If Trump gets elected, get your tech buying done asap 60% tariffs on all Chinese goods are going to slam the IT sector Personal Tech01 Nov 2024 | 110
Hack Nintendo's alarm clock to show cat pics? Let's-a-go! How 'Gary' defeated Bowser broke into the interactive alarm clock Security01 Nov 2024 | 29
Apple beats expectations, but drops in China India saw an all-time revenue record and is poised for four more physical stores Personal Tech01 Nov 2024 | 2
Apple throws shade on pokey AI PCs, claims its maxed out M4 chips are 4x faster Busy week for Cupertino sees shrunken Mac minis, updated lappies, and new SoCs Personal Tech31 Oct 2024 | 39
Bluesky capitalizes on X woes with funding and user growth The decentralized social network hints at sustainability with talk of subscriptions Personal Tech28 Oct 2024 | 29
Apple quietly admits 8GB isn't enough in 2024, M4 iMac to ship with 16GB as standard The silicon no longer limited to Cupertino's priciest iPads Systems28 Oct 2024 | 107
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 | 125
UK sleep experts say it's time to kill daylight saving for good It turns out morning light beats evening rays for health benefits Personal Tech27 Oct 2024 | 279
Biz Daemon is too cool to respond to fans of his big screen work BORK!BORK!BORK! If only all Android apps were so effortlessly stylish Bootnotes26 Oct 2024 | 12
Mature node chip output to surge 6% in 2025 TrendForce reports significant capacity gains as Beijing targets reduced reliance on imported semiconductors Systems25 Oct 2024 | 8
Fujitsu claims 634-gram 14-inch Core i7 laptop is world's lightest Lightweight 'FMV Zero' is only sold online in Japan, dammit Personal Tech25 Oct 2024 | 38
Yet another UK government seeks to reform GDPR Yes, the law that needs to be harmonized with Europe for tech businesses' data to flow freely Public Sector24 Oct 2024 | 39
Musk claims Cybertruck has become profitable at last Third quarter results recharge Tesla's stock price Personal Tech24 Oct 2024 | 46
Feature phones all the rage as parents try to shield kids from harm Dad, why does this button say ABC? It's a short term trend, says analyst Personal Tech23 Oct 2024 | 86
Woman stuck upside down under rock for hours after trying to retrieve dropped phone Emergency services had to move a boulder to get her out Personal Tech23 Oct 2024 | 68
Qualcomm unveils Snapdragon 8 Elite with custom cores for Android phones New flagship SoC drops Arm and grows its own legs with Oryon Personal Tech22 Oct 2024 | 9
Musk's $1M election lottery raises serious legal concerns, says Pennsylvania governor C'mon, do you really think ol' Elon’s handing out all that cash, day after day? Personal Tech21 Oct 2024 | 129
SiFive launches early access for Premier P550 RISC-V developer board Broader December release promises Ubuntu support and enhanced features Personal Tech21 Oct 2024 | 7
X to allow third parties to train their AI models with social media users' data Another raft of reasons to ponder your social media presence Personal Tech18 Oct 2024 | 49
HMD delivers Android Digital Detox feature to stop you scrolling your life away Update for Skyline phone brings selective distraction blocking Personal Tech17 Oct 2024 | 9
If Trump gets elected, get your tech buying done asap 60% tariffs on all Chinese goods are going to slam the IT sector
Hide the keyboard – it's the only way to keep this software running On Call Lunch can be surprisingly dangerous. So can tea
Hack Nintendo's alarm clock to show cat pics? Let's-a-go! How 'Gary' defeated Bowser broke into the interactive alarm clock
UK councils bat away DDoS barrage from pro-Russia keyboard warriors Local authority websites downed in response to renewed support for Ukraine
An awful lot of FOSS should thank the Academy Ubuntu Summit 2024 ASWF is the open source foundation run by the folks who give out Oscars, and you've probably seen the results
Reaction Engines' hypersonic hopes stall as funding fizzles out Updated 173 jobs gone after air-breathing rocket project loses lift
The hunt is on for the scum who stole Britain's largest inflatable planetarium Have you seen this dome? It's full of stars
GCC 15 to keep Itanium support for now, after all Now, can someone come up with an emulator for the things, please?
