Microsoft working on its own metaverse
Will probably fail, and be copied by Apple, where it will be a huge success
Software King of the World Microsoft is working on its own version of the Metaverse which will feature such evolutionary things like Powerpoint and Excel.
Nintendo slashes Switch production
Chip shortage
Nintendo can only produce about 24 million units of its popular Switch game console in the fiscal year through March, 20 percent below the original plan.
Apple slashes iPad production by half
Claims it is due to global chip supply crunch
Apple has slashed production of iPad tablets and the Tame Apple Press claims that it is cannibalising components for the iPhone 13.
iPhones will start reporting car accidents
What could possibly go wrong
From next year, iPhone users who are in a car accident could have their phone dial 911 automatically.
Daft US telcos are ripping out Huawei and ZTE gear
And replacing it with something more expensive thanks to the tax payer
US telcos are having to rip out perfectly good Chinese networking gear and replace it with something more expensive and patriotic.
Apple OS update breaks older machines
You must buy a new one
Fruity cargo cult Apple’s new Monterey operating system has the added feature of turning older machines into iBricks so users will have to buy something a bit newer.
All source code is vulnerable to old bidis
University of Cambridge boffins urge panic
Virtually all compilers are vulnerable to an insidious attack in which an adversary can introduce targeted vulnerabilities into any software without being detected.
Boffins produce super storage
Music and porn collection will last longer than 13.8 billion years
Researchers from the University of Southampton "have developed a fast and energy-efficient laser-writing method for producing high-density nanostructures in silica glass.
Amazon plans to deliver prototype broadband satellites
Since there is no one in space it will leave them with a neighbouring galaxy
Amazon plans to launch its first prototype broadband satellites in Q4 2022, which would be nearly four years after SpaceX launched its first prototype Starlink satellites.
Apple explains to world why third-party payment options are bad
Expects to get the Epic Games case thrown out
Fruity cargo cult Apple outlined its objections to allowing app developers to link to third-party payment options ahead of a hearing next month that could determine whether a set of antitrust court orders is put on pause.