
Iphone 8 loses a quarter of its value in a few hours
Assuming you thought it had a value in the first place
Existing iPhone’s will lose up to a quarter of their value over the next 24 hours.

France and Germany working out how to tax big tech
France suggests a sunset clause
The European Union is working out a way to tax big tech and thinks that an agreement could still be found by the end of the year.

Apple purges unsafe phone home apps
We thought that was the point of the App store?
Fruity cargo cult Apple is finally getting around to checking its app store for privacy stealing software.

Apple partly surrenders to the man
Sets up access system
Fruity cargo cult Apple appears to have partly surrendered on fighting US coppers over its right to protect criminals and terrorists.

Qualcomm's Snapdragon 855 benchmark shows up
A significant step forward in Geekbench 4
The press usually relies too much on benchmarks but they at least tell you that a subject A is better or worse than subject B. The recently posted GeekBench of Snapdragon 855 shows that the new 7nm SoC from Qualcomm scores much better than its predecessor.

Apple confirms its big event for September 12th
New iPhones incoming
Apple has now officially sent out invites for its "Special Event" which will be held in the Steve Jobs Theater in Cupertino on September 12th.

Apple buys AR glasses maker
Artificial innovation
Fruity cargo-cult Apple has acquired a startup focused on making lenses for augmented reality glasses.

Japan orders carriers to be more reasonable
Government could slice Apple's bottom line
Apple’s domination of the Japanse market could be about to take a knee to the groin after the Japanese government ordered carriers to slash their charges and stop bundling the cost of smartphones with wireless services.

EU outlaws planned obsolescence
Products must be fixable
In a move which will have Apple clutching its bottom line in fear, the EU has decided to outlaw planned obsolescence and insist that all products must be fixable.

Apple store cleared after iPad explodes
Copying Samsung again
One of Apple’s cathedrals of delight in Amsterdam had to be cleared of the faithful after an iPad started to copy Samsung and exploded.