Natural disasters are never good for the global supply chain. Over in Japan, a 7.4 magnitude tremor shut down a good portion of the nation’s manufacturing on Thursday. Included in these closures is Murata, which produces ceramic capacitors for Apple. The earthquake claimed four lives and caused 97 injuries. Company Murata, which is located in […]
Because $68.7 billion forms a pretty enormous gaming empire. Microsoft on Tuesday announced its acquisition of Activision Blizzard for US$95 per share, bringing the total valuation to US$68.7 billion, on Tuesday. The deal includes iconic franchises from the Activision, Blizzard and King studios such as “Warcraft,” “Diablo,” “Overwatch,” “Call of Duty” and “Candy Crush.” The […]
As nifty as the new 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro notebooks might be, there might be some bugs with the SD card readers. In a long complaint thread, MacRumors readers have detailed the issues that they’re having with some SD cards, and there seems to be little consistency between reports and affected SD cards. Some SD cards […]
This is a pretty nice deal if you’re somehow able to get your mitts on a PlayStation 5. Apple and Sony are partnering to offer PlayStation 5 owners a six month trial of Apple TV+. The offer can be redeemed between July 22, 2021 and July 22, 2022. After the trial period is over the […]
It looks like Sony will bring a fair amount of its gaming goodies to mobile platforms, including iOS. During a Q&A session today, Sony CEO Jim Ryan announced plans to bring some of its “iconic IP” to mobile devices during its current fiscal year, which runs until March 2022. Ryan offered the following comments: In […]