Fujitsu, AMD lay groundwork to pair Monaka CPUs with Instinct GPUs Before you get too excited, Fujitsu's next-gen chips won't ship till 2027
Financial institutions told to get their house in order before the next CrowdStrike strikes Calls for improvements will soon turn into demands when new rules come into force
UK electronics firms want government to stop taxing trash and let them fix it instead CLEAR group calls for VAT to be dropped on spare parts, repairs, labor Personal Tech17 Oct 2024 | 62
Analysts predict 85 million EVs on roads by 2025 despite industry speed bumps China will lead the way with North America trailing Personal Tech15 Oct 2024 | 16
Trump campaign arms up with 'unhackable' phones after Iranian intrusion Florida man gets his hands on 'the best ever' Cybersecurity Month14 Oct 2024 | 145
UK ponders USB-C as common charging standard Will it also plug into some common sense? Personal Tech14 Oct 2024 | 339
Smart homes may be a bright idea, just not for the dim bulbs who live in 'em Opinion How many Reg hacks does it take to change a light fitting...? Personal Tech14 Oct 2024 | 159
Tesla's big reveal: Steering-wheel-free Robotaxi will charge wirelessly WCGW? Plus: Automous Robovan also makes surprise appearance at Cybercab's coming out party Personal Tech11 Oct 2024 | 230
PC shipments stuck in neutral despite AI buzz Analysts can't agree whether market is marginally up or down Personal Tech10 Oct 2024 | 13
Hold my Pimms! Wimbledon turns to tech for line-ball calls Humans dumped by famously fusty tennis tournament Personal Tech10 Oct 2024 | 27
A year after taking on Intel's NUC mini-PCs, Asus says it's ready to improve them AI is showing the way to new possibilities after a tricky first year Personal Tech08 Oct 2024 | 37
Google brings better bricking to Androids, to curtail crims Improved security features teased in May now appearing around the world Cybersecurity Month08 Oct 2024 | 24
Epic judge orders Google to let rivals set up app stores Chocolate Factory vows to appeal Applications07 Oct 2024 | 19
Windows 11 migration? Upgrade engine revs up, enterprises have no choice Support expiry clock ticks for Windows 10 – PC makers won't be happy with latest stats Personal Tech07 Oct 2024 | 28
If Dell's Qualcomm-powered Copilot+ PC is typical of the genre, other PCs are toast Desktop Tourism Despite amazing battery life and lovely speed, this one has flaws that may annoy Personal Tech07 Oct 2024 | 98
Revenge for being fired is best served profitably On Call Why yes, I will help you again – for a price Personal Tech04 Oct 2024 | 58
John Deere accused of being full of manure with its right-to-repair promises Tractor maker has only turned over shoddy tools, half-baked info, may be breaking the law, says senator Personal Tech03 Oct 2024 | 54
It's true, social media moderators do go after conservatives Because they're most likely to share crappy misinformation online Personal Tech03 Oct 2024 | 253
Bank of America app glitch zeroes out people's balances Updated Unidentified tech issues now resolved Personal Tech02 Oct 2024 | 37
Tesla trounces shareholders who alleged Autopilot was all share-pumping lies It's easy being Elon AI + ML02 Oct 2024 | 38
Microsoft throws in the towel on HoloLens 2 Five years of mixed reality – now just mixed feelings Personal Tech02 Oct 2024 | 41
Fire halts production at Indian iPhone factory Tata was about to double the workforce at the plant Personal Tech01 Oct 2024 | 4
Brazilian court sprays Musk's X with more fines for returning after ban A very expensive 2 days in September for the blocked social media platform Personal Tech30 Sep 2024 | 20
FTC sues five AI outfits – and one case in particular raises questions From allegations of lying about capabilities to fake reviews. Plus: Biden AI robocaller finally fined $6M AI + ML26 Sep 2024 | 16
