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Elon Musk is Criticizing Biden On X More Ahead of 2024 Election

24 May 2024 at 05:03
The billionaire owner of X has increasingly been using his social media platform to criticize President Biden for his health and immigration policies, according to a New York Times analysis.

Β© Alice Lagarde

Biden Bans Chinese Bitcoin Mine Near U.S. Nuclear Missile Base

An investigation identified national security risks posed by a crypto facility in Wyoming. It is near an Air Force base and a data center doing work for the Pentagon.

Β© Stephen Speranza for The New York Times

The bitcoin mine in Cheyenne, Wyo., has been ordered to cease operations immediately.

U.S. Awards $120 Million to Polar Semiconductor to Expand Chip Facility

13 May 2024 at 05:01
The grant is the latest federal award in a series stemming from the CHIPS and Science Act meant to ramp up domestic production of vital semiconductors.

Β© Kristoffer Tripplaar/Sipa USA, via Associated Press

The federal award will go toward a project to expand the Polar Semiconductor facility in Bloomington, Minn.

Biden Announces $3.3 Billion Microsoft AI Center at Trump’s Failed Foxconn Site

8 May 2024 at 16:27
The president’s visit to Wisconsin celebrated the investment by Microsoft in a center to be built on the site of a failed Foxconn project negotiated by his predecessor.

Β© Tom Brenner for The New York Times

President Biden at the Intel campus in Chandler, Ariz., in March. His β€œInvesting in America” agenda has focused on bringing billions of private-sector dollars into manufacturing and industries such as clean energy and artificial intelligence.

TikTok Sues US Government Over Potential Ban

The social media company and its Chinese parent, ByteDance, sued to challenge the new law, saying it violated users’ First Amendment rights.

Β© Rozette Rago for The New York Times

TikTok’s office in Culver City, Calif. The company has said a new U.S. law requiring its sale is essentially a ban.

A New Diplomatic Strategy Emerges as Artificial Intelligence Grows

6 May 2024 at 20:32
The new U.S. approach to cyberthreats comes as early optimism about a β€œglobal internet” connecting the world has been shattered.

Β© Jeff Chiu/Associated Press

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken at the RSA Conference in San Francisco on Monday. He has described an increasingly zero-sum competition, in which countries will be forced to choose between signing up for a Western-dominated β€œstack” of technologies or a Chinese-dominated one.

Key Solar Panel Ingredient Is Made in the U.S.A. Again

By: Ivan Penn
25 April 2024 at 13:57
REC Silicon says it will soon start shipping polysilicon, which has come mostly from China, reviving a Washington State factory that shut down in 2019.

Β© Ruth Fremson/The New York Times

REC Silicon is preparing to fulfill its first shipment of polysilicon granules, which are used in the production of solar panels, at its factory in Moses Lake, Wash.

Micron Will Receive $6.1 Billion to Build Semiconductor Plants

18 April 2024 at 13:59
The grant to the memory chipmaker is the latest federal award aimed at boosting U.S. chip manufacturing.

Β© Steve Helber/Associated Press

Micron officials have said the investment is expected to create roughly 50,000 jobs, including about 9,000 direct positions at its plants.

Biden Administration Awards Samsun $6.4 Billion for Chip Production

15 April 2024 at 11:12
The federal grants will support Samsung’s new chip manufacturing hub in Taylor, Texas, along with the expansion of an existing site in Austin.

Β© Adam Davis/EPA, via Shutterstock

The money will help Samsung to upgrade a plant under construction in Taylor, Texas.
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