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Apple is losing engineers
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Wednesday, 29 December 2021 11:30

Apple is losing engineers


Gotta leave this sinking ship

Fruity cargo cult Apple is starting to worry about losing its engineers to companies like Facebook.

Apple ordered to go Dutch
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Tuesday, 28 December 2021 11:52

Apple ordered to go Dutch


Orange order against Apple app payment system

The Dutch antitrust authority has found that Apple's rules requiring software developers to use its in-app payment system are anti-competitive and ordered it to make changes.

Apple poaches Facebook’s AR spinner
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Tuesday, 28 December 2021 11:43

Apple poaches Facebook’s AR spinner


Feed up with drinking from one poisoned chalice picks another

Apple has poached Facebook’s communications and public relations lead Andrea Schubert for its augmented reality (AR) products.

Big Tech losing staff to Crypto
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Friday, 24 December 2021 11:19

Big Tech losing staff to Crypto


They wanna be rich

Big Tech is losing executives and engineers to chase Crypto which is being seen as a once-in-a-generation opportunity.

US government does not have enough money to sue Apple and Google
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That is what happens when corporates get too powerful

The US Justice Department is still months away from deciding whether to sue Apple or file a new suit against Google over antitrust concerns, because it has does not have enough cash to take the big corporates on right now.

Apple told to stop covering up forced labour efforts
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Must listen to shareholder demands

In a second disaster for Apple this week the US Securities and Exchange Commission has declined an effort by Apple to ignore a shareholder demand that it stop covering up its efforts to keep forced labour out of its supply chain.

Army of Hackers keep Kim Jong Un in power
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Thursday, 23 December 2021 11:17

Army of Hackers keep Kim Jong Un in power


Apple fanboy needs protection from real computer experts

Apple fanboy Kim Jong Un depends on state hackers, whose cybercrimes finance his nuclear arms programmes and prop up the economy.

Foxconn India shuttered
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Tuesday, 21 December 2021 12:50

Foxconn India shuttered


Apparently not a good idea to poison staff

It looks like Apple supplier Foxconn's plant near Chennai in southern India will remain shut this week following protests sparked by a food poisoning incident.

Apple claims it is too small to be a monopoly
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At least in India

Fruity cargo cult Apple has asked India's antitrust watchdog to throw out a case alleging abuse of market power in the apps market, saying it is too small to be an evil monopolist.

Foxconn in food poisoning row in India
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Monday, 20 December 2021 13:36

Foxconn in food poisoning row in India


Workers arrested

Police in India have released dozens of those detained for blocking a key highway in a protest against food poisoning at the Apple supplier Foxconn.