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Intel has confirmed plans to build a semiconductor plant in Germany as part of an investment of up to €80 billion ($88 billion) in Europe over the next decade. The initial outlay for the facility in Magdeburg, the capital of Saxony-Anhalt, is €17 billion ($19 billion). The so-called “mega-site” will actually comprise two factories. Planning will start right away with construction expected to get under way in the first half of next year, as long as Intel gets the thumbs up from the European Commission. Production should commence at what Intel is calling “Silicon Junction” in 2027. As such, the...

The Glitch That Kept Sending The FBI To A Tiny Kansas FarmFebruary 28, 2022 | Half as Interesting

Cops have warned against the latest TikTok challenge which sees pranksters shoot at unsuspecting victims suing gel pellet gunss. The craze - dubbed the Orbeez challenge, after the brand of gel gun generally used - has caused injuries, and led to criminal charges. In one video captured by a Ring surveillance camera, a mother in Florida is seen pushing her toddler's stroller when a car drives behind her driveway. Shots ring out. 'Are you f****** kidding?' she asks. Police did not say whether the mother or her child were injured. In Peachtree City, Georgia, police released photos of a child...

Elden Ring players beware. Users on Reddit and Twitter have shown that Elden Ring Hackers are entering players' games, crashing them, and sending the players into recursive loops, doomed to fall to their deaths as soon as they log back in. In the video demonstrated by @EldenRingUpdate on Twitter, you can see an invader activating an ability that immediately causes the game to crash. This is followed by subsequent log-in attempts seeing the player load out-of-bounds and fall to their death. In terms of prevention, there are two real options for the concerned player: Avoid online play: Back up your...

Some countries declare Bitcoin to be official legal tender while others announce outright bans on cryptocurrency. The world map below, created by Statista's Katharina Buchholz - based on data collected by the Law Library of the U.S. Congress - shows where countries have been trying to stop the cryptocurrency hype and where crypto has been given more or less free reign.You will find more infographics at StatistaOne example of a country embracing cryptocurrency is El Salvador, where Bitcoin was declared an official currency in September of 2021 by populist president Nayib Bukele. The country also taxes and otherwise regulates cryptocurrency....

We need to talk about South Korea.Through 2020 and 2021, South Korea chased zero Covid with strict border controls, aggressive testing and tracing, and a vaccination campaign that reached nearly its entire adult population with mRNA (and some DNA) shots.The country didn’t quite get to zero. Infections and deaths rose slowly last year. But it came close enough that the usual highly credentialed public health experts held it up as a light among the nations. […]On Thursday, South Korea reported 600,000 new Covid infections - the equivalent of more than 4 million in the United States. In a single day.Covid...

We give you the top 10 beautiful Linux Distributions of 2022. They are a visual treat to your eyes while being a robust operating system. The most fantastic thing about Linux Distributions is you can customize them to any extent to satisfy your visual needs. Whether based on Ubuntu or Fedora, you have all the tools you need to customize a Linux desktop.But, there are many Linux Distributions that looks stunning without any customization. The developers have made them so that you can experience the visual treat right after installation without any additional effort on customization.Hence, we compiled a list...

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Hard to believe but it is almost a full month since Truth Social, a new social media platform started by Trump Media, designed to offer an alternate twitter type on-line experience without all the liberal politics, was soft launched. I know that there are some Freepers that simply will not tolerate any criticism of this platform which seems counter to Truth Social's mission statement with regard to free free speech. Having said that I do believe that it is fair game to discuss this service, the good and the bad, given that President Trump considers us his base of support....

For some users, Linux is far better than other OSes. There are a whole lot of things you can do with Linux that are not possible on Windows.Linux has gained significant popularity in the last decade or so. Despite having a relatively low market share compared to Windows, it is well-adapted to the evolving user requirements through its constant development.Linux has some state-of-the-art features that other operating systems lack for now. Such features, along with its solid support, are continuously growing within its community.So, let's take a look at 10 things you can do on Linux that you can't do...

A fake and heavily manipulated video depicting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy circulated on social media and was placed on a Ukrainian news website by hackers Wednesday before it was debunked and removed. The video, which shows a rendering of the Ukrainian president appearing to tell his soldiers to lay down their arms and surrender the fight against Russia, is a so-called deepfake that ran about a minute long. It is not yet clear who created the deepfake, but government officials in Ukraine have been warning for weeks about the possibility of Russia spreading manipulated videos as part of its information...

