TSMC and Intel’s Partnership #1811

TSMC and Intel have reached a preliminary deal where TSMC will help operate Intel’s chip facilities and own a 20% stake in a new joint venture. The agreement, influenced by U.S. efforts to revitalize domestic chip production, may involve TSMC sharing manufacturing techniques and training Intel staff. While still in early stages, the move marks … Continue reading TSMC and Intel’s Partnership #1811 →

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Episode Transcript

(00:00):
Lead stories for Thursday, April 3.
TSMC
and Intel have reached a preliminary deal
where t m TSMC
will hop will help operate
Intel's chip facilities
and own a 20%
stake in a new joint venture.
The agreement influenced by US efforts to revitalize

(00:23):
domestic chip production
may
involve TSMC
sharing manufacturing
technologies
and training Intel staff
while still in early stages, the move marks
a surprise partnership
between long term long time rivals
driven by Intel's mounting losses and TSMC's

(00:45):
industry's
dominance.
This is quite the headline, ladies and gentlemen,
that
TSMC
will jump in and essence,
do this deal
with Intel.
And,
while it's a combined
venture,

(01:05):
it is pretty remarkable.
And maybe sign of the times that maybe
Intel is is vulnerable
for acquisition,
which would be an interesting move. And I
don't understand completely
what the advantage would be for TSMC to
do that,
but big way to get a stake here

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in The United States.
As part of the deal, TSMC
may share some of its chip manufacturing
methods
and train Intel employees. Of course, discussions are
still underway and the fine details have not
been established.
The talks between Intel and TSMC
reportedly initiated by
the Trump administration

(01:47):
effort to stymie Intel's decline
and bring advanced chip making
to The United States.
And, of course, we know that TSMC is
is the
premier,
I guess, for a better word, competitor with
Intel.

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And, of course,
TSMC has customers like Apple and Nvidia.
So this is big news. Now some Intel
executives are said to be worried
that the deal could result in layoffs
because Intel would need to eliminate engineers
and may need to change or sell equipment
that it uses.

(02:28):
I I would think so.
So we'll see. We'll see what happens
with this. Now this is definitely,
got a political slant to it, but time
will tell
on how this all, pans out,
going forward. That is that is for sure.

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Of course, we've,
we did have no show on Monday or
I had no show on Monday.
I was in Manila for Podfest
Asia.
Quite quite interesting to see the ongoing development
of podcasting,

(06:02):
here in The Philippines and Singapore.
I had guests from a couple of different
countries.
But I think the main takeaway
really for me was is that this country
definitely
has the,
has the largest number

(06:23):
of folks that are
supporting podcasts worldwide.
I mean, the number of VAs was was
was pretty amazing.
And talking to different folks and networks that
are being launched and money that's being invested
here
is, is pretty significant.

(06:43):
But, great time at that event. I have
a short reel on x,
and then need some pictures on Facebook and
stuff that I posted,
earlier in the week. But back at it,
we'll have a regular show schedule here going
forward.
I don't think there will be any more
breaks between now and when I depart The
Philippines on

(07:05):
on May 11.
So,
that's kind of the,
the timeline now.
Definitely need to come home for the podcast
show in London.
But, anyway, let's go ahead and get
into the stack.
Major announcement
by,
WordPress.

(07:26):
They have announced major layoffs,
13%
excuse me, 16%
of the workforce.
They say they want to become more agile
and responsive and long term financial,
viability and profitability is also key.
So from 1,750
employees, they're gonna lay off around 280,

(07:50):
which is really
pretty remarkable. That's that's a pretty big number.
I just wonder,
personally,
if
some of the shenanigans that's happened over the
past year
has hurt WordPress'
bottom line.
Matt's been pretty aggressive

(08:12):
with companies like WP Engine and so forth.
So
I just wonder. But,
yeah, a little chip in the armor here.
They're like the 70 comp seventy fifth tech
company to
announce layoffs, which,
is pretty amazing and, interesting in itself.

