Qualcomm rubs Apple’s nose in modem flop
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Study shows Jobs' Mob's C1 chip loses the 5G race in crowded cities

Qualcomm is taking a well-aimed swipe at one of its biggest ex-customers, revealing that its modem chips trounced the Fruity Cargo Cult Apple’s homemade alternative in a real-world 5G smackdown.

Virgin Media O2's leaky network exposed millions
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Regulators looking into major privacy howler

Virgin Media O2 has managed to bungle mobile security so badly that anyone with one of its SIM cards could track other users to the nearest mast for nearly two years.

TCL Flip 4 5G shows that touchscreens didn’t save the world
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Tactile buttons and retro cool bite Job’s Mob where it hurts

The TCL Flip 4 5G is proof that touchscreens didn’t cure cancer, no matter how much Job’s Mob tried to convince the world otherwise. The so-called revolution of endless swipes and all-glass phones has started to wobble, and in strolls the humble flip phone with a smug little click.

Trump threatens Job’s Mob with 25 per cent iPhone tariff
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iPhones made outside US could get slapped with a massive tax

President Donald Trump is kicking off another round of his trade war antics, and this time the Fruity Cargo Cult Apple is in the firing line. On 23 May 2025, Trump warned Apple boss Tim Cook that unless iPhones are made in the US, they’ll be hit with a 25 per cent tariff.

Apple blocking Microsoft's Xbox store attempts
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Vole backs Epic in its scrap with the Fruity Cargo Cult

The software king of the world Microsoft has complained to a court that the fruity cargo cult Apple has been doing its best to stop it launching an Xbox-branded mobile game store.