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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 | 42

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iMessage talks to Android users via outdated SMS/MMS, ad giant complains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

Apple dev roundup: Weather data meets privacy, and other good stuff

WWDC No AR/VR glasses but at least RoomPlan will let you make rapid 3D room maps

Applications08 Jun 2022 | 5

New York to get first right-to-repair law for electronics

Hey, big Apple, how'd you like them Big Apples?

Personal Tech03 Jun 2022 | 63

Tim Hortons collected location data constantly, without consent, report finds

Hortons hears a sue

Personal Tech03 Jun 2022 | 64

Dear Europe, here again are the reasons why scanning devices for unlawful files is not going to fly

Antivirus-but-for-pictures would trample rights, not even work as expected, say academics

Research02 Jun 2022 | 165

How to reprogram Apple AirTags, play custom sounds

Voltage glitch here, glitch there, now you can fiddle with location disc's firmware

Research27 May 2022 | 5

Google shows off immersive maps, AR-flavored search, Pixel 7, and more

Google IO Your essential de-hyped guide to what the Chocolate Factory teased at developer shindig

Personal Tech11 May 2022 | 10

Europe's GDPR coincides with dramatic drop in Android apps

Privacy rules increase cost, reduce choice, slash revenues, study concludes

Applications09 May 2022 | 93

Apple must fix its self-service repair program, say critics

A+ for marketing, F- for blocking aftermarket parts with serial number checks

Personal Tech28 Apr 2022 | 18

Google 'Switch to Android' app surfaces in iOS App Store

After years of Apple's agitation to 'Move to iOS,' the Chocolate Factory has a reply

Personal Tech20 Apr 2022 | 26

Apple iOS privacy clampdown 'did little' to reduce tracking

Double-standard rules have strengthened iGiant's gatekeeper power

Personal Tech08 Apr 2022 | 18

Apple notches up ninth €5m fine for ignoring nation's competition watchdog

It's just a business expense at this point

Personal Tech23 Mar 2022 | 22

Android's Messages, Dialer apps quietly sent text, call info to Google

Updated Hashed text, phone call logs collected without opt-out nor specific notice

Personal Tech21 Mar 2022 | 89

Apple, Google urge monopoly watchdog to leave them alone

Competitors and web developers would prefer to see mobile market rules rewritten

Applications15 Mar 2022 | 15

Russia scrambles to bootstrap HPC clusters with native tech

Don't send a mobile chip to do a high-end CPU, GPU job. Unless you have no choice.

HPC04 Mar 2022 | 25

Mobile-based ID wallets for government are coming

Among top 10 government tech trends, claims Gartner

Applications24 Feb 2022 | 23

Google offers privacy audit tool to app developers

Checks checks your privilege privileges

Applications22 Feb 2022 | 11

Three US states plus Washington DC sue Google for using UI design 'dark patterns' to harvest your location

Position of data permission controls designed to deceive, trio of lawsuits claim

Applications24 Jan 2022 | 28

Lawmakers propose TLDR Act because no one reads Terms of Service agreements

The bill calls for concise, machine readable summaries of how websites and apps use client data

Legal14 Jan 2022 | 36

LAPD cops who preferred playing Pokémon Go to tackling robbery can be fired, appeals court rules

Call of duty? Not when there's a Snorlax about

Personal Tech11 Jan 2022 | 33

Ubuntu-on-a-phone crowd fix Google account issues in new Touch update

OTA-21 of mobile OS arrives

OSes07 Jan 2022 | 6

AT&T, Verizon delay 5G C-band rollout over FAA fears of passenger plane radars jammed by signals

Telcos miffed, pilots are fine with it

Personal Tech04 Jan 2022 | 36

2033 is doomsday for 2G and 3G in the UK

Surely the Great Coming of (Huawei-less) 5G will have happened by then

Networks08 Dec 2021 | 55

South Korea sets site reliability engineering standards for Big Tech

Wants Google, Meta, Netflix and locals to work harder on uptime, warn locals of outages in Korean

Off-Prem08 Dec 2021 | 5

It's the flu season – FluBot, that is: Surge of info-stealing Android malware detected

And a bunch of bank-account-raiding trojans also identified

Security30 Nov 2021 | 5

Boffins find way to use a standard smartphone to find hidden spy cams

Smartphones now have lasers so we're gonna use them to find voyeurs

Security18 Nov 2021 | 63

There, that wasn't so hard, was it? South Korea makes Google allow rival payment systems in Play store apps

All right, which country's next?

