Western chip production undermined itself. China just doesn't want to aid the West in their war against China.

Biden was more aggressive towards China than Trump 1.0. It's almost like the establishment has a common goal that's independent of which WWE politician is currently holding the big belt.

Don't steal Chinese companies if you have Chinese supply chain dependencies.

Good idea, blame the victim. Next up, they'll be drone striking motor boats off the coast of Venezuela, because drug traffickers might also use boats.

These displays of extreme authority are not an accident, they're a feature of a system that intends to remind you of the presence of constant surveillance.

This is capitalism, which is not about efficiency, but power and control. By making jobs more scarce they're able to wield more power over labor.

Aka, they want to extract almost 2X the output from the same worker, while giving 1X the pay. Just hire more people if you need more work done.

They apparently also don't care about a thinner phone. The main problem with iPhone minis was the pricing, and the less than flagship features. If they'd made it full featured, where smaller was marketed as better, then it would sell better. A lot of iPhone buyers would rather buy the best phone they can get, especially if they're financing it. "Best" is relative and largely decided by the marketing team.

We want smaller phones, not thinner. The iPhone 12 mini is a better form and I won't upgrade until they make a new version of it.

If you brew coffee correctly, it's better than instant. If you are bad at brewing coffee, instant is better.

The author wrote this for The Philadelphia Inquirer... They live in Philadelphia. This is a fluff piece to make people in Philadelphia feel more culturally significant. That said, there's the whole Rocky Balboa thing and they sometimes win the super bowl.

Management is having delusions of firing everyone and replacing them with AI. Even if it's a fantasy, it impacts the level of emotional investment and empathy management has towards workers. The pendulum will swing back, but not until businesses get a sharp reminder that they still need workers.

The "certain employee" is the CEO

In 2012 of the great blunders of JCPenney was to get rid of the constant "sales" and instead just offer low prices. Customers hated it, as they wanted to feel like they got a steal. Eventually, JCPenny brought back the scam pricing(raised prices then put them on sale) and customers flocked to the stores again.

Not just shoddy, they're setting themselves up for a mistrial. How are you going to get a jury in California that hasn't seen the news stories of his presumed guilt?