Big Tech is pouring money there so they can sell massive government contracts, probably the Saudis want data to be stored there to make a deal. Nothing more will come out of this, maybe some jobs, but not innovation.

They close the article by saying: "But the fact that Intel went through putting these slides together also shows that it sees a formidable opponent worth comparing its chips against, suggesting a competitive future for notebooks." Pretty polite way to say "they're shitting their pants".

I agree with you. More recently my Netflix is so biased towards things I like that is hard to find different and interesting things to watch, so I'm using my wife's profile from time to time.

I would choose something very graphical and with fast results, like Processing. Start with some simple ball physics and soon he'll be in love :)