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Samsung Galaxy Note 9 bursts into flames inside New York woman’s purse
Samsung’s Galaxy Note 9 cellphone spontaneously combusted inside a Long Island woman’s purse…
President Trump may not spare Apple’s iPhone from trade war
The phrase on the back of iPhones — ‘Designed by Apple in California. Assembled in China’ — highlights a key reason…
Designed in California. Assembled in China. How Apple’s iPhone skews U.S. trade deficit
U.S. President Donald Trump often tweets from his iPhone about pressuring China to address its $375 billion trade surplus…
Russian hacker gang robbed Russian banks with over one million hacked Android phones
On Monday, Russian officials announced a successful series of raids against a hacking gang…
Fire erupts at Samsung store in Singapore
A fire broke out in the stockroom of a Samsung store in Singapore…
President Trump’s vision of massive U.S. Apple iPhone assembly hinges on robotics
President Trump has visions of a massive Apple factory opening in the U.S. to churn out the latest iPhone…
Pegatron CEO: If President Trump institutes ‘Made in America’, we can build iPhones in U.S. – as long as Apple absorbs the costs
Pegatron Corp., one of the two Taiwanese companies that assemble iPhones and iPads for Apple Inc…
Under pressure from President Trump, Apple CEO stresses commitment to U.S.; says company spent $50 billion last year with U.S. suppliers
Apple spent roughly $50 billion last year at U.S.-based suppliers, Chief Executive Tim Cook said..
Advantech boss: China will suffer if President Trump makes good on vow to make Apple iPhones in America
The Chinese economy could be hit hard if U.S. President Donald Trump makes good on his vow…
Fire at Samsung plant in China caused by faulty batteries
A minor fire that broke out at a Samsung SDI Co Ltd factory in China on Wednesday was caused…
Chinese factory replaces 90% of human workers with robots; production rises by 250%, defects drop by 80%
After a factory in Dongguan, China, replaced most of its workers with robots, it witnessed a spectacular rise in productivity…
Can President Trump bring Apple iPhone factories back to America?
As President Donald Trump pushes U.S. companies to make more products in the U.S…
After exploding phones, beleaguered Samsung’s so-called battery fix still incomplete
After four months of testing on over 200,000 phones, what did Samsung Electronics Co. determine caused its flagship Note 7 to catch fire?
Foxconn has 10 lights-out production lines, aims to fully automate entire factories
Foxconn Electronics is automating production at its factories in China in three phases…
T-Mobile rolls out update that bricks beleaguered Samsung’s exploding Galaxy phones; AT&T and Sprint are up next
T-Mobile is the first major carrier to start ‘killing’ off the remaining Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phones…
To avoid explosions and fires, Samsung wants to brick every Galaxy Note 7 in North America; Verizon refuses to release the software
Verizon will not be releasing a just-announced Galaxy Note 7 software update designed to kill the dangerous…
Samsung’s dangerous Galaxy Note 7 broke basic engineering rules, says damning new report
A teardown of the Galaxy Note 7 may have provided insight into why the infamous phone…
Apple iPhone production in the U.S.is actually straightforward and not expensive
There is a misconception that the reason most electronic devices are manufactured in China is because of low labor costs…
President-elect Trump tells Apple CEO Tim Cook that he’d like to see Apple make products in the U.S.
It’s a big thing, we’ll make the robots too. Right now we don’t make the robots. We don’t make anything. But we’re going to…
Beleaguered Samsung claims Galaxy S7 phones are safe; do you believe them?
After a horrendous autumn dealing with the fallout of combusting batteries in the Galaxy Note 7, Samsung…
Could President Trump be the catalyst for an all-American iPhone?
On the back of every iPhone are engraved the words…
Apple could make iPhones in the U.S.A. under President Trump, sources say
Apple’s iPhones might one day soon carry “Made in America” labels…
President Trump’s Made-in-America hurdle: Asia
When Jabil Circuit Inc., the world’s third-largest contract manufacturer by revenue, needed to quickly ramp up production…
Beleaguered Samsung Electronics headquarters raided in Seoul as company embroiled in political scandal
The headquarters of Samsung Electronics – the Samsung Group’s cash cow – was raided by prosecutors…
Beleaguered Samsung preps Siri knockoff
Samsung Electronics said Sunday it will offer an artificial intelligence assistant…
New report of different Samsung phone model exploding in France
A Samsung phone user in France says her Galaxy J5 smartphone caught fire and exploded on Sunday…
Beleaguered Samsung recalls 2.8 million washing machines due to risk of explosion
Samsung and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission are recalling 2.8 million of Samsung’s top-loading washing machines after explosions…
IDC survey: 50% of beleaguered Samsung’s exploding phone users upgrading to Apple iPhone
International Data Corporation (IDC) has published results from a recent survey…
Now beleaguered Samsung’s Galaxy S7 Edge is reportedly catching fire
Samsung’s troubles have apparently just spread from the Note 7 to another flagship phone…
Beleaguered Samsung’s nightmare continues as Apple’s iPhone 7 was a huge hit in South Korea in its opening weekend
On Friday Patently Apple reported that Apple fans in South Korea enthusiastically Lined up to get their hands…
Samsung refusing to pay for property damage caused by its exploding phones
Adding insult to injury, Samsung is trying to get out of paying for the property damage its devices caused…
Samsung moves to ban YouTube videos parodying their exploding, fire-causing phones
YouTube users reported that their videos have been blocked on YouTube following a copyright complaint from Samsung…
Another difference between Apple and the imitators: Good design – inside and out
Echoes of the iPhone are everywhere. Xiaomi’s phones and Google’s new Pixel are designed to fool you into thinking that they just might be an iPhone…
Beleaguered Samsung’s exploding phone troubles come at an already crucial moment
Fire-prone phones aren’t the only challenge facing beleaguered Samsung…
Horror stories from the flight ban of Samsung’s exploding phones
On Saturday the federal flight ban on Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phones went into effect in the United States…
Analyst estimates 5-7 million ex-Samsung phone users to switch to Apple iPhone
Apple appears to the be the primary beneficiary of the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 recall blunders…
U.S. air passengers who try to take Samsung’s exploding phones onto planes face fines, confiscation, criminal prosecution
Airline passengers who try to carry Samsung’s exploding smartphones on flights will have them confiscated and…
Samsung has no clue why their phones explode, yet they shipped replacements anyway, assuring their customers they were safe
Samsung Electronics said Friday that the discontinuation of the Galaxy Note 7 would cost the company about $3 billion…
United States bans all Samsung Note 7 phones on airline flights
All Samsung Electronics Co. Note 7 smartphones will be banned from airline flights…
Exploding phones are not beleaguered Samsung’s only defective and unsafe product
Samsung had no clue what caused their products to explode, yet shipped replacements anyway, assuring their customers the products were safe…
Beleaguered Samsung’s cellphone dilemma
How does Samsung reassure customers? What about other models? If Samsung doesn’t know the cause of this problem, how do they keep another product from inheriting similar defects?
