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Sean Hollister

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    Framework says its laptops shouldn’t get stung by Trump tariffs but modules might cost more.

    CEO Nirav Patel tells The Verge:

    “Because we manufacture Framework Laptops and Mainboards in Taiwan, we have limited impact from the additional recently introduced tariffs. Some of our modules are manufactured in China, so we are taking this into account for future module pricing for US customers in the Framework Marketplace as we also continue to diversify our supply base.”

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    Sean Hollister
    Could TSMC take over Intel’s chip factories?

    Yesterday, President Trump accused TSMC: “Taiwan took our chip business away.”

    But Bloomberg and The New York Times have anonymous sources saying Trump’s pick for commerce secretary is encouraging TSMC to do a deal. Bloomberg’s source says TSMC is open to it; The NYT’s sources suggest Intel might be interested too; its board reportedly approached TSMC and its interim chairman reportedly met directly with both TSMC’s CEO and Trump’s people.

    And yet, Reuters now reports that Trump is “unlikely” to support a foreign firm operating Intel’s factories. Intel’s CHIPS Act money also came with strings attached that could interfere, but Reuters reports that Trump may be renegotiating those deals.

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    Sean Hollister
    Today I’m toying with double magnet rings.

    Here’s my full story laying out all the practical options, but practical is overrated: sometimes you just wanna slap two phones together!

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    Sean Hollister
    AMD will reveal its RDNA 4- packing Radeon RX 9000 GPUs on February 28th.

    That’s just over two weeks from today — it’ll have a YouTube livestream at 8AM ET (that’s 5AM for me on the West Coast!) to show off its half-announced RX 9070 and RX 9070 XT and hopefully reveal their all-important pricing.

    The company has set expectations that these will not compete with Nvidia’s latest and greatest on performance, but here’s hoping they won’t cost so dang much. They’ll ship in early March.

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    Microsoft confirms it’s getting out of HoloLens hardware entirely.

    Microsoft discontinued the HoloLens 2, and is handing off the Army’s version to Anduril, but is it done done with HoloLens hardware? No other products? I asked the company just in case.

    Microsoft mixed reality CVP Robin Seiler:

    We are transitioning away from hardware development but will continue to provide support for HoloLens2 hardware and software through 2027, as announced in October. We remain committed to the IVAS program and will shift our focus to cloud and AI technologies, which will serve as the foundation for IVAS as a situational awareness platform.

    Stick a fork in it.