Internet
Wordle: As word puzzle takes over the internet, Hong Kong professor creates Cantonese version
When cryptically coloured squares began flooding Lau Chaak-ming’s social media feeds earlier this month, the 37-year-old linguistics professor didn’t take much notice. But curiosity soon got the better of him, and it wasn’t long before Lau was waiting until midnight – when the daily puzzle refreshes – to play Wordle, the word game that has […]
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Technology
Chip Shortage Creates New Power Players
SAN FRANCISCO — Since 1989, Microchip Technology has operated in an unglamorous backwater of the electronics industry, making chips called microcontrollers that add computing power to cars, industrial equipment and many other products. Now a global chip shortage has elevated the company’s profile. Demand for Microchip’s products is running more than 50 percent higher than […]
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