Tag: Foxconn
Tech Digest daily roundup: Citroën to launch sub £25,000 electric C3
Citroën will pitch itself headlong into the affordable EV market this October with a battery version of its revised C3 range, costing “below €25,000” in France and hitting the UK […]
Tech Digest daily roundup: Half of female gamers suffer abuse while playing
One in 10 women feel suicidal because of the abuse they face while gaming. New research for Sky Broadband shows that of 4,000 female gamers surveyed 49% have faced abuse […]
Tech Digest daily roundup: Mercedes to offer subscription for faster EV
Mercedes-Benz is to offer an online subscription service in the US to make its electric cars speed up quicker. For an annual cost of $1,200 (£991) excluding tax, the […]
Tech Digest daily roundup: Police seize iSpoof phone scam website
The Met police have smashed a global online fraud shop selling tools that allowed criminals to carry out phone scams on hundreds of thousands of unsuspecting victims. Detectives disabled the […]
Tech Digest daily roundup: iPhone maker invests in Tesla Cybertruck challenger
Foxconn, which makes iPhones for Apple, says it is deepening its investment in a US electric pick-up truck firm, which could challenge Tesla’s Cybertruck. The technology giant is spending up […]
Apple admits Foxconn factory used too many temporary workers
Too many temporary workers were used at a Foxconn factory in China where iPhones are built, Apple has admitted, in response to a report by a campaign group. Apple is […]
Foxconn replacing workers with robots
Key Apple electronics manufacturer Foxconn are said to be replacing parts of their workforce with robots. The Taiwanese plant will be putting robots onto the assembly line to automate the manufacture of gadgets such as the iPhone, iPad and iPod,…
iPhone 5 shortages caused by Sharp touchscreen display delays
It's already toting up record sales figures, hitting 5 million handsets sold in its first weekend on sale alone and smashing previous records by a whopping million sales, but Apple's iPhone 5 could have sold even more were it not…
iPhone 5 sales reach 5 million over launch weekend, but shortages loom
Five million iPhone 5 handsets have been sold during the smartphone's opening weekend of sales, smashing the 4 million opening weekend sales record set by its predecessor the iPhone 4S. So popular is the iPhone 5 that Apple are now…
Giant Foxconn fisticuffs halts production, iPhone 5 delays a possibility
A mass brawl has erupted at the Foxconn manufacturing plant in China, involving roughly a whopping 2,000 workers and causing injuries to 40 people. Foxconn state that Sunday night saw a "personal dispute" quickly escalate out of all proportion at…
