Amazon Europe pays no tax on 51.3 billion euros of sales
Published in News


Apparently it lost 1.16 billion euros

Amazon's main European retail business reported 1.16 billion euros ($1.26 billion) of losses in 2021.

Google copies Apple's pay antics
Published in News
Tuesday, 05 April 2022 12:49

Google copies Apple's pay antics


If they can get away with it, why can't we?

Google has seen Apple prop up its App store by insisting developers use its Apple Pay systems and thought it was an excellent way to make money.

EU agree to curb Big Tech
Published in News
Friday, 25 March 2022 10:55

EU agree to curb Big Tech


Landmark laws 

Negotiators from the European Parliament and EU member states have agreed on a landmark law to curb the market dominance of United States tech giants such as Google, Meta, Amazon and Apple.

NASA worried about SpaceX's Starlink plans
Published in News
Thursday, 10 February 2022 13:47

NASA worried about SpaceX's Starlink plans


30,000 satellites is getting silly

NASA has raised concerns about SpaceX's plan to deploy about 30,000 satellites for its Starlink.

Flawed hardware is the silent security industry killer
Published in PC Hardware


Stanford University electrical engineer warns

Servers are packed with undetectable hardware flaws caused by the fact they have shrunk too much.

Big Tech should pay if its punters are scammed
Published in News
Wednesday, 02 February 2022 12:17

Big Tech should pay if its punters are scammed


UK government investigates

Big tech companies who carry scam adverts should be forced to reimburse victims, UK MPs have said.

Biden meets top tech firms
Published in News
Thursday, 13 January 2022 12:43

Biden meets top tech firms


Apparently they will help sort out Open source

The White House will meet executives from leading tech firms, including Google, Biggish Blue, Vole, Facebook, Jobs’ Mob, Oracle and Amazon.

Apple loses another chip expert
Published in PC Hardware
Thursday, 13 January 2022 12:39

Apple loses another chip expert


It just can’t keep them

While the Tame Apple Press claims that Jobs’ Mob is about to replace Intel as the world’s top chip maker, the fruity cargo cult can’t keep experienced personnel.

AMD part of Amazon’s High-Performance Computing
Published in Graphics


EC2 Hpc6a Instances for HPC Workloads

AMD’s new EPYC chips are behind Amazon’s EC2 Hpc6a Instance Optimised High-Performance Computing (HPC) product.

Google shows off car unlocking
Published in Mobiles
Thursday, 06 January 2022 13:40

Google shows off car unlocking


With your phone

Google used the annual CES technology conference to showcase upcoming deeper ties among its devices and preview support for unlocking more cars with Android phones.