Intel does get its money. Threads continues to feel the heat from Bluesky, and responds by… giving people what they want. The new Mate 70 flagship smartphone from Huawei. Is Apple trying to make the iPhone so thin it can’t put a sim card in it? And yes, the whole Drake/Kendrick Lamar beef.

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Links:

• Intel Gets Up to $7.9 Billion Award for U.S. Chip-Plant Construction (WSJ)
• Threads is testing the option to choose your own default feed (The Verge)
• Elon Musk Admits X is Throttling Links — Effectively Limiting People From Reading News (Mediaite)
• Starbucks, Other Retailers Hit by Ransomware Attack on Tech Provider (WSJ)
• China’s Huawei Takes Aim at Apple With Latest Smartphone (NYTimes)
• Apple’s Thin iPhone Has No Physical SIMs—That Could Dampen China Sales (The Information)
• Drake Accuses UMG & Spotify of Scheme to ‘Artificially Inflate’ Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’ (Billboard)

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