an above-average screen and audio system. While limited to 1080p, the Ryzen 7, 16GB RAM, and 1TB Storage make it a solid work machine for all users in any field. It is currently only available as a 14” device, but we hope more models will appear later. Overall, the budget focus of HP and the ease of use by System76 make this machine look like an impressive starter laptop for a Linux user and perhaps even a greater boost for the Linux community. How “average user” this laptop will become is of course still unknown, but it seems to be off to a better start than the highly business-focused Dell Linux laptops. Image: Uncrowned Addiction/HP Dev One Source: https://hpdevone.com/ View full article

HP and System76 (A Linux System Builder and Dev of Pop!_OS) have teamed together to create an impressive new laptop aimed at developers called the HP Dev One. The Dev One is a fully Linux-focused device with fully supported hardware and even a full Linux keyboard in place. The specs are competitive for the price and overall the machine appears to be quite well designed. At $1,099 the system packs a powerful CPU and enough storage and RAM for the above-average user, but it does not fair well in the GPU or gaming. Pop!_OS is one of the friendliest Linux distributions for Windows or Mac users to adapt to and it is easy to see that System76 has created a great entry-level Linux product that is also highly capable. Reviews of the device have been positive so far and the overall experience comes with an above-average screen and audio system. While limited to 1080p, the Ryzen 7, 16GB RAM, and 1TB Storage make it a solid work machine for all users in any field. It is currently only available as a 14” device, but we hope more models will appear later. Overall, the budget focus of HP and the ease of use by System76 make this machine look like an impressive starter laptop for a Linux user and perhaps even a greater boost for the Linux community. How “average user” this laptop will become is of course still unknown, but it seems to be off to a better start than the highly business-focused Dell Linux laptops. Image: Uncrowned Addiction/HP Dev One Source: https://hpdevone.com/

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/supreme-court-overturns-roe-v-wade-ending-50-years-of-federal-abortion-rights/ar-AAYPAtD?ocid=uxbndlbing Effectively the Federal Law protecting abortions until the third trimester has been overturned by the supreme court and now each individual state will be able to fully control their abortions laws or outright ban the practice. While only time will tell how the states implement these laws, it appears that around 50% of the states will make the procedure illegal going be current studies and drafted laws. What are you opinions of this? Pro-life vs Pro-choice have been a hot topic of debate and now it is more intense then ever before.

Recently it has been announced that Steam will be releasing a platform for Chromebooks that will allow users to play full steam games on their Chrome OS devices. Many users wondered if this would result in gaming-focused Chromebooks and while we have seen Chromebooks released with a very “gamer” ascetic we have yet to see a true dedicated GPU Chromebook line be released. Chrome Unboxed has learned that a new series of Chromebooks are coming that appeared to be HP gaming Chromebooks powered by dedicated new Nvidia GPUs. They did note that the details are extremely limited and how much HP is involved is unknown (if they are at all) but the excitement of a potential Omen Gaming Chromebook is not limited to just them as we would love to see such a device. Hardware details are very limited, but it does appear that it will be 12th Gen Intel chips paired with new Nvidia GPUs to power these devices. Hopefully, more details will be released in the future as they are very limited and even an official release window is yet to exist so the product may never arrive, but the excitement that steam is generating on Chrome OS makes us believe that some level of gaming focus will happen. Image: Konstantin Savusia - stock.adobe.com Source: https://chromeunboxed.com/chromebook-nvidia-gpu-intel-alder-lake-12th-gen-hp/ View full article

Recently it has been announced that steam will be releasing a platform for Chromebooks that will allow users to play full steam games on their Chrome OS devices. Many users wondered if this would result in gaming-focused Chromebooks and while we have seen Chromebooks released with a very “gamer” ascetic we have yet to see a true dedicated GPU Chromebook line be released. Chrome Unboxed has learned that a new series of Chromebooks are coming that appeared to be HP gaming Chromebooks powered by dedicated new Nvidia GPUs. They did note that the details are extremely limited and how much HP is involved is unknown (if they are at all) but the excitement of a potential Omen Gaming Chromebook is not limited to just them as we would love to see such a device. Hardware details are very limited, but it does appear that it will be 12th Gen Intel chips paired with new Nvidia GPUs to power these devices. Hopefully, more details will be released in the future as they are very limited and even an official release window is yet to exist so the product may never arrive, but the excitement that steam is generating on Chrome OS makes us believe that some level of gaming focus will happen. Image: Konstantin Savusia - stock.adobe.com Source: https://chromeunboxed.com/chromebook-nvidia-gpu-intel-alder-lake-12th-gen-hp/

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The only real issue I find with work from home is training and evolving new employees. Not too bad if they have experience already, but it is a challenge on-boarding new employees either way.

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