A fireball over San Francisco Bay Area on 17 Oct 2012. (NASA/Robert P. Moreno Jr) On 11 March 2022, at around 9:20 pm UTC, a small asteroid entered Earth's atmosphere. This is not unusual. Space rocks enter Earth's atmosphere all the time. What makes this asteroid so amazing is that an astronomer spotted it before it made its rendezvous with atmospheric entry. It's named 2022 EB5, and it's only the fifth asteroid we've ever managed to spot prior to impact. The object, thought to measure around two meters across (6.5 ft), was spotted by astronomer Krisztián Sárneczky of Konkoly Observatory's...

Hate hoaxes have been rendered obsolete. Now moonbats can experience the world they pretend we live in by entering a virtual reality created by Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta. It reinforces the increasingly preposterous notion that favored blacks are somehow oppressed: Meta has revealed a virtual “Afrofuturistic world” as part of their celebrations of black history month, allowing users to experience racism virtually while wearing the company’s Oculus headsets. The virtual “I Am A Man” tour was designed by Gabe Gault. “You can go to a museum, you can see artifacts, you can see writings of old history, but it’s one thing...

The 0.34 nm gate-length side-wall monolayer MoS2 transistor device structure and characterization. Credit: Nature (2022). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-021-04323-3A team of researchers working at Tsinghua University in China has created a sub-1-nm gate in a MoS2 transistor. In their paper published in the journal Nature, the group outlines how they created the super tiny gate and explains why they believe it will be difficult for anyone to beat their record. For most of the history of microcomputing, Moore's Law has held up—researchers and engineers have managed to double the speed and capability of computers regularly by reducing the size of their components....

Although George Takei is best known for his role as Hikaru Sulu on the popular 1960s television series “Star Trek,” he’s also a political activist and author who has remained highly engaged with the Democratic Party. In a recent Twitter post, Takei told Americans: “We can endure higher prices for food and gas if it means putting the screws to Putin. Consider it a patriotic donation in the fight for freedom over tyranny.” There were two serious issues with Takei’s comment, and the well-deserved backlash came quickly and severely. The first is obvious: Takei has earned millions over the course...

Defense attorneys filed papers to have Ed Buck’s convictions for providing the drugs that killed two men in his West Hollywood apartment overturned, arguing that the government “kink-shamed” the defendant by pointing the jury toward his sexual fetishes in an effort to obscure the lack of proof supporting the charges, according to documents obtained Friday by City News Service. An attorney for Buck wrote that the two men, Gemmel Moore and Timothy Dean, suffered multiple underlying medical conditions that caused their deaths, not the methamphetamine they ingested. Buck was convicted not on the prosecution’s drug distribution evidence, but on “extremely...

I have some WAV files I'd like to convert to text. Can Dragon Naturally Speaking convert sound files (WAV or MP3) to text? Or must I dictate live for Dragon to create a text file?I found many website that allow me to upload MP3 files and convert them to text in the cloud. But I prefer to have a program on my computer.If Dragon doesn't do this, is there some software that can do it? Something not cloud-based.

The screens...use a system of motion sensors and cameras to display what's inside the doors — as well as product information, prices, deals and, most appealing to brands, paid advertisements. The tech provides stores with an additional revenue stream and a way to modernize ["modernize"?] the shopping experience. The company wants to engage more people with advertising, but the reaction, so far, is annoyance and confusion. "Who on God's green earth thought this was a good idea?" "The digital cooler screens at Walgreens made me watch an ad before it allowed me to know which door held the frozen pizzas,"...

In the last 24 hours, with Russia continuing its heavy bombardment across Ukraine, parts of the country have seen severe internet outages. One cause appears to be a cyberattack on telecoms provider Triolan, which serves a substantial number of users across the country. Unverified reports circulated earlier today suggesting Triolan had been hit by an attack. Asked over Facebook if reports of a cyberattack were true, a spokesperson responded, “Yes, unfortunately, there are no details. Engineers are now working on restoring the Internet.” Three other sources within the company and a former cofounder of the business said a cyberattack had...

I've been using Turbo Tax for years, but now their price is up to $59 for the deluxe version plus another $49 to file state. There software always seems a bit buggy, but I keep going back to it because of the convieniance of importing my personal data. I am looking for an alternative. I don't own a business so I just need something basic. Any suggestions?