World's largest chipmaker does not rule out price rises as costs increase
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bbcnewsworld_feedIn a rare interview, a senior executive at TSMC discusses the AI boom, the geopolitics of chips and what it means for the price of electronics.
I have right papers and visa - barred referee Artan
Jun. 9th, 2026 01:43 pmbbcnewsworld_feedSomali referee Omar Artan says he was subjected to an 11-hour immigration interview before being denied entry to the United States for the World Cup despite holding the "right papers" and "right visa".
THREAT LEVEL: EBONY DARK’NESS VELVET GOLDMINE DE LIONCOURT
Jun. 9th, 2026 04:52 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cupcake_gothThe first episode of The Vampire Lestat is everything I wanted. There he is, my gloriously messy Brat Prince. Poor impulse control, hiding his insecurities and broken heart by performing hedonism, and yes, my egotistical vampire rock star boyfriend.
There’s a great fan theory going around related to the first scenes, and I agree with it. (It ties into later books of the series, so I won’t go into it. But it makes SO MUCH SENSE.)
I haven't gone looking for discussion around this, but I'm curious as to how the show fans who haven't read the books are dealing with the end of the first episode. Because yes, the trailers implied they were Going There, but whoooooo, it's canon in the show, and I kinda want to see the people melting down about OMG PROBLEMATIC.
Fourth Leaf
Jun. 9th, 2026 07:23 pml33tminionClover Food Lab is somehow reopening after getting a last-minute bailout from a mystery investor. Real curious what the details of that are and if they'll manage to hold on, but at least I'll get some more chances to eat there.
This weekend, there was a party at former ITA Software CEO Jeremy's house, celebrating 30 years of ITA Software. Was quite a get-together. Really enjoyed catching up with many people. I sure had a great time on that project, and it was great for my career.
I finished reading Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World by Henry Grabar. Highly recommend if you're interested in urbanism / urban design. Worth reading even if you've already read Shoup's The High Cost of Free Parking, or if you'd rather get fascinating knowledge about the subject from a 300-page popular-nonfiction book as opposed to a 600-page academic text.
I started reading (rereading? I would have sworn but if so my memory of that is very faded) the third book in Sean McMullin's Greatwinter Trilogy, Eyes of the Calculor (I keep misreading that title and the in-book eponymous massive human-powered computing machine as "the calculator", but it is in fact rendered differently in the story's speculative future-Australian dialect). Great post-apolcalyptic fiction of the very-far-post (though in some cases ongoing) thousand-apocalypse-pileup variety.
This weekend, there was a party at former ITA Software CEO Jeremy's house, celebrating 30 years of ITA Software. Was quite a get-together. Really enjoyed catching up with many people. I sure had a great time on that project, and it was great for my career.
I finished reading Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World by Henry Grabar. Highly recommend if you're interested in urbanism / urban design. Worth reading even if you've already read Shoup's The High Cost of Free Parking, or if you'd rather get fascinating knowledge about the subject from a 300-page popular-nonfiction book as opposed to a 600-page academic text.
I started reading (rereading? I would have sworn but if so my memory of that is very faded) the third book in Sean McMullin's Greatwinter Trilogy, Eyes of the Calculor (I keep misreading that title and the in-book eponymous massive human-powered computing machine as "the calculator", but it is in fact rendered differently in the story's speculative future-Australian dialect). Great post-apolcalyptic fiction of the very-far-post (though in some cases ongoing) thousand-apocalypse-pileup variety.
Chaos in the Expansion
Jun. 9th, 2026 04:03 pmolivermossPHWL Detroit GM Manon Rhéaume is denying having tampered with the expansion draft. PWHL keeps calling it 'player redistribution process' and definitely not an expansion draft, but it's an expansion draft with a lot of extra steps, most of those steps didn't go as planned. Basically, people made deals outside of the process and sort of ignored the weird dance they were supposed to do.
If there was any doubt the PWHL was a real league and has arrived, we've had out first draft tampering scandal.
Torrent took a beating the defnitely-not-an-expansion-draft. Meanwhile, the Goldeneyes have not lost any players yet. Expansion tracker if you want to see how unevenly the teams are being effected.
There is a lot of mess right now, especially with the possible Hilary Knight sign and trade. Going to wait and see how that shakes out, especially since Vegas announced her as a signing as if she's staying? awkward.
