Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra impressions: A groundbreaking camera with a 100x zoom lens February 12, 2020 Cameras have long been the battleground on which top phones have proven themselves. Just look at how the advertising has evolved over the years: televisions and billboards are now plastered with video and photographs shot on Apple, Google and Samsung phones. The physical devices themselves? Almost an afterthought by comparison. Where manufacturers once fought to [...]
Coronavirus hits production at Nissan’s Japanese plants February 10, 2020 Nissan has announced that it will temporarily halt production at one of its factories in Japan due to the outbreak of the coronavirus. The decision will affect the Kyushu facility in southwest Japan and has been taken due to difficulties sourcing parts from China. This comes as the global automotive industry is facing a slowdown [...]
Ericsson pulls out of MWC 2020 over coronavirus fears February 7, 2020 Ericsson has decided to pull out of the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2020 in Barcelona due to the risk posed by the coronavirus outbreak. It is a huge blow for the largest telecoms trade show of the year with one of the biggest exhibitors pulling out just two weeks before it was due to begin. [...]
Apple hits back at EU over ‘wasteful’ universal charger proposal January 23, 2020 Apple has today lashed out at an EU bid to make the tech firm ditch its Lightning charger, alleging the proposed rules would “create an unprecedented amount of waste”. Politicians in the European Parliament last week pushed forward calls for a universal charger for all mobile devices, amending a draft law to rule that all [...]
Amazon breaks $200bn mark as world’s most valuable brand January 22, 2020 Online retail titan Amazon has defended its position as the world’s most valuable brand for a third year in a row, with the firm becoming the first to break the $200bn (£153bn) mark. Jeff Bezos’ company is worth $220.8bn in total, over $60bn more than second-placed Google, which is worth $159.7bn, according to the annual [...]
Our way, not the Huawei — for the sake of national security January 22, 2020 Boris Johnson might have been forgiven for thinking that the biggest dilemma he inherited from Theresa May would be how to resolve Brexit. But a second straggler from the May era has reared its head to disrupt the post-election serenity. How the Prime Minister chooses to deal with it may have long-term effects as important [...]
Mobile shopping startup Rezolve shuns security fears with planned Huawei tie-up January 20, 2020 Mobile shopping firm Rezolve is set to bag a bumper deal with Huawei to embed its technology into the controversial Chinese tech giant’s phones. The new capability is expected to be available from March, when Rezolve will reveal further tie-ups with retailers, restaurants and media partners. The technology allows consumers to make purchases by using [...]
Chipmaker revenue slips amid global oversupply and smartphone slowdown January 14, 2020 Global semiconductor firms suffered a decline in revenue last year as a huge oversupply in the market and a slowdown in smartphone sales took their toll. Semiconductor revenue totalled $418.3bn (£322bn) in 2019, down almost 12 per cent on the previous year, according to figures from research firm Gartner. This was driven by a huge [...]
The best (and weirdest) new gadgets from CES 2020 January 9, 2020 As difficult as it is to believe, 2019 has actually ended, slinking out of time’s backdoor like a scolded cat and into the history books under a chapter titled ‘Bloopers and Outtakes’. Of course, the annual changing of the calendar guards heralds many things – reflection, resolution, vegan steak bakes – but it’s also a [...]
Samsung chairman jailed over union-busting activities December 17, 2019 The board chairman of Samsung Electronics has been jailed for 18 months after sabotaging union activities. Lee Sang-hoon was sentenced by a South Korean court today after violating the country’s labour law alongside 25 other defendants. Samsung executives had used tactics such as closing sub-contracted firms with active unions, prosecutors said. Read more: Watchdog steps [...]