May juggle two Dimensity 9600 variants

MediaTek’s lone flagship Dimensity 9600 for 2026 is shaping up to be a costly beast as the Taiwanese fabless outfit wrestles with soaring 2nm wafer prices and rumours of switching to a dual-chipset strategy.

Taiwan giant turns to local partners as packaging crunch bites

TSMC is stuffed to the rafters with CoWoS orders, and the AI industry is sweating over it, although the company seems to have a cunning plan.

Local brands push switcher apps to poach Job’s Mob users

Chinese phonemakers are pushing hard to lure punters from the Fruity Cargo Cult Apple as the outfit struggles to roll out its AI features in the world’s biggest smartphone arena.

A growing pack of rivals eyes the crown

One company has sat on the AI chip throne for a decade, but the ground beneath Nvidia is starting to shift.

With a flagship surprise

Apple appears to be gearing up for an early-2026 addition to its iPhone lineup, with a new iPhone 17e quietly taking shape in the supply chain.

iPhone shipments slump

Samsung has surged ahead of the Fruity Cargo Cult Apple in 2025 smartphone shipments, clawing back ground after years of being squeezed by Cupertino and a swarm of Chinese rivals.

It turns out it could not compete after all

The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple is watching its App Store wheeze along after losing about half its growth momentum since July. 

New Delhi shelves its app mandate

India has bolted in fright from Apple's response to its demands that it cram a government app onto every handset.

Creative people flee Apple

Meta has headhunted one of the Fruity Cargo Cult Apple’s top design bods, leaving Job’s Mob noticeably short as the social media giant ramps up efforts to flog wearable devices powered by artificial intelligence.

Cupertino insists it is above everyone else’s regulations.

The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple is refusing to play ball with New Delhi’s latest phone mandate, behaving as if the country's rules do not apply to its holy hardware.