Apple ropes off at least 4 GB of iPhone storage to house AI Better or worse than a surprise U2 album? AI + ML25 Sep 2024 | 37
Samsung and pals Hyundai, Kia team for software-defined cars, IoT integration Turn on home aircon and maybe peer inside the fridge or oven – all from behind the wheel Personal Tech25 Sep 2024 | 30
Elon's latest X-periment: Blocked users can still stalk your public tweets 'High time this happened' says Musk Personal Tech24 Sep 2024 | 35
Post-IPO Raspberry Pi results in: So you can make money in tech without added AI The little computer-that-could benefits as supply chain eases Personal Tech24 Sep 2024 | 13
Telegram will now hand over IP addresses, phone numbers of suspects to cops Maybe a spell in a French cell changed Durov's mind Personal Tech23 Sep 2024 | 36
iPhone 16 dubbed Apple's most repairable model in years A low bar, for sure, but a move in the right direction Personal Tech23 Sep 2024 | 15
AI to power the corporate Windows 11 refresh? Nobody's buying that Opinion Microsoft should look to Apple for lessons in flogging dead horses Personal Tech23 Sep 2024 | 68
The mystery of the rogue HP calculator: 12C or not 12C? That is the question Brazilian model flummoxes calc fans Personal Tech21 Sep 2024 | 82
There’s no way Qualcomm is buying Intel as is Comment Is this from the same gossips who were wrong about Altera and Mobileye or the DoJ subpoenaing Nvidia? Personal Tech21 Sep 2024 | 22
Green recycling goals? Pending EU directive could hammer used mobile market Bloc's USB-C rules forecast to disrupt supply, barring 8 million imported phones from reaching Europe's ports Personal Tech20 Sep 2024 | 95
No way? Big Tech's 'lucrative surveillance' of everyone is terrible for privacy, freedom Says Lina Khan in latest push to rein in Meta, Google, Amazon and pals Personal Tech19 Sep 2024 | 26
Europe to force Apple to help rivals connect to iOS, iPadOS Fail to comply may cost up to 10% of annual revenue Software19 Sep 2024 | 32
LinkedIn started harvesting people's posts for training AI without asking for opt-in Updated Opt out if you don't like it – EU and a few others, including now the UK, excepted AI + ML19 Sep 2024 | 89
Google dodges €1.5B EU ads antitrust fine after appeal win Qualcomm, on the other hand, wasn’t so lucky Personal Tech18 Sep 2024 | 13
Deja blues... LockBit boasts once again of ransoming IRS-authorized eFile.com Add 'ransomware' to the list of certainties in life? Cyber-crime18 Sep 2024 | 1
IBM scores $45M zinger from Zynga in patent wringer Big Blue’s Prodigy from the 1980s comes back to haunt FarmVille giant Applications17 Sep 2024 | 12
Biden tackles trade loophole used by cheap Chinese e-tailers Removing de minimis exemption could stymie Beijing’s plans to grow its cyber-bazaar abroad Personal Tech16 Sep 2024 | 22
Meta back at it, harvesting Britons' public Facebook, Insta feeds for AI training I wanna know 🎵 What you're feeling 🎵 Tell me what's on your mind Personal Tech14 Sep 2024 | 33
Apple AirPods Pro 2 can be sold as hearing aids, says FDA You gotta admit, that speaks volumes for Cupertino Personal Tech13 Sep 2024 | 85
Feeld dating app's security too open-minded as private data swings into public view No love for months-long wait to fix this, either Research13 Sep 2024 | 7
Win 11 refreshes delayed, say PC makers – and here's why Oh and about those AI computers... analysts reckon there are still no killer apps or convincing use cases Personal Tech13 Sep 2024 | 88
UK elevates datacenters to critical national infrastructure status Dedicated support to be assembled to prevent cyberattacks, IT outages, and bad weather from affecting availability On-Prem12 Sep 2024 | 16
