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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,” Mihai Andrei reports for ZME Science. “It’s been long discussed that robots and computers will start taking our jobs “in the near future” — well that near future is upon us and we’re not really prepared to deal with it. Of course, some jobs are more at risk than others,…

Investment bank Piper Sandler has released the findings of its 46th semi-annual Taking Stock With Teens survey in partnership with DECA. Piper Sandler equity research has more than 60 million data points around teen preferences and spending in the 22 plus years of researching teens. Apple’s iPhone continues to reign supreme as 87% of American teens own one and 88% expect the iPhone to be their…

Apple’s A15 Bionic-powered iPhone 13 lineup destroys Samsung’s latest Galaxy S22

Samsung’s latest Galaxy S22 phone lineup lags woefully behind Apple’s A15 Bionic-powered iPhone 13 lineup in performance benchmark testing. Apple’s 6.1-inch iPhone 13 Pro and flagship 6.7-inch iPhone 13 Pro Max Mike Peterson for AppleInsider: The new Samsung handsets are among the fastest Android devices on the market, but they’re still considerably slower than the iPhone. PCMag recently ran…

Samsung’s rebooted Galaxy Fold display damaged within 27 hours of use

Brian Heater for TechCrunch:

Samsung’s new rebooted Galaxy arrives this week with one job: it just needs to not break…

I pulled the Fold from my pocket while standing in line at CVS after work the other day. I opened it up and spotted something new nestled between the lock screen’s flapping butterfly wings. There was a brightly colored, amorphous blob… It’s not a great look after about 27 hours…

Samsung Galaxy Note 9 bursts into flames inside New York woman’s purse

“Samsung’s highly touted and supposedly fireproof Galaxy Note 9 cellphone spontaneously combusted inside a Long Island woman’s purse, she charges in a lawsuit,” Kathianne Boniello reports for The NY Post. “In what could be the first report of a Note 9 catching fire, real estate agent Diane Chung’s legal claim recalls the South Korean company’s 2016 disaster with the Galaxy Note 7,…

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,” Jed Graham reports for Investor’s Business Daily. “The idea is not completely far-fetched, but one thing seems clear: If it happens, most of the new jobs will go to robots.”

“Even in lower-cost China, Foxconn, which assembles the iPhone there, reportedly replaced 60,000 workers…

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., said Tuesday that it would be willing to move that part of its operations to the United States once its client would absorb the additional costs,” Pan Chih-yi and Elizabeth Hsu report for Focus Taiwan.

“Pegatron CEO Liao Syh-jang was responding to questions raised at an investor…

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 including 3M and Corning, Chief Executive Tim Cook said on Tuesday, stressing the iPhone-maker’s commitment to U.S. manufacturing,” Stephen Nellis reports for Reuters.

“Speaking at an annual shareholder meeting, Cook gave the previously undisclosed data at a time when Apple has come under pressure from President Donald…