(08:32):
This is
interesting, you know, there's lots of apps out
there
and
some of them are more
explicit than others.
Obviously, you have dating apps where you put
your dating
profile.
There are websites where you upload various information,
but there's a number of apps that are,

(08:54):
I guess, labeled,
you know, very adult in nature, kink, lg
and not necessarily adult nature, but LGBT
dating apps
where
private user images have been exposed. I think
the dating apps probably,
less impactful.
But if you have a
a kink app and you've been uploading

(09:17):
those types
of images,
research researchers discovered 1,500,000
pictures
from specialist dating apps, many of which are
explicit
being stored online without password protection, leaving the
vulnerable hackers and extortionists.
Now they

(09:38):
they've been online publicly for a while and
they were this company was warned some months
ago.
And finally they've they've cleared it up and
made those pictures public. But,
those are the type of images that the
majority of people,
and again, no judgment here whatsoever,

(09:58):
that upload
probably do not want,
to be on the the interwebs
for sure.
So there's article over in The Verge against
very slatted slate,
very slanted.
And I I just wanna show you a
com a contra a contrast and compare.

(10:20):
The Verge is, at this point, publishing anything
it can
negatively about the the current administration.
I didn't see them doing this in the
previous administration, but here's the title of the
headline. Rural fiber Internet expansion is at risk
as Trump administration

(10:40):
holds funds.
A shift towards tech neutral Internet could give
Starlink an edge
while fiber providers remain in limbo. Okay. So,
you know, that's a catchy headline.
And we know that, rural expansion of Internet,
quite frankly,
is way, way, way, way behind.

(11:01):
But do you know the reason?
Do you know the reason why
it's behind?
And
I retweeted this.
And matter of fact, I'm gonna re repost
it again on my on my x feed.
But did you see the discussion between Ezra
Klein and Jon Stewart

(11:24):
in laying out the 14, yes,
14 steps
needed to apply for back back build back
better funding
for Internet expansion?
Have have you seen this video?
If you have not,

(11:45):
this is
and I'm I don't want a copyright violation
or I would play this for you on
the show right now.
I'm telling you.
I'll link to it in the show notes.
You have to listen to it.
And once you listen to it, you'll understand

(12:05):
why rural broadband Internet will never
will never advance.
14 steps.
14 steps. Just get to the point of
getting money.
14 steps.
It's unbelievable.
And this five minute and forty four second

(12:26):
video only talks, like, the first five.
And if you want to understand everything you
need to know about big
government programs
and why they don't work
and why government is not the solution to

(12:48):
every problem.
If you if you think how they've given
money easily to these NGOs, just throwing it
away,
and yet make telecoms go through 14
freaking steps, and I wanna use another word.
I'm I'm telling you, you you got to

(13:10):
watch this video.
Now
the reason I say compare and contrast,
there is nothing,
absolutely
nothing in this Verge article
that talks about these 14 steps.
There's nothing in here.
Nothing. Not a thing.

(13:33):
So if you're not if you're not
watching stuff and
huge huge tech bias here.
So
I encourage you. Go ahead and read the
Verge article. I will link
the x post
right below it and then you review. And
then you come back to me via email,

(13:56):
[e-mail],
and you tell me whether I'm right or
not.
I think, you know, really, honestly.
And once you once you watch the the
video
from Ezra Klein, who is
a very, very, very, very liberal
news source or

(14:17):
news personality.
And once you see this, then you're gonna
understand.
The world's smallest pacemaker is injectable and powered
by light. This is pretty amazing.
Engineers at Northwestern University developed the world's smallest
pacemaker.

(14:37):
It's so small
that in it fits inside the tip of
a needle
and tip of a syringe. Excuse me. That
means it's injectable so patients could potentially avoid
a painful surgery.
And it safely dissolves into the bloodstream
after a time.

(14:58):
Now it's not designed for someone needs a
permanent pacemaker.
It's powered by light, which is pretty cool.
And the pacemaker is paired with a wireless
wearable device
that mounts on the patient's chest.
It's designed
for children
and people that have a short term issue

(15:19):
that may be in need of a pacemaker.
So it's
noninvasive,
very simple to install.
So this is very exciting technology.
We'll see as this as this continues to
move here.
I've got news on TikTok,
twice today.

(15:41):
One will talk about the end and one
is here at the beginning.
My apologies.
This morning woke up with absolute
dry mouth.
TikTok is facing a 500,000,000
fine
for sending private user to data.

(16:02):
Ireland
is is enforcing
the EU rule because of TikTok's European
headquarters are in Dublin.
And, but yet
they continue to send user data
back to, back to China.
Oh, no surprise there.

