Daily Tech News 21 January 2026

• Micron has bought a 300,000 square foot factory in Taiwan from Powerchip for $1.8 billion. (MSN)
  
  Powerchip manufactures DRAM, but is much smaller than Micron or even Taiwanese competitor Nanya. Micron is valued at $400 billion - the largest pure-play memory company in the world. Nanya's market cap is now around $25 billion, and Powerchip is around a third of that.
  
  The new site is expected to be producing DRAM in volume by the second half of next year.

• Tesla has restarted construction of it's Dojo 3 supercomputer based on the in-house AI5 chip. (Tom's Hardware)
  
  And also the future AI6 and AI7 chips, because the company plans to be in production of those designs before it finishes building this computer.
  
  
  
• The DockFrame is a modular USB4/Thunderbolt hub compatible with Framework I/O modules and Lego. (Tom's Hardware)
  
  It takes up to four of the Framework I/O modules, and is a 20x8 Lego-compatible baseplate.
  
  
  
• The new Web3IsGoingGreat. (Firehound)
  
  Firehound vibe-coded apps with known vulnerabilities, along with the number of files and database records exposed.
  
  And 99% of the apps analysed so far have vulnerabilities.
  
  
  
• The Bank of England must plan for a financial crisis triggered by aliens. (MSN)
  
  Well, it's good that someone on Airstrip One can see the danger.
  
  What?
  
  Oh. The other kind of aliens.
  
  
  

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