A company in Taiwan decided to rename the computer chips it manufactures to avoid hurting Jewish sensibilities. VIA Technologies said it is renaming its Apollo KZ133 chipset because “KZ” were the German initials used to identify Nazi concentration camps. The chips were renamed Apollo KT133.
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