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Financial Times : SIA expects global semiconductor sales to recover and grow 13% in 2024 to $588B thanks to high-priced AI chips, but some analysts question the speed of recovery   —  Analysts see a ‘turning point’ this year for the $600bn market but question the speed of recovery

The Pentagon confirmed Saturday that Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin remains hospitalized, nearly two weeks after he was admitted due to complications from surgery for prostate cancer. Providing an update on the health of Austin, who has been hospitalized at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center since Jan. 1, Pentagon press secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder said the defense secretary is "in good condition" and that it's still unknown when he will be released. "He's in contact with his senior staff and has full access to required secure communications capabilities and continues to monitor DOD's day-to-day operations worldwide," Ryder said of Austin. "We do not have a specific date for Secretary Austin's release from the hospital at this time but will continue to provide daily updates until then." The Pentagon publicly revealed Jan. 5 that Austin had been in the hospital since Jan. 1 due to complications from elective surgery. LLOY...

FIRST ON FOX : Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is hailing law enforcement efforts and promising to "hunt down" fentanyl traffickers after the successful seizure of a massive 15,000 pills disguised as OxyContin by Florida authorities on Thursday. "Fentanyl flowing over our southern border is a direct result of the Biden Border Crisis and in Florida, we will not allow it to take the lives of innocent people," DeSantis said in a statement to Fox News Digital.  "In Florida, we will hunt down anyone who brings fentanyl into our communities and puts lives at risk," DeSantis, who is also running for the 2024 Republican White House nomination, said. "I am thankful to the officers who continue to put the safety of their communities first and apprehend these criminals." His comments came after the Florida Highway Patrol Criminal Interdiction Unit arrested a suspect on Thursday and seized the haul of drugs in Osceola County.  SENATE REPORT SOUNDS ALARM ON SU...

Emma Roth / The Verge : Interoperability across ecosystems was one of CES 2024's main themes, with widespread support for Qi2 wireless charging perhaps being the most significant shift   —  Last year, you couldn't mention CES without bringing up Matter.  It was a pivotal year for the smart home standard …

A far-left climate protest organization that was recently granted a private White House meeting said Friday that it had surrounded Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., in New Hampshire in an effort to confront him over energy and climate policy. Climate Defiance — a Washington, D.C.-based group known for its high-profile disruptive protests targeting politicians — said its members had cornered Manchin, forcing him to hide in an "old" building in Goffstown, New Hampshire. The group's actions came shortly after the Democratic senator addressed the New Hampshire Institute of Politics’ "Politics & Eggs" forum which is often attended by presidential candidates. "We are *swarming* Joe Manchin’s presidential forum in New Hampshire," Climate Defiance said in an X post Friday morning. "This man is a murderer. The blood of thousands is encrusted on his hands. As we write he cowers behind lines of armed cops, afraid and humiliated." "As we write, Jo...

Sarah E. Needleman / Wall Street Journal : A look at CD Projekt's three-year journey to turn around Cyberpunk 2077, which has now sold over 25M units and won a major award, after a disastrous 2020 launch   —  Roughly three years after a disastrous launch, ‘Cyberpunk 2077,’ a videogame featuring Keanu Reeves, has now sold 25 million units and won a major award

Jason Koebler / 404 Media : Google formally endorses right to repair and will testify in favor of a law in Oregon, says regulators should ban “parts pairing”, a tactic used by Apple   —  Google says repair should be easy and “parts pairing” should be illegal.  —  Google formally endorsed the concept of right …