How to stay sane when the world’s going mad

A new $12 billion US chip plant sounds like a win for Trump. Not quite.

Sponsored by Hewlett Packard Enterprise The Download Your daily dose of what’s up in emerging technology 05.20.20 Good morning! Today: how to keep yourself sane when the world's going mad, and why a new US chip plant isn't as much of a win for Trump as it sounds. Get your friends to sign up here to get The Download every day. How to stay sane when the world’s going mad   The big picture: The stage seems to be set for a global mental health crisis. Anxiety is rising and it’s no surprise, given so many of the pillars keeping us sane have been toppled. We need to get people help now, before the stress they’re feeling spirals into something worse. A solution might be to teach them how to help themselves—virtually.  Tools at our disposal: For many people, their first port of call is a mindfulness and meditation app like Headspace or Calm. For those who want more fine-grained, quantified detail about their moods, sleep, and stress levels, there’s more complex software such as Neuroflow and Unmind. Some apps have even been created specifically for coronavirus-linked anxiety. But cognitive behavioral therapy is the gold standard. Even better, it still delivers benefits when accessed online, as is the case for a new free course called Helpers. A tantalizing idea: All of these tools aim to get people to proactively look after their mental health. We could use the pandemic as an opportunity to further destigmatize mental health care and help build up people’s resilience. Read the full story.  A new $12 billion US chip plant sounds like a win for Trump. Not quite.  The news: The Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), the world’s largest contract chipmaker, has announced that it will build a $12 billion plant in Arizona, to open by 2024. At first blush, the announcement looks like a victory for the Trump administration, which is trying to reduce its reliance on Asia-based manufacturing.  However: The impact of the TSMC deal is far from clear cut and instead highlights just how intertwined the countries’ supply chains really are. New rules mean any non-American chip producers that use American chipmaking equipment must now obtain a special license in order to sell to Huawei. Because TSMC uses US equipment in its factories, this effectively places Huawei’s supply of chips under the US Commerce Department’s control. But the US will still be reliant on chips from Asia, and the ban might have the unintended consequence of penalising US firms that sell to China. Meanwhile: In recent years, the trade war has also spurred China to double down on investing in its own semiconductor industry. On the same day as the US government’s updated export ban, the Chinese government announced a $2.2 billion injection into its largest domestic chipmaker, SMIC. Read the full story.  —Karen Hao We can still have nice things A place for comfort, fun and distraction in these weird times. (Got any ideas? Drop me a line or tweet 'em at me.)   + A Dutch YouTube channel dedicated to marble racing.   + A chain reaction machine that uses toilet paper to dispense hand sanitizer. Peak lockdown.   + Learn to braid your hair.   + This app recreates the sounds of NYC’s subway.   + A Twitter thread that classifies every type of Disney song.   + 20 fun ways tech can keep your kids engaged and learning this summer.  Sponsor Message How COVID-19 is accelerating the move to hybrid cloud If they were not already headed that way, many IT departments are now finding it necessary to accelerate their migration to multicloud architectures because of COVID-19. IDC says that by 2022, more than 90% of enterprises worldwide will rely on a mix of on-premises or dedicated private clouds, multiple public clouds, and legacy platforms to meet their infrastructure needs. It even predicts that a rising desire by companies to mitigate future disruptions by being more flexible, agile, and resilient could make 2021 "the year of multicloud." Read more The top ten must-reads I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 1 All 50 US states have now reopened  There are discrepancies in how far they’re going, though. (NYT $) 2 China has put the city Shulan under lockdown after fresh covid cases  It seems to be becoming the next pandemic hotspot inside the country. (The Guardian) 3 How the pandemic will change Google CEO Sundar Pichai tries to stay tight-lipped, but he lets a few details slip. (The Verge) 4 Utah’s contact tracing app was meant to help. It hasn’t. And it’s an expensive failure, at that. (Buzzfeed)   + Contact tracing apps haven’t really made a dent anywhere in the US. (NBC)   + Qataris have to download a tracking app or face jail. (The Next Web) 5 Facebook is launching a shopping platform aimed at small businesses Nearly one third of them have been forced to stop operating due to covid. (WSJ $) 6 Your face mask selfies are helping train facial recognition systems This is standard industry practice, but it still feels creepy. (CNET) 7 The US is betting big on the weirdest particles of them all: neutrinos A flagship experiment wants to unpick the mystery of why anything exists. (Gizmodo) 8 Covid is helping to boost faux meat  Cutting out animals makes the supply chain a lot shorter and more responsive to demand. (Wired $) 9 The case for creating a quarantine “bubble” Contact with others does not have to be all or nothing. (Slate)   + Here’s how to negotiate your own bubble, if you wish. (TR) 10 Faith-based Zoom fitness classes have been seeing people through lockdown You can quite literally pray for a workout to end. 🙏 💪 (NYT $) Join us on the MIT Technology Review Global Panel, inform original research on tech and business, and get tools for making smarter decisions. Quote of the day “When I look at my choices as objectively as possible, I should not be doing this.” —A 26-year-old speech pathologist who lives in Washington, DC, admits to The Atlantic that she feels guilty about secretly driving to her new boyfriend’s home a few times a week.  Top image credit: AMRITA MARINO Please send marbles to hi@technologyreview.com. Follow me on Twitter at @charlottejee. Thanks for reading! —Charlotte Was this newsletter forwarded to you, and you'd like to see more? 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