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IT News<p>World’s Smallest Blinky, Now Even Smaller - Here at Hackaday, it’s a pretty safe bet that putting “World’s smallest” in the ti... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/03/19/worlds-smallest-blinky-now-even-smaller/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2025/03/19/worlds</span><span class="invisible">-smallest-blinky-now-even-smaller/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/microcontrollers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microcontrollers</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/microcontroller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microcontroller</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/microsoldering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microsoldering</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/attiny20" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>attiny20</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/tantalum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tantalum</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/blinky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blinky</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/led" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>led</span></a></p>
Jan Penfrat<p>In a bold move, the Democratic Republic of <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Congo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congo</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/DRC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DRC</span></a> has filed criminal complaints against <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Apple</span></a> in <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Belgium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Belgium</span></a> and <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/France" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>France</span></a>, accusing the tech firm of using <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/conflictminerals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conflictminerals</span></a> in its supply chain.</p><p>Congo is a major source of <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/tin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tin</span></a>, <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/tantalum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tantalum</span></a> and <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/tungsten" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tungsten</span></a> and some artisanal mines are run by armed groups involved in massacres of civilians, mass rapes, looting and other crimes, according to U.N. experts and <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/humanrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humanrights</span></a> groups.</p><p><a href="https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/society-equity/congo-files-criminal-complaints-against-apple-europe-over-conflict-minerals-2024-12-17/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/sustainability/soc</span><span class="invisible">iety-equity/congo-files-criminal-complaints-against-apple-europe-over-conflict-minerals-2024-12-17/</span></a></p>
Pyrzout :vm:<p>Exploring Cheap Tantalum Caps of Mysterious Provenance <a href="https://hackaday.com/2024/07/22/exploring-cheap-tantalum-caps-of-mysterious-provenance/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2024/07/22/explor</span><span class="invisible">ing-cheap-tantalum-caps-of-mysterious-provenance/</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/equivalentseriesresistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>equivalentseriesresistance</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/AliExpress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AliExpress</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/capacitor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capacitor</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/digi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>digi</span></a>-key <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/tantalum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tantalum</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/surplus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surplus</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/mouser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mouser</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/Parts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Parts</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/parts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>parts</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/LCSC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LCSC</span></a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/ESR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ESR</span></a></p>
IT News<p>Exploring Cheap Tantalum Caps of Mysterious Provenance - We’ve all heard about the perils of counterfeit chips, and more than a few of us h... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2024/07/22/exploring-cheap-tantalum-caps-of-mysterious-provenance/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2024/07/22/explor</span><span class="invisible">ing-cheap-tantalum-caps-of-mysterious-provenance/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/equivalentseriesresistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>equivalentseriesresistance</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/aliexpress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aliexpress</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/capacitor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capacitor</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/digi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>digi</span></a>-key <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/tantalum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tantalum</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/surplus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surplus</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/mouser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mouser</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/parts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>parts</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/lcsc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lcsc</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/esr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>esr</span></a></p>
Matt Willemsen<p>Searching for the decay of nature's rarest isotope: Tantalum-180m<br><a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-03-decay-nature-rarest-isotope-tantalum.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2024-03-decay-na</span><span class="invisible">ture-rarest-isotope-tantalum.html</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/chemistry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chemistry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/elements" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>elements</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Isotopes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Isotopes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tantalum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tantalum</span></a></p>
AGF : poemproducer<p>$2500 and a Dream: Fansteel and the History of Tantalum</p><p>clarifying historical contextualization of the Democratic Republic of Congo &amp; its range of sociocultural &amp; sociotechnical factors</p><p><a href="https://systerserver.town/tags/congo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>congo</span></a> <a href="https://systerserver.town/tags/coltan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coltan</span></a> <a href="https://systerserver.town/tags/tantalum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tantalum</span></a> </p><p> a story of labor exploitation, suppressing militant organizing, state-backed development of global supply chains, the ups and downs of corporate raider capitalism, environmental damage and legal chicanery</p><p><a href="https://ripcorp.biz/episodes/2500-and-a-dream-fansteel-and-the-history-of-tantalum" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ripcorp.biz/episodes/2500-and-</span><span class="invisible">a-dream-fansteel-and-the-history-of-tantalum</span></a></p>
tomsharp<p>Tantalum: atomic number: 73; weight: 180.94788; Transition metal; discovery: 1802—Anders Gustaf Ekeberg <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Poetry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Tantalum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tantalum</span></a> (<a href="https://sharpgiving.com/thebookofscience/items/e073.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">sharpgiving.com/thebookofscien</span><span class="invisible">ce/items/e073.html</span></a>)</p>
Mark Dunk<p>How conflict minerals make it into our phones <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/15/how-conflict-minerals-make-it-into-our-phones.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cnbc.com/2023/02/15/how-confli</span><span class="invisible">ct-minerals-make-it-into-our-phones.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.education/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.education/tags/tin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.education/tags/tantalum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tantalum</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.education/tags/tungsten" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tungsten</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.education/tags/gold" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gold</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.education/tags/conflictminerals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conflictminerals</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.education/tags/africa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>africa</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.education/tags/apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>apple</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.education/tags/microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.education/tags/intel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>intel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.education/tags/tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tesla</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.education/tags/congo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>congo</span></a></p>
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