15 dead in northern India after monsoon floods

SHIMLA, India: At least 15 people were killed in India after heavy monsoon rains triggered flash floods and landslides near the Himalayan foothills, authorities said on Saturday (Aug 20). Flooding and landslides are common and cause widespread devastation during India’s treacherous monsoon season. Experts say climate change is increasing the numberContinue Reading

CHIPS Act lures Taiwan’s GlobalWafers to Texas

Taiwan’s GlobalWafers is set to build a new semiconductor wafer factory in Texas, leveraging into the subsidies on offer from the new CHIPS Act signed into law by President Joe Biden on August 9.   GlobalWafers is expected to spend about US$2 billion on the facility initially and $5 billion eventually as wafer production, sales […]

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How ‘Severance’ perfected its creepy, beautiful visual language

When we first meet Helly R., the indefatigable heroine of “Severance, ” she’s splayed on a conference desk in a windowless room carpeted in putrid shades of green. She awakens, for the first time, as an “innie” — someone who’s selected to sever their brain so that they can carry out their work responsibilities as a person separate from who they are outside — an extreme way of achieving work-life balance.Continue Reading