Oil company moves into lithium mining
Published in Transportation
Tuesday, 14 November 2023 11:29

Oil company moves into lithium mining


ExxonMobil sees the writing on the wall

In what might be a sign of the future, ExxonMobil is venturing into lithium production, and shelling out a pile of dosh to open a mine in southern Arkansas.

Google forced to pay Apple 36 per cent cut
Published in News
Tuesday, 14 November 2023 11:19

Google forced to pay Apple 36 per cent cut


That’s a nice search engine you have there, it would be terrible if something happened to it

While the search engine outfit Google is considered one of the most powerful in the world it has to bend the knee to Apple and pay it a huge cut of its advertising revenue, a court has been told.

Apple begins production of OLED panels
Published in Graphics
Tuesday, 14 November 2023 11:15

Apple begins production of OLED panels


Ready for the new iPad Pro

The dark satanic rumour mill has manufactured a hell on earth yarn which claims that the fruity cargo cult Apple is ready to begin production of OLED displays for its next-gen iPad Pro in February 2024.

SanDisk Extreme Pro has design and manufacturing flaws
Published in PC Hardware


Data recovery outfit discovers hardware issues

A data recovery outfit has found what it thinks are the problems with  WD’s SanDisk Extreme Pro.

Apple fanboy got a real phone by mistake
Published in Mobiles
Tuesday, 14 November 2023 11:03

Apple fanboy got a real phone by mistake


Delivered in an Apple box 


An Apple fanboy is furious after he opened his ordered an expensive iPhone 15 series box to discover a cheap phone with a decent operating system and more functionality.

Call of Duty fails to wow reviewers
Published in Gaming
Monday, 13 November 2023 12:06

Call of Duty fails to wow reviewers


Rushed

Activision Blizzard's latest Call of Duty video game was made in half the time of previous iterations, and apparently, it shows.

Chinese stockpiling Nvidia and HPC GPUs
Published in Graphics
Monday, 13 November 2023 12:04

Chinese stockpiling Nvidia and HPC GPUs


Ready for the US export ban

Chinese AI startup 01.AI has stockpiled enough Nvidia AI and HPC GPUs to last 18 months in anticipation of a US export ban.

Windows has 40th birthday
Published in News
Monday, 13 November 2023 12:00

Windows has 40th birthday


Two years after MS-DOS

Software king of the world, Microsoft, is celebrating its 40th birthday by announcing Windows.

Apple pays $25 million to make a discrimination case go away
Published in News


But says it didn’t do anything

Fruity cargo-cult  will pay $25 million in back pay and civil penalties to settle a matter over the company's hiring practices under the Immigration and Nationality Act, the Department of Justice announced.

Hollywood did give way to actors' AI fears
Published in AI
Monday, 13 November 2023 11:51

Hollywood did give way to actors' AI fears


Details of the agreement

The longest actor's strike in Hollywood history ended with "groundbreaking" protections against the use of AI.