Apple’s shares slide as cash cow dies in China
Published in Mobiles


You can’t really depend on a single product

The fruity cargo cult Apple is starting to see its single-product cash cow business model begin to fall apart.

Cloudflare blocked 21.3 million DDoS attacks last year
Published in News


Halloween 2024 was the worst ever

Cloudflare’s autonomous DDoS defence systems thwarted approximately 21.3 million DDoS attacks in 2024, a significant 53 per cent increase from 2023.

Google did evil with the IDF in Gaza
Published in News
Thursday, 23 January 2025 09:45

Google did evil with the IDF in Gaza


AI services rushed to compete with Amazon

Google collaborated with the Israeli military in the immediate aftermath of its ground invasion of the Gaza Strip.

Great unwashed spent a fortune on AI apps
Published in Mobiles
Thursday, 23 January 2025 09:34

Great unwashed spent a fortune on AI apps


$150 Billion globally in 2024

Demand for generative AI drove consumer spending on mobile apps to $150 billion globally in 2024 -- a 13 per cent increase from the previous year.

Trump’s Homeland security abandons Chinese telecoms hack investigation
Published in News


Misuse of resources

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has terminated all members of its advisory committees, including the Cyber Safety Review Board (CSRB), which had been investigating a major Chinese cyberattack on large US telecom firms.

Musk appears to be trying to kill Stargate
Published in AI
Thursday, 23 January 2025 09:05

Musk appears to be trying to kill Stargate


Vested interest

Elon [Roman salute] Musk appears to be using his position as Donald Trump’s budget advisor to sabotage his rival’s mega AI plans, Stargate.

Escaping VMware's clutches will cost you
Published in Cloud
Wednesday, 22 January 2025 08:32

Escaping VMware's clutches will cost you


Gartner warns

According to a new assessment by Gartner, enterprises considering moving away from VMware due to Broadcom's changes should brace themselves for a lengthy, costly, and complex project.

Facebook forces users to follow Donald Trump
Published in News
Wednesday, 22 January 2025 08:19

Facebook forces users to follow Donald Trump


Censors the democrat hashtag

Facebook users are complaining that their accounts automatically now follow President Donald Trump and are being swamped with newspeak posts about him.

Trump pardons Silk Road’s Ross Ulbricht
Published in News
Wednesday, 22 January 2025 08:10

Trump pardons Silk Road’s Ross Ulbricht


Squashes life sentence

US President Donald Trump has signed a full and unconditional pardon for Ross Ulbricht, the operator of Silk Road, a notorious dark web marketplace where illegal drugs were sold.

OpenAI shares the Volish cloud as Stargate Project launches
Published in Cloud


Microsoft to share

OpenAI is widening its cloud structure to include OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank, along with its old chum, Microsoft.