Apple’s annual spend at TSMC grew from $2B in 2014 to $24B in 2025. That is 12x in 12 years. Apple went from 9% of TSMC revenue to 25% at its peak and settled to 20% in 2025. More striking is Apple’s dominance at node launches: consistently >50% since 20nm and in some cases near 100%. Apple effectively funded the yield learning curve for every major node transition since 20nm.

But there’s a small workaround that seems to work. Browsers won’t delay the loading of an image if it’s already been fetched. You can take advantage of that by conditionally preloading the image using a media query, then marking the image as lazy later. I tested it using the HTTP link header, but may also work fine with a <link rel="preload"> tag.

The Remnant: The Last Christians of Denmark is an independent documentary film exploring the lives, hopes, and challenges of traditional Christian families in one of the world’s most secular nations.

Richard Stallman’s list of protests. More.

Too often, technology becomes obsolete before the procurement cycle even finishes. The thesis of Klein and Thompson does not simply apply to FAA acquisition; it explains why so many modernization efforts languish or fail.

What I am saying is that I, nor anybody, can tell the difference between the conference coverage and a very well-executed hoax. Consider that the Great Moon Hoax was walking a very fine tightrope between giving the appearance of seriousness, while also not giving away too many details that’d let the cat out of the bag. Here, the conference rhymes.

“We don’t want to be perpetual renters of disposable crap,” she told an interviewer for the website Front Porch Republic. “We want things that last.”

Like Houellebecq and Céline, however, Obertone’s literary reputation is difficult to separate from his political positions. Houellebecq once described Islam, the faith of many French people of immigrant origin, as “the dumbest religion.” He later published a novel imagining France under the rule of a Muslim president whose title—Submission—mischievously alluded to the Arabic etymology of “Islam.” Obertone, for his part, has been highly critical of immigration’s impact on French society and has ties to “great replacement” theory. His three-volume novel, Guérilla (published between 2016 and 2022)is the story of France’s descent into civil war following an uprising of racial minorities. 

The booming second-hand luxury market and stricter anti-money-laundering regulations have intensified this scrutiny. As one sales associate at a major Paris boutique told Glitz, “Every new client is automatically a suspect.” Staff now collect and assess far more data than before, from home addresses and their perceived prestige to social media activity and online presence. Sales associates are trained to evaluate whether a client’s buying journey appears coherent.

There were 372 distinct emojis used within 4162 notes (Figure). Approximately one-quarter (1011 notes [24.3%]) contained more than 1 emoji (maximum?=?32; median?=?4). Emoji usage rates remained mostly stable at 1.4 notes with emojis per 100?000 notes from 2020 to 2024, increasing to 10.7 per 100?000 notes by quarter 3 of 2025.

Another big court win against the very corrupt Wisconsin State Attorney General Josh Kaul and his lackey Dane County District Attorney Ismael Ozanne.
Surprise ending.

After four matches, Wisconsin silenced 11,549 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena by taking a 9-3 lead over the fourth-ranked Hawkeyes, who haven’t lost to the Badgers since 2007.

The software engineers — all white males dressed casually in sweatshirts and jackets — were soon confronted by protesters who surrounded the restaurant, shouting insults and blowing whistles in their ears as they attempted to leave, according to Lee.

We call this quality resonance. It’s the experience of encountering something that speaks to our deeper values. It’s a spark of recognition, a sense that we’re being invited to lean in, to participate. Unlike the digital junk food of the day, the more we engage with what resonates, the more we’re left feeling nourished, grateful, alive. As individuals, following the breadcrumbs of resonance helps us build meaningful lives. As communities, companies, and societies, cultivating shared resonance helps us break away from perverse incentives, and play positive-sum infinite games together.