Daily Tech News 23 April 2026

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TSMC has shown off its roadmap through 2029 - heading towards 1.2nm chips. (Tom's Hardware)

That used to be not a lot. In fact, it probably wouldn't be possible if the numbers were still real, but they haven't been real for twenty years.
Meanwhile TeraFab, the SpaceX / Tesla joint venture in chipmaking, will be using Intel's 14A - 1.4nm - process. (Tom's Hardware)

They'll be running their own fabs; they'll just be licensing Intel's technology rather than starting from scratch (which would take years).

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The Pentagon wants $54 billion for drones. (Ars Technica)

Shockingly, even Ars Technica doesn't claim this is an outrageous idea, merely an expensive one. I can't speak for the commenters. I haven't read the comments, and won't.
A developer using Google Cloud woke up to an $18,000 bill. (Tom's Hardware)

Despite his budget alert being set to $7 per month and the hard limit on his account level being $1400. Google helpfully upgraded his limit and kept right on charging his credit card.
Cybersecurity firm Truffle Security Co. has already highlighted the risks associated with Google Cloud using a single API key format. These API keys were previously used as project identifiers, but when the Gemini API is activated on any Google Cloud project, these existing API keys become Gemini credentials - allowing anyone who can copy them to rack up AI bills. So... it's likely we'll see more horror stories of shocking API bills if Google doesn't update its Gemini policies.
We already have, of course. The article lists several.
Rest assured, Anthropic users subscribed to the company's "Pro" plan. You're not losing access to Claude Code. Yet. Probably. (The Register)

An Anthropic representative took to Twitter to explain that the company wouldn't sabotage its entire userbase without warning.

It's being done selectively.
Cursor was working on raising a $2 billion founding round before SpaceX pre-empted that with an offer of somewhere between $10 billion and just buying the entire company. (Tech Crunch)

The $10 billion is locked in; the purchase if it happens will come after the SpaceX IPO which is expected to see the company valued at $1.75 ~~billion~~ trillion - 35 times as much as Cursor.

Cursor does not have 10,000 orbital death rays, though.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Double bubble, boil that rubble...

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM

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1 w00t

Posted by: m at April 23, 2026 04:32 AM (YbTYS)

2 Rosie passed at 101

https://youtu.be/8SFQwvhmN9E?si=4WKvCJnXgtWJDWxi

All hail

Posted by: TheCatBitesMyToe at April 23, 2026 04:34 AM (jrgJz)

3 Good morning.

POLITICOEurope
@POLITICOEurope
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A small municipality in Albania’s capital city has welcomed its newest resident: former New York City Mayor Eric Adams, who has also become a fully fledged citizen.

Posted by: 13times at April 23, 2026 04:34 AM (EYerH)

4 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at April 23, 2026 04:36 AM (Ia/+0)

5 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 23, 2026 04:37 AM (sAmhv)

6 >>>Imagine, if you will, a post full of news.

"It's full of news!"

Posted by: m at April 23, 2026 04:38 AM (YbTYS)

7 BOING!

The end of Hollywood is a near!

AI will replace it all. Still needs some fine touches but big deal:

https://tinyurl.com/3ethpab5

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 23, 2026 04:39 AM (1o8D5)

8 Technology in Aviation:

https://youtu.be/nsxQn8uyupM?si=PK3wwTtHVJx8jUrz

Posted by: TheCatBitesMyToe at April 23, 2026 04:41 AM (jrgJz)

9 Rosie passed at 101

Posted by: TheCatBitesMyToe at April 23, 2026 04:34 AM (jrgJz)
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You go gone, girl!

What an icon! RIP.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 23, 2026 04:41 AM (1o8D5)

10 2 Rosie passed at 101

https://youtu.be/8SFQwvhmN9E?si=4WKvCJnXgtWJDWxi

All hail

A Rosie the Riveter! Connie Palacioz.

Posted by: m at April 23, 2026 04:45 AM (YbTYS)

11 I had been thinking "Rosey Grier"?

Who is, himself, 93.

Posted by: m at April 23, 2026 04:47 AM (YbTYS)

12 I had been thinking "Rosey Grier"?

Who is, himself, 93.

Posted by: m at April 23, 2026 04:47 AM (YbTYS)
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The knit-wit?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 23, 2026 04:52 AM (1o8D5)

13 Why is the world did Eric Adams move to Albania?

Avoiding the revenge of the Democrat party for going against illegal immigration and standing up for Trump?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 23, 2026 04:52 AM (6ydKt)

14 >>>My dog ate my blog post. (... I got delayed at work.)

A likely story!

Posted by: m at April 23, 2026 04:53 AM (YbTYS)

15 Pixy's up (again)!

Posted by: m at April 23, 2026 04:55 AM (YbTYS)

16 Meanwhile TeraFab, the SpaceX / Tesla joint venture in chipmaking, will be using Intel's 14A - 1.4nm - process. (Tom's Hardware)

They'll be running their own fabs; they'll just be licensing Intel's technology rather than starting from scratch (which would take years).

