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Apple takes steps for criminal fanboys
Published in Mobiles
Thursday, 10 May 2018 12:01

Apple takes steps for criminal fanboys


Feature blocks the phone if not used for seven days

The iOS 11.4 update, currently being beta tested, includes a USB Restricted Mode that introduces a week-long expiration date on access to the Lightning port on your iOS devices if your phone hasn't been unlocked, which has implications for law enforcement tools like the GrayKey box.

Qualcomm allowed to quiz Apple's Eddy Cue and Chief Executive Tim Cook
Published in Mobiles


Could prove crucial

A court has allowed Qualcomm to depose Apple services chief Eddy Cue in addition to Chief Executive Tim Cook as part of its case against the fruity cargo cult

Apple stinging customers on battery repairs
Published in Mobiles


You think we made these profits by being good to customers?

BBC’s flagship consumer show Watchdog has blasted Apple for refusing to cheaply replace iPhone batteries without conducting additional, costly, repairs first.

Apple makes money even as iPhone dies
Published in Mobiles
Wednesday, 02 May 2018 11:20

Apple makes money even as iPhone dies


Never mind inovation look at my wad

You would think that with its iPhone cash cow dying and it being unable to make a decent PC any more, Apple would be struggling. But according to its latest results it is still doing quite well.

Wall Street wants Apple to do something about its cash pile
Published in Mobiles


As iPhone and iCloud stalls

The cocaine nose jobs of Wall Street are starting to get a bit miffed that Apple has not come up with any new products and its existing iPhone and iCloud products are stalling.

Foxconn and Apple will take water from Lake Michigan
Published in News


2.7 million gallons of the water will disappear


Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources granted permission to Taiwanese tech manufacturer Foxconn, best known for assembling Apple's iPhones, to siphon off seven million gallons of water per day from Lake Michigan.

Top three AIs are pretty stupid
Published in AI
Monday, 30 April 2018 10:37

Top three AIs are pretty stupid


Google is brighter, Siri is as intelligent as plankton 


A new report has named Google as the cleverest AI but warns all three of the leading machines are pretty pants and disappointing.

Apple can't dump Qualcomm
Published in Mobiles
Friday, 27 April 2018 11:44

Apple can't dump Qualcomm


Intel is not ready to fill the gap

Fruity cargo cult Apple, which has been refusing to pay what it owes Qualcomm because it is asking too much might have no choice, according to a new report.

Apple’s MacBook Pro bricked by poor design
Published in PC Hardware


Dust never sleeps

The fruity cargo cult Apple is having problems with users of the MacBook Pro. Apparently, after spending a fortune on a MacBook Pro, users are under the mistaken view that they get what they pay for, and not something that is so poorly designed that a single piece of dust can brick the shiny toy.

Apple pulls back on booby trapped OS
Published in Mobiles
Thursday, 26 April 2018 09:22

Apple pulls back on booby trapped OS


I find your lack of faith disturbing 

Fruity cargo-cult Apple has retreated on a change in its iOS operating system which effectively bricked third-party screen repairs to make it appear as if they were less effective than those of its overpriced in-house repairs.