Apple’s iPhone factory still a labour horror show
Published in Mobiles


Foxconn accused of dodgy contracts, wage delays and discrimination

The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple is once again facing awkward questions about the way its prized iPhones are churned out in China by its besties Foxconn.

EA close to $50bn buyout deal
Published in Gaming


Sharks circle the games giant

Electronic Arts could be yanked off the stock market in a $50 billion deal that would make it one of the largest leveraged buyouts in history.

Intel to hike Raptor Lake prices as AI PCs stall
Published in News


Older Intel CPUs could see more than 10 per cent rises

Gamers still buying Raptor Lake might be in for a nasty surprise, with Troubled Chipzilla reportedly set to lift prices on its 13th-gen parts by more than 10 per cent.

YMTC eyes DRAM and homegrown HBM
Published in PC Hardware


State-backed NAND maker looks to ease the memory crunch

China’s NAND champ YMTC is barging into DRAM to build its own high-bandwidth memory and unclog a shortage throttling domestic AI rollouts.

Intel waves Arrow Lake charts at gamers
Published in Gaming


Latest slides take aim at Ryzen 9000 

Troubled Chipzilla has lined up its Arrow Lake desktop CPUs against AMD’s Ryzen 9000 and declared game on, complete with bar charts and brave talk.