EDITOR’S LUNCHBOX: Squeezed battery may be behind Galaxy Note 7 fiasco
Stories of note Bytes from the digital world The prospect of hiccups with the payments of social grants has serious implications for Shoprite and Pick n Pay, whose major role in helping to distribute 11-million grants places them in an uncomfortable frontline position. Facebook is attempting to deal with its fake news problem by asking users to rate headlines from "completely misleading" to "not at all". Samsung’s $20bn Galaxy Note 7 fiasco may have been due to bad design, which squeezed the battery in too tight, resulting in layers that are never supposed to touch coming into contact — with explosive results: Galaxy Note 7 broke basic engineering rules, says damning new report In my opinion Matters of debate S&P Global Ratings’ statement on Friday affirming SA’s BBB-rating "lacked logic and conviction. Aside from predictable neoliberal nostrum to cut the budget deficit and reduce labour’s limited influence even further, S&P neglected some critical economic weaknesses," writes Unive...
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