Month: January 2022

Companies that were launched to build semiconductors in China, including startups HSMC and QXIC, have failed despite hundreds of millions of dollars in investment and government support. Officials are sorting through the wreckage to see what went wrong.

Home builders blame bottlenecks for a huge backlog of uncompleted homes.

Triaging who is eligible for Covid-19 tests can help ensure that patients who need a test the most get results fast enough. But turning some people away from testing risks perpetuating the virus’s spread.

Katie Harbath, who says she left the company disillusioned, now pushes for more online guardrails.

The Treasury Department program aims to rev up business in disadvantaged communities and spur a broader economic recovery.

Small operators are lobbying Congress for fresh funding as renewed Covid-19 restrictions, supply challenges and staffing shortages lead to continuing high costs and debt.

The iPhone maker cultivated iMessage as a must-have blue-bubble texting tool for teens. Android users trigger a just-a-little-less-cool green bubble: “Ew, that’s gross.”

The departure of John Pinette comes after a WSJ series of articles pushed the company to put a tighter lid on internal research.

The zones aim to minimize flight disruptions by separating new wireless signals and aircraft.

As Omicron-struck airlines struggle through one of the most severe and persistent mass-cancellation events of the past decade, they are working on how to better manage what could continue to be a difficult period.