World Wide Web 30 years old today
Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
When Tim Berners-Lee was 33 years old, he penned a letter to his bosses at CERN suggesting a common protocol for using the interweb that was intended to demolish the Tower of Babel and let people communicate with each other worldwide.
US orders Germany to dump Huawei
Intelligence. They've heard of it
In a remarkable escalation of the tech wars between the USA and China, a missive to Germany instructed the independent country not to use Huawei kit.
Huawei confirms it thinks the USA is nuts
There's no evidence
As anticipated, Chinese infrastructure firm Huawei said today it had conformed to international security standards and never used “backdoors” to access infrastructure.
Whisky firm warns of email malt down
Scotches fears
A purveyor of the finest Scotch whiskies said a potential data breach could result in customers experience a blizzard of spam.
Two women in house argue about details
And won't even talk to each other
Artificial intelligence can go so far, but, so far, AI isn't showing much intelligence and has a sexist core.
Folding phones won't fold
Unless the fold fails to fold
While Huawei and Samsung have now announced their foldable phones, the word on the street is that it will be a fair old while before we see them blossom. But they won't fold and will move into the mainstream.
TSMC thrashes Intel on semi tech
Chipzilla goes into meditation mode
Our earlier story from Future Horizon's conference this week went into great and intensive depth about the overall state of the semiconductor market.
Chip industry will weather the economic storm
But things not too bright for 2019
Malcolm Penn, CEO of British analyst firm Future Horizons, has at least three admirable traits.
Honor launches latest phone at Paris bash
Battle of the notch continues
At a glitzy presentation at the Salle Pleyel, a concert hall within spitting distance of the Arc de Triomphe, the CEO of Honor, George Zhao, unveiled the company's latest smartphone.
Oxford Uni thinks Reds under Huawei beds
Evidence, it's heard of it
One of the most prestigious universities in the known universe has decided not to take any more money from Huawei.