
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.

Apple pulls huge number of apps from China
Can't risk offence to our Chinese masters
The fruity cargo cult Apple is so terrified of upsetting the Chinese government that it has pulled more than 25,000 apps from its store.

ARM aims to put fear of god into Intel
Claims it's ahead of the curve with 7 and 5nm
CPU design firm ARM has shown off its roadmap for the next two years with the hope that it will inspire terror inside Intel and attract renewed interest from laptop vendors.

Huawei beating Apple
Second biggest smartphone seller
The fruity cargo cult Apple is no longer the second biggest smartphone maker having been beaten by China’s Huawei.