Tesla's Terafab AI Chip Complex to Use Intel's 14A Process - DTH

Want to get this show ad free? Head to dailytechnewsshow.com slash subscribe to find out how. Thank you. These are the Daily Tech headlines for Thursday, April 23, 2026. I'm Rob Dunwood. Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced that the company's TerraFab AI chip complex in Austin will utilize Intel's next-generation 14A manufacturing process. This move is considered a significant boost for Intel's struggling contract manufacturing business as it secures a major external customer, addressing previous concerns about the viability of its manufacturing arm. However, the TerraFab project itself is a massive and complex undertaking, with many undisclosed details leading to skepticism among Tesla's investors despite Musk's claims about the necessity for future revenue from robotics and data centers. Analysts view the contract as a substantial win for Intel, regardless of whether Tesla meets Musk's high production estimate. NASA Artemis II mission successfully used laser communications to beam 4K video from the moon to Earth demonstrating the potential for high space connections using a significantly cheaper experimental terminal This low-cost $5 million terminal developed by the Australian National University with observable space and quantum opus successfully achieved a data rate of 260 megabits per second, suggesting that affordable laser downlinks are now ready to be scaled into global networks, despite the known challenges of weather and line-of-sight requirements. To address safety concerns for teens, Meta is rolling out new supervision features, allowing parents to view the general topics their teens discuss with Meta AI across Facebook, Messenger, and Instagram over the past week. This feature, located in a new Insights tab, displays broad categories like school and health with drill-down subcategories. Meta is also offering conversation starters developed with the Cyberbullying Research Center and forming an AI Wellbeing Expert Council, even as the company reportedly relies more on AI and parental supervision for moderation following vendor cutbacks. Apple released an urgent software update for iPhones and iPads to fix a major bug, allowing law enforcement such as the FBI to access deleted or disappearing messages from apps like Signal. The flaw stemmed from an operating system caching notification content, including the message text in a device's database for up to one month, even after deletion in the messaging app. This vulnerability became public following a report detailing the FBI successful extraction of deleted signal messages prompting Signal president to push Apple for the fix which is now available for supported and older iOS versions Lyft Inc is acquiring the UK business of the London black cab app, Git, to expand internationally and better compete with Uber. This acquisition, Lyft's third in the last year, will connect Lyft with about 75% of Greater London's registered black cab drivers. Although financial terms are not disclosed, Git's UK unit reported £60.6 million in revenue and positive Ibitda in 2024. The Git UK team will transfer to free now, and the Git app will initially remain separate before being integrated. Meta's new live chats on threads offer real-time scheduled community discussions for live events. Unlike Instagram's broadcast channels, selected hosts such as media figures and community champions control contributions, which can include various media and text. All users can watch, react, and vote in polls, and chats remain viewable after without requiring community membership. The feature launched during the NBA playoffs and the NBA Threads community and will roll on gradually with future updates, including co-hosting. The base Mac mini model, which comes with an M4 chip, 256GB of storage, and 16GB of RAM, is out of stock along with some higher-end 32GB RAM models. Although configurations with M4 Pro and 24GB RAM models are still available this stock shortage could indicate an upcoming product refresh or be due to high demand for the Mac mini for local AI exacerbated by a global memory demand surge driving up RAM costs This memory shortage previously led to the removal of the 512GB Mac Studio While M5 and M5 Pro Mac Mini versions are in development for 2026, the ongoing RAM supply issues might push the launch later in the year. Google announced major workspace updates at Cloud Next 2026. Key features include an eight and a half times expanded Gemini Power Take Notes for me in Google Meet, now summarizing transcripts for in-person, Teams, and Zoom meetings. Other additions are projects in Google Drive for organization, Canvas and Google Sheets for data visualization, and Skills and Workspace Studio for automation. Chrome Enterprise launched a Gentic auto-browse, and the new Workspace MPC server allows deeper third-party app integration with core services like Drive, Gmail, and Calendar. And finally, to celebrate its 20th anniversary, Spotify announced its all-time most streamed artists, songs, albums, podcasts, and audiobooks on Thursday. The list confirmed the popularity of artists such as Taylor Swift, Bad Bunny, Drake, The Weeknd, and Ed Sheeran. Bad Bunny's 2022 album, Umberano Cinti, led the most streamed albums with a record 22 billion streams, followed by The Weeknd's Starboy and Ed Sheeran's Deluxe. The Weeknd also had the most streamed song with Blinding Lights. For more analysis of the tech news of the day, subscribe to DailyTechNewsShow.com. And if you enjoy the show, remember to tell a friend to check us out. 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