The issue is a TSMC-made chip ended up inside a Huawei processor. They’re not allowed to make chips for Huawei or other US-sanctioned entities since they use US tech inside their foundries.

What happened here is that TSMC made chips for another Chinese company that gave them to Huawei (and is now on the sanctioned list as well as a result, but wasn’t when TSMC made the chips). The problem for TSMC is if the US determines they should have reasonably known there was a risk the company they made the chips for would give them to Huawei.

How is the US gonna fine a company from Taiwan?

They use US tech in their foundries, and thus are subject to export controls to make sure sanctioned entities (like Huawei) don’t benefit from it.

From the article, it sounds like TSMC’s part in this was just negligence as Huawei used a front company to make the order for them — like a 14-year-old getting an adult to make a booze purchase. If they get fined, it seems unlikely it would be for the maximum amount.

Why do I get the feeling that the hot new thing for CEOs to do is ask AI whenever they need to make a decision. Would explain a lot.

Oracle has been the most involved player for TikTok up to this point. Trump has also floated the idea of being government-owned.

The market wasn’t expecting the tariffs to be as insane as they were — which is why it crashed. They had been expecting 10% maximums, not minimums.

Thunderbird’s corp (MZLA) does not get Google money so far as i’m aware. It is a different subsidiary corp from Firefox’s Mozilla Corp.

The Asus BT8 has recently had support added in snapshots.

DRM-laced streaming apps sadly makes that unlikely.

Orion will be restricted to Apple ecosystems, no?

As another east-coaster, I feel comfortable saying there’s a huge cultural difference in the industry between here and the west coast (and Silicon Valley specifically). It’s a gap that’s been growing wider for over a decade now.

It used to be that everyone followed the Microsoft/Apple culture nationwide (and before them — IBM’s). Then Google, Facebook, Twitter, and Silicon Valley startup culture took over the West.

I wouldn’t exactly call that the hallmark of OneNote, but okay. Have you tried Saber?

I’ve found Joplin acceptable.

The Bangle.js is around too.

Chromium is code that Mozilla is not familiar with and has a reputation for being poorly documented.

A fully divergent fork isn’t likely to make development any easier for Mozilla. And a soft fork puts them at the whims of Google’s development decisions. If Mozilla needs to pivot, joining with WebKit seems the more feasible option, though that would also likely be a battle to keep a Windows port maintained.

The trouble with relying on each community to self-host is that it’s unlikely to ever make it to the masses that way. Self-hosting is a significant barrier.

I don’t think Nostr can take on Discord. A big part of Discord is the voice chat channels, which, as far as I know, Nostr just isn’t built for.

They do. Well, I should say Thunderbird is also under the Foundation, but is developed by a separate subsidiary Corp (MZLA Tech Corp) than Firefox (Mozilla Corp).

He was CEO briefly, until the controversy over his appointment got loud enough. It makes sense he would’ve been paid the most that year, especially with the golden parachute CEOs get when they leave.

His appointment remains one of the most damaging events in Mozilla’s history, as it led to the resignation of multiple prior leaders (including previous CEOs). Making him CEO might’ve been Mitch Baker’s worst decision as chairwoman.

If only there were a search index I thought was still good.