Facebook might have to pay lots to get the Meta name
What’s the meta you? Hey gotta no respect?
Facebook forgot to check if anyone owned the trademark before declaring that it was changing its name “meta”.
Either do what we tell you or user security will suffer
Apple warns the EU
Apple software boss Craig Ferengi Federighi took the stage at the Web Summit in Lisbon to push Apple’s line that reducing its monopoly powers over its app store would result in less security for EU users.
Big Tech needs to work with regulators better
Microsoft says they need to solve problems rather than create them
Software king of the world and former evil empire Microsoft has called on its fellow dark knights in the industry to stop putting profits over concerns about privacy and monopolies.
Levono reports 65 percent rise in Q2 profits
Chip shortages expected to go on
China's Lenovo said that a global chip shortage would persist into the first half of next year as it reported a 65 percent rise in second-quarter profit.
PC demand starting to drop
Still higher than pre pandemic
Although PCs are still selling at a greater volume than before the COVID-19 pandemic, demand is starting to drop.
Intel stretched the truth in its AMD comparison
Fancy that
The US tech press which loves telling positive stories about everyone appears to be somewhat shocked that Intel might have not being telling the full truth when it compared its Core i9-12900K and Ryzen 9 5950X.
US blacklists NSO
Israeli spyware outfit is officially an entity
The United States added the Israeli spyware company NSO Group to its "entity list," a federal blacklist prohibiting the company from receiving some American technologies, after deciding the company's phone-hacking tools had been used by foreign governments to "maliciously target government officials, journalists, businesspeople, activists, academics, and embassy workers.
Google wants to get back to killing people
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.
ARM boss warns of Christmas chip crisis
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.
Business email platforms misused, shokka
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.