Blockchain is all the rage right now, and you’ll soon see the world’s first blockchain-based phone. Finney, created by Sirin Labs, will be a phone that lets people store and use digital currencies without having to pay transaction fees, Bloomberg reported Wednesday. This means you won’t need to carry USB sticks along with your digital wallet. …
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Foxconn, the company best known for assembling iPhones, said Monday it has bought accessory maker Belkin in a deal worth $866 million. Belkin is known for its phone accessories, which include cases, adapters, chargers (both wired and wireless) and power cables. It was bought through Foxconn Interconnect Technology (FIT), a subsidiary under Foxconn’s Technology Group. The move not only nets …
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Apple’s main supplier in China used student workers illegally to manufacture parts for the newly launched iPhone X, the Financial Times reported Tuesday. Six high school students said they regularly worked 11-hour days for Foxconn, a longtime manufacturing partner of Apple, at a factory in Zhengzhou. Students are classed as interns, making their overtime hours illegal under Chinese law, the …
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Apple and Dell may be angling to get in on the flash memory business. That’s according to China’s Foxconn CEO Terry Gou, who told Reuters in an interview that the two consumer electronic companies have joined its consortium to bid for Toshiba’s chip business. Toshiba is entertaining multiple bids as it looks to unload the unit to ease its financial …
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Apple’s annual WWDC conference is less than a day away, but you may not have to wait until then for some saucy Apple news. A trio of people who work within Foxconn, the Chinese manufacturer that makes many of Apple’s products, did an Ask Me Anything (AMA) session on Reddit over the weekend, where they dished on the iPhone 8, Apple Glasses, …
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It’s never a good idea to steal from work, even when the payload is thousands of iPhones. One now-ex senior manager at Apple supplier Foxconn has reportedly been indicted for stealing and reselling 5,700 iPhones from the Foxconn factory. Foxconn is a major tech manufacturer that produces electronics for the likes of Apple, Sony and HP. Its factories have received …
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The “iPhone 8” could have wireless charging. While it has been previously reported that Apple will introduce wireless charging into its phones, Foxconn Technology Group, one of Apple’s main manufacturing partners, is making wireless charging modules for the 2017 iPhone, Nikkei Asian Review reports. Wireless charging has been around for a few years, and manufacturers such as Samsung have been …
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