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Apple gives iPhone ten years to live
Published in Mobiles
Thursday, 08 May 2025 11:21

Apple gives iPhone ten years to live


Will be replaced by tech that Apple can’t do

Fruity Cargo Cult Apple's senior vice president of services, Eddy Cue, warned that the iPhone could be obsolete in a decade and will be replaced by something that Jobs’ Mob is light years behind its competition.

Job’s Mob pokes Google's cash cow
Published in News
Thursday, 08 May 2025 09:15

Job’s Mob pokes Google's cash cow


Cue hints at AI alternatives

The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple rattled the cocaine nose jobs of Wall Street after its services boss Eddy Cue told a US court the company might kick Google out of Safari's search box.

Amazon ditches Android for its Linux-based Vega OS
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Retail giant wants to go it alone in the tech world

Amazon is taking a huge swing at the tech world by dumping Android and rolling out its own Linux-based Vega OS. The retail giant reckons it can reshape how millions use Fire TV devices and other hardware.

OpenAI eyes Chrome if regulators gut Google
Published in News
Wednesday, 23 April 2025 09:48

OpenAI eyes Chrome if regulators gut Google


All roads lead to Chrome

ChatGPT wouldn’t mind getting its paws on Chrome, if the courts end up prying it from Google’s iron grip.

Google rolls out Ironwood AI chip
Published in AI
Friday, 18 April 2025 10:27

Google rolls out Ironwood AI chip


TPU muscles into inference turf with 9,216 chip clusters

Google is forging ahead with Ironwood—a new AI chip gunning for Nvidia’s crown.

Google’s ad racket faces federal hammering
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Judge calls monopoly move illegal

A federal judge has torn into Google’s ad tech stranglehold, ruling the company illegally built monopoly power that let it hike prices and pocket fat margins on web advertising.

Google adds stealth reboot feature to Android phones
Published in Mobiles


Locks down user data

Android phones are about to get a stealthy security upgrade to Google Play Services (version 25.14) which introduces an “auto-restart” feature that locks devices after three days of inactivity, effectively shielding sensitive data.

Google Cloud dives deeper into AMD
Published in Cloud
Friday, 11 April 2025 11:39

Google Cloud dives deeper into AMD


Zen 5 power lands in C4D and H4D machines for HPC and AI

Google Cloud has thrown its lot further in with AMD, unveiling C4D and H4D virtual machines packed with 5th Gen EPYC silicon aimed at boosting performance across cloud workloads.

Italy’s Piracy Shield headed for national disaster
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From absurd copyright overkill to outright national security risk

Italy’s Piracy Shield is already a digital farce — now it’s teetering on the edge of becoming a full-blown national disaster. 

Google wants to zap power through your phone’s face
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Worked out a new way to charge your phone

 A newly published US patent from Google details a novel yet clever plan to embed a wireless charging coil beneath the smartphone’s display, enabling devices to function as both receivers and power donors.