Micron Will Receive $6.1 Billion to Build Semiconductor Plants
The Biden administration will give Micron up to $6.1 billion in grants to help build its semiconductor plants in New…
A Japanese Village Wants Tourists to Come for Heat, Soot and Steel
This past October, I found myself in Yoshida Village standing before a tatara, a giant open-top furnace that was filled…
Countdown Is On for the Bitcoin ‘Halving’
Cryptocurrency enthusiasts have eagerly anticipated the third week of April, counting down the days until a potentially crucial moment in…
Amsterdam’s Latest Effort to Fight Excessive Tourism: No New Hotels
“The effect won’t be very big,” said Ko Koens, a professor of new urban tourism at Inholland University in Rotterdam,…
How a Crypto Compliance Officer Ended Up in a Nigerian Prison
When he flew to Nigeria for a business trip in late February, Tigran Gambaryan, a top compliance officer at the…
A Lakeside Restaurant Reopens in Paris’s Bois de Boulogne
Hopie Stockman Hill and Grier Stockman grew up in an old farmhouse in a sylvan pocket of New Jersey. They…
TikTok’s Origin Story: Court Files Show Role of GOP Megadonor Jeff Yass
In 2009, long before Jeff Yass became a Republican megadonor, his firm, Susquehanna International Group, invested in a Chinese real…
Truth Social Has an Edge as Rival Right-Wing Apps Falter
Donald Trump’s social media platform has outdistanced similar conservative sites such as Parler and Gettr, even as it lags far…
Google Fires 28 Employees Who Protested an Israeli Cloud Contract
Google on Wednesday fired 28 workers after dozens of employees participated in sit-ins at the company’s New York and Sunnyvale,…
TikTok Bill to Be Bundled With Aid to Ukraine and Israel, House Speaker Indicates
The House on Wednesday made another push to force through legislation that would require the sale of TikTok by its…