Too much mess to cover, especially since some details are murky. But I will say, Fuck Detroit for signing Curl as a core player, making her central to the team's identity. Fuck, I was so happy for Detroit to get a team. They burned a LOT of goodwill and possible fandom there, but maybe Knight can be used to spackle their image
If there was any doubt the PWHL was a real league and has arrived, we've had out first draft tampering scandal.
Torrent took a beating the defnitely-not-an-expansion-draft. Meanwhile, the Goldeneyes have not lost any players yet. Expansion tracker if you want to see how unevenly the teams are being effected.
There is a lot of mess right now, especially with the possible Hilary Knight sign and trade. Going to wait and see how that shakes out, especially since Vegas announced her as a signing as if she's staying? awkward.
Too much mess to cover, especially since some details are murky. But I will say, Fuck Detroit for signing Curl as a core player, making her central to the team's identity. Fuck, I was so happy for Detroit to get a team. They burned a LOT of goodwill and possible fandom there, but maybe Knight can be used to spackle their image
Planning Obsolescence
Jun. 9th, 2026 03:09 pmlovelyangelApple at its 2026 Worldwide Developers’ Conference (WWDC) on Monday Announced a Whole Bunch of OS Stuff, as expected. There’s a lot to take in, and details are important. I’ve been reading every relevant post at MacRumors, whose coverage is thorough.
As usual, as the ecosystem evolves, I’m having to consider what I will be doing with my Apple devices. I’m a planner, after all.
( Considering Changes )
As usual, as the ecosystem evolves, I’m having to consider what I will be doing with my Apple devices. I’m a planner, after all.
( Considering Changes )
Inside Myanmar, rebels are losing ground as military forces men into army
Jun. 9th, 2026 09:13 pmbbcnewsworld_feedThe BBC travels with rebels to frontline positions in Myanmar to see how the war is unfolding.
The rebels at the front line of Myanmar's civil war
Jun. 9th, 2026 09:04 pmbbcnewsworld_feedThe BBC’s Quentin Sommerville travels to Myanmar - without the permission of the authorities - to meet a group of rebel fighters.
Bowen: Trump and Netanyahu wanted to reshape the Middle East - now they risk a permacrisis
Jun. 9th, 2026 08:14 pmbbcnewsworld_feedThe US and Israeli leaders have lost control of the consequences after miscalculating the Iran war.
The ballet of sleep
Jun. 9th, 2026 03:28 pmboxofdelightsIt's Swan Lake, but the swan is a beautiful dog and the lake is a comfy chair
( sleeping dog )
( sleeping dog )
UK and allies sanction 'networks' enabling settler violence in West Bank
Jun. 9th, 2026 08:38 pmbbcnewsworld_feedFrance will also bar far-right Israeli Minister Bezalel Smotrich from entry as part of the measures, which Israel condemns as "disgraceful".
Bowen: Trump and Netanyahu wanted to reshape the Middle East - now they risk a permacrisis
Jun. 9th, 2026 08:14 pmbbcnewsworld_feedThe US and Israeli leaders have lost control of the consequences after miscalculating the Iran war.
Two reportedly killed as women take part in rare protest in Afghanistan
Jun. 9th, 2026 04:44 pmbbcnewsworld_feedThe demonstration, in the western city of Herat, was broken up after police are alleged to have opened fire.
Quick post, cool event!
Jun. 9th, 2026 05:52 pmsisterdiviniumI have things to answer here and elsewhere, I know, and that alone should stop me from finding even More Things To Do but, alas, I am not immune to Things. So.
I thought I'd pimp Sapphic Summer 2026 since it's The Thing of the moment (well, you know, apart from yet another![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
femslashfete fic that ended up far too long to be posted on the week its prompt came up and which shall show up at an amnesty at some point... As well as the second and final alternative ending to Under this roof which, yes, I still need to type and post in the not so distant future... *Sigh*. See! Things!! Lots of them!!!) :)
I thought I'd pimp Sapphic Summer 2026 since it's The Thing of the moment (well, you know, apart from yet another
femslashfete fic that ended up far too long to be posted on the week its prompt came up and which shall show up at an amnesty at some point... As well as the second and final alternative ending to Under this roof which, yes, I still need to type and post in the not so distant future... *Sigh*. See! Things!! Lots of them!!!) :)