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India’s competition regulator orders investigation of Apple’s App Store policies

By Maria Deutscher Dec 31, 2021

India’s competition regulator today ordered an investigation into Apple Inc.’s App Store policies, which have drawn mounting antitrust scrutiny in recent years. The Competition Commission of India reportedly decided to launch the probe after…

Emerging Tech

Startup seeks to make energy-hogging air conditioners obsolete

By Paul Gillin Dec 31, 2021

A small clean-technology startup is aiming to rid the world of the growing climatic impact of air conditioning with a new approach that it claims can reduce peak energy demand by more than 80%…

Infra

Samsung’s next mobile processor will feature AMD’s RDNA 2 chip architecture

By Maria Deutscher Dec 31, 2021

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. has revealed that the next iteration of its flagship mobile chip will use Advanced Micro Devices Inc.’s RDNA 2 graphics processing unit architecture. The South Korean electronics giant disclosed its…

NEWS

Vice Society hacks Norwegian newspaper, takes credit for Spar attack

By Duncan Riley Dec 30, 2021

The Vice Society ransomware gang has claimed responsibility for an attack on a U.K. Spar wholesaler earlier this month and is being linked to an attack on a Norwegian newspaper this week. The first…

Emerging Tech

Tesla issues recall notice over faulty trunk latches and rear-view cameras

By Duncan Riley Dec 30, 2021

Shares of Tesla Inc. dropped today after the company issued a voluntary recall for hundreds of thousands of defective vehicles. The recall affects 356,309 2017-220 Model 3s and 110,009 2014-2021 Model S vehicles. The…

Apps

Substandard living conditions prompt shutdown of iPhone plant in India

By Duncan Riley Dec 30, 2021

An iPhone manufacturing plant in India run by Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. Ltd., better known as Foxconn, has been temporarily shut down following complaints of substandard living and working conditions. The workers at…

Infra

AMD says acquisition of Xilinx will now close in first quarter of 2022

By Mike Wheatley Dec 30, 2021

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. said today its proposed $35 billion all-stock deal to acquire its industry peer Xilinx Inc. is now expected to close in the first quarter of 2022, having missed its target…

Blockchain

Apple and Google asked to remove ‘Play to Earn’ games in South Korea

By Duncan Riley Dec 30, 2021

The South Korean government has asked Apple Inc. and Google LLC to remove “Play to Earn” games from their respective stores and to block the release of new ones. So-called “P2E” gaming involves players…

Apps

Google halts buggy Pixel 6 and Pro 6 phone software updates

By Mike Wheatley Dec 30, 2021

Google LLC said today it’s putting the brakes on a December software update for its new Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro phones amid widespread reports of dropped calls. The update for the Pixel…

Apps

Samsung says it has quadrupled foldable device sales in 2021

By Maria Deutscher Dec 30, 2021

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. disclosed on Wednesday that it has sold four times as many foldable devices this year as in 2020. The momentum of Samsung’s foldable device business is a potentially encouraging sign…

Year: 2021

India’s competition regulator orders investigation of Apple’s App Store policies

Startup seeks to make energy-hogging air conditioners obsolete

Samsung’s next mobile processor will feature AMD’s RDNA 2 chip architecture

Vice Society hacks Norwegian newspaper, takes credit for Spar attack

Tesla issues recall notice over faulty trunk latches and rear-view cameras

Substandard living conditions prompt shutdown of iPhone plant in India

AMD says acquisition of Xilinx will now close in first quarter of 2022

Apple and Google asked to remove ‘Play to Earn’ games in South Korea

Google halts buggy Pixel 6 and Pro 6 phone software updates

Samsung says it has quadrupled foldable device sales in 2021

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