Month: April 2025
European chip production
The EU Chips Act is unlikely to achieve its objective. The package of measures was actually intended to attract international chip contract manufacturers and motivate domestic manufacturers to expand. The declared goal: European chips should account for around 20 percent of global sales of semiconductors by 2030.Forecast of how many chips will be produced where
Chinese Carmakers Battling To Build Autonomous Driving Aid
Intelligent driving features are the new battleground in China’s merciless car market, with competition spurring brands to world-leading advances but a recent fatal crash has seen the government intervene to put the brakes on runaway enthusiasm. Automakers are pouring investment into their development, especially in the world’s biggest car market China, which skews young and
Google updates coming to the Android ecosystem at an upcoming virtual event
Android is being relegated to a side show at Google’s annual developer conference, Google I/O, next month. The decision to move the Android portion of Google I/O to its own separate event ahead of the start of I/O suggests this year’s developer conference could be even more AI-heavy than usual. Still, moving a bulk of
The newly discovered iOS flaw
An app developer and security researcher discovered an iOS vulnerability that could have allowed threat actors to remotely sabotage and brick the best iPhones using only a single line of code.A Darwin notification is a low-level interprocess communication mechanism within iOS and doesn’t require any special privileges to send or receive. It also doesn’t verify
Meta Lay Offs
Meta is laying off over 100 employees from its Reality Labs division, which focuses on VR, AR, and wearable hardware, an unnamed source recently revealed. Meta has confirmed that layoffs have taken place, but refused to elaborate or provide details on exactly how many employees had been affected.The layoff has primarily impacted Reality Labs employees
Russia’s dangerous nuclear weapons program on Space
A dangerous Russian satellite which US officials suspect is linked to a nuclear anti-satellite weapons program is “spinning uncontrollably” in space. Secretive Cosmos 2553, which was set off by Russia ahead of the Ukraine invasion in 2022, is thought now to be no longer operational. It is seen as a precursor to a weapon capable
Instagram Edits
Instagram Edits, Meta’s newly released video creation app, had a bigger debut than its direct competitor, As of Thursday, Edits had grown to 1.2 million iOS downloads and 5.9 million downloads on Android, for a total of 7.1 million. By comparison, CapCut was downloaded only 83.5K times in its first three days on iOS and
Use of Apple @ Work: iOS 18.4 and macOS Sequoia 15.4 to manage Apple devices
Apple recently rolled out iOS 18.4 and macOS Sequoia 15.4, with several updates that matter to IT teams managing Apple devices in the enterprise. Most of the changes are focused on device management capabilities and tightening up behavior around managed settings, but let’s dive in.With iOS 81.4, IT admins can now use their device management
Australian Radio used AI as a host for six months
An Australian radio station is facing backlash after using an AI-generated host for the last six months without disclosing it.Thy’s true identity only emerged after Sydney-based writer Stephanie Coombes questioned whether Thy was a real person. Audio analysis of voice clips revealed that the host sounded identical when saying the words “old school” across different
Tariffs, Inflation, and Recession Fears Could Be a Tailwind for Walmart
Walmart is primarily known as a brick-and-mortar powerhouse — offering consumers a variety of goods across apparel, consumer electronics, produce, home remedies, and much more. While that might not sound too different from stores like Target or CVS, Walmart’s main value proposition is its attractive prices. Cost-conscious shoppers tend to gravitate toward stores such as