(16:23):
I think we already knew that. Right?
So you're those of you in the EU,
your likes and your everything else is is
going back.
The re the fine results from four year
investigation, TikTok's data handling process, the probe reportedly
includes ByteDance,
how ByteDance broke Europe's general data protection regulation

(16:44):
by transferring private user data to China
to be accessed by, quote, unquote, engineers.
Anyone be can be can call an engineer.
So,
TikTok tells us that the EU data is
transferred to US and not to China. However,
we've understood there's a possibility that maintenance and
AI engineers in China may be accessing data,

(17:07):
former Irish data protection commissioner Helen Dixon said.
So five they're facing a €500,000,000
fine.
Again,
you can look at it this way. You
you, EU needs a little money
and
or,

(17:27):
maybe this is really happening.
NASA proves that its electric moon dust shield
works on the lunar surface. There's no
real pictures in this report.
But the electrodynamic
dust shield that flew aboard the Firefly Aerospace
Blue Ghost,

(17:48):
had a successful test.
And,
they demonstrate the ability to remove
lunar dust and dirt known as regolith
from this from surfaces using electromagnetic
forces.
So here's my question on
on this.

(18:09):
Did it just shake it off and leave
a film,
or did it get rid of all of
it?
That's the question.
The time will tell,
but they didn't go into any
any data here. And the reason for the
concern
is
moon dust, is what we're gonna call it,

(18:31):
is very abrasive
and
is can very easily damage human lungs.
So,
they have to figure out a solution if
they're gonna go back to Mars I mean,
excuse me, back to the moon and do
work.
How many of you, switching topics here, how
many of you are familiar with Google Keep?

(18:53):
I'm not at all.
I I just read about this. I guess
it's the latest wowza thing that people
are pretty gaga about.
So Google Keep is gonna get a fresh
redesign
including some new features that'll make it much
easier to use. I guess I'm gonna have
to check this out.

(19:18):
What can you guys tell me? It's a
note taking app. I've just used notes for
years. So
I guess I'm gonna have to check this
out.
Let me know what you know
about, about Google Keep.
Dodgy Android smartphones are being preloaded with Triad

(19:39):
of malware.
Victims have already lost hundreds of thousands of
dollars.
So what's happening here
is either one of two things.
A supply chain
in in the Android manufacturer has been

(20:00):
compromised
because these
counterfeit Android smartphones have been preloaded with this
malware. Well, they're they're Android phones,
but they've got a bad load of Android
on it.
And it observed at least twenty six hundred
victims located mostly in Russia
who received the brand new smartphones carrying the

(20:23):
Triada Trojan.
Now
I will say
this, and just from experience
of being here
up to this point,
Android phones
are dime a dozen. Used Android phones are
dime a dozen here. I mean, every 15
feet, there's a store that's selling,

(20:47):
Android phones.
And I always tell my friends, if you're
gonna buy one of these burner phones,
make sure you do a complete reset.
Now that may not matter if it's been
preloaded
and a a complete reset may not
fix everything and may not
get rid of this base load.

(21:09):
But what what a what a deal. And
there's opportunities everywhere in the world.
And if they're gonna load this
and then steal
crypto,
oh, that's pretty smart.
But they say the malware has been track
targeting
journalist.

(21:30):
So
Kasperky
Kasperky
claims that 270,000
cryptocurrency
has already been siphoned out,
which which is a pretty big number.
So, we will
we we will see

(21:50):
here, where where this goes.
Link will be up in the show notes,
of course.
YouTube is updating Shorts for the TikTok like
editing feature. YouTube is adding new features to
Shorts that aim to make it easier
for creators to edit short form videos. There
are five new tools coming this spring according
to a YouTube

(22:10):
announcement. So if you do a lot of,
shorts that you just record on your phone,
I'm sure these will be welcome changes to
those of you that do that.
There's an article over at makeuseof.com
that talk about iPhone accessories that are total
waste of money
starting with anti micro
micro OBO screen protectors,

(22:32):
anti radiation stickers and cases,
wallet cases that act as wallets,
UVC
phone sanitizers,
and in a variety of other things here.
So,
link will be up in the show notes
on this. I think I would agree.
The only way you can really protect yourself
from any type of radiation from your cell

