Applied Materials boss says US chip incentives barely register
Shrugs at Washington’s pricey patriotism push
Despite a flood of government cash designed to drag chipmaking back to the US, one of the industry's key suppliers seems distinctly unimpressed.
Apple faces mass exodus due to lack of tech savvy
More than 30 per cent of users eye Samsung and Google foldables
The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple might want to look away from the latest SellCell survey, which suggests nearly a third of its faithful are thinking of jumping ship.
Samsung’s $2K foldable gets flaky again
Galaxy Z Fold 7 joins its predecessor in the paint-peeling party
Samsung’s fancy Galaxy Z Fold 7 has started showing signs of cosmetic decay, with users moaning that the paint is flaking off their near-$2,000 foldables.
Microsoft-backed brainiacs crack record fibre speeds
Hollow-core cable could mean faster clouds and greener networks
A group of networking boffins bankrolled by Microsoft have emerged from their smoke filled lab claiming that they’ve broken a major speed and latency barrier with a new hollow-core fibre design.
ITU says it’ll cost up to $2.8 trillion to get everyone online
Connecting the unconnected now five times more than predicted
The International Telecommunication Union, the UN’s tech arm, says hooking up the world to the Internet by 2030 will cost $2.6-$2.8 trillion, before anyone logs on.