Apple forced to pay staff $30 million
Docked staff for the time it took security frisk them
After nearly a decade a California federal judge has finally given the green light to Apple’s $30 million settlement in a lawsuit.
Fruity cargo cult faces staff revolt
They no longer want to go to the space ship and management is worried
Staff at the fruity cargo cult Apple no longer want to travel long distances to be indoctrinated by middle managers and are starting to make their views heard.
Russian military touting Chinese bots
Pretending to have invented them
The Russian military, desperate for good news to put on state media, has been dressing up Chinese robots and claiming to have invented them.
Intel turns flogs off more family silver
Gotta get a better return on asset value
Intel has flogged more of its family silver by turning over 5,000 patents to the intellectual property licensing group IPValue.
Two NHS hospitals lose millions over AI start-up crash
Sensyne Health delisted
Two NHS hospitals in the UK have lost nearly $18 million after an AI startup they poured cash into delisted from the AIM sharemarket.
Nvidia pricing falling fast
Apparently it is working with partners to reduce prices more
While we have been reporting how the price of Nvidia GPUs is falling for a while, it seems that the company wants the prices to drop further and is having a quiet word with its partners to make it so.
Hacker exposes revenge posters
Sh*t hits the fan
A hacker has exposed the users of revenge website Sh*tExpress and leaked the company's secure data, including customer email addresses and the messages they sent through the platform.
US bans 3nm processing technique exports on security grounds
China targeted
The United States is formally banning the export of four technologies tied to semiconductor manufacturing, calling the protection of the items "vital to national security."
Intel jumps from DirectX 9 to 12
On Xe, Arc GPUs
Intel has moved from native DX9 hardware support on its Intel's Xe integrated graphics solutions on 12th Gen CPUs and A-Series Arc Alchemist discrete GPUs to DirectX 12.
Microsoft sneaks 365 adverts into Office
Pop-ups
Software King of the World Microsoft has worked out a way to make its Office 365 product really unpopular with users by inserting pop-up advertising within Microsoft Word documents.