Jul 2 2014
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Those Foxconn suicides a few years back? Company president Terry Gou says they weren't caused by poor working conditions, but rather by "personal problems and family disputes."
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Nov 18 2013
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Last month, Kotaku reported that student interns were allegedly forced to manufacture the PlayStation 4. With the…
Nov 5 2013
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Foxconn wants to dabble in mobile gaming. The controversial Taiwanese company, eager to move beyond parts manufacturing, recently announced that they would be releasing several mobile games. Their first game, developed jointly with NetDragon (Dungeon Keeper Online, Transformers Online), will be out within six months. Read more
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Oct 10 2013
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While the PlayStation 3 was originally produced in Japan, Sony now outsources its hardware assembling to the Asian…
Apr 1 2013
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Foxconn, the manufacturing arm of the Taiwanese Hon Hai Precision Industrial Co is once again caught in the center…
Jan 24 2013
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One thousand Foxconn workers are apparently on strike over salaries and bonuses.
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Jan 23 2013
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Jan 17 2013
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This afternoon in China's Zhengzhou, a pair of Foxconn buses were involved in a fatal crash. According to reports,…
Jan 14 2013
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Over a thousand workers at a Foxconn supplier went on strike, demanding better pay.
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Dec 10 2012
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The Taiwanese tech manufacturing giant, Foxconn Electronics, is rumored to be starting up manufacturing plants in…
Oct 24 2012
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From the sound of it, kids as young as 14 could have assembled the Wii U. Last week, Nintendo issued a statement to K…
Oct 17 2012
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Surprising more or less exactly nobody, In a Permanent Save State, a serious game based around the suicides of…
Oct 17 2012
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Excited for the upcoming November release of the Wii U? New reports out of China might curb that enthusiasm. These…
Oct 12 2012
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In a Permanent Save State is not meant to be particularly fun. It's a serious game, by artist Benjamin Poynter,…
Oct 8 2012
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Foxconn, the assembler of most of our electronic playthings is in the headlines again this week after reports…
Sep 26 2012
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The Foxconn factory that assembles the iPhone 5 is back online. Riots recently broke out apparently over labor tensions. Read more
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Sep 25 2012
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Riots have broken out at the Foxconn factory where the iPhone 5 is being assembled. Production was suspended.…
Sep 24 2012
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Foxconn, the company best known for suicidal workers, terrible working conditions, and building anything and…
Jul 31 2012
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Japan's Nikkei tore a Nintendo 3DS XL apart to see what is inside. What did Nikkei find? Parts. Lots and lots of…
Jul 27 2012
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It sends humans. In the past few years, working conditions in China have come under greatly scrutiny. Conditions…