Some Twitter users are reporting widespread service interruptions; Downdetector: the issues mainly affect its website and started around 7 PM ET on Wednesday (Kate Conger/New York Times)

Kate Conger / New York Times:Some Twitter users are reporting widespread service interruptions; Downdetector: the issues mainly affect its website and started around 7 PM ET on Wednesday  —  The issues surfaced several days after Elon Musk said he had shut down one of the company’s major data centers.

Court filing: Intel and VLSI Technology agreed to end a patent dispute in Delaware where Intel previously said VLSI had asked for more than $4B in damages (Blake Brittain/Reuters)

Blake Brittain / Reuters:Court filing: Intel and VLSI Technology agreed to end a patent dispute in Delaware where Intel previously said VLSI had asked for more than $4B in damages  —  VLSI Technology LLC and Intel Corp have agreed to end a patent dispute in Delaware where Intel previously said […]

Experts say Hua Hong, China’s second-largest chip foundry, is barely affected by US sanctions and its focus on older chips could make it Beijing’s new favorite (Qianer Liu/Financial Times)

Qianer Liu / Financial Times:Experts say Hua Hong, China’s second-largest chip foundry, is barely affected by US sanctions and its focus on older chips could make it Beijing’s new favorite  —  US restrictions on advanced tech help foundry benefit from Beijing’s shifting view of the semiconductor supply chain