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
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.
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
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.
Apple prepares to gouge iPhone buyers
Cook does not want to blame tariffs
The Fruity Cargo Cult, Apple is plotting price hikes for its autumn iPhone 17 lineup while pretending tariffs have nothing to do with it.
