Ever wonder who’s bossing you around when you say, “Hey, Siri” or “Alexa, what’s the weather today?”… Behind these digital divas are real people—yes, actual humans—who’ve lent their voices to the tech we’ve come to rely on. And their stories are just as fascinating as the tech itself…
The Shaming Images That Show Where Our iPhones, Laptops and Tesla Cars Really Come From…
The very dark, dirty secret of technology…
There it is, Samsung Signal Flare, Demand Side Contraction, Inventories Too High, Request Suppliers Stall Shipments…
We have been waiting for the non-essential durable goods side of the manufacturing sector to start showing evidence of demand side contraction in consumer purchases. There have been subtle sector-by-sector indicators of consumer spending shifts for several months; however, today we get the direct evidence from Samsung…
China’s Uyghurs For Sale: ‘Re-Education’, Forced Labour and Surveillance Beyond Xinjiang…
The Chinese government has facilitated the mass transfer of Uyghur and other ethnic minority1 citizens from the far west region of Xinjiang to factories across the country. Under conditions that strongly suggest forced labour, Uyghurs are working in factories that are in the supply chains of at least 83 well-known global brands in the technology, […]
Samsung Phone Users Perturbed to Find They Can’t Delete Facebook…
Nick Winke, a photographer in the Pacific northwest, was perusing internet forums when he came across a complaint that alarmed him: On certain Samsung Electronics Co. smartphones, users aren’t allowed to delete the Facebook app. Winke bought his Samsung Galaxy S8, an Android-based device that comes with Facebook’s social network already installed, when it was […]
Samsung Phone “Bug” Secretly Sent Photos to Random Contacts…
If you own a Samsung Galaxy S9, Galaxy S9+ or the Note 8, you better be careful: Because those nudes your girlfriend sent you just might end up in the inboxes of your friends and family, too. Though hopefully this glitch will soon be fixed, as Samsung is reportedly scrambling to fix a bug in […]
Samsung Confirms Making Chips for Mining Bitcoin and Other Cryptocurrency…
South Korean tech giant Samsung has announced that it’s developing hardware specially designed for cryptocurrency mining. The move is aimed at boosting the firm’s profits. The disclosure was made in Samsung’s latest earnings report, in which the company also said that it had overtaken Intel to become the world’s biggest chipmaker last year. “Samsung’s foundry […]
Samsung’s ‘Peeping Tom’ Smartphones Can Listen and Watch What You Do on the Web While Also Monitoring Your Emails…
SAMSUNG phones use technology which can spy on what you’re reading and watching online – and monitor emails in your inbox. The phones switch onto spy mode after they are alerted by a “beacon” often embedded in web pages or sent as an ultrasonic signal hidden in telly or online adverts. After learning of the […]
WikiLeaks to Provide Tech Firms Access to CIA Hacking Tools…
WikiLeaks has much more detailed information about CIA hacking techniques and will allow tech companies access so they can “develop fixes” before the information is more widely published, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said Thursday. The news conference took place at the Embassy of Ecuador in London, where he has been holed up since seeking asylum […]