Dell fined down under
Discounted hardware prices ruled unfair dinkum
Grey box shifter Dell has been fined more than $6.5 million by Australian regulators after it was found to have misled consumers on discounted hardware prices.
Netflix tests on-stream gaming on more devices
Not just iOS and Android
Netflix is officially bringing its games to more devices. So far, the company's library of games has only been available on iOS and Android.
iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro batteries are already failing
Another attack of the battery vampires
iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro fanboys are finding that their expensive toys are already failing, with batteries being degraded much faster than expected.
Getting employees back to the office a mistake
Employers admit they were stupid
More than 80 per cent of bosses regret forcing employees back into the office and would have done it differently if they had a better understanding of what their employees wanted.
AI being used to ban books
Fahrenheit 451
A Mason City school board is so lazy that it has outsourced its book banning to AI.
Russian hackers trying to bring down Starlink
Ukraine counter-intelligence claims
Russian hackers are flat-out trying to come up with a way to bring down Elon [Musk] Musk's Starlink satellites, Ukraine's counter-intelligence agency has claimed.
Intel claws back market from AMD
PC market appears to wake up
New figures from Mercury Research further point to signs of a market recovery in the sale of PC in the second quarter of 2023 and it seems that Intel is doing well out of it.
Microsoft scraps Cortana in Windows
Gone the way of the paperclip
As expected, Microsoft has scrapped its digital assistant Cortana in Windows 11.
Apple preparing to stuff up USB-C switch
At least according to rumours
The dark satanic rumour mill is suggesting that Apple is preparing to undo the shift to USB-C by being a bit stupid about it.
Foxconn expects electronics sales to fall
Apple supplier sees profits slow
Apple supplier Foxconn reported a one per cent drop in second-quarter net profit, as global economic woes hurt demand for smart consumer electronics.