The waiting list, alone, for newer ASDL lithography machines would take decades to fulfill for a new fab.

Instead TeraFab is going to buy one or two ASDL machines to do their own in-house iteration production and then source out the chip fab to others. Then TeraFab will do the packaging work and start putting out millions of needed chips, with faster updates.

It's the only practical way to get anything done with ASDL's monopoly standing in the way for everybody.

I suppose Elon could afford to build a competitor to ASDL, but it's not going to happen any time soon.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 23, 2026 04:58 AM (6ydKt)

17 Trillion, not billion, at the end

Posted by: PG at April 23, 2026 04:59 AM (PYkqg)

18 So is it because he was on the Epstein flight manifests? Because of his battleship plans? Or something else?

https://tinyurl.com/3kmtup4e

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 23, 2026 05:00 AM (1o8D5)

19 >>>My dog ate my blog post. (Tech news will be along in a minute - I got delayed at work.)

Worth waiting for!

Posted by: m at April 23, 2026 05:00 AM (YbTYS)

20 See if Albania is far enough away

Posted by: Skip at April 23, 2026 05:05 AM (Ia/+0)

21 Mornin'

Pt. 2

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 23, 2026 05:06 AM (sAmhv)

22 I've been dizzy since I woke up Tuesday. I had the second Shingrix vaccine on the 10th. I wonder if it's related to??? I haven't changed anything else.

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at April 23, 2026 05:08 AM (VCgbV)

23 BBC
US Navy chief leaving post 'effective immediately', Pentagon says

Lots of "after this" and "after that," and most essentially, "The Navy has not provided a reason."

Posted by: m at April 23, 2026 05:10 AM (YbTYS)

24 If Elon's dreams of AI data centers on land and in space along with the millions of Tesla Optimus robots he's planning on selling are going to happen, he needs SpaceX/Tesla to have their own steady supply of bespoke chips to handle it all.

He's usually got some crazy ideas that will never happen for a lot of his businesses, but TerraFab is a necessity they can't live without and still be able to have a reliable production schedule with reliable, cost-effective, chips in everything they make.

Apple should be taking notes, instead of relying on TSMC/Samsung in an uncertain future.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 23, 2026 05:12 AM (6ydKt)

25 17 Trillion, not billion, at the end
Posted by: PG

A trillion here, a trillion there, soon you're talking real money.

(Thanks!)

Posted by: Pixy Misa at April 23, 2026 05:13 AM (BLOW1)

26 Have a great day horde

Posted by: Skip at April 23, 2026 05:13 AM (Ia/+0)

27 BBC
US Navy chief leaving post 'effective immediately', Pentagon says

- His exit came AFTER tension within the American leadership over issues around shipbuilding, according to unconfirmed reports in US media.
- It comes just weeks AFTER US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth asked Army Chief of Staff Randy George to step down from his post.
- Phelan was ousted from his job AFTER he, too, ended up clashing with Hegseth over the implementation of Trump's shipbuilding initiative, according to sources who spoke to multiple news outlets.

Be better, BBC. Be better.

Posted by: m at April 23, 2026 05:14 AM (YbTYS)

28 22 I've been dizzy since I woke up Tuesday. I had the second Shingrix vaccine on the 10th. I wonder if it's related to??? I haven't changed anything else.

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at April 23, 2026 05:08 AM (VCgbV)

Unless you've got some seasonal allergies/sinus issues (like I've had for almost two weeks) then I'd blame the vax.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 23, 2026 05:15 AM (6ydKt)

29 I'd blame the vax.
Posted by: SpeakingOf
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I guess I'll send my doc a message in the portal and see if I need to come in...

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at April 23, 2026 05:16 AM (VCgbV)

30 I wouldn't trust the Beeb to tell me the time of day.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at April 23, 2026 05:19 AM (/HDaX)

31 22 I've been dizzy since I woke up Tuesday. I had the second Shingrix vaccine on the 10th. I wonder if it's related to??? I haven't changed anything else.
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at April 23, 2026 05:08 AM (VCgbV)

Pollen?

Posted by: m at April 23, 2026 05:20 AM (YbTYS)

32 Be better, BBC. Be better.

Posted by: m at April 23, 2026 05:14 AM (YbTYS)

The BBC is going after anything American/Trump like a demented banshee ever since the bombs started dropping on Iran.

It's almost like they're worried about Lloyd's of London losing their stranglehold on the maritime insurance biz and of Trump showing Starmer and the rest of their EU leaders to be totally under the thumb of Islam.

