The novel “Destroying” by Michel Houellebecq

Michel Houellebecq has hidden a bomb in his new novel. It does not affect women, nor religion, nor politics, although “Annihilation”, as the book is called, is very much a political novel, a story that is largely set in the French Ministry of Economic Affairs during the presidential election campaign in 2027 Rather, the bomb … Read more

How Apple is lifting the chip material gallium nitride into the mass market

Illustration of semiconductors made from gallium nitride Apple is not the first electronics company to use the semiconductor material instead of silicon in chargers. (Photo: Klawe Rzeczy, Getty, Imago [M]) Munich It wasn’t even a side note to the general public, but experts pricked up their ears when Apple recently unveiled its latest notebooks. For … Read more