Local wafer supply to benefit TSMC, Samsung and US fabs

GlobalWafers is joining the parade of semiconductor suppliers setting up shop in the US, announcing a new silicon wafer plant in Texas to help fuel America’s push for chip independence.

Give AI nukes, in Texas what could go wrong?

As AI greedily devours electricity one Texas firm is planning to feed the beast with nuclear fire.

Its all about the thermal paste

Boffins at the University of Texas have taken time from their busy schedule of rounding up cattle to invent a new thermal interface material (TIM) that significantly outperforms existing liquid metal solutions in heat dissipation.

Will make privacy charge go away

Meta will pay Texas $1.4 billion to settle a lawsuit claiming the company used personal biometric data without user consent.

That's a shoot'n 

Google has agreed to an $8 million settlement with Texas over deceptive ads for its Pixel 4 smartphone, in which radio DJs were hired to provide testimonials without being given the phone to use.

Tire fire of the vanities 

Not content with destroying Twitter, CEO Elon [look at me] Musk has found another shiny object to distract him from making money.

Thinks the people of San Francisco might hate him 

Supreme Twit Elon [look at me]  Musk has asked a federal judge in a long running case against him to move a trial from San Francisco to Texas because he thinks the local media has made people hate him. 

Waiting to see what the lower courts think

A Texas social media law, which was designed to allow white right wingers to fill the interwebs with their unique brand of hate has been blocked by the US Supreme Court at least for now.

Because citadels historically work well in Texas

Texas governor candidate Don Huffines said he is "committed to making Texas the citadel for bitcoin and has released a plan detailing the effort.

No proof of doing someone wrong 

Alphabet's Google asked a federal judge to dismiss the majority of an antitrust lawsuit filed by Texas and other states that accused the search giant of abusing its dominance of the online advertising market.