TSMC finally starts making Apple chips in the US
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Thursday, 19 September 2024 09:48

TSMC finally starts making Apple chips in the US


At least a small bag

TSMC has reportedly started producing some of the fruity cargo cult Apple's iPhone chips in its Arizona foundry.

Snapchat claims to own your mug
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Thursday, 19 September 2024 09:36

Snapchat claims to own your mug


It is nice someone wants this old thing

Social notworking outfit Snapchat claims that it has the right to use its customer's faces in advertisements unless they say they can't.

Qualcomm might find safety with Samsung
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Wednesday, 18 September 2024 11:40

Qualcomm might find safety with Samsung


We don't need no Apple

While the Tame Apple Press has rushed to write Qualcomm off as Jobs’ Mob prepares to end its long-term contract with the outfit, there might be a bright future with the fruity cargo cult’s rival.

Chinese boffins build new laser-based immersion lithography machine
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Touted as “break through”

The cocaine nose jobs of the Shanghai Stock Market seem to have gotten a little ahead of their selves over news that Chinese boffins had had a break through in creating chips.

Ellison and Musk took Huang to dinner
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Wednesday, 18 September 2024 11:13

Ellison and Musk took Huang to dinner


Please give us more chips, and take our money.

The IT gossip circle is all abuzz that Oracle’s Larry Ellison and Elon [look at me] Musk have been seen in swanky restaurants wining and dining Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang.

TCL quantum dot TVs may not have had quantum dots
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Wednesday, 18 September 2024 10:45

TCL quantum dot TVs may not have had quantum dots


It is not as if users would have noticed

Watchdogs are snuffling around the telly maker TCL after it was claimed that three TCL TVs marketed as quantum dot TVs had a few too little quantum dots.

Google starts identifying AI fakes
Published in AI
Wednesday, 18 September 2024 09:52

Google starts identifying AI fakes


Fed up with them crowding out real images

Online search outfit Google will begin labelling AI-generated and AI-edited image search results in the coming months.

Israelis make hundreds of Hezbollah pagers explode
Published in Mobiles
Wednesday, 18 September 2024 09:51

Israelis make hundreds of Hezbollah pagers explode


Killing nine including an 8-year-old girl

Israeli hackers carried out an attack on pagers used by hundreds of members of Hezbollah causing them to explode almost simultaneously in Lebanon and Syria.

Apple pauses iPadOS 18 for M4 iPad Pro rollout
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Wednesday, 18 September 2024 09:28

Apple pauses iPadOS 18 for M4 iPad Pro rollout


Comes with a brick-expensive device feature

Fruity cargo cult Apple has slammed the brakes on the release of its iPadOS 18 for M4 iPad Pro models because it includes a feature that turns the device into an expensive brick.

Apple jacks up the price of battery replacements
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Give us all your money

Fruity cargo cult Apple has jacked up the price of its out-of-warranty battery replacement fee for iPhone 16 Pro models.