The information reported today that shortly after COVID-19-related lockdowns and protests in China impacted iPhone assembler Foxconn in late 2022, Apple’s senior vice president of Operations Sabih Khan instructed managers to cut the number of workers on iPhone assembly lines by as much as 50% reduce compared to 2022. in subsequent years. To achieve this … Read more
Researchers at the University of Missouri have built a machine that combines elements of traditional 3D printing with laser technology to develop multi-material, multi-functional products. Credit: Sam O’Keefe Researchers at the University of Missouri have developed a way to create complex devices using multiple materials, including plastics, metals and semiconductors, all with a single machine. … Read more
A former developer at Total War studio Creative Assembly has written an extensive personal account of his time at the studio, detailing the development problems with the strategy games Total War: Rome 2 and Total War: Attila, claiming that these problems were exacerbated by a inflexible and counterproductive leadership structure and “chronic mismanagement,” sometimes resulting … Read more