
Apple's aluminium gamble backfires on iPhone 17 Pro
Users discover their shiny new handset dents like a drinks can
The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple thought it could dodge another Bendgate by swapping titanium for forged aluminium in the iPhone 17 Pro, but punters are already finding the move a bit flimsy.

Former Intel board members call for Chipzilla to go private
US government and big tech should carve up struggling giant
Troubled Chipzilla should be taken private, stripped apart, and rebuilt into a proper foundry and design house, according to four long-serving former directors writing in Fortune.

Samsung to mass produce Exynos 2600 on 2nm node
Hopes new chip erases 3nm humiliation
Samsung will start mass production of its Exynos 2600 by the end of September, making it the first SoC built on the company’s 2nm Gate-All-Around process.

Apple's iPhone Air battery life is pants
Thinner iPhone runs out of puff
The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple made a lot of noise about longer battery life in its latest iPhone 17 lineup, but it would appear that the Air is not that good.

Apple hogs TSMC's 2nm chips
Grabs more than half of 2026 output, leaving rivals in the dust
The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple has reportedly signed up for more than half of TSMC’s 2nm production capacity in 2026, effectively elbowing rivals out of the queue for the world’s most advanced silicon.

TSMC smashes another record after interest rate cut
Chipmaker drags Taiwan market to fresh high
Taiwan’s TSMC has surged again, with its US ADR rising 0.3 per cent on Wednesday to close at $262.79, marking four straight days of record highs.

Nothing else matters
London start-up hauls in $200 million to take aim at Apple and Samsung
London outfit Nothing has pulled in $200 million (€186 million) in fresh funding to keep chipping away at the global smartphone duopoly of the Fruity Cargo Cult Apple and Samsung.

Apple bribes punters with bigger batteries
Wants to force them to eSims
The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple has decided it knows what’s best for its users, this time dangling bigger batteries as a bribe to get people off physical SIM cards.

Apple’s wafer-thin iPhone Air leaves fanboys cold
Fruity Cargo Cult tries to wow punters with pointless thinness
The new iPhone Air is so thin it might snap in a stiff breeze and even the die-hard Apple fanboys aren't cheering.

Apple iPhone 16 Pro can be fried by car LiDAR
Volvo’s lasers scarred my camera
YouTube tech celeb Marques Brownlee, better known as MKBHD, has discovered that his expensive iPhone 16 Pro camera can be permanently cooked by the lasers from self-driving cars.