Mobile

Not big in Japan: Apple's WebKit browser requirement may break new law

Three jurisdictions now want browser engine variety for a better mobile market

Legal06 Aug 2025 | 13

Mobile industry charts course to smartphone satellite broadband

First services go live, but full-featured coverage depends on new chips, standards, and constellations

Networks06 Aug 2025 | 6

Britain's 5G experience 'among the worst in Europe' says MedUX

Official figures for network performance don't play out in user's reality, says monitoring biz

Networks08 Jul 2025 | 40

Three goes to zero as UK mobile provider suffers voice and text outage

Millions of customers left speechless

Networks25 Jun 2025 | 28

Perplexity offers training wheels for building AI agents

Generate modest interactive apps, spiffy charts, and bland screenplays as needed

AI + ML30 May 2025 | 5

Meta bets you want a sprinkle of social in your chatbot

Sharing is caring when your entire business is built on it

AI + ML29 Apr 2025 | 3

Mobile ad world drama: AppLovin not lovin' short seller assault claiming fraud

A peek behind the curtain in one corner of online advertising

Personal Tech28 Mar 2025 | 8

Murena boss says customers about to wake up from its cloud storage nightmare

Interview Four months since cloud drive kicked the bucket, but resolution comes today... hopefully

Disaster Recovery Week12 Feb 2025 | 16

Amazon sued for allegedly slurping sensitive data via advertising SDK

Harvesting of location data and other personal info without user consent, lawsuit claims

Personal Tech30 Jan 2025 | 24

Allstate accused of quietly paying app makers for driver data

Insurance giant sued by Texas for using surveillance without consent to jack up premiums, deny coverage

Personal Tech14 Jan 2025 | 24

Sonos CEO steps down after smart speaker app upgrade hit bum note

Board appoints interim leader to stay in tune with its turnaround song, both execs hear sweet sound of cash landing in the bank

Personal Tech14 Jan 2025 | 37

Jury trial kicks off Arm's wrestling match with Qualcomm

The Nuvia buyer's alleged violations of license terms expected to last through Friday

Legal16 Dec 2024 | 11

Half the world's online via mobile, but growth is slowing

Nearly all of those without access live in low to middle income countries, GSMA says

Networks28 Oct 2024 | 7

Huawei's farewell to Android isn't a marketing move, it's chess

Opinion HarmonyOS NEXT sounds dissonant until you get the theme

Columnists28 Oct 2024 | 126

Huawei makes divorce from Android official with HarmonyOS NEXT launch

Another step toward tech independence for China – on the day Tim Cook came to town

OSes23 Oct 2024 | 31

Lebanon: At least nine dead, thousands hurt after Hezbollah pagers explode

Eight-year-old among those slain, Israel blamed, Iran's Lebanese ambassador wounded, it's said

Security17 Sep 2024 | 189

Apple debuts iPhone 16, Watch Series 10, assorted AirPods

Setting the stage for pending AI feature while doubling down on health tech

Software09 Sep 2024 | 48

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

Twilio's Segment SDK challenged with wiretapping claim

Mobile app analytics software said to surreptitiously snarf data

Applications09 Aug 2024 | 5

Contrary to its fine print, Google says it won't confiscate repair returns that have unapproved parts

'We are updating our terms to clarify this' Pixel giant tells The Reg

Personal Tech04 Jun 2024 | 27

UK may not hit goal of 95% mobile coverage, commons committee warns

Sitting in a not-spot in the countryside? It's not great news

Networks03 Jun 2024 | 68

Hey, Reddit. Quick question. All those clicks on my ads. Were they actually real?

Advertiser takes super-forum to court after demand for evidence rebuffed

Personal Tech11 May 2024 | 71

Ten years ago Microsoft bought Nokia's phone unit – then killed it as a tax write-off

Retrospective When bad management meets bad software, even great hardware is useless

Personal Tech05 May 2024 | 162

Dozens of vulnerabilities fixed in Xiaomi, Google Android flavors … slowly

Oversecure details bugs spotted and stamped since private disclosure

OSes02 May 2024 | 2

PumpkinOS carves out a FOSS PalmOS-compatible runtime environment

And rePalm may yet bring real PalmOS to new hardware … even the Raspberry Pi

OSes11 Apr 2024 | 13

No App Store needed: Apple caves, will allow sideloading in EU

Think this'll help you escape the fees? Nope – Apple still wants a cut for letting devs install things on user devices

Applications12 Mar 2024 | 14

Telegram eyes IPO as user numbers close in on 1 billion

Chat app chaps may even turn a profit this year

Networks12 Mar 2024 | 23

Japan's Rakuten plans satellite cell service across its islands from 2026

Launch delays persist, but test space-based voice calls work

Networks16 Feb 2024 | 2

Fairberry project brings a hardware keyboard to the Fairphone

Updated Miss hardware QWERTY? Warm up your soldering iron and 3D printer

Personal Tech30 Jan 2024 | 35

How hard is your network really, comms watchdog asks telcos

Ofcom opens consultation on resilience requirements... power backup for mobile networks, anyone?

