Apple pledges to buy $30 billion of Broadcom’s US-made chips

by bleffel | Jul 8, 2026 | Uncategorized

Apple’s program to invest in US manufacturing sees it spend $30 billion on Broadcom chips.

Fi Ultra pet tracker uses T-Mobile’s Starlink satellite service for coverage

by bleffel | Jul 8, 2026 | Uncategorized

Fi’s latest dog tracker uses Starlink satellites for rural areas.

Fi’s Starlink-enabled pet tracker found my dog when LTE couldn’t

by bleffel | Jul 8, 2026 | Uncategorized

Gus, the wirehaired pointing griffon, models the Fi Ultra while overlooking Charleston Harbor. Fi Ultra is the first Starlink-enabled pet tracker you can buy. It expands on GPS and LTE trackers, adding automatic failover to T-Mobile’s T-Satellite-branded...

Leather is not an innocent byproduct of the meat industry

by bleffel | Jul 8, 2026 | Uncategorized

A cattle farm in Brazil. American demand for leather has been linked to deforestation in the Amazon rainforest | Bloomberg via Getty Images The climate case against beef is now almost boringly well-established: It is, by far, the most carbon-intensive food in the...

Leather is not an innocent byproduct of the meat industry

by bleffel | Jul 8, 2026 | Uncategorized

A cattle farm in Brazil. American demand for leather has been linked to deforestation in the Amazon rainforest | Bloomberg via Getty Images The climate case against beef is now almost boringly well-established: It is, by far, the most carbon-intensive food in the...