Chip factories use a lot of water, but AZ attracts them with an established chip ecosystem, seismic stability, and pro-business stance, despite its arid climate (Sam Shead/CNBC)

Sam Shead / CNBC:
Chip factories use a lot of water, but AZ attracts them with an established chip ecosystem, seismic stability, and pro-business stance, despite its arid climate  —  - The Grand Canyon State may not seem like the most obvious place for a chip “foundry” or “fab” since the high-tech manufacturing …

The chief supply chain officer at Flex, the world's 3rd-largest electronics manufacturer, says the global chip shortage will likely last until mid- to late-2022 (Harry Dempsey/Financial Times)

Harry Dempsey / Financial Times:
The chief supply chain officer at Flex, the world's 3rd-largest electronics manufacturer, says the global chip shortage will likely last until mid- to late-2022  —  Forecast from Singapore-based Flex comes as scarcity forces carmakers to scale back production

Researcher: Twitter Super Follow to be limited to users over 18, with 25+ tweets posted in the last 30 days and 10K+ followers; categories include adult content (Kim Lyons/The Verge)

Kim Lyons / The Verge:
Researcher: Twitter Super Follow to be limited to users over 18, with 25+ tweets posted in the last 30 days and 10K+ followers; categories include adult content  —  The company teased the Patreon-like subscription service earlier this year  —  Twitter announced earlier this year it was working …

Inside Bitcoin 2021 in Miami, the first major in-person crypto conference since the pandemic started (Erin Griffith/New York Times)

Erin Griffith / New York Times:
Inside Bitcoin 2021 in Miami, the first major in-person crypto conference since the pandemic started  —  It was the largest Bitcoin event in the world and the first major in-person crypto conference since the pandemic started.  The jargon, the liquor and the millionaire talk flowed.

What to expect from WWDC 2021: iOS 15 with updated notifications and iMessage, revamp of iPadOS home screen, new Apple Silicon chips and MacBook Pro, and more (Jay Peters/The Verge)

Jay Peters / The Verge:
What to expect from WWDC 2021: iOS 15 with updated notifications and iMessage, revamp of iPadOS home screen, new Apple Silicon chips and MacBook Pro, and more  —  The keynote kicks off June 7th at 1PM ET  —  Apple's annual developer extravaganza, the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) …

South Korean designer creates "Third Eye" for "smartphone zombies"

A South Korean industrial designer has come up with a satirical solution for "smartphone zombies" who can't take their eyes away from their screen long enough to stop themselves walking into a wall or other obstacle. https://ift.tt/2T7rpFi