(22:54):
phone is to not turn it on.
You are gonna be exposed, but you sit
in front of your computer monitor and you're
exposed
to stuff as well.
A T Mobile bug reveals names, images, and
locations of random children. Well, it's not just
random children. It it would it was everybody.
But,

(23:15):
there's was a GPS service called SyncUP, which
allows users who are parents to monitor their
creations of their children.
There's a number of apps that do this
as well.
But apparently, it had a bug and,
what was leaking data. They have since fixed
that. At the same time, Verizon
has a security flaw that could allow hackers

(23:37):
to view entire call history.
They found a bug in the API,
and the bug allowed threat actors to view
other people's call logs. It was found in
February
2025
and just fixed. So, again,
these bugs are gonna continue to crop up.
I don't think that's going to change.
First, with the tariff announcements,

(23:59):
big hits across the the stock exchange. I
think we all were kind of expecting this.
Shares of Apple, Amazon, and other tech stocks
are getting,
getting impacted here
as the measured markets the impact. Now
company countries are already
squealing
and starting come to the table.

(24:21):
And I think what we'll see here pretty
quickly
is
tariff reductions
by other countries.
And
that simple. Reduce the tariffs to The United
States
that are imposed upon American goods
and we will reduce tariffs on products coming
from your country. It's very simple.

(24:43):
You know, I have a tendency and I
know this is gonna be painful and it's
probably, you know, going to a lot of
you are do not agree.
But you know at what point
do we quit being the pawn of the
rest of the world?
So,
we know that Apple and Amazon
heavily rely on imports from other countries like

(25:04):
China
and,
we know that the 54%
tariff that's gonna go on effect on April
9
is,
is is very impactful
and,
you know, 46%
on Vietnam.
But, you know, people don't realize that Vietnam
puts like a 90% tariffs on American products.

(25:25):
So
we will see where this all leads.
Definitely some pain
here in,
in the short term.
Those of you that are running ecommerce sites,
make sure you're updating Stripe your Stripe API
because the Stripe API is being hijacked

(25:45):
for credit card skimmers.
So,
just be careful. And if you're using an
ecommerce site out there and it's using Stripe,
think twice about using it. It's about a
handful, four dozen comp ecommerce sites were infected
with this with this skimmer,
especially if you get an error.

(26:06):
You get a credit card processing error, that's
probably
a good sign not to move forward to
try to overcome
the error. But excuse me, the error.
Amazon is adding new benefits to Prime subscribers
that gives members a better chance at buying
an NVIDIA RTX 5,000 or AMD RX ninety
seventy GPU.

(26:28):
So, you know, these things are,
are on the absolute
hot list for every
for every techie at this point.
So it's definitely something that,
you know, is very, very hard to get.
You have to be watching everything like a
hawk to see things,
but they appear to make some changes,

(26:48):
meaning those who are prime members
can stand a better chance
as you can't have failed to notice, you
know, they've been heavy, you know, heavy in
demand. So what did they do?
If you search for RTX fifty eighty or
an ASR LG Astro GeForce RTX fifty eighty,

(27:10):
they it said it's an exclusive for Prime
subscribers.
In In other words, if you're not a
Prime subscriber, you can't buy one.
But you're still gonna fight for one of
these, but
at least if someone doesn't have Prime, they
they can't. But someone that wants one of
these bad enough will sign up for Prime.

(27:30):
Now we talked about the Intel
deal with TSMC
earlier in the show, but Intel
is refreshing its iconic brand.
That's the power of Intel inside.
So that's curious
that they're gonna start this now.

(27:51):
They they are definitely in damage control mode
here
in a big big way. And then I
think we all recognize that years ago.
And
Intel AMD.
But the world has changed and sadly, Intel
hasn't moved as fast as they've needed to.
So we'll see what ultimately is the outcome
of this.

(28:13):
Bitcoin has slid to
to 81,000.
So surprising Bitcoin slid here,
to be honest with you. Market changes
should not affect it. I think this is
potentially a buy opportunity. But, again, Bitcoin slid
81,000
as the tariffs jolt stock market.

(28:35):
And,
so 5% lower.
Coin metric, Ether fell 6%. Solana dropped 11%.
Of course,
meanwhile, stocks cratered,
across
the market as well.
But,
we'll see we'll see where this continues to

(28:56):
go.
Bill Gates has unearthed Microsoft's
agent code like a prod proud nerd dad
according to the folks over at the register.
The founder of Microsoft shares the four k
alatar basic source ahead of the fiftieth anniversary.
It's available via a PDF.