Networks11 Dec 2023 | 14

Weak session keys let snoops take a byte out of your Bluetooth traffic

BLUFFS spying flaw present in iPhones, ThinkPad, plenty of chipsets

Research30 Nov 2023 | 12

Android VPNs to get audit badges in Google Play Store if they aren't comically crap

No promises it's actually secure, just that it doesn't do anything obviously dumb

Applications04 Nov 2023 | 26

Date night from hell looms for Apple as Netherlands says: 'It's not me, it's you'

Watchdog reportedly well and truly out of love with App Store concessions and fee cuts

Personal Tech01 Nov 2023 | 4

Help, Android 14 ate my Pixel! Bug causes endless reboots, loss of storage access

Fix on the way but for those trapped in boot loop hell, data recovery isn't certain

OSes30 Oct 2023 | 11

Apple Private Wi-Fi hasn't worked for the past three years

Not exactly the MAC daddy

Security27 Oct 2023 | 42

Vodafone and Wi-Fi vendors play tug of war over 6 GHz

Everyone's wanting a slice of this spectrum pie

Networks26 Oct 2023 | 14

Brit competition regulator will make or break Vodafone and Three union

Interested parties invited to speak now or forever hold your peace

Networks12 Oct 2023 | 45

iPhone 15 is too hot to handle – and not in any good way

Influencers offer smouldering looks, analysts wonder if TSMC-fabbed silicon can take the heat

Personal Tech29 Sep 2023 | 32

How to snoop on passwords with this one weird trick (involving public Wi-Fi signals)

Fun technique – but how practical is it?

Research13 Sep 2023 | 20

Lightning struck: Apple switches to USB-C for iPhone 15 lineup

Video Thanks, Europe. Couldn't have done it without EU

Personal Tech12 Sep 2023 | 104

So you want to save energy? Ditch web apps and go native, boffins say

Take up less CPU time and memory? What amazing tech is this?!

Software04 Sep 2023 | 29

Apple seeks patent for devices with roll-up displays – iRoll?

There's never been a fruit winder like this before

Personal Tech17 Jul 2023 | 17

UK court sides with Optis Cellular Technology in Apple 4G patent clash

Appeal rejected: iPhone and iPad have infringing components inside

Networks06 Jul 2023 | 3

Mega patent holder Huawei said to be putting licensing squeeze on SMEs

Updated Mobile network IP a compelling reason to ask folks to be FRANDs

Networks19 Jun 2023 | 12

At last, Microsoft lets Windows 11 share files with Android apps

Android and Microsoft sitting in a tree K-I-S-S-I-N-G! But not too much

OSes13 Jun 2023 | 6

Feds, you'll need a warrant for that cellphone border search

Here's a story with a twist

Security31 May 2023 | 50

Parent discovers the cost of ignoring Roblox: £2,500 and heart palpitations

10-year-old hacks family iPad and goes on in-game bling shopping spree

Offbeat22 May 2023 | 71

Millions of mobile phones come pre-infected with malware, say researchers

Black Hat Asia The threat is coming from inside the supply chain

Cyber-crime11 May 2023 | 50

Google IO: A deeper dive into the developer day's details

WebGPU, Chrome extensions, Android, Dart, Flutter, and more

Applications11 May 2023 | 7

Storing the Quran on your phone makes you a terror suspect in China

Human Rights Watch details mass surveillance and repression

Legal04 May 2023 | 56

Apple, Google propose anti-stalking spec for Bluetooth tracker tags

We moved fast and broke things, people got harassed and murdered, so let's revisit privacy

Security02 May 2023 | 30

Spain gets EU cash to test next gen network, and US 'scrum for 6G' already under way

How much better do mobile networks really have to be by 2030-ish?

Networks26 Apr 2023 | 28

Ericsson braces for 'choppy' year despite meeting Q1 expectations

Waning 5G deployments in response to economic uncertainty blamed

Networks18 Apr 2023 |

Google: If your Android app can create accounts, it better be easy to delete them, too

Awoogah, awooooogah, new policy coming for developers

Personal Tech07 Apr 2023 | 14

Vietnam threatens to cut off two million mobile subscribers

To scupper scams, account-holders must hand over personal info or else

Security03 Apr 2023 | 7

Indian state turns off internet for 27 million, for four days, to stymie one man

Digital rights org criticizes use of fill-in-the-blank template used to quell separatist protests

Legal22 Mar 2023 | 15