Apple pushes to delay court ruling forcing its hand on app store payments October 9, 2021 Apple is calling for a US judge to pause an order which would change app store rules as it appeals the latest judgement in an ongoing antitrust case. The Tech giant has been embroiled in a globe-spanning set of legal disputes with Epic Games, the creators of Fortnite, after it kicked the company off the [...]
Nick Clegg says Facebook is ‘pleased’ with historic tax deal, even if it means paying more October 9, 2021 Nick Clegg, Facebook’s vice president for global affairs, said today the social media giant welcomes the corporate tax agreement that 140 countries around the world agreed this week. “We are pleased to see an emerging international consensus,” Clegg said in a statement sent to City A.M. this afternoon. Under the agreement, countries would enact a [...]
Elon Musk to move Tesla HQ from Silicon Valley to Texas October 8, 2021 Elon Musk has announced that Tesla is moving its headquarters from California’s Silicon Valley to Austin, Texas after 18 years in the Golden State. The move comes after Musk butted heads with Californian politicians earlier this year when he branded lockdown restrictions “fascist” after his factories were forced to close. While Silicon Valley is considered [...]
Apple plays it safe with the new 9th generation iPad October 7, 2021 I remember clearly the release of the first iPad back in 2010. Coming just three years after Apple had reinvented the mobile phone, the iPad seemed to create an entirely new product category. While there had been tablets before it, they lacked that sprinkle of Apple magic that drove the iPad into millions of homes, [...]
UK not under consideration by Intel for chip factory October 7, 2021 Intel boss has said the chipmaker is not considering UK anymore for setting up its factories because of Brexit. The island nation was clearly an option for setting up of chip building units, but post-Brexit the idea was dropped in favour of Europe, Pat Gelsinger said. “Post-Brexit… we’re looking at EU countries and getting support [...]
‘Historic achievement’ as world’s first malaria jab approved by WHO October 6, 2021 The widespread rollout of the RTS,S malaria vaccine has been approved by the World Health Organisation (WHO), in what Glaxo Smith Kline (GSK) chief executive Dr Seth Berkley called “a historic achievement.” The vaccine will be rolled out across much of Africa and will be vital in the ongoing fight against malaria, which kills more [...]
UK scientist David WC MacMillan wins Nobel Prize in chemistry October 6, 2021 Scottish scientist David MacMillan was awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry this afternoon. Professor MacMillan, of Princeton University in the US, wins the prize jointly with German scientist Benjamin List. MacMillan and Professor List, of Germany’s Max Planck Institute, were given the prize for developing a new way of building molecules, according to the Royal [...]
Elektron fired up over orders October 6, 2021 Components manufacturer Elektron said yesterday that its order books going into the second half were 5 per cent ahead of last year. The firm, which makes switches and indicator lights for household appliances such as coffee machines and laser printers, reported an operating profit of £1.02m in the six months to 31 July up 5 [...]
Elon Musk blasts chipmakers over ‘problematic’ supply October 6, 2021 Elon Musk has fired a broadside at two of the world’s largest chip manufacturers, accusing them of hampering production of Tesla’s electric cars. The boisterous billionaire said Tesla was “operating under extreme supply chain limitations regarding certain ‘standard’ automotive chips”. He singled out Renesas and Bosch as the “most problematic by far”. Car manufacturers have [...]
Mark Zuckerberg loses $6bn in Facebook selloff spree following global outage October 5, 2021 Mark Zuckerberg has lost $6bn in a Facebook selloff spree that followed in the wake of a massive server outage yesterday, as well as accusations against the social media giant in relation to children’s interests through its flagship product Instagram. Zuckerberg came down a notch on the richest man’s list as Facebook’s stocks plummeted 4.9 [...]