Sony Corp. has cut its estimated PlayStation 5 production for this fiscal year by 4 million units, down to around 11 million, following production issues with its custom-designed system-on-chip for the new console, according to trusted sources. The Tokyo-based electronics giant in July boosted orders with suppliers in anticipation of heightened demand for gaming in the holiday season and beyond, as people spend more time at home due to the coronavirus. But the company has come up against manufacturing issues, such as production yields as low as 50% for its SOC, which have cut into its ability to produce as…
Author: Malama Mulenga
A lot of the corporate space in other parts of the world may have gone back to normal operations as Covid-19 cases drop but American technology and media services provider Netflix says it will not be opening its offices until the majority of people are vaccinated. According to The Wall Street Journal newspaper, Netflix founder and CEO Reed Hastings discussed the performance of the company’s employees and what he expects the future to look like, saying they have fared during the coronavirus outbreak. He said he is eager to get back to the office and that he does not see…
The American video game and software developer and publisher, Epic Games, is trying to convince a California court to put back Fortnite on the Apple App Store pending legal proceedings, arguing that doing so is in the “public interest,” court documents show. If not, the game could suffer “irreparable harm,” the company’s lawyers said in a new lawsuit delivered Friday, 4 September 2020. The gambit comes amid a battle over whether Apple’s tight control over the App Store, and its 30% cut of revenue, counts as monopolistic behaviour. Apple pulled Fortnite from its online mobile apps marketplace on 13 August…
President Cyril Ramaphosa has paid tribute to Greek-South African human rights lawyer George Bizos after he died on Wednesday September 9th 2020, at the age of 92. “I have just received news that legal eagle of our country George Bizos has passed away,” President Cyril Ramaphosa told reporters. “This is very sad for our country.” During the 1950s and 1960s, Bizos was counsel to a wide range of well-known people including Trevor Huddleston of Sophiatown. Bizos represented Nelson Mandela during the Rivonia Trial which saw Mandela and seven others sentenced to life imprisonment in 1964 on charges of seeking to…
Hard work pays off, and Amazon Chief Executive Jeff Bezos is proof of that, as he has topped Forbes’ list of richest Americans for the third year in a row, while US President Donald Trump’s ranking dropped as the coronavirus pandemic slammed his office buildings, hotels and resorts, the magazine said Tuesday. The collected wealth of the Forbes 400 list rose to a record $3.2 trillion (R54.19 trillion), as the richest Americans continued to do well even though the pandemic has devastated the economy and caused more than 1.8 million Americans to lose their jobs. Eric Yuan, chief executive officer…
The famous hair brand TRESemmé has been dumped by Clicks with immediate effect after a racially offensive advert produced by the Unilever brand sparked a social media revolt and protests at the health and beauty store this week. With EFF showing no signs of slowing down its planned week-long protests across the country, Clicks brand has taken a decision to stay shut on Wednesday. Clicks said it was immediately delisting the TRESemmé brand from its shelves with immediate effect and would be replacing it with locally-sourced haircare brands. This comes after TRESemmé produced an advert which depicted black women’s hair…
Analysts in the Netherlands have produced a model of a futuristic passenger aircraft, called the Flying-V. The successful test flight was the first step in the developmental process of the aircraft. The engineers and researchers were pleased with the results but still need to enhance the model’s design and conduct more tests on the aircraft which they expect could be in operation between 2040 and 2050. The Flying-V’s unique design, places the passenger cabin, the cargo hold and the fuel tanks within the aircraft’s wings. This gives the aircraft an enhanced aerodynamic shape, which in turn offers increased fuel efficiency.…
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) continue their blockage on Clicks outlets around the country as per their promise, while another store has been confirmed to have been the victim of a petrol bombing. The Clicks store at the Cycad Shopping Centre in Polokwane, Limpopo, fell victim of being petrol bombed at some stage on Monday morning, with police investigating the incident that bares similarities to an act of arson committed at a Clicks store in Witbank, Mpumalanga, on the same day. This follows EFF leader Julius Malema’s pledge to visit “all Clicks outlets in Polokwane”, having started with the outlet…
