US insists that it does not want to stop Chinese growth
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We just want to make sure our companies rule the world

The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken made the bizarre claim that all the sanctions his country had put on Chinese firms were not to stop that country from growing economically.

MSI Claw gets big performance boost thanks to BIOS and driver update
Published in Gaming


Up to 150 percent boost

MSI had a rough time peddling the Intel-based Claw gaming handheld console mostly due to a high price and lackluster performance compared to similar AMD-based handheld consoles, but now it might get a chance with a recent 25 percent price cut and big performance BIOS and driver update, which boosted performance up to 150 percent.

Apple fanboys start whinging as Vision Pro costs them
Published in AI


You can’t even off-load them on eBay

Apple fanboys are talking about how depressed the failure of the Vision Pro has made them feel.

Samsung’s foldable phone empire folds
Published in Mobiles


Falling sales in China

Samsung’s foldable phone sales have tanked in the face of competition from Chinese rivals.

Apple given six months to sort out iPadOS
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Must follow the same rules as everyone else

Fruity cargo cult Apple his being corralled by the EU's Digital Markets Act (DMA) to bring its iPadOS into line.

Tsar Putin purges Wackypedia
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Replaces it with something more to his taste

Russian Tsar Vladamir Putin has expelled the fake penis experts and phoney doctorate editors of Wackypedia from Russia insisting that if anyone is going to make anyone disappear and decide who is notable, it will be him.

South Korean military wants to ban iPhones
Published in Mobiles


Will not allow us to turn off the microphone

The Tame Apple Press has gotten its knickers in a twist after the South Korean government has decided to ban iPhones in the military over security concerns.

Apple hack was used against more than believed
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Polish government used it against hundreds

Despite Apple’s claim that a handful of Apple users were hacked using the Pegasus spyware, the problem appears to have been considerably greater.

US trying to stop Chinese using RISC-V
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Will have to use US company tech instead

The US government is working out a way to prevent Chinese companies from developing RISC-V technology.

AMD's Strix spectacular
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Slim Laptops to pack Zen 5 power

The spec sheets for AMD's forthcoming APU ranges, Strix Point and Strix Halo, have been leaked, and they're shaping up to be rather smashing.