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Wes Davis

Wes Davis

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    Meta’s world-spanning subsea cable for AI has its route.

    Meta has announced Project Waterworth, a previously-rumored “multi-billion dollar, multi-year” plan to build an over 50,000-kilometer undersea cable to support AI infrastructure. It would be the world’s longest, designed to resist “damage from ship anchors and other hazards.”

    Its planned route snakes from the east to west coasts of the US at up to 7,000 meters deep, connecting to Brazil, South Africa, India, and Australia along the way.

    A map of the globe with a snaking blue line representing the cable’s route.
    Image: Meta
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    Wes Davis
    An E Ink gaming handheld?

    It’s called Ink Console. It sports an analog stick and potentiometer, but it’s not for fast-paced games. Instead, it’s designed with classic text-based adventures like Zork in mind, writes Creative Bloq.

    Developer Dana Puch, who is also known for developing physical Game Boy games under the monicker Greenboy Games, is readying several “Gamebooks” for it, along with a new Crowd Supply campaign that opens March 1st.

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    Wes Davis
    A frankenphone project turns the Nokia Lumia 1020 into an iPhone SE.

    9to5Mac spotted a Hackintosh Reddit community post in which user OceanDepth95028 showed off what they say is a near-total replacement of the 2013 Windows phone with the guts of a 3rd-gen iPhone SE.

    They even preserved the iPhone’s Touch ID button (now on the back) and Lightning port (subbed for the Lumai’s Micro USB).

    A photo of the iOS update screen appearing on a Lumia 1020.
    Photo of the Lumia 1020 open, showing the internal components post-swap.
    1/2Photo: OceanDepth95028
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    Wes Davis
    A US agency has been told to stop its election security work.

    The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued a memo freezing its election security efforts to review all work and positions “related to election security and countering mis- and- disinformation” at the state and local level since 2017, reports Wired. The review is reportedly set to conclude on March 6th.

    The outlet writes that the memo also confirms an earlier Politico report that CISA employees associated with the work were placed on administrative leave on February 7th.

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    Wes Davis
    A Chrome extension lets you change the Gulf of America back.

    Following the Gulf’s name change in Google Maps last week, Developer Bryce Bostwick created the Restore the Gulf of Mexico extension to revert it back, which he says in a YouTube video is “the world’s smallest form of protest.”

    Its Chrome Web Store listing says it could take a few refreshes to work, though it only took one for me.

    Fix the Gulf

    [fixthegulf.com]

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    Wes Davis
    Peak Design is raising prices this week.

    Citing gradual cost increases, Peak Design says in an email to customers that “most product prices will increase by $5-$10,” with $20 increases for items like its Everyday Messenger bag. Some, like its 45L Travel Backpack, will stay the same, while most of its Coyote X-Pac bags will actually get cheaper.

    The changes go into effect at noon PT / 3PM ET on February 20th.

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    Wes Davis
    Broadcom is reportedly eyeing Intel, too.

    Following reports that TSMC is considering buying Intel’s chip manufacturing business at the Trump administration’s encouragement, The Wall Street Journal writes that Broadcom is separately kicking Intel’s tires, but a bid is only likely “if it finds a partner for Intel’s manufacturing business.”

    WSJ’s anonymous sources say Intel interim executive chairman Frank Yeary is leading talks with possible buyers and the Trump administration, but is saying his focus is “maximizing value for Intel shareholders.”