Google hires Apple chip bloke
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Wednesday, 14 June 2017 11:38

Google hires Apple chip bloke


Should Qualcomm be worried?

Google has head hunted Apple’s chip man to come up with future versions of Google's Pixel phone.

Google "fake news" filter serves up fake penis pills
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Looks like it needs a bit of work

Search engine Google’s attempts to filter out fake news have cocked-up badly as its health section has fast filled with adverts for pills designed to, er, stiffen your resolve.

Big five tech companies gutted in Black Friday
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Lost $97.5 billion in market value

The big five technology firms - Apple , Google, Microsoft , Facebook and Amazon - lost more than $97.5 billion in market value, sending Wall Street into a bit of a panic.

Softbank finds two droids they are looking for on Google
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Two companies added to AI plans


After getting its paws on ARM, Softbank is still growing and has written a cheque for two firms that build walking robots from Google's parent company, Alphabet.

Uber self-driven to fire Levandowski
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Wednesday, 31 May 2017 11:05

Uber self-driven to fire Levandowski


Our tech is independent


Uber has fired Anthony Levandowski, the star engineer who has been accused by Google of stealing trade secrets about self-driving cars and giving it to Uber.

Google makes pitiful excuses for underpaying women
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Handmaiden's tale

Search engine Google has come up with a truly pitiful reason for treating women employees like second class citizens – it can’t search the data.

Google is a daydream believer
Published in Mobiles
Monday, 22 May 2017 13:06

Google is a daydream believer


More than 10 million daydreamers in 2017

Google is confident that more than 10 million smartphones will support its Daydream platform 2017 – well, someone needs to believe in it.

Daydream standalone VR by Qualcomm
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Wednesday, 17 May 2017 19:59

Daydream standalone VR by Qualcomm


Snapdragon 835 VR

Qualcomm and Google have announced the development of a Daydream standalone VR headset reference design powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 835 VR platform. 

Apple and Google are abusing privileged position
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European tech feed up with being told to eat cake


European technology businesses are complaining that Google and Apple are abusing their power and scale.

Google could dump Linux for Magenta
Published in Mobiles
Tuesday, 09 May 2017 11:48

Google could dump Linux for Magenta


Fuschia takes an ice pick to the penguin


Google’s new Fuchsia mobile OS is not based on Linux, unlike Android, but on a new microkernel called Magenta.