(29:16):
So if you wanna see,
the code
that was written in 1975,
your coder, this might be a a fun
fun thing for you to review.
I'm definitely gonna take a look. Does it
cost anything to get it?
The source code provided as a hundred 50¢

(29:38):
57
page PDF
scanned full fan folded paper rather than
as source in a convenient
repository,
and annotated disassembly of the LTAR Basic 3.2
we can found on GitHub. So,
definitely definitely if you wanna take a peek
at this,

(29:58):
any
coder worth of salt would wanna look at
this, I would think, just to see what,
what was created so many years ago.
Chrome for Android is getting extensions.
So they've been they're making some updates here.
The new version is designed for larger Android
devices like Chromebooks, and it's a big step.
It's not for all Android phones.

(30:20):
It's still a bit rough. No easy way
to manage extensions, no toolbar button, and installing
them isn't as smooth as on the desktop.
So they are working on some fixes for
Android as well. So be aware of that.
I don't really worry too much about extensions
when I'm using my, Android device.
The very, very sci techy article

(30:43):
over at Science Focus,
a seven thousand year mummy DNA has revealed
a ghost yes, a ghost branch of humanity.
Agent remains hidden in a Libyan cave that
opened up the door to a long lost
human
lineage.
And basically,
this
these
groups

(31:04):
of humans,
that lived at least seven thousand years ago
in the Sahara,
going back as far as fifty thousand years
were isolated from other populations.
So far to extent that the DNA did
not migrate in or new DNA migrate,

(31:25):
you know, basically, there was no
intermixing.
So that's a very, very interesting,
very, very interesting
story in itself. So if you're into,
this type of history, definitely check the article
out.
Netflix on Samsung TV just got a whole

(31:46):
lot better. Thanks to HDR 10. They're gonna
be updating their,
their,
smart devices.
Samsung confirmed the HDR 10, a content plus
content on Netflix will now be accessible on
2025
Samsung Neo QLDs,
OLED, and lifestyle TV models and support for

(32:07):
PC monitors
from 2024 and '25
as well as should include
some smart monitors as well. Not all TVs
support the new streaming standard,
but many do. So,
your older TVs will still work, of course.
Amateur photographers are hoping to fix Wikipedia's
terrible pictures, and I I didn't know that

(32:29):
was an issue.
But,
they they I guess they're going through
and trying to update
images.
It says it's so full of notable people
with very
old
or unflattering photographs that there are even Instagram
accounts,

(32:52):
that are dedicated,
to the
I'm glad I have a snooze button.
On the last episode,
I had to edit the show.
I don't normally edit,

(33:15):
but this week, I was able to hit
the the mute button quick enough so y'all
were not subjected to
my, my raspy
voice as you can hear it.
Being,
being talked about that a week of gravity
is making huge just a huge difference

(33:36):
in the returned NASA astronauts.
They look noticeably
healthier just after days of returning. Now
I'm looking
at the images and these the the
the image of Sunny is not

(33:56):
direct on, but she does look a lot
better.
And Butch Wilmore says
he looks better.
But I guess, gravity just has such a
negative impact
on you. I I mean,
the lack of gravity,

(34:16):
you know,
definitely less wrinkles,
more fuller.
I I would really like to see some
full on headshots,
to really see the difference but
being reported at least they they look a
lot better.
Miso
is man, it's a it's a Japanese staple

(34:39):
and,
you know, I I used to to make
miso or I have at least assist in
making miso and smashing soybeans.
Scientists sent,
beans into orbit made space miso.
And,
you know,
some restaurants
are so I mean, they they their miso

(35:01):
recipes are like super top secret.
The space miso had a similar umami
or savoriness
to miso made on Earth, but according to
researchers who sampled it, there was a key
difference,
a stronger
roasted and nutty flavor.
Now they did all kinds of,

(35:21):
monitoring. They looked at radiation. They looked at
temperature,
and they had,
control samples here
on Earth.
So
I'm sure if we get to the point
where we ever are gonna have miso
being fermented fermented in space,

(35:43):
that they'll figure out their own variations of
it. This
next, Eric, I'm not completely sure if it
if it really means that Android devices are
gonna be able to do this, but Android's
Find My Device looks to set get its
biggest upgrade soon,
and it uses Apple's AirTag tech.

