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April 5, 2025

TSMC aims to produce next-generation 1.4-nm chips by 2028
TAIPEI — Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. on Thursday said it plans to put its most advanced 1.4-nanometer chips into production in 2028, as the world’s top chipmaker looks to stay ahead of Samsung and Intel. Also known as the A14 or 14-angstrom node, it is the next generation of chip production technology after 2-nm chips…
Texas man executed for 2004 stabbing, strangling death
HUNTSVILLE, Texas — A Texas man convicted of fatally strangling and stabbing a young mother more than 20 years ago was executed Wednesday evening. Moises Sandoval Mendoza received a lethal injection at the state penitenti in Huntsville and was pronounced dead at 6:40 p.m., authorities said. He was condemned for the March 2004 killing of…
Indonesia defends higher mineral royalties from industry criticism
BALI, Indonesia — Indonesia’s government on Wednesday defended the country’s plan to hike mineral royalties, arguing the policy that has attracted widespread criticism from industry will “benefit” Southeast Asia’s largest economy. Ministers have announced that royalties on nickel ore output will increase from 10% to a range of 14%-19%, depending on price levels, on April 26. Royalties…
California Bar discloses AI was used to develop some questions in problem-plagued Febru exam
LOS ANGELES — The State Bar of California has disclosed that some multiple-choice questions in a problem-plagued bar exam were developed with the aid of artificial intelligence. The legal licensing body said in a news release Monday that it will ask the California Supreme Court to adjust test scores for those who took its Febru…
A dozen Democratic states sue to stop President Trump’s tariffs
Twelve states filed a lawsuit Wednesday challenging the legality of President Donald Trump’s broad tariff agenda, arguing it unlawfully undermines Congress’ constitutional authority to regulate foreign commerce. The legal challenge, led by Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes and Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield, seeks to halt the enforcement of the global tariffs Trump levied that…
Trump upends DOJ’s Civil Rights Division, sparking ‘bloodbath’ in senior ranks
The Trump administration has quietly transformed the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, forcing out a majority of career managers and implementing new priorities that current and former officials say abandon a decadeslong mission of enforcing laws that prohibit discrimination in hiring, housing and voting rights. More than a dozen senior lawyers — many with decades…
Dartmouth abstains from signing letter against federal funding cuts
Dartmouth College, the only Ivy League university that did not sign a letter condemning the Trump administration for trying to dictate policies and pausing billions of dollars in federal funding, said doing so would not have been an effective way to defend its mission and values. College President Sian Leah Beilock instead wants to focus…
South Korea Q1 GDP shrinks 0.2% as exports wane
SEOUL — South Korea’s economy contracted in the first quarter of this year, as exports dipped and a monthslong political crisis weighed on consumption, according to central bank data released Thursday. The Bank of Korea said in an advance estimate that real gross domestic product in Asia’s fourth-largest economy shrank 0.2% during the Janu to…