Maker of CAT and Motorola Defy phones cracks under financial pressure

The British company Bullitt, responsible for manufacturing rugged phones under Caterpillar (CAT) and Motorola Defy brands, failed to restructure financially and had to fold. Former employees posted on LinkedIn the company is unable to service its debt, and everyone is currently looking for new jobs. According to WinFuture, the plans for Bullitt were to hand […]

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Superconductivity slips through the cracks, as South Korean stocks plummet amidst doubt

What you need to know The University of Maryland’s Condensed Matter Theory Center challenged findings cited by Korean scientists highlighting LK-99 as a compound that could be used as a superconductor. Sentiments shared by the US based institution negatively impacted superconductor-themed stocks. The institution indicated that LK-99 is a “highly resistive poor quality material” and […]

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OnePlus 11 doesn’t snap in half in bend test, even though its rear glass cracks

Last year, both the OnePlus 10 Pro and the OnePlus 10T managed to crack and snap in half when subjected to the now-classic JerryRigEverything bend test. There’s a smallish number of devices that have ever failed that test, and having two of them do it in a year isn’t a great ad for the brand’s […]

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Apple Cracks Down on Websites Sharing iOS 16 Developer Beta

Two websites that provided download links for pre-release Apple software like iOS 16, iPadOS 16, macOS Ventura, and tvOS 16 have shut down in recent weeks, including BetaProfiles.com and IPSW.dev. Both websites are no longer accessible. In a tweet, BetaProfiles.com said it shut down to avoid a “legal battle with Apple,” but it’s not clear […]

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China cracks down on Microsoft Bing with fresh suspension

Source: Daniel Rubino / Windows Central Bing persists in China, despite the difficulties foreign search engines have maintaining themselves in the country. And as a reward for its persistence, the engine is now getting smacked with a suspension order. Specifically, its auto-suggest function earned its seven-day punishment from an unnamed Chinese government agency (via Reuters). […]

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China cracks down on Microsoft Bing

Source: Daniel Rubino / Windows Central Bing persists in China, despite the difficulties foreign search engines have maintaining themselves in the country. And as a reward for its persistence, the engine is now getting smacked with a suspension order. Specifically, its auto-suggest function earned its seven-day punishment from an unnamed Chinese government agency (via Reuters). […]

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