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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TMSC) is the first CHIPS Act awardee to get part of the money that the government has promised. The Biden administration has finalized its grants for TSMC, which expects to receive $6.6 billion in grants as part of their agreement to grow semiconductor production in the US. TSMC will also loan another $5 billion from the government to fund the expansion of

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Happy Friday! A fluffy, $85 toy is taking Asia by storm, but it's not for kids. Labubu might have an unsettling grin, but it's meant to comfort tired corporate

• In the 1920s, some women's lives changed radically due to the introduction of new rights and jobs.
• The 19th Amendment was ratified in August 1920, and some women voted in the November 1920 election.
• Societal changes were reflected in fashion

• France has trained thousands of Ukrainians for a brigade that will soon enter the fight with Russia.
• The brigade will have French tanks, artillery, and missile systems.
• "Now they are able to fight, they are able to maneuver," a French colonel said.

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• Mike Tyson and Jake Paul will fight Friday in what will likely be Netflix's biggest-ever live event.
• The streamer has increasingly segued into live sports while building an ad business.
• Netflix now has 70 million ad-supported users — up from 40 million in May.

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The latest Amazon Fire HD 8, updated last month and starting at $100, is a modest refresh, offering more RAM, a nominally upgraded camera and some new AI features. The general sales pitch, however, remains the same: You get a just-competent tablet for the essentials at a dirt-cheap (and often-discounted) price, and in exchange, Amazon gets to plant another appliance for its own apps and services

• A 37-year-old manager at Microsoft says AI has changed his workflow.
• AI reduced his time spent on coding by 70%, and also cut time spent on reading and meetings, he says.
• But given the rush to scale AI, he also says the time

Bluesky hit 15 million users this week. And then 16 million. The vibes on Bluesky are immaculate, and it seems to have a real and renewed chance to be the place that replaces Twitter for a lot of people. But then there’s Threads, which grew by approximately one Bluesky just this month. There’s also Mastodon, which is still hanging around, and

Elon Musk has amended his lawsuit against OpenAI, adding more anti-trust claims against the company and including Microsoft as a defendant. He also added his company, xAI, as well as Shivon Zilis, a former OpenAI board member and mother to three of his children, as plaintiffs. Musk originally sued OpenAI in March, accusing founders Sam Altman and Greg Brockman of violating the organization's non