40 years ago IBM was amongst the best companies to work for, and they genuinely cared for their employees. These days, you'd need to be nuts to consider working for IBM, where employees are considered a necessary evil and the company continually looks for ways to screw its employees and pay them as little as possible (unless you're an executive).
Posts by Mark Exclamation
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IBM to scrap 401(k) matching, offer something else instead
Nokia to erase up to 14,000 employees from payroll
Qualcomm to shed over 1,000 staff in California, plus some Brits, starting in December
"Yet Qualcomm recently found a rumored £180 million ($220m) to sponsor British soccer team Manchester United for three years, with the Snapdragon CPU brand to be featured on team shirts." That's great market targeting; I can just see all the Man. U fans going home and saying "I really must go out and buy a Qualcomm Snapdragon CPU, wonder if I can get one from Currys".
Musk, Yaccarino contradict each other on status of X's election integrity team
Re: Well...
Nice try. The problem with social media is that it is full of opinions that contradict established fact, and the mindless morons choose to believe the opinions over said facts. The "influencers" are nothing more than idiots but are gaining a huge amount of, yeah, influence. This is where society is heading, and it is a very dark place.
Pot calls the kettle hack as China claims Uncle Sam did digital sneak peek first
International Criminal Court hit in cyber-attack amid Russia war crimes probe
Apple pairs well with profits, not repair shops
Apple aren't the only ones
Many years ago, I had a Sony Vaio laptop which needed a new HDD (just) out of manufacturer's warranty but within extended (3rd party) warranty. Repair was performed by a non-Sony shop, but they had to send the whole thing to Sony for them to pair the HDD with the laptop. Added weeks to the repair.
The Anti Defamation League is Musk's latest excuse for Twitter's tanking ad revenue
Foxconn founder Terry Gou to run for Taiwan's presidency
Netflix offers up to $900,000 for AI product manager while actors strike for protection
AMD mulls new chip manufacturing partners amid supply chain jitters
Social media is too much for most of us to handle
China succeeds where Elon Musk has failed with first methalox rocket
Recipient of Europe's largest ever seed round doesn't even have a product
Scientists claim >99 percent identification rate of ChatGPT content
Nexperia left off subsidies list as Germany chips away at Chinese connection
Insurers can't use 'act of war' excuse to avoid Merck's $1.4B NotPetya payout
I have mixed feelings about this outcome; on the one hand I want the insurance companies to pay out from their fat wallets and huge profits, but on the other hand, if a company has shit IT security and hasn't funded it sufficiently, they don't deserve a payout, and should be made to suffer financially.
China sought control of submarine cables to spy, says Micronesia
60% of Germany's 5G network is Huawei, says Chinese embassy
Foxconn expands Vietnam factories, perhaps to help Apple diversify beyond China
NASA Geotail spacecraft's 30-year mission ends after last data recorder fails
This startup reckons its chiplet interconnect tech can best Intel, TSMC
SAP struggles to exit Russia after sale of support unit stalled
Health insurer's infosec incident diagnosis goes from 'take a chill pill' to emergency ward
This hero probe will smash into an asteroid to see if we can deflect future killer rocks
Twilio more than decimates staff, CEO says it grew too fast
Snap to lay off one in five employees as losses mount
China may be the future for Mercedes-Benz
Broadcom takeover deal for VMware faces no rival bids
China says it has photographed all of Mars from orbit
China is trolling rare-earth miners online and the Pentagon isn't happy
Intel withholds Ohio fab ceremony over US chip subsidies inaction
NASA wants nuclear reactor on the Moon by 2030
Chinese drone-maker DJI suspends ops in Russia, Ukraine
Judge dismisses Microsoft's challenges: ValueLicensing case to proceed in Britain
Taiwan cracks down on China spying on tech firms
"Taiwan's Parliament, the Executive Yuan, yesterday revealed draft amendments to national security laws aimed at deterring and punishing Chinese economic espionage efforts......."
Yeah, that'll stop them (not). China doesn't give two-hoots about any laws that aren't Chinese laws, and will continue to ignore them.
Tax inspectors raid Huawei offices
UK starts to ponder how Huawei ban would work
AMD, Xilinx complete world's biggest semiconductor merger thanks to stock boom
US grounds investors in Chinese drone maker DJI over 'Xinjiang human rights abuses'
It's primed and full of fuel, the James Webb Space Telescope is ready to be packed up prior to launch
Leaked footage shows British F-35B falling off HMS Queen Elizabeth and pilot's death-defying ejection
Wind turbine maker Vestas confirms recent security incident was ransomware
US bans Chinese firms – including one linked to HPE’s China JV – for feeding tech to Beijing's military
China trying to export its Great Firewall and governance model
China Telecom booted out of USA as Feds worry it could disrupt or spy on local networks
Re: Meanwhile.....
Exactly this ^^^^^^^^.
It's time we played the same way as China does: no purchasing of Western companies, land, or indeed anything. When we can purchase Chinese assets without conditions, then maybe we can reconsider. We've let the Chinese purchase Volvo, MG, Fisher and Paykel to name only three of our best companies. Together, they have many decades of R&D, which is now in the hands of the Chinese for what amounts to crumbs.
One-size-fits-all chargers? What a great idea! Of course Apple would hate it
"Today's announcement also means that chargers would no longer be sold with gadgets and gizmos."
I don't suppose the retail cost of the devices "sans charger" will be reduced by the retail cost of the charger that used to be included? Didn't think so.
(I specify "retail cost" because the "actual cost" is around 20 cents per charger).