Samsung hit by blackout
Semiconductor production grinds to a halt for three days
Samsung Electronics partly halted some semiconductor production at its Hwaseong chip complex in South Korea after about a minute-long blackout.
Top technology cock-ups of 2019
You bet that Apple is there
Every year some technology ends up causing more problems than it cures or just turns out to be total pants. We usually consider Apple the front runner for providing over-priced technology that no one ever needs or just messing up something simple. However this year it had a competition which was so stiff it would have made Priapus (pictured) proud or rather prouder.
Samsung chairman jailed for union busting
From the days when he was just an accountant.
Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Sang-hoon yesterday was sentenced to 18 months in prison, following a South Korean court ruling that he violated labour laws with union-busting activities.
AMD went to Samsung for RX 5500 XT Navi 14 GPU
A way to get enough GPUs to partners
According to our sources, AMD might have tapped Samsung for the Navi 14 GPU that is powering the recently launched Radeon RX 5500 XT graphics card.
Samsung finds a million to buy $2000 foldable phone
Expect more next year
Samsung Electronic’s President Young Sohn claims that his outfit had flogged a million foldable Galaxy Fold smartphones.
South Korea jails three Samsung executives
Accounting fraud
A South Korean court jailed three executives of Samsung Electronics for their role in a plot that included burying computers under factory floors at its biotech affiliate.
Netflix stops working on older tellies
You might need to buy a new one
Netflix is about to stop working on older Samsung or Vizio smart TVs or Roku streaming players.
Samsung plans to outsource to China
Observers worried about the risks
Samsung has announced that it plans to outsource a fifth of its smartphone production to China next year, but the move has not been greeted with the enthusiasm it expected.
Google buys Fitbit for $2.1 billion
Will take on Apple and Samsung
Google has written a $2.1 billion cheque to buy exercise outfit Fitbit as part of a cunning plan to take on Apple and Samsung in the crowded market for fitness trackers and smartwatches.
Samsung has record smartphone profit
Best mobile business profit in six quarters
Strong sales of the Galaxy Note 10 smartphone helped Samsung report its best mobile business profit in six quarters in the three months ended in September.