Trump gave global chipmaking leader TSMC an offer it could not refuse: ‘All I did is say if you don’t build your plant here you’re gonna pay a big tax… 25, maybe 50, maybe 75, maybe 100%’

Say what you will about Trump’s tariffs, they certainly make for, let’s say, ‘interesting’ times. And in case you were in any doubt about the purpose and spirit of these levies, Trump’s latest comments to chip giant TSMC should clear things up: “All I did is say if you don’t build your plant here you’re…

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Microsoft has now fired the employees who publicly protested the company supplying AI tech to the Israeli military

Last Friday, two software engineers vocally protested the use of Microsoft’s AI technology by the Israeli military. This follows the international Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement’s calls to boycott Xbox earlier that same week (via Rock Paper Shotgun). It has since been reported that, as of this Monday, those two software engineers have been…

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