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Tech NewsNewsGoodbye Toshiba Laptops. It’s Been Good Knowing Ya
Toshiba will officially no longer be making PCs. To be fair, in recent years it had taken a step back from making laptops, but this goes beyond that. It’s a complete exit. In a little-reported press release published this week, Toshiba issued a short and to-the-point statement announcing that it had transferred its remaining minority … Continued
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Tech NewsFollowing Colossal Scandal, Toshiba Is Back With a Barrage of New Laptops
Toshiba laptops seemed to have disappeared from American retailers in recent years, but they’re finally coming back with a new name. From here on out Toshiba’s America computer business will be called Dynabook, and it’s going to be launching a shit ton of laptops. But where the hell has Toshiba been? In 2015 a $1.2 … Continued
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Tech NewsPrivacy and SecurityToshiba Has a Plan to Extend Quantum Security to Record-Breaking Distances
Toshiba has devised a feasible new way to use the laws of quantum mechanics to send secure messages using present-day technology. Now it just has to build it. There are plenty of ways that companies and scientists are attempting to integrate the weird effects of quantum mechanics into everyday technology. One potential use is a … Continued
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Toshiba Is $6.3 Billion in the Hole After Some Terrible Business Decisions
Toshiba, one of Japan’s most storied companies, is in serious trouble. The company was supposed to report its quarterly earnings on the Tokyo Stock Exchange today, but it never showed up. Instead, it said it wasn’t ready and begged for another month to file. It then got worse, as the Washington Post reports. The company … Continued
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That Time Republicans Smashed a Boombox With Sledgehammers on Capitol Hill
Don’t think Republicans can be punk rock? Well, in 1987, they staged one of the most punk rock protests that Capitol Hill has ever seen. They smashed a boombox to pieces with some sledgehammers. The part that was slightly less punk rock? They smashed it because they were mad at Toshiba for making electronics sold … Continued
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Toshiba Just Recalled Over 100,000 Batteries That Are Melting Laptops
If you’re the owner of a Toshiba laptop, there’s a chance its battery could overheat and go kaboom and melt your machine—which is why the Japanese electronics giant recalled a bunch of Panasonic battery packs this week. The company announced that some of the lithium-ion Panasonic battery packs are prone to overheating which could spark … Continued
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Vaio Is Planning to Merge With Toshiba and Fujitsu to Create a ‘PC Giant’
The Sony spin-off Vaio has announced that it plans to merge with the computer divisions of its rivals Toshiba and Fujitsu as early as next month to form a Japanese “PC giant.” With the PC market in decline, Hidemi Moue—the chief executive officer of Japan Industrial Partners which controls Vaio—has announced that it expects to … Continued
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Tech NewsFukushima Reactor Debris Stands No Chance Against Toshiba’s Slicing, Dicing Robot
It’s already been almost five years since the nuclear meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, and the inspection and clean-up is going to last decades. Our best weapon? Amazing robots, like this one Toshiba announced on Monday. It looks like a James Bond torture device, but this bad boy’s here to clear junk from … Continued
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Toshiba Is Axing 6,800 Staff in the Wake of Huge Accounting Scandal
Earlier this year, it came to light that Toshiba had exaggerated its operating profits by $1.2 billion over the past six years. Now, it looks set to report a staggering $4.5 billion of losses—and cut 6,800 jobs as a result. The BBC reports that those jobs are being lost in its consumer electronics division as … Continued