The Brit left has been having seizures for two months and all they can do is spit out hate and propaganda (it's all Bibi's fault!!) while their energy prices go through the roof into low-Earth orbit.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 23, 2026 05:21 AM (6ydKt)

33 22 I've been dizzy since I woke up Tuesday. I had the second Shingrix vaccine on the 10th. I wonder if it's related to??? I haven't changed anything else.
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at April 23, 2026 05:08 AM (VCgbV)

Friday 10 April - vax
Tuesday 21 April - dizziness started

Posted by: m at April 23, 2026 05:22 AM (YbTYS)

34 29 I'd blame the vax.
Posted by: SpeakingOf
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I guess I'll send my doc a message in the portal and see if I need to come in...

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at April 23, 2026 05:16 AM (VCgbV)

Could be blood pressure issues or reactions to medications causing dizziness, too.

My Dad got it really bad when they kept switching his meds around trying to take care of some blood clots.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 23, 2026 05:23 AM (6ydKt)

35 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at April 23, 2026 05:23 AM (YpHnX)

36 News Item; Eric Adams is given Albanian Citizenship.

It’s getting harder and harder to find countries without extradition treaties. .

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 23, 2026 05:26 AM (Fmj+u)

37 Man from Arkansas writes on "Out of my comfort zone" and Joshua 1:6-9 in this devotional:

https://tinyurl.com/442s3kty

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 23, 2026 05:26 AM (Nx5jP)

38 "Wait, this isn't Albany?"

Posted by: Dark L at April 23, 2026 05:28 AM (W5mpo)

39 I haven't had any changes to my medication and my BP is normal. I read the FDA insert and it did say dizziness is a rare side effect that can happen within 30 days. I hate being the rare case.

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at April 23, 2026 05:31 AM (VCgbV)

40 News Item; Eric Adams is given Albanian Citizenship.
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how much money is missing from the NYC coffers, can they even tell.???

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at April 23, 2026 05:33 AM (VCgbV)

41 This rooster raised money ( well, he himself didn't do it 😉. The auctioneer was a human ) raised money and the reason is lovely . Sunny Skyz site:

https://tinyurl.com/zbnckta4

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 23, 2026 05:33 AM (zMLZ6)

42 Adams will stick out like a sore thumb.
Looking at Albanian demographics, "African" doesn't even register.

The closest they get are Balkan Egyptians at .5% of the total population.

All foreign ex-pats, in total, are around 15,000 (0.5% of total pop.) as of 2021.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 23, 2026 05:35 AM (6ydKt)

43 38 "Wait, this isn't Albany?"
Posted by: Dark L at April 23, 2026 05:28 AM (W5mpo)

hahahahaha
hahahahahahahaha

Posted by: m at April 23, 2026 05:35 AM (YbTYS)

44 Posted by: lin-duh is offended at April 23, 2026 05:31 AM (VCgbV)

Sorry that you're having this diziness. May the doctor have something to help you.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 23, 2026 05:36 AM (zMLZ6)

45 how much money is missing from the NYC coffers, can they even tell.???
Posted by: lin-duh is offended
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NYC coffers are full of dust, cobwebs, and a post-it that says IOU.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 23, 2026 05:36 AM (sAmhv)

46 I hate being the rare case.

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at April 23, 2026 05:31 AM (VCgbV)

Let's hope it eases off on its own and won't cause you too much problems, then.

Maybe the doc can give something for vertigo in the meantime.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 23, 2026 05:39 AM (6ydKt)

47 Thanks Fenelon.

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at April 23, 2026 05:39 AM (VCgbV)

48 R & B group from NZ sings worship medley. Scroll down for link for video. . Sunny Skyz site:

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 23, 2026 05:40 AM (zMLZ6)

49 Whoops. Neglected the link:

https://tinyurl.com/3scuvcad

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 23, 2026 05:41 AM (zMLZ6)

50 I want the new acting Navy Secretary’s name to be Hung Low. Change it, dude! Be Awesome!

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 23, 2026 05:42 AM (Fmj+u)

51 Why did it take 8 months to overrule this bitch judge?

https://tinyurl.com/m5n4m6wn

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 23, 2026 05:43 AM (1o8D5)

52 I am grateful to God that my son has a job and this
It is nice that he has worked with a guy who's a Jehovah's Witness. I don't share all the beliefs of the JW but I think it's good my son can be in van driving around and the man says, "Praise the Lord!":

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 23, 2026 05:45 AM (zMLZ6)

53 NYC coffers are full of dust, cobwebs, and a post-it that says IOU.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 23, 2026 05:36 AM (sAmhv)
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Perhaps the coffers are full of something else:

https://tinyurl.com/3rhshvts

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 23, 2026 05:46 AM (1o8D5)

54 Eeeewwww!

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at April 23, 2026 05:47 AM (VCgbV)

55 A billion, a trillion, whatever it takes.

Mornin' Horde.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at April 23, 2026 05:47 AM (O7YUW)

56 Greetings and good morning, one and all. Had my first shot for my knee yesterday. Feeling a bit uncomfortable but I know it will get better.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 23, 2026 05:50 AM (OPGS/)

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