Nigeria's phone ban: Millions to be cut off by government
Give the government your details or lose your phones
Nigeria's government has ordered telecoms firms to cut off millions of mobile users who have not linked their SIM cards to their biometric IDs.
World's first lithium-free electric car launched by China
Will not blow up in your garage
China has beaten the world to launch the first electric car that doesn't need a lithium battery.
Microsoft jacks AI under the bonnet of new laptops
Ready in 2024
Microsoft is gearing up to launch its new Surface Pro and Surface Laptop lines, which it claims will be its first true next-gen AI PCs.
Nvidia slashes gaming card power to dodge US ban
Chinese will get throttled RTX 4090D
Nvidia has chopped the performance of its GeForce RTX 4090 GPU by nearly 11 per cent, so it can flog it in China without breaking US sanctions.
Musk blasts media for “fake” robot attack story
Attack happened; it was just not Musk’s pet robot.
Elon [look at me] Musk has hit out at the media for spreading lies about a robot “attack” at his Tesla factory in Austin.
Apple fangirls refuse to breed with Android users
iPhone or Bye Phone
In the Christmas to New Year dry season for news, the Tame Apple Press has made much of a story where a TikToker asked random women if they would refuse to date a perfect man if he had an Android.
Apple's Chinese rival zooms ahead with new electric car
Leaving it for dust
While Apple is still faffing about with its iCar, its Chinese nemesis Xiaomi has launched its first electric motor.
Hackers spy on Kaspersky staff using secret iPhone feature
If only there were some good security software to stop that sort of thing
Hackers spied on Kaspersky's staff using a secret iPhone feature that only Apple and ARM knew about.
MSI new power play
12VO standard
MSI will unveil its latest innovation that Intel claims will slash your PC's power bills and boost its performance. The tech giant has developed two new motherboards and a power supply that use the revolutionary 12VO standard, cutting down on the cables and connectors.
Modi's cronies might have tried to bully tech giant
Apple Crumble
The Indian government might have tried silencing the fruity cargo cult Apple over its Pegasus hacking warnings.