
Apple releases new iPad Mini
Mostly a spec bump
Apple, the fruity cargo cult, has just released a new iPad Mini with a faster A17 Pro chip that it claims supports Apple Intelligence.

Amazon finally makes a colour version of e-reader
Black and white and red all over
Amazon has finally listened to its users and made a colour version of its e-reader.

Developers spurn Apple’s Vision Pro as if it were a rabid dog
New apps have slowed further
Apple’s Vision Pro is struggling to attract significant software makers to develop apps for its overpriced, poorly designed chocolate teapot.

SpaceX wants to increase its bandwidth
Asked the FCC for permission
Elon [look at me] Musk has asked the FCC for permission to modify the second generation, Gen2, of Spacex’s Starlink satellite system.

AI really does create new jobs
Positions involve spotting deep fakes created by AI
It appears that AI is starting to create work after all – working out how to spot AI deep fakes.

Qualcomm still plans to buy Intel
Waiting for US election result
The dark satanic rumour mill has manufactured a hell-on-earth yarn claiming that Qualcomm has not given up wanting to buy Intel, it is just waiting for the US election results.

AI code developers work longer hours and don’t produce better code
Still think Copilot helps them
Code developers using Copilot work longer hours and produce less quality code despite thinking that AI helps.

Three new enhanced Xboxes out
New 6 nm chips, and reduced energy consumption
Software king of the world, Microsoft, has launched three new Xbox consoles: the special edition 2 TB Xbox Series X, the disk-less white 1 TB Xbox Series X, and the 1 TB Xbox Series S.

Nvidia wants to employ 50,000 Workers
100 million AI Assistants
The leather-coated balloon waiting to burst, Nvidia's Jensen Huang wants his company to have 50,000 employees with 100 million, AI assistants.

India surrenders to Musk and Amazon colonialism
Easier than fighting
India seems to have forgotten its history with the British East India Company and is giving its satellite spectrum without a fundraising auction.