FCC broadband panel chair arrested in $250 million fraud case
FCC boss Ajit Pai appears to have built his own swamp
The former chair of a panel organised by FCC boss Ajit Pai to advise the agency on broadband matters has been arrested for alleged fraud. Elizabeth Ann Pierce, the former CEO of Quintillion Networks, was appointed by Pai last April to chair the committee.
Apple won’t do 5G in 2019
Not an early adopter
Apple is known for not being an early adopter when it comes to new wireless standards. According to people close to the matter, Apple 2019 iPhone won’t have 5G capability. Intel might even be ready with its 5G PC solution.
Apple's Siri starts telling jokes
It is as terrible as you would expect
Fruity cargo cult Apple has decided that no one will notice how bad its out of date AI Sir is if they allow her to start telling jokes.
Apple starts pulling support for 32 bit apps
Backwards compatiblity is for proper computers
Apple has begun warning its users that their favourite 32-bit apps will soon not work on MacOS.
Israel investigates Apple over battery antics
Failure to disclose is not kosher
Israel’s consumer protection bureau is investigating the fruity cargo cult Apple over a failure to disclose to consumers that its software could slow performance in some iPhones.
Apple forced to pay troll
VirnetX dispute enters the eighth year
An eight year court battle between Apple and a patent troll has entered its eighth year with a federal court in Texas ordering Apple to pay $502.6 million to a patent troll called VirnetX.
Apple unlikely to dump Intel by 2020
It is probably just an attempt to get a price reduction
Last week the Tame Apple Press was reporting how Apple was going to dump Intel and use its flavour of ARM chips in its MacOS computers.
Apple kills iPhone 8 functions after servicing
Punishing users who dared not to use its servicing team
The outfit which claims it cares for its users more than Facebook, Apple, has been killing off touch functionality in iPhone 8s for those who dared to use an outside person to fix their broken screens.
2013 Mac Pro won't be updated until next year
Commitment to being cutting edge
Apple’s determination to be at the cutting edge of computing has been highlighted by its commitment to keep its Mac Pro up-to-date.
Apple update bricks screens
Apple's genius programmers strike again
After their success at writing clock code which could not adjust itself for daylight savings time, we wondered how the genius team of programmers at Apple would continue to provide us with so much mirth. Apparently, they have done so with the latest macOS 10.13.4 update.