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Facebook buys Giphy, GIFs will be integrated into Instagram
A popular website (and associated applications and other services) for creating and sharing GIFs Giphy changes the owner. The company behind the alleged 400 millions dollars he bought Facebook, which intends the entire platform (including a huge database of gifs and sketches) integrate do Instagram and other applications. Until now, Facebook has used the Giphy API to share gifs in its apps, both on Facebook as such and on Instagram. However, after this acquisition, it will connection services, and the entire Giphy team, along with its products, will now function as a functional part of Instagram. According to Facebook's statement, for current users of Giphy applications and services nic does not change. Currently, Giphy's API uses absolute most communication platforms, which include, for example Twitter, Pinterest, Slack, Reddit, Discord and more. Despite Facebook's statement, it will be interesting to see how the new owner does will keep with regard to the use of the Giphy interface by some competing services. If you like to use GIFs (Giphy, for example, has an extension directly for iMessage), beware.
TSMC wants to build a super-modern factory in the US
A Taiwanese company TSMC, which is a global leader in the field of microprocessor production, is about to build the factory the territory USA. Most likely, this is the result of negotiations by the US administration, which is trying (at least in part) deprive dependencies in the Asian region in the field of critically important technologies, among which the production of modern microprocessors definitely belongs. Planned Great modern the factory should grow in Arizona and should be a kind of imaginary (re)start of the massive start of the production of microchips in the USA, whereby the country promises to reduce its dependence on China, Taiwan whether South Korea. Detailed information should appear sometime in the next few hours, probably Saturday night or Saturday our time. Production should start by the end of the year at the latest 2023 and the new factory would produce chips using advanced 5nm production process. TSMC will start using this process this year and Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), will be one of the first customers for whom the first chips (SoC Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), A14).
As a follow-up to this report, it should also be mentioned only several hours old information that relates to the latest decision of the American administration - practically forbids cooperation of the world's major microchip suppliers (including TSMC) cooperation with the company Huawei. This is an escalation in the US-China trade war, or further action against the company Huawei, which is a thorn v read (not only) American intelligence services. The following hours/days will show how important this step is. In the context of TSMC, however, it is about big hit into business, because orders from China (not only for Huawei) make up roughly a third of the company's turnover (or at least it was like that in 2016). If the companies concerned plan this new ordinance to comply with, Huawei will be practically cut off from the technology and production capacity for the necessary processors. The production capacity and know-how of equivalent enterprises in China so far they are not at such a level that they could cover a similar shortfall.
The first Ghost of Tsushima gameplay shows that PS4 games can still look good
In the field of game consoles, the race is currently in full swing to see which of the teams (Microsoft, Sony) can better sell their coming generation of consoles. Subjectively, Microsoft is leading in this respect, but Sony is probably just starting its marketing campaign. We had some hints here a few days ago, when a tech-demo of the new Unreal Engine 5 appeared on the web, which was supposed to demonstrate the capabilities of both the new engine as such and PS5, on which the demo was supposed to run in real time. However, the PS5 is far from the only thing that Sony is working on right now. During the summer, the owners PlayStations 4 they will see a brand new one exclusive title Ghost of Tsushima, about which not much was known until now. It has now appeared on the site roughly 20 minute gameplay, which shows that even titles from the current (and outgoing) generation of consoles have visuals still something to offer.
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