Apple faces criminal referral over App Store contempt
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Judge torches Apple for “willful” defiance, refers case to prosecutors

The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple has been torched by a federal judge for openly ignoring a 2021 court order on App Store payments and could now be staring down the barrel of a criminal contempt probe.

Apple admits AI reboot running late
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Friday, 02 May 2025 09:23

Apple admits AI reboot running late


Tim Cook reckons the “personal Siri” only half-baked

The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple’s much-hyped “Apple Intelligence” revamp of Siri is struggling to remember its lines, with company boss Tim Cook telling the cocaine nose jobs of Wall Street that it is still nowhere near ready for showtime.

TSMC chickens out of high-NA EUV for A14
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Tuesday, 29 April 2025 10:59

TSMC chickens out of high-NA EUV for A14


Bets on old-school lithography to dodge soaring costs

TSMC, once the trendy pioneer of bleeding-edge chipmaking, is now pulling a handbrake turn on high-NA EUV adoption.

Qualcomm fast-tracks Snapdragon 8 Elite 2 to ambush Apple
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5GHz mobile spoiler alert

The Snapdragon 8 Elite 2 looks set to gatecrash the iPhone 17’s launch with a reveal as early as September.

Apple iPad diverts an aircraft
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Monday, 28 April 2025 10:53

Apple iPad diverts an aircraft


Because it is just so well made

A Lufthansa Airbus A380 flying from Los Angeles to Munich had to make an unscheduled landing in Boston after a passenger jammed their precious Apple iPad into a business class seat, setting off alarm bells about lithium-ion fires at cruising altitude.

Apple flees China, eyes India for US iPhone assembly
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Tariffs push Job’s Mob to double down on Indian production

The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple is scrambling to shift all US-bound iPhone assembly to India by 2026, as US tariff tantrums make China too hot to handle.

PC and smartphone growth hits the skids
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Thursday, 24 April 2025 09:53

PC and smartphone growth hits the skids


UBS and Gartner slash forecasts

Beancounters at UBS and Gartner have added up some numbers and divided by their shoe size and reduced their PC and smartphone market forecasts, citing “mounting pressures from trade tariffs and broader macroeconomic uncertainties” that will hammer consumer demand through 2026.

EU slaps Apple and Meta with landmark DMA fines
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Trump screams extortion

The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple has been handed a €500 million ($570 million) slap by EU regulators, with Facebook flogger Meta coughing up €200 million, in the first real show of teeth under the bloc’s Digital Markets Act.

Job’s Mob nudged for selling smoke as substance
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You can't say something is intelligent when it isn't 

The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple has quietly walked back its “available now” claim about its Apple Intelligence features after the National Advertising Division gave it a sharp nudge for being a bit too enthusiastic with the truth.

iPhone flops again in China as Xiaomi eats Job’s Mob’s lunch
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Seventh straight quarter of decline as punters pick cheaper gear

The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple is finding out the hard way that what goes up must come down—especially in China. Its shiny iPhones are still losing traction, with shipments dropping nine per cent in the first quarter of 2025.