Quick google search shows that China has its own Quartz mines, so I'm not sure if those are unsuitable for certain semiconductors or if the use of "world" here just means 
In burgerland tech news, the CEO of Bungie invited an employee to see his new cars and then laid her off 2 days later
Israel just bombed Beirut.
https://x.com/aldanmarki/status/1818329359591076167
Israel takes responsibility for airstrikes in Beirut.
Please be related to them pushing out some AI bullshit that would be so fucking funny
Intel suspends planned $15 billion expansion of southern Israel chip plant
Chip giant makes no link between war in Gaza and decision to freeze extra investment in factory being built in Kiryat Gat, says it remains ‘fully committed’ to the region
Uh huh, sure, lmao. Hope this is the beginning of a trend 
Someone get Fetterman a Cybertruck (it has poor visibility and no crumble zones)
This is the heart of the most popular touristy area in Chicago this time of year, so I think it's a smart move to increase visibility and cause disruption, but I'm equally really worried about inevitable police rioting to clear it out because of how visible and disruptive it is.
Edit: Some additional context, Chicago's downtown neighborhood (the Loop), where this is situated, infamously clears out at night. Not because it's unsafe or anything, but just because there's virtually no night life unlike other neighborhoods. There's a huge police presence around the fountain right now, but I'm really worried that the cops will just wait for the middle of the night to do their thing.
Real good sign your side is winning when you're conscripting a 39yo, especially someone who is arguably way more valuable left helping run your propaganda war on 
Assuming you can still track jets by their anonymous registration, I wonder how easy it would be to to deanonymize them by finding correlations between where each jet travels VS public appearances in the vacinity of the airports the anonymous registrations are landing at
Cojab said her addiction stemmed from stress.
She was the president of a Zionist student group called Realize Israel, at odds with other student activists and professors calling on the university to sever ties with Israel.
It's so incredibly disgusting seeing a puff piece about a Zionist crybullying over a cheese addiction, posing with large blocks of fancy cheeses, and talking about expensive rehab far out of reach of the average person, all while her ideology is responsible for ongoing mass starvation and genocide against Palestinians.
Also, I feel like there's a slammer meme somewhere in here
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Mainstream media collaborating to manufacture ammo for zionists/cops to use as justification for increase violence against the protestors https://twitter.com/aaronjmate/status/1785526485367050385
"Nothing. No juice. Still on zero percent," said Tyler Beard, who has been trying to recharge his Tesla at an Oak Brook Tesla supercharging station since Sunday afternoon. "And this is like three hours being out here after being out here three hours yesterday."
"Like any new technology, there’s a learning curve for people," said Mark Bilek of the Chicago Auto Trade Association.
Lmao, no my dudes, it's pretty well understood that you need to keep the battery warm enough to be able to charge. This is not some fucking unexplored field of science!
I'm absolutely cackling at the radio silence from Tesla + dozens of Tesla owners just sitting around cluelessly wondering why their car hasn't charged at all in over 3 hours. Maybe another 3 hours will do it, keep trying 
Also, a cursory Google search leads me to believe that the Model 3 has no dedicated battery warmer that could be used for this very situation, but instead some system that "runs the motor inefficiently to heat up the battery". Doesn't sound like this can work when the car is stationary, I guess tesla engineers forgot about the Midwest when cutting parts to save on production costs 
Things in the southeast are very bleak
CW: Death, Trauma
spoiler
“The Stench is Unbearable”: Dead Bodies Piling Up, FEMA Abandons NC Residents Amid Hurricane Helen