2025-12-04
Why is it so hard to construct major projects in the US? I looked at TSMC's computer chip factories in Phoenix, a $165 billion investment, and came away with 18,000 reasons. Our story with extraordinary photos from Loren Elliott. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/b...
New York Times
How TSMC, Intel, and Amkor are transforming Phoenix into a US chip hub, investing tens of billions and illustrating the difficulties of large-scale US projects
The transformation of Phoenix into a semiconductor hub by Taiwan's TSMC illustrates the difficulties of large-scale projects in the United States.
Why is it so hard to construct major projects in the US? I looked at TSMC's computer chip factories in Phoenix, a $165 billion investment, and came away with 18,000 reasons. Our story with extraordinary photos from Loren Elliott. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/b...
New York Times
A look at “TSMC Village” in North Phoenix, as TSMC brings skilled workers from Taiwan who struggle with adapting to a sprawling suburbia and summer temperatures
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2022-12-13
Powerful work from @bandler_james https://twitter.com/...
ProPublica
Google's quest to digitize the US DoD's trove of 31M+ human tissue samples and 55M+ slides, the world's largest biorepository, raises ethical and legal concerns
James Bandler / ProPublica : Tweets: @propublica , @silvermanjacob , and @eisingerj Tweets: @propublica : New: The tech giant has long sought access to a priceless trove of vetera...
2022-11-21
Other than the not insignificant problem of having presided over a bonfire that destroyed tens of billions of dollars in shareholder value, Brian Armstrong is definitely a Davos Man https://www.ft.com/...
Financial Times
An interview with Brian Armstrong on crypto and economic freedom, Coinbase's “no politics in the workplace” policy, the crypto downturn, regulation, and more
Ahead of my lunch with crypto exchange chief Brian Armstrong, his team tell me they had tried to find a decent restaurant …
2020-09-28
How the pandemic opened Italy for domination by Amazon. Terrific reporting from my colleagues @satariano @EmmaBubola (who managed to use this as opportunity to visit the Amalfi coast) https://www.nytimes.com/...
New York Times
Amazon, which had struggled to gain a foothold in Italy, benefited from a shift to online shopping during pandemic lockdown as 75% of Italians shopped online
2020-09-27
How the pandemic opened Italy for domination by Amazon. Terrific reporting from my colleagues @satariano @EmmaBubola (who managed to use this as opportunity to visit the Amalfi coast) https://www.nytimes.com/...
New York Times
Amazon, which had struggled to gain a foothold in Italy, benefited from a shift to online shopping during pandemic lockdown as 75% of Italians shopped online
The e-commerce giant had struggled to gain a foothold in a society that prefers to shop in person, with cash, but now Italians are hooked on online shopping.