Philips slashes sales
Published in News
18 October 2021

Philips slashes sales


Global supply chain issues

Dutch health technology company Philips cut its outlook for sales and profit growth this year and said the global supply chain problems that added to its growing list of worries in the third quarter would likely intensify.

Foxconn releases three electric car prototypes
Published in Transportation


Keen to drive away from Apple dependence 

Foxconn unveiled its first three electric vehicle prototypes, which are being seen as part of its ambitious plans to diversify away from its role of building consumer electronics for Apple.

Boeing 737 boss arrested
Published in Transportation


Pleads not guilty to lying over safety issues

Mark Forkner, Boeing’s 737 Max chief technical pilot during the aircraft’s development, has been charged with misleading aviation regulators about safety issues blamed for two fatal crashes of the 737 Max.

Moon will get its own internet
Published in Network


Expect more lunatics online

Before humanity gets its act together and goes to the Moon in 2024, NASA will have built an internet system to ensure astronauts have a good connection.

Facebook admits that AI can’t stop hate speech
Published in AI


One in every 2000 posts still contain it


Social notworking site Facebook’s Guy Rosen, who has the unfortunate title of head of integrity, admitted that one in every 2,000 content views on Facebook still contained hate speech from April to June of this year.

Apple fires another woman who alleged harassment
Published in Mobiles


Claimed she had deleted material on her computer


An Apple employee who led fellow workers in publicly sharing instances of harassment and discrimination has been fired.

Republicans want US without Honor
Published in News

Marco Rubio claims honor is a threat to US security

Republican US senators led by Marco Rubio called on the Biden administration to blacklist Honor, a former unit of embattled Chinese telecoms giant Huawei, claiming, without any evidence that the firm was a threat to national security.

Commodore 65 finally might be released
Published in PC Hardware


30 years late

The follow on from the fabled Commodore 64, the fabled Commodore 65, might finally be released, 30 years after it was cancelled.

Microsoft suffers LinkedIn mental breakdown in China
Published in News


Regulators got us in the pooh 

PutativeSoftware King of the World,  Microsoft, has decided to shut down LinkedIn in the country as the regulators are getting on its tits.

Palm coming back from the dead
Published in News


Seems the old brands are the best

Palm recently posted some teasers on Twitter foreshadowing a new gadget coming out later this month.