Nintendo denies the existence of a Nintendo Switch Pro
Rumours are untrue
Nintendo has denied a rumour that it is about to put out a Switch Pro.
Big Tech’s fake climate shame
Apple, Amazon, Microsoft and Disney back groups opposed to climate change
While their customers believe that they are as green as Greta Thunberg, Apple, Amazon, Microsoft and Disney, are backing business groups that are fighting climate legislation.
White House wants a 30 country ransomware conference
Address the threat of ransomware
The White House will convene a 30 country meeting this month to try to ramp up global efforts to address the threat of ransomware to economic and national security.
Big Tech teams up to take on elected governments
Get off of our cloud
Some of the world's largest tech giants — Amazon, Google, Microsoft, IBM, Salesforce/Slack, Atlassian, SAP, and Cisco — have joined forces to establish the Trusted Cloud Principles which they want the world’s governments to accept.
Apple Pay with Visa has huge security hole
No authentication needed
Researchers have demonstrated that someone could use a stolen, unlocked iPhone to pay for thousands of dollars of goods or services, no authentication needed.
Supremes chuck out Oracle's appeal
Has to pay HPE
The Supreme Court of California has thrown out Oracle's appeal against a decision to award $3 billion damages to HPE in a case which dates back a decade and relates to Big Red's commitment to develop on Itanium hardware.
Blue Origin "is not a good place to work"
They really don’t care about the planet
A former communications executive at Blue Origin and 20 other current and former employees have written a nasty essay about the company's culture, citing safety concerns, sexist attitudes, and a lack of commitment to the planet's future.
Fairphone 4 is out
Very ethical
The next generation of Fairphone has been announced.
Intel releases Loihi to boffins
Neuromorphic brain-based computer and that is the long and tall of it
Intel released the newest iteration of its neuromorphic hardware, called Loihi which means “long” or “tall” in Hawaiian.
Apple snubs blind people
It is not as if they can see how beautiful the product is
Fruity cargo cult Apple has changed some functions on Siri which were relied on by blind people, which make the phone pretty much useless to them.