Fox investing shedloads in blockchain
Published in News
Friday, 05 November 2021 11:48

Fox investing shedloads in blockchain


We are surprised they know what it is

The telly company which provides news to those without opposable thumbs, Fox, says it plans to double down on its investments in blockchain technology by introducing more NFTs (non-fungible tokens) and digital collectibles for its shows and franchises in the coming months.

Red Hat will hire less senior engineers
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Friday, 05 November 2021 11:47

Red Hat will hire less senior engineers


Need to save a bit of cash

IBM's Red Hat plans to cut back on hiring senior engineers in an effort aimed largely at controlling costs.

Facebook might have to pay lots to get the Meta name
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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
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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
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Thursday, 04 November 2021 13:08

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
Published in PC Hardware
Thursday, 04 November 2021 13:07

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
Published in PC Hardware
Thursday, 04 November 2021 13:05

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
Published in PC Hardware
Thursday, 04 November 2021 13:03

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
Published in Mobiles
Thursday, 04 November 2021 13:00

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
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Thursday, 04 November 2021 12:58

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.