• 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).
  
  

• 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.

Posted by: furtball321 at Thursday, April 23 2026 09:44 PM (As8gg)

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