WHO-backed meta-study finds no evidence that cellphone radiation causes brain cancer
The signal may not rot your mind, we can't say the same for the content
Science04 Sep 2024 | 105
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FCC wants telcos to carrier unlock cellphones 60 days after activation
Should you stay or should you go now? If Rosenworcel gets her way, there won't be trouble
Personal Tech27 Jun 2024 | 40
Pakistan punishes tax dodgers with new measures to ensure telcos cut off their mobile phones
Already doxxed and ordered disconnection for half a million of its own citizens suspected of not paying their share
Public Sector14 Jun 2024 | 8
T-Mobile to buy US Cellular's wireless ops, plus slice of spectrum for $4.4B
You keep the towers, we'll bag the customer list, says T-Mo
Networks28 May 2024 | 4
Novelty flip phone strips out almost every feature possible to be as boring as possible
Only good for calls and texts pretty much, and that's no mistake
Personal Tech18 Apr 2024 | 57
Fairphone 5 scores a perfect 10 from iFixit for repairability
Middling performance, but check out the longevity
Personal Tech07 Dec 2023 | 45
India calls for all mobile phones to include FM radios
Where feature phones remain prevalent, Spotify is not an option and the 'net is little use in an emergency
Personal Tech11 May 2023 | 58
Europe lagging behind South Korea, Japan, US in 5G rollout
UK and Germany among adoption leaders in the region
Networks06 Oct 2022 | 21
California Right-to-Repair bill quietly killed in committee
Despite public support for more repairable gear, tech lobbying may have kept that from happening
Personal Tech01 Jun 2022 | 72
New York City rips out last city-owned public payphones
Y'know, those large cellphones fixed in place that you share with everyone and have to put coins in. Y'know, those metal disks representing...
Bootnotes26 May 2022 | 33
Mobile mobile museum looks to chart the history of portable phones
25-year-strong collection of 2,000 handsets covers 1984 to the present day
Personal Tech22 Sep 2021 | 14
Post-lunch snooze plans dashed as the UK tests its Emergency Alerts... again
Maybe turn your phone off if you don't fancy a 'loud, siren-like noise'
Networks22 Jun 2021 | 44
LG Electronics finally gives up cellphone business
Lack of product enthusiasm in a stale market during a semiconductor drought finally killed it
Personal Tech05 Apr 2021 | 29
Hey, those warrantless smartphone searches at the US border? Unconstitutional, yeah? Civil-rights warriors ask court to settle this
Latest development in long-running lawsuit over electronic device slurping
Security01 May 2019 | 95
Finally, someone takes a stand against Apple, Samsung for slowing people's phones. Just a few million dollars, tho
Smartmobe-borking updates make Italians see red
Personal Tech24 Oct 2018 | 32
In huge privacy win, US Supreme Court rules warrant needed to slurp folks' location data
A digital era defining decision
Legal22 Jun 2018 | 58
Australians still buy 100,000 feature phones a quarter
Android takes market share crown, but ~5% of buyers don't care for smartphones
Personal Tech28 Aug 2017 | 18
India added 240m phones/year build capacity in just one year
Why hello there, new electronics-making superpower
Legal28 Nov 2016 | 8
This is not a drill: Hackers pop stock Nexus 6P in five minutes
Keen hackers at Mobile Pwn2Own
Security26 Oct 2016 | 23
EyePhones packing Iris-scanning authentication to go mainstream
Analyst says Galaxy Note 7 will fire up the mobile biometrics market
Personal Tech22 Sep 2016 | 18
Irish Olympics' officials digital devices seized in Rio
Phones and laptops taken amid Games' tickets investigation
Legal22 Aug 2016 | 20
Drowning Dalek commands Siri in voice-rec hack attack
Boffins embed barely-audible-to-humans commands inside vids to fool virtual assistants
Security11 Jul 2016 | 40
ZTE Axon 7: A surprise flagship contender
Hands On China's venerable big beast splashes in
Personal Tech04 Jul 2016 | 28
'UnaPhone' promises Android privacy by binning Google Play
Marshmallow-based phone strips out Android's evil bits, devs vet all installed apps
Security03 Jun 2016 | 58
Rats revive phones-and-cancer scares
Study good for a headline, not much else
Science30 May 2016 | 44
29 years of data shows no mobile phone brain cancer link
Steep increase in phone use produces 'no increase in brain cancer incidence'
Science06 May 2016 | 50
AMC sobers up, apologizes for silly cinema texting plan
Company accepts that terribly bad idea shouldn't be implemented
Legal15 Apr 2016 | 38
Triple-murderer prisoner keeps mobile phone in his butt for a week
Corrections Minister won't ask guards to don gloves and go where he won't to retrieve it
Bootnotes19 Feb 2016 | 91
GCHQ spies quashed this phone encryption because it was too good against snoopers
MIKEY-IBAKE could alert people to fact they're being monitored
Security21 Jan 2016 | 57
Indonesian government cracking the whip on lazy telcos
Build networks or I'll cancel your license, says minister
Networks21 Jan 2016 | 5
For fsck's SAKKE: GCHQ-built phone voice encryption has massive backdoor – researcher
Well, what did you expect?
