Apple blocking Microsoft's Xbox store attempts
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Vole backs Epic in its scrap with the Fruity Cargo Cult

The software king of the world Microsoft has complained to a court that the fruity cargo cult Apple has been doing its best to stop it launching an Xbox-branded mobile game store.

Apple’s foldable fantasy crushed by Huawei and Amazon
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Tame Apple Press celebrates a ghost product while rivals deliver the goods

The Tame Apple Press has breathlessly hyped up a foldable device from Jobs’ Mob, promising an innovation that would once again change everything. Except there is no product, no launch, and no clarity on whether it is an iPad or a MacBook. The only thing Apple seems to have delivered is confusion and delay.

Xiaomi flexes silicon muscles with XRing chip
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China’s phone makers race to dump Qualcomm

Xiaomi is sharpening its knives for Qualcomm and MediaTek with its own in-house silicon, the XRing 01, and if leaks are anything to go by, it might just have the grunt to pull it off.

Job’s Mob’s AI ambitions strangled by China deal backlash
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Beijing data woes and Alibaba tie-up give Washington conniptions

The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple might want to shove Apple Intelligence into every iPhone it sells, but doing that in China could turn into a diplomatic landmine.

Google increases Android's anti-theft walls
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Factory Reset Protection gets some teeth

Google is giving Android’s Factory Reset Protection (FRP) a badly needed kick up the backside, promising to make stolen phones even more useless than before by spotting setup wizard dodges and forcing a second reset until ownership is nailed down.