Mobile

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 | 44

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 | 32

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 | 13

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

US Air Force scares up $75.5M for ad-hoc missile silo network

At a planned 25k square miles, it's said to be largest net of its kind yet

Networks07 Mar 2023 | 7

Secret Service, ICE break the law over and over with fake cell tower spying

Investigations 'at risk' from sloppy surveillance uncovered by audit probe

Security04 Mar 2023 | 28

Americans have the right to livestream police traffic stops … probably

Handy thing, that First Amendment. Now, about the Second …

Personal Tech09 Feb 2023 | 19

Chromebook SH1MMER exploit promises admin jailbreak

Schools' laptops are out if this one gets around, tho beware bricking

Security30 Jan 2023 | 15

Apple sued for promising privacy, failing at it

What's allowed for Cupertino is verboten for everyone else

Personal Tech28 Jan 2023 | 38

Flutter now has less stutter and plays nicer with the web

Version 3.7 shows Google's cross-platform, Dart-based UI framework maturing

Software25 Jan 2023 |

Asia rules the mobile world: more users, more often, generating more cash

Chinese developers are cashing in as the region buys in to TikTok and games

Personal Tech16 Jan 2023 | 3

Privacy on the line: Boffins break VoLTE phone security

Call metadata can be ferreted out

Security11 Jan 2023 | 24

Next-gen Qi2 wireless charging spec seeded by Apple

CES iBiz's MagSafe charging tech forms the foundation of the Qi2 movement

Personal Tech05 Jan 2023 | 26

Get ready for $10,000 apps in Apple's software souk

With Tim taking his third, natch

Software07 Dec 2022 | 16

Women sue Apple claiming AirTags helped their stalkers

Pair say they were harassed and followed using trackers described in the media as 'stalker-proof'

Personal Tech06 Dec 2022 | 100

Almost 300 predatory loan apps found in Google and Apple stores

Note to self: Lenders don’t need the contact list on your mobile device

Security01 Dec 2022 | 34

Evernote's fall from grace is complete, with sale to Italian app maker

Frustrate enough users and your product will stumble. Hint, hint, Elon

Applications17 Nov 2022 | 74

Prison inmate accused of orchestrating $11M fraud using cell cellphone

Judge rejects defense effort to toss warrantless device search on privacy grounds

Security13 Oct 2022 | 29

Europe lagging behind South Korea, Japan, US in 5G rollout

UK and Germany among adoption leaders in the region

Networks06 Oct 2022 | 21

Apple debuts iPhone 14, Watch 8, other sparkly things

With Crash Detection (no, not that kind) and satellite-powered SOS when cell service is absent

Personal Tech07 Sep 2022 | 41

AMD admits its Ryzen mobile naming scheme is a mess, promises to clean it up

Finding Zen just got a little easier

Personal Tech07 Sep 2022 | 9

Apple app transparency changes bring in the ad bucks... for Apple

By striking down Google and Facebook, the iMaker's transformation is complete

Personal Tech06 Sep 2022 | 14

Google Play to ban Android VPN apps from interfering with ads

Developers say this is not the privacy protection it's made out to be

Security30 Aug 2022 | 39

Two years on, Apple iOS VPNs still leak IP addresses

Privacy, it's a useful marketing term. *Offer does not apply in China

Research19 Aug 2022 | 18

Warning: Apple 'could very easily' cripple Jamf

Tech watchdog group worries iGiant will 'Sherlock' device manager

OSes15 Aug 2022 | 26

Google tells Apple to 'fix text messaging' in bid to promote RCS protocol

iMessage talks to Android users via outdated SMS/MMS, ad giant complains

Software10 Aug 2022 | 93

The App Gap and supply chains: Purism CEO on what's ahead for the Librem 5 USA

Interview Freedoms eroded, iOS-Android duopoly under fire, chip sources questioned – it's all an opportunity for this phone

Personal Tech02 Jul 2022 | 34