If HDMI screen rips aren't good enough for you pirates, DeCENC is another way to beat web video DRM Academically interesting technique for poking holes in paywalled tech specs Research12 Sep 2024 | 36
Pokémon GO was an intelligence tool, claims Belarus military official Augmented reality meets warped reality Personal Tech12 Sep 2024 | 36
Samsung faces strikes in India, amid reports of global layoffs Union alleges work conditions are like solitary confinement and violence is common at Tamil Nadu plant Legal12 Sep 2024 | 1
Wanna watch a movie? Sure! Lemme just park the lounge room Foxcon and Sharp imagine a sofa and television in a connected electric van Personal Tech11 Sep 2024 | 9
The future everyone wanted – in-car ads tailored to your journey and passengers Correction, no one wanted – well, except perhaps these patent filers at Ford Personal Tech10 Sep 2024 | 88
Apple owes billions in back taxes over Ireland state aid rule break Final judgment handed down by Court of Justice of the European Union Personal Tech10 Sep 2024 | 146
Huawei debuts triple-folding Mate XT smartphone Asia In Brief Plus: 550MW more DCs for India; Australia poised to use decryption powers; Indonesia creates cyber warfare unit Personal Tech09 Sep 2024 | 9
What do Uber drivers make of Waymo? 'We are cooked' Feature Robotaxis, low pay may be end of the road for app cabbies in San Francisco AI + ML07 Sep 2024 | 159
FTC urged to stop tech makers downgrading devices after you've bought them Some brick devices they'd rather not support, kill apps that drive functions, or add post-sale subscriptions Personal Tech06 Sep 2024 | 174
Competition watchdog accuses Google of abusing ad dominance Provisional findings echo worries in the US and EC about the search giant's dominance Personal Tech06 Sep 2024 | 7
Of course the Internet Archive’s digital lending broke the law, appeals court says Sorry, no, you can’t just digitize, share copyrighted books without permission Personal Tech05 Sep 2024 | 93
If every PC is going to be an AI PC, they better be as good at all the things trad PCs can do Comment Microsoft's Copilot+ machines suck at one of computing's oldest use cases Channel05 Sep 2024 | 151
What is this computing industry anyway? The dawning era of 32-bit micros Part 3 And you may ask yourself, 'How do I work this?' And you may ask yourself, 'Where is that large computer?' Personal Tech04 Sep 2024 | 109
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
O2 punters lose cool over Google Pixel 9 delays Shipments held up following warehouse migration tech glitches, can't cancel orders either Personal Tech02 Sep 2024 | 19
EV sales hit speed bump as drivers unplug from the electric dream Cost of the hardware as well as range and lack of charging infrastructure to blame Personal Tech30 Aug 2024 | 369
Ex-Windows boss who tried to save the Start Menu now Shopify tech wizard Time to make e-commerce great again instead? Personal Tech29 Aug 2024 | 7
Sweet 16 and making mistakes: More of the computing industry's biggest fails Part 2: The 16-bit era As the hardware got more capable, the messes got more expensive Personal Tech29 Aug 2024 | 121
HP secures $50M CHIPS Act boost to adapt inkjet tech for life sciences Major funding backs printer giant's microfluidics work as market waits to see if regular printing revs recover Personal Tech28 Aug 2024 | 10
Missing Fujitsu PCs? It's back with a fresh lineup of 16 models Business left Europe last year, but remains ticking away Personal Tech28 Aug 2024 | 19
As the Apple Watch turns 10, disabled users demand real accessibility Opinion Forget wrist acrobatics, we need smarter wake word detection and on-device voice recognition Personal Tech28 Aug 2024 | 10
Where the computer industry went wrong – the early hits Part 1: The eight-bit era A personal collection of the memorable missteps and fumbles Personal Tech28 Aug 2024 | 215
Woman