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World To Make 1.37 Billion Smartphones In 2021 Says IDC – About One For Every Six Humans

Apple's growth outpaces Android's, and 5G shipments are surging despite hefty prices 1.37 billion smartphones will ship... Read more

Cloudflare Says Intel Is Not Inside Its Next-gen Servers – Ice Lake Melted Its Energy Budget

64-core AMD Epycs win again as upgrade delivers performance boost without slurping more 'leccy Internet-grooming compan... Read more

CEO Secrets: 'I Was Making Money, But Had No Money'

Honey boss Scott Davies says cash flow problems meant though he was profitable he "had no money". Read more

Google Delays Back-to-office Recall Until At Least 2022

Chocolate Factory says never-ending pandemic threw spanner in October plan Google has delayed recalling its staff to th... Read more

Gartner Predicts Surge In Government IT Spending In Post-pandemic Catch-up

'Unprecedented public demand' as dear leaders heave services for world+dog online Gartner is forecasting that governmen... Read more

Rumors Of Satellite-comms-capable IPhone Abound. The Truth Could Be Rather Boring

Meanwhile, Amazon gripes about SpaceX's constellation plans It's claimed Apple’s upcoming iPhone 13 can use satellite... Read more

Children Of China, Your State-sanctioned Hour Of Gaming Begins … Now!

Beijing limits kids to three hours a week, suggests they use it to play Chess, Go or coding China has introduced regula... Read more

Can Apps Move The #MeToo Movement Forward?

Reporting sexual harassment at work is getting easier thanks to new technologies. Read more

China Welcomed Its Billionth Netizen In The First Half Of 2021

297M are rural, 983M use instant messaging, 469M order food online, and they average 26.9 hours online every week More ... Read more

Japan's Huge Army Of Under-employed Ex-housewives

Why women are still battling for better jobs in the world's third largest economy. Read more

Covid: Report Finds Big Rises In Garden Furniture Prices

Consumer group Which? says one retailer raised the price of a shed by 155% during the past two years. Read more

Hire UK Workers To Drive Lorries, Minister Tells Firms

The business secretary rejects calls to relax immigration rules as companies struggle to fill vacancies. Read more

Et Tu, Samsung? Electronics Giant Accused Of Quietly Switching SSD Components

Squirrely semiconductor swaps make performance difficult to predict Samsung has altered the parts used to make its 970 ... Read more

Shein: China Fashion Giant Investigates 'false' Anti-Uyghur Job Ads

Shein said it did not fund or approve adverts that suggested some ethnic minorities need not apply. Read more

Dell, HP Talk Of Backlogs And Shortages As Big PC-makers Turn In Their Numbers

Dell's results were upbeat, HP's flat, but investors still worried over supply chain HP Inc and Dell both raised concer... Read more