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Trump Administration ‘Not in Favor’ of Apple Using Chinese RAM

The Wall Street Journal (gift link): To help alleviate the supply crunch, Apple is looking to Chinese manufacturers. “The Trump administration is not in favor of that,” Lutnick said in an interview…

• Trump administration opposes Apple using Chinese RAM
• U.S. regulations require license for Chinese chip sharing
• Apple COO considers all options amid supply shortage

2026-08-16 ·wsj.com

Bluesky's Active User Base Shrinks 52% Over 18 Months, But Its Protocol is Spreading

An anonymous reader shared this report from TechCrunch: According to data from digital intelligence provider Similarweb, Bluesky's mobile app had 10.4 million monthly active users worldwide in June…

• Bluesky's monthly active user base dropped 52% in 18 months.
• AT Proto protocol adopted by other social apps like BlackSky.
• Threads sees 21.3% YoY increase in daily active users.

2026-08-16 ·tech.slashdot.org

What This Dog Actually Costs

This is a submission for Weekend Challenge: Dog Days Edition What I Built What This Dog Actually Costs estimates the lifetime cost of owning a dog by breed, and shows it as a probability distribution…

• The project estimates dog ownership costs by breed using probability distribution.
• Monte Carlo simulation of 10,000 dog lifetimes per breed provides accurate costs.
• Users can adjust deductibles and coinsurance to understand financial impact.

2026-08-16 ·dev.to

nokia-dct3-emulator: Open-source emulator + analysis toolkit for Nokia DCT3 phones

• Open-source emulator and analysis toolkit for Nokia DCT3 phones
• Models hardware components at the silicon level without patching firmware
• Nineteen of 26 registered models boot to a usable state

2026-08-16 ·github.com