Partial payment from a disputed licensee

Qualcomm Technologies Licensing (QTL) has announced that a licensee in dispute with the company decided to pay it $500 million, something that heavily reflected on the QTL financial results for fiscal Q3 2018. This number goes on top of a good fiscal Q3 2018 where the company beat previous estimates.  

Apple Security not just a problem for software

The Apple T2 chip, that enables things like secure boot, better-encrypted storage, and "Hey Siri" support may be causing issues in MacBook Pro and iMac Pro computers.

Comment: It does the same sort of thing

The European Commission had solid antitrust reasons for fining Google $5 billion for violations including the bundling of certain apps with the Android operating system, but from a consumer's point of view it should also be gunning for Jobs’ Mob.

It seems to have better developers

While the fruity cargo cult Apple's software developers have difficulty making software which can handle daylight saving and moving time zones, Microsoft is looking at introducing leap-seconds to its operating system.

High powered chip is a complete waste of cash

The Tame Apple Press has been singing the praises of Apple’s latest 15-inch MacBook Pro refresh with the Core i9-8950HK six-core processor crammed inside, but what Apple fanboys are not being told is that the chip gets so hot that it has to be throttled.

And it will not reduce its prices

After Apple failed to make a significant dent in China, it looked to the more populous India to make up the cash. However there are indications that all is not well in the ancient land.

 
Which rivals sell for $3,134.94

Fruity cargo cult Apple is continuing its policy of making its users pay double for technology which can be found elsewhere without the "superior" programming of Apple's iOS.

Would have bought Chinese self-driving car industry to a halt

An Apple employee has been arrested for trying to single handledly bring the Chinese self-driving car industry to a halt, by selling Jobs' Mob technology.

Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo expects Apple hardware to enter the 21st century 

The fruity cargo cult Apple appears to have heard the snark over it never updating its hardware products and is apparently working on updates across its entire product line for the second half of 2018.

Japanse worried about Apple's sales methods

Japanese regulators are investigating if Apple may have breached antitrust rules by forcing mobile service providers to sell its iPhones cheaply and charge higher monthly fees, denying Apple Fanboys a fair choice.