Security19 Jan 2016 | 67
Brazilian prisoner nabbed with mobile up rear end
Also packing two chargers. Ouch
Bootnotes14 Oct 2015 | 27
Pocket mobe butt dialing clogs up 911 emergency calls, says Google
Report finds accidental calls a growing nuisance for cops, firefighters and medics
Bootnotes05 Oct 2015 | 31
One in eight mobile calls in India drops out __ ___ middle of your chat
Government tells telcos to spend more on their networks, offers to host cell towers
Legal19 Aug 2015 | 13
Hey, FBI. Wanna track someone by cellphone? Get a proper warrant, says US appeals court
This one is going to the Supreme Court
Legal05 Aug 2015 | 22
Microsoft boffins borrow smartmobe brains to give wearables 9x kick
Redmond wants to work where the grunt is, not where power is puny
Channel15 Jul 2015 | 14
David Beckham fakes bewilderment to flog mobiles to Yanks. Fakes?
Golden Balls doesn't ask about the price. Why would he?
Networks03 Jul 2015 | 29
American Idle: Seacrest keyboard startup Typo goes nowhere after BlackBerry bust-up
Copying the selling point of a dying company? Not ideal
On-Prem01 Jun 2015 | 13
ACLU files new lawsuits in hunt for police 'Stingray' mobe-trackers
Cell-tower-inna-suitcase tech probed by lawyers
Legal11 Mar 2015 | 13
Indian phone buyers decide home is where the heart is
Local hero Micromax takes top sales crown from usual suspects
Channel04 Feb 2015 | 5
Fujitsu slapped down in Land of the FALLING YEN
Homegrown demand wanes for mobes, PCs and network products
Channel30 Jan 2015 |
Microsoft wants LAMP for wireless mobe charger
Kinect to spot phones so lights can be focussed on solar mobes
Personal Tech20 Jan 2015 | 34
Come now, don't be beastly to cellphone giants, Supremes tell America's town halls
If you're going to reject a phone mast, give time for an appeal
Legal16 Jan 2015 | 1
Spavined RadioShack to file for bankruptcy next month – report
May sell off some retail locations to Sprint
On-Prem16 Jan 2015 | 35
Sardine fishing in Kerala: Who benefits from mobile phones?
Worstall on Wednesday How govt rakes in taxes (DON'T hand them more!)
On-Prem07 Jan 2015 | 28
Brit boffins debunk 'magnetic field and cancer' link
Another mobes-kill-you theory bites the dust
Science10 Dec 2014 | 71
UK cops: Give us ONE journo's phone records. Vodafone: Take the WHOLE damn database!
Telco spaffed info on 1,700 staffers, watchdog says
Legal26 Nov 2014 | 37
US Marshals commit DIRTBOX INTRUSION on Americans, says report
Mobe-tracking planes deployed across country
Legal14 Nov 2014 | 45
Why can't a mobile be more like a cordless kettle?
Power without plugs
Networks12 Nov 2014 | 48
Greeks best in the world – at, er, breaking their mobile phones
Blighty's not much better at preserving Jesus Phones either
Personal Tech03 Nov 2014 | 24
Humanity now making about 41 mobes EACH SECOND
327 MEEELLION mobes shipped in Q3, say very tired analysts
Channel30 Oct 2014 | 14
Nokia STORMS back into profit, FREE from phones and Windows
Sales up in all divisions. Having fun, Microsoft?
On-Prem23 Oct 2014 | 12
Will.i.am gets CUFFED as he announces his new wristjob, the PULS
It's got four KILOWATTS of something, apparently
Personal Tech16 Oct 2014 | 57
Nokia's ENORMO factory in India axed after Microsoft-shaped hole appears in order book
But its tax woes will go on
On-Prem07 Oct 2014 | 8
AT&T fires insider for slurping customers' social security numbers, driver licenses and more
To those affected: All your data are belong to ... that guy
Security06 Oct 2014 | 28
One sixth of the ENTIRE PLANET will buy a new smartphone this year
1. Make cheap mobe. 2. ???? 3. WORLD DOMINATION
Personal Tech16 Sep 2014 | 18
New 'Cosmos' browser surfs the net by TXT alone
No data plan? No WiFi? No worries ... except sluggish download speed
Software15 Sep 2014 | 29
In-flight slab-fondling and mobe-stroking in Australia at last
Qantas, Virgin jump through CASA's hoops
Legal26 Aug 2014 | 4
UK fuzz want PINCODES on ALL mobile phones
Exclusive Met Police calls for mandatory passwords on all new mobes
Legal19 Aug 2014 | 83
'Up to two BEEELLION' mobes easily hacked by evil base stations
Black Hat 2014 videos Android, BlackBerry, and Apple fall to OMA-DM flaw – claim
Security08 Aug 2014 | 12
What FTC lawsuit? T-Mobile US touts 10GB, $100 family-of-4 plan
Folks 'could use that money for more important things' says CEO Legere
Networks28 Jul 2014 | 8
GoTenna: How does this 'magic' work?
An ideal product if you believe the Earth is flat
Networks21 Jul 2014 | 47
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