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TOKYO—The $12 billion Arizona semiconductor plant under construction that President Biden is visiting Tuesday represents U.S. hopes for a renaissance in manufacturing, but the Taiwanese company building it says it won’t be easy. High costs, lack of trained personnel and unexpected construction snags are among the issues cited by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. as it rushes to get the north Phoenix factory ready to start production in December 2023. TOKYO—The $12 billion Arizona…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Nigeria's prison population is more than 76,000, housed in 240 correctional centers. About 70% of these inmates are still awaiting trial. They have been arrested and charged, but not yet convicted or cleared. This is the highest percentage of awaiting-trial prisoners in Africa. World Prison Brief's latest…

Instagram end-to-end encryption adds extra security and protection to your messages and calls Facebook and Instagram will only get end-to-end encryption by default in 2023. End-to-end encryption means no one can read or access the messages other than the two participants involved. Instagram appears to be entering the final stages of its controversial plan to encrypt messages on its platform. Screengrab of the new feature in action on an Instagram account based in India. Earlier this feature was available only in Russia…

In late June, Modsy, on online interior design services startup, abruptly ceased offering design services, laid off its designers, and left customers with unfinished renovations and project orders in process. The company returned some service order charges and promised to refund furniture deliveries to those who completed a form. But more than two weeks later, tweets show that many Modsy customers are still awaiting updates. Unfortunately for them, Modsy has made it tougher to get in touch. While the company’s…