Apple supplier Foxconn halts production amid COVID-19 outbreak in China
China has locked down key cities as it deals with its biggest COVID-19 outbreak which will affect not only tech manufacturing but container shipments.
China has locked down key cities as it deals with its biggest COVID-19 outbreak which will affect not only tech manufacturing but container shipments.
Business software provider Epicor has become the latest vendor to be hacked as a wave of cyber attacks rocks the technology industry.
With many countries closing their borders and imposing self-isolation measures amid the coronavirus pandemic, many supply chains immediately slowed to a crawl. How this will affect the future of supply chains, however, is not so clear cut.
Apple iPhone maker Foxconn is cautiously restarting production at its main plants in China and warned revenue will be hurt this year by the coronavirus epidemic.
Foxconn could see a "big" production impact and shipments to customers including Apple face disruption if a Chinese factory halt due to the coronavirus outbreak extends into a second week.
Foxconn has responded to a patent infringement lawsuit filed against it by Microsoft, saying it has never needed to pay royalties for the vendor’s software.
Lead attorney for the group of Apple device assemblers seeking damages from Qualcomm has said the manufacturers are not in settlement talks.
Foxconn has said the US and Chinese governments are engaged in a technology war, not a trade war, describing the spat as its biggest challenge.
A watchdog group has criticised Amazon.com and contract manufacturer Foxconn over what it described as harsh working conditions at a plant in China.
Foxconn rose to prominence as the manufacturer of the iPhone, now it is trying to reinvent itself as Apple diversifies its supplier base.
Sharp will buy Toshiba’s personal computer business for US$36 million, marking a return to a business it quit eight years ago.
Foxconn has signed a deal worth US$866 million to acquire Belkin International, as part of its bid to create a “global consumer electronics leader”.
Apple and its manufacturing partner, Foxconn, have revealed students were discovered working overtime in its Chinese factory.
Toshiba is set to sell its prized semiconductor business to a group led by US private equity firm, Bain Capital.
A start-up backed by iPod guru, Tony Fadell, is working on a new way for mobile phones to transfer large amounts of data.
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