Apple is famously tight-lipped about almost everything relating to its actual business processes. Today it's shifted the veil slightly, and has released a frank list of issues it has discovered during an audit of its Eastern suppliers. READ»
From drinkable rainwater to preventing suicide, India's ideas competition--powered by the country's largest automaker--is driving new innovations to "help India rise."READ»
No chance of burying the lede on this one: Yes, Royal College of Art student Julijonas Urbonas has designed a roller coaster that kills people on purpose. No, it's not real (yet). Is it a joke, a reductio ad absurdum of the arguments ...READ»
Foxconn, aka Hon Hai, is most famous for being Apple's big manufacturing partner. But despite Apple's soaring successes, Foxconn isn't doing so well.READ»
Foxconn, the Chinese manufacturer of the iPhone and site of several tragic suicides, has been hacked--a mysterious prankster published an incisive, satirical job posting on the company's HR site.READ»
Foxconn, the Chinese high-tech manufacturer and Apple partner, has been so shaken by a cluster of recent suicide attempts that it's hiring in mental health staff to aid its employees. There's even a Buddhist monk on staff. We know of ...READ»
There's been another tragic suicide among Foxconn's workforce. That makes six Foxconn people who've killed themselves this year alone. Will Apple reconsider its links with the company?The 24-year-old woman from Henan province, whose ...READ»
Four suicide attempts in four weeks: That's apparently the tally at China-based high-tech manufacturers Foxconn. If that name rings a bell, it's because it's the company that makes big chunks of Apple's iPad hardware. The most recent ...READ»
Suicides at work:Have you seen any good suicides at work lately? I guess not. It’s just another difference between the French business model and the American model. While Americans tend to kill their bosses and ...READ»
Sun Danyong was a Foxconn China employee until last Thursday, when, after apparently being responsible for the loss of an Apple prototype device, he committed suicide. Is Apple's ferocious product secrecy to blame for his death?READ»
Lying about your identity on the Internet may no longer just earn you the scorn of your fellow online users – it could also be a criminal, jailable offense.READ»
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