Articles by Ben Lovejoy

The British government says that the UK digital services tax (DST) has raised £360M ($430M) in its first year, and that 90% of it came from five tech giants, known to include Apple.
The tax of 2% of gross revenue earned in the UK was designed to partl…

Violent clashes between iPhone workers and police have been seen in video footage from Foxconn’s primary iPhone assembly plant in Zhengzhou, China. You can see the video clips below.
Workers say that promised bonuses (referred to in local reports as “…

Apple cloud gaming and mobile browser policies are again under investigation in the UK, following a public consultation on the topics.
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) had already investigated both issues, and found Apple and Google guilty …

Since Musk’s takeover, Twitter news has been… interesting. But there does look to be some good news today, as the company aims to begin replacing engineers and set itself some new goals …
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The post Twitter news is good for a change: Now hiring;…

Elon Musk’s Twitter is continuing to generate concern and entertainment in roughly equal measure.
With the majority of the site’s engineers having resigned or been fired, former employees had warned that it was only a matter of time before systems sta…

iOS privacy concerns were raised last week when security researchers appeared to demonstrate that iPhones send the same analytics data to Apple whether you grant or decline permission.
The same researchers have now demonstrated that Apple can – despit…

Update: TSMC has now confirmed the earlier report; Reuters reports a statement by the company’s founder, added at the bottom of the piece.

It’s looking increasingly likely that some future Apple chips will be made in the US, following a new report ab…

A leaker with a decent track record has reported that the iPhone 15 design will feature a titanium casing, and may have a rounded back, rather than the squared edge of the current models.
This might give next year’s iPhone lineup a similar profile to …

#RIPTwitter, #TwitterDown, and #GoodByeTwitter are among the trending hashtags on the social media platform, as the world watches the latest developments in the slow-motion car crash.
Two developments in particular are leading to an acceleration in fe…

The action cam market is a pretty competitive one, with GoPro the undisputed leader – but the Insta360 Go 2 brings an interesting new take to the market. Apple is clearly a fan of the company, as the Go 2 is the sixth Insta360 camera to be sold in the…