UK to force tech firms to disclose device security plans amid cyber fears April 21, 2021 Tech firms could be forced to tell customers how long their products will be guaranteed to receive security updates under draft new laws outlined today. Manufacturers including Apple, Samsung and Google would have to make upfront disclosures for smart devices such as phones, speakers, fridges and doorbells. The plans form part of efforts to beef [...]
Ford to further cut car production due to global semiconductor chip shortage April 14, 2021 Ford to further cut car production due to global semiconductor chip shortage
LG exits smartphone market after steady losses April 6, 2021 Korean electronics company LG will leave the smartphone market in July after it failed to match growing competition from China. Once the third-largest mobile phone manufacturer in the world in 2013, LG struggled with the transition to touchscreen smartphones which made its exit inevitable. Despite arriving early to the smartphone party, introducing a touchscreen device [...]
A New Domaine – An Interview With Michael Baum March 27, 2021 After the IPO of his billion-dollar ‘unicorn’, Splunk, Michael Baum spent two years working on the investor side, for Silicon Valley venture capital firms. But he found it all a bit repetitive. “Every entrepreneur who walked through the door said: ‘I want you to help me create the next Splunk.’ But I thought, I’ve already [...]
What’s causing the current global shortage of semiconductor chips? March 25, 2021 The modern world runs on semiconductors; everything from mobile phones to washing machines depends on these tiny microchips. But few industries are so totally dependent on these microprocessors as the automotive sector, as has been proved time and again over the last couple of months. Since the shortage was first flagged at the beginning of [...]
Intel to splash out $20bn on factories in new chipmaking push March 24, 2021 Intel has unveiled plans to spend $20bn (£14.6bn) on two new semiconductor factories as part of a radical turnaround plan aimed at restoring the company’s chipmaking prowess. Under a multi-year strategy outlined by new chief executive Pat Gelsinger, Intel will build two new plants in Arizona. It will also start outsourcing to other manufacturers and [...]
Brits could receive £480m payout in Qualcomm smartphone legal case February 25, 2021 Roughly 29m Brits could be entitled to a £480m payout if a landmark legal claim against US chipmaker Qualcomm is successful. Consumer group Which is suing Qualcomm over claims it breached UK competition law by taking advantage of its dominance in the patent-licensing and chipset market. The lawsuit alleges that this enabled the chipmaker to [...]
Slave to the algo: facial recognition and fraud in a Covid-19 world February 19, 2021 “There will come a time when it isn’t, ‘they’re spying on me through my phone’ anymore. Eventually, it will be, ‘my phone is spying on me’.” American author, Philip K. Dick, warned us about the rapid advancement of technology. Incredibly, this warning was given long before his death in 1982, when mobile phones were the [...]
What’s causing the current global shortage of semiconductor chips? February 18, 2021 The modern world runs on semiconductors; everything from mobile phones to washing machines depends on these tiny microchips. But few industries are so totally dependent on these microprocessors as the automotive sector, as has been proved time and again over the last couple of months. One by one, a roll-call of the world’s biggest carmakers [...]
Nokia growth knocked by losing part of Verizon 5G contract February 4, 2021 Growth at Nokia has been impacted by the firm losing part of the Verizon 5G contract in the United States to Samsung. Nokia’s new CEO Pekka Lundmark said in October that Nokia would do “whatever it takes” to take the lead in 5G. While both Nokia and its Nordic rival Ericsson have been gaining 5G customers [...]