Space race
Published in Network
24 January 2024

Space race


Tech giants splash cash on satellite firm that promises to connect your phone anywhere

AT&T, Google and Vodafone have forked out a whopping $206.5 million on AST SpaceMobile, a company that claims it can hook up your mobile phone to the internet from space. 

Job's Mob downgrades car expectations
Published in Transportation


Apple's doomed attempt to make a vehicle is still vapourware

Apple, the company that brought you the iPhone, the iPad and the iMac, has been trying to make a car for over a decade. But it seems that the tech giant has bitten off more than it can chew, as its car project is facing yet another setback.

Alaska Air finds more Boeings have missing bolts
Published in Transportation


Boeing gets the masking tape out

Alaska Air Group has discovered loose nuts on "many" of its Boeing 737 Max 9 planes after a panel flew off one of its jets earlier this month, the carrier's top dog said in a chat with NBC.

TSMC rushing to get smaller
Published in News


New 1nm chip factory to beat Intel and Samsung

TSMC has just made the chip race a bit more exciting as the company has become the world's first foundry to prepare for 1nm production.

Tsar Putin’s special operation on Microsoft
Published in News


Hackers sneak into Microsoft's email system

Microsoft's corporate email system was hacked by Tsar Vladimir Putin’s spies who got into the accounts of senior company bigwigs.

Broadcom’s VMware takeover proving messy
Published in News


Only seems interested in the top companies

Broadcom’s post-VMware takeover moves to shift to new product bundles and billing models while sacking hundreds of staff is not going down as well as expected.

Apple’s over-priced largely useless Vision Pro is selling
Published in IoT


The standards of the world have slipped even lower

Apple flogs 180,000 Vision Pro headsets to gullible fans who don't mind paying $3,499 for a largely useless glorified toy.

Security expert fined for exposing e-commerce firm's blunder
Published in News


Blunder leaked 700,000 customer records, but let's not talk about that 

A German security whiz has been slapped with a $3,300 fine for finding and reporting a gaping hole in an e-commerce firm's database, spilling almost 700,000 customer records.

Tech boss killed in horror plunge at India bash
Published in News


Stunt goes wrong

Sanjay Shah, the boss and founder of software firm Vistex, lost his life on Jan. 18 after a shocking accident at a company do in India. He was 56.

Apple’s entertainment philosophy starting to be noticed
Published in News


Hollywood Movers and shakers are starting to be miffed

Fruity cargo cult Apple’s traditional approach to its business does not sit well with the entertainment industry, which has signed up to make shows for its streaming channel.