Qatar Helium Shutdown Puts Chip Supply Chain On a Two-Week Clock Iranian drone strikes shut down a major helium facility in Qatar, removing about 30% of global helium supply and raising concerns for the semiconductor industry, which relies on the gas for chip fabrication. "QatarEnergy declared force majeure on existing contracts on March 4, freeing it from supply obligations to customers," reports Tom's Hardware. The industry outlet Gasworld reports that no imminent restart is planned. From the report: Helium consultant Phil Kornbluth, speaking at a Gasworld… Save money by canceling more software projects, says survey Enterprises should be more ruthless about cancelling projects. That’s according to project management software company Tempo, which surveyed 667 project planning leaders at the end of last year. It found that those who deployed better scenario planning and acted ruthlessly is assessing a project’s viability would be better off. According to the survey, 90% of organizations claimed that their proj… The quiz that keeps families connected | Brief letters Saturday quiz | Avoiding AI | Size matters It was lovely to read Sabrina Olson’s letter (6 March) on the quiz as it has been a family ritual for us for years. It kept us all connected through our children’s time at university, then moving into their own homes, and in some cases working abroad. It kept us going through the enforced separation of Covid and became a rite of passage for any new partn… Digg lays off staff and shuts down app as company retools Digg laid off a significant number of staff and shut down its app, but says it's not giving up on the startup. 15 years after Fukushima meltdown, an innkeeper makes radiation surveys to revitalize her hometown Tomoko Kobayashi reopened her inn in northeastern Fukushima to bring a sense of normal life back to her deserted hometown five years after the nuclear disaster Victoria Coates on Iranian leadership's 'delusional' statements amid US strikes Former Deputy National Security Advisor Victoria Coates discusses the 'delusional' nature of Mojtaba Khamenei's first statement as ayatollah, particularly regarding threats to U.S. bases. Using AI to pick team leaders -- without crossing legal or ethical lines AI can help a CIO find ideal team-leader candidates within and beyond their organization, but unintended bias can creep into the process. Anduril set to acquire Orange County space surveillance company The purchase of ExoAnalytic Solutions, for an undisclosed sum, is meant to boost Anduril's capabilities in space domain awareness, battle management and fire control. Moving From Moment.js To The JS Temporal API The way JavaScript handles time has evolved significantly, from the built-in `Date` API to Moment.js and now Temporal. The new standard fills gaps in the original `Date` API while addressing limitations found in Moment and other libraries. Joe Attardi shares practical “recipes” for migrating Moment-based code to the new Temporal API. Spotify tests letting users directly customize their Taste Profile Spotify Premium users in New Zealand will be the first to experience the service's latest personalization feature. The company is letting users view and make changes to their Taste Profile directly. If your algorithm is serving up too much Bieber, you can politely tell the algorithm to ease up. Beta testers will be able to […] |
Apple's App Store In China Gets Lower 25% Commission To Appease Regulators Apple will cut its App Store commission in China from 30% to 25% starting March 15, with small-business and mini-app rates dropping from 15% to 12%. AppleInsider reports: Chinese regulators have been back and forth with Apple in recent years over the 30% App Store commission. The latest publicly known pressure occurred after President Trump slammed the country with seemingly random and outrageous tariffs in 2025. While nothing much else has happened in the public eye in the year since, Apple ha… “Friday Night Baseball” returns to Apple TV on March 27 for its fifth season “Friday Night Baseball” — a weekly MLB doubleheader on Apple TV — returns for its fifth season on March 27. Out Of 52 Tires, Here's Where The Michelin Pilot Sport 5 Ranked In A Major Braking Test A recent TyreReviews test of over 50 tires also included the braking performance. Where did the highly praised Michelin Pilot Sport 5 rank on this test? Best Dreo Spring Sale Deals: Air Fryer, Heater, Fans Dreo’s spring sale offers a great deal on the Chefmaker combi cooker, plus discounts on WIRED’s favorite bathroom heater and tower fan. Data mining? Old servers could become new source of rare earths The retirement of old server equipment from data center facilities could become an opportunity for enterprises to generate revenue, instead of being an often costly recycling expense. Last year Western Digital announced it was experimenting with new ways to extract valuable rare earth elements and metals from obsolete servers from Microsoft’s US data centers, as part of a collaboration with Criti… Adobe Settles With U.S. Over Hard-to-Cancel Subscriptions The maker of Photoshop agreed to pay $75 million to the government, which had accused it of hiding details of expensive fees. AMD wants you to buy a $2,000 ‘agent PC’ just for AI You already have a laptop or desktop PC, but now AMD thinks you need another one—an “agent PC” to support your main machine. AMD has responded to the growing success of OpenClaw’s AI agents with a new suggestion: customers should buy “agent PCs,” which would take the power of the Ryzen AI Max+ processor (surprise!) and repurpose it to run an agent swarm. AMD’s idea is that you should use a “norma… China's Nexchip signals wafer price hikes amid capacity expansion and CIS growth Nexchip has confirmed that it has raised prices for certain wafer foundry products, aligning its pricing strategy with market conditions, customer demand, and ongoing operational improvements, according to the company's March 6, 2025 investor relations briefing, released on March 9, 2025. |
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