Category: Technology

iPhone 12 manufacturing is already suffering from shortages of essential components, and Apple is struggling to produce enough units to meet high seasonal demand. Pegatron may have shot itself in the foot with poor oversight over its labor practices as Apple is already looking at alternatives.Apple recently stopped placing orders with Pegatron — one of […]

While Nintendo’s baby is by far the most popular, there are more handheld game consoles out there than the Switch. Over in China, one particularly interesting example that’s just gone up for pre-order is the Aya Neo Founder Edition—a portable gaming machine powered by an AMD Ryzen 5 4500U APU (Renoir).Aya was originally set to […]

Huawei is well-known for its budget Honor brand of smartphones, but the company is reportedly set to sell the unit to a Chinese-based consortium led by distributor Digital China and the local Shenzhen government for $15.2 billion.Citing “people with knowledge of the matter,” Reuters reports that the all-cash sale will cover all Honor assets, including […]

Remember Vertu, the maker of ridiculous luxury phones that cost up to $50,000? It folded back in 2017, but a new firm with many of its former employees has risen from its ashes—Xor—and its first handset will sell for around $3,942.As reported by Engadget, Xor, which is pronounced “eggsor,” was co-founded by Hutch Hutchison, Vertu’s […]

The EU has announced an agreement to make the international sale of surveillance technology more transparent. These new rules create a framework for democratic countries in the EU, and an example to countries worldwide, to perform their due diligence regarding the humanitarian effects of their exported technology.The European Union announced today that surveillance technology used […]

Apple’s big Mac announcement event is set to take place in just a few short hours, but we have some interesting (and slightly disappointing) news to chew on until then. According to a new report, though Apple’s new Silicon-based Macs will technically be able to run any iOS app, some major developers are opting out […]

While it may not be the most familiar name to tech enthusiasts, Taiwan-based chip company MediaTek is a growing member of the global tech marketplace. The company currently powers a significant portion of the lower-cost Android-based smartphones in China and other developing markets around the world. It is also the primary provider for computing engines […]