Personal Tech04 Nov 2021 | 12

Google trims the cut its Play Store takes from digital subscriptions, ebooks, music streaming

But with 97 per cent of Android devs offering free software, web giant's share of mobile ad spend matters more

Software21 Oct 2021 | 4

Google Pixel 6, 6 Pro Android 12 smartphone launch marred by shopping cart crashes

Chocolate Factory talks up Tensor mobile SoC, Titan M2 security ... for those who can get them

Personal Tech19 Oct 2021 | 24

O-RAN Alliance: Nokia downplays decision to take breather as critics worry over fate of key industry groups

Backs away from potential Entity List security issues related to Chinese alliance members

Networks02 Sep 2021 | 1

Bumble fumble: Dude divines definitive location of dating app users despite disguised distances

And it's a sequel to the Tinder stalking flaw

Personal Tech26 Aug 2021 | 37

Apple says its CSAM scan code can be verified by researchers. Corellium starts throwing out dollar bills

Updated Here's $15,000 to make that third-party inspection happen, says Florida outfit

Security17 Aug 2021 | 56

Google Play puts Android apps on notice: No naughty JavaScript, Python, Lua

And come April next year, accurate disclosures of personal data usage will be required

Applications29 Jul 2021 | 11

Watchdog slaps down Three's claims to be building the UK's 'fastest 5G network' – again

Company can't seem to help running its mouth, despite ASA's ruling last year

Networks21 Jul 2021 | 18

This week, Apple CEO Tim Cook faced surprisingly tough questioning from judge

iLeader defends iGiant's app oversight to keep people safe from 'toxic mess'

Applications22 May 2021 | 77

Android, iOS beam telemetry to Google, Apple even when you tell them not to – study

Search giant insists it's necessary, iTitan didn't have anything to say

OSes01 Apr 2021 | 81

If Google and Apple won't help us, we'll sort it out the Linux way: 21 companies form Mobile Native Foundation

Lyft, Microsoft, Slack, Capital One, Airbnb become bedfellows

Applications04 Mar 2021 | 6

Last stop before MAUI: Xamarin Forms 5.0 released for cross-platform mobile, new features, new bugs

Microsoft's cross-platform .NET tools get a refresh, but with a relatively short life before newer tools sweep it away

Software11 Jan 2021 | 13

Yet another twist for 2020: Google says Android 12 will make it easier to install alternative app stores

And, cough, cough, don't forget to use Google Play's billing system

Software29 Sep 2020 | 7

Apple: Yeah, about those ground-breaking privacy features in iOS 14 – don't expect them until next year

'Fundamental right to privacy' can wait – Facebook and others are annoyed

Personal Tech03 Sep 2020 | 19

As promised, Apple will now entertain suggestions from the hoi polloi on how it should run its App Store

You may have one or two, dare we say Epic, thoughts to share

Software01 Sep 2020 | 42

Brave takes brave stand against Google's plan to turn websites into ad-blocker-thwarting Web Bundles

Draft spec reduces pages to inscrutable data blobs, says privacy bod

Software27 Aug 2020 | 95

Publishers signed up to Apple's premium News may be less than 'appy to discover the iGiant snatching readers

Safari links redirected by default into Cupertino's walled garden

Personal Tech10 Aug 2020 | 24

What happens when holes perfect for spyware are found in the engine room of millions of Qualcomm-based phones? Let's find out

DEF CON Start the clock on those patches – they'll be coming any day, week, month soon

Security07 Aug 2020 | 55