(36:06):
It doesn't mean that the
that you're gonna be able to use AirTags,
though.
But
more signs of ultra wide band in Find
My devices are being spotted, and the upgrade
could be rolling out imminently.
And devices can be tracked more precisely with
the tech.
And this could open the door for

(36:30):
additional AirTags from different companies,
but I don't know if this will be
supported. AirTags will be supported on Android devices.
That is yet to be said. I would
be shocked if they were, to be honest
with you.
Be cool, though.
A weird iOS 18.4

(36:50):
bug is downloading random apps to some people's
iPhones.
So
this is odd.
Many apps are previously deleted, but others are
totally new to the user.
And, again, this may be something to do
with with 18.4.
So if you see that, keep an eye
on it.
ProtonVPN
is unveiling a major revamp to its Windows,

(37:12):
iOS,
and Android apps.
So, I'm a I'm a I'm a
import ProtonVPN
user.
I I use ProtonVPN
almost exclusively whenever I'm logging to anything financial,
anything critical from here,
largely because

(37:34):
they just block
they block all of the,
the traffic
coming from The Philippines and it makes sense.
So I have to use a VPN to
get into the content. So we'll keep an
eye on this this forthcoming update.
Oracle's also admitting a second major security breach
with user log on log in data,

(37:56):
stolen.
Some reports claim a second Oracle data breach
has occurred.
Oracle, as you told some customers, the data
is almost a decade old.
Still
not good look on on Oracle.
In a world of increasing costs, Verizon
introducing a
three year price lock.

(38:18):
So is this some sort of special deal
you get when you sign
a contract?
Well, here's the deals.
And everywhere you turn,
we know the prices are increasing. Verizon announced
a new plan to help combat
that at least in part, a three year
price lock for new and existing customers that
seals the amount of money you pay.

(38:39):
So what are we gonna do? What's what's
the what's the catch?
Existing customers and newcomers receive an automate three
year price lock to their my plan in
my home network plans.
This is among the first of its kind
in the mobile industry.
Doesn't say if you have to commit.

(39:07):
Subscribers also get initial
perk like 40% off certain streaming plans. It
doesn't say
directly if you have to commit to another
plan or not.
I think time will will tell in that
regard.
GitHub. Oh my gosh. 39,000,000

(39:28):
secrets were leaked on GitHub in 2024.
I think they got a problem over there.
I think I think it's too hard to
keep stuff secure.
We had talked about moving our repositories to
GitHub,
But, you know, I'm really at this point,
after reading this, I'm just wondering.

(39:49):
With GitHub discovering roughly 39,000,000
leaked secrets across the platform,
They're gonna help organizations
and developers better protect tokens, credentials, and other
secrets
and prevent prevent exposure. GitHub is now offering
secret protection
and code security as stand alone products for
enterprise customers.
This should be for everybody.

(40:10):
Come on.
This, you know, you you put your code
over there and you do revisions and updates
and commits.
It's gotta stay secure.
This should be a default
a default deal.
It really should.
Sadly,
Elon Musk is Tesla sales have plunged,

(40:32):
after people went to war on Elon and
Tesla.
And,
it's plummeted to the lowest level in three
years.
Not surprising,
but when you're when you're digging and you're
finding,
all kinds of naughtiness that's been going on
and the grift

(40:53):
that has been happening for years and,
removing people's cash cows,
they they get upset. They they really, really
do.
Amazon is joining Alyssa TikTok suitors as deadline
for US buyer nears.
So, of course, we know that the president
gave ByteDance until Saturday

(41:14):
to sell or divest its US TikTok business.
The ecommerce giant has made a last minute
pitch. So is this mean TikTok is going
away again?
The bid, first reported by New York Times,
arrived this week via letter
to vice president JD Vance and commerce secretary
Howard Letnick.

(41:35):
Given the last minute timing days before a
satellite deadline to save off a ban,
The bid is not being treated as a
sir as serious said the sources who was
granted anonymity.
So
present expected away TikTok offers Wednesday.
This is Thursday.
Did he do that already?

(41:59):
So this is an older article.
Next Wednesday or this Wednesday?
This article is dated the third, which is
today.
Very weird.
Well, anyway, we will see
what happens with TikTok.
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