Apple’s app store dominance under siege
Major concession or orchestral manoeuvres in the dark?
Fruity cargo-cult Apple has made a significant concession in its ongoing battle to maintain control over its App Store empire.
Intel's chip ship sails on amid Huawei storm
Chipzilla can still make Chinese chips
Intel's dodged a bullet that could've seen it kiss goodbye to a fortune in chip sales to Huawei. Despite the bigwigs in Washington wringing their hands to cut off the flow, Intel's still shipping its shiny processors to the Chinese telecom titan for their laptops.
Google tells Gemini to stop talking about elections
It is more trouble than it is worth
Google's AI chatterbox, Gemini, is getting gagged on gabbing about this year's global elections.
Pentagon refuses to write €2.3 billion cheque for Intel
Chipzilla's share price feels a bit sick
The Pentagon has reportedly scrapped its €2.3 billion grant earmarked for tech titan Intel, leaving the company’s shares a bit under the weather.
Musk's price cuts crash Tesla values
Depreciation high
The electric vehicle market is sputtering, with inventories piling up like a traffic jam on the M25, in a desperate bid to keep up, Tesla's been slashing prices like a mad axeman, but it's backfired spectacularly.
Apple schmoozes as anti-trust concerns deepen
Visits White House 87 times in just four years
Fruity cargo cult Apple supremo Tim Cook, is hoping to head off anti-trust investigations with a White House charm offensive.
Tame Apple Press hypes chips that never were
For the car, which never was
The Tame Apple Press, which has been hyping Jobs’ Mob’s car vapourware for nearly a decade, continues to spout column inches on Project Titan, claiming it was still worthwhile.
Charged with damage
Laptop battery blunder
Keeping a laptop plugged in is a one-way ticket to Tech Trouble Town.
AI art war
Midjourney bans Stability AI in data scraping scandal
AI art outfit Midjourney has banned the boffins at Stability AI from using its service amidst accusations of data thievery that caused a system-wide blackout.
Big Brother on wheels
US carmakers sell customer data to insurance companies
US carmakers have been making a quick buck by flogging data on customers driving to insurance companies who have then been jacking up their premiums.