Courting the US military again

Three years after an employee revolt forced Google to abandon work on a Pentagon programme that used artificial intelligence, the company is aggressively pursuing a major contract to provide its technology to the military.

You have all been on Santa's naughty list

ARM boss Simon Segars warned that Christmas shoppers who have not already bought all their devices may not get them in time.

Mostly used for personal emails

Most workers are using business emails platforms for personal affairs, potentially putting the company at a significantly higher risk of data breaches and other cybersecurity-related incidents.

Claims its prophets saved its profits

Chip designer Advanced Micro Devices has been able to skirt most of the problems linked with the global chip supply shortage by forecasting demand years in advance.

Seems everyone wants to be US free

Chinese technology giant Tencent said it is making progress in semiconductor chip development and investment.

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.

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.

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.

What could possibly go wrong

From next year, iPhone users who are in a car accident could have their phone dial 911 automatically.

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.