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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing’s chip success rate is somehow even higher in the US

In an important breakthrough for US chip production, Bloomberg reports that the share of chips that are usable at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.’s Arizona plant is 4 percentage points higher than in Taiwan.

That success rate is a major indicator of a plant’s economic viability, and is good news for Washington’s effort to revitalize the semiconductor-manufacturing industry in the US. It’s also good news for TSMC, who is reportedly being probed by the US for possibly selling chips to Huawei after sanctions were put in place.

“We now expect volume production of our first fab to start in the beginning of 2025, and are confident to deliver the same level of manufacturing quality and reliability from our fab in Arizona as from our fabs in Taiwan,” TSMC CEO CC Wei told investors last week.

“We now expect volume production of our first fab to start in the beginning of 2025, and are confident to deliver the same level of manufacturing quality and reliability from our fab in Arizona as from our fabs in Taiwan,” TSMC CEO CC Wei told investors last week.

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Bloomberg: Apple’s updated Siri to arrive in February, chatbot Siri this summer

The smarter, AI-powered Siri that Apple previewed back in June 2024 — capable of using personal data and on-screen context to complete tasks — is finally set to arrive in the second half of February, according to Bloomberg. Meanwhile, a completely overhauled and fully integrated chatbot version of Siri will follow in beta this summer, the outlet reports in an article detailing the executive shake-ups and Google partnership that led Apple to this point.

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Amazon to lay off thousands more office workers on path to 30,000 cuts

Amazon plans to axe thousands of corporate workers next week, after laying off 14,000 back in October, according to Reuters. The new cuts could be “roughly the same” number as last time and may hit Amazon Web Services, retail, Prime Video, and human resources, the report said, citing people familiar with the matter.

The company plans to cut a total of 30,000 corporate positions as part of an effort to “streamline operations and reset its culture,” Business Insider reported separately, noting comments from CEO Andy Jassy, who said the earlier layoffs were “about culture” rather than AI-related cost cutting.

The company plans to cut a total of 30,000 corporate positions as part of an effort to “streamline operations and reset its culture,” Business Insider reported separately, noting comments from CEO Andy Jassy, who said the earlier layoffs were “about culture” rather than AI-related cost cutting.

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