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TSMC 2nm price hike might push Qualcomm and Mediatek to Samsung
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Intel off the table for now

Chipmaking behemoth TSMC has decided that its next shiny thing, the 2-nanometre wafer, will cost about 50 per cent more than the current 3-nanometre kit, and its biggest customers are not amused.

Apple’s cosies up to China again despite promises to Trump
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Cook promises more cash for Beijing while pretending to love American manufacturing

Apple's CEO Tim Cook has once again pledged to pump more money into China, promising Beijing’s industry minister Li Lecheng that Job’s Mob will keep investing in the Middle Kingdom.

Blighty workers still think hackers only target the big fish
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Cohesity Research shows small firms remain sitting ducks 

A third of UK workers reckon hackers only go after big corporations and that small businesses are beneath their notice.

Apple about to lose grip over TSMC
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Fruity cargo cult’s chip clout under threat

The fruity cargo cult Apple may be about to lose its long-held grip over TSMC as Nvidia muscles in with a deluge of orders for high-performance computing parts and AI kit.

Software engineering standards have plummeted
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Engineer slams normalised bloat and forgotten basics

Engineer Denis Stetskov has called time on what he sees as an era of software rot, pointing out that the fruity cargo cult Apple managed to ship a calculator app that leaks 32GB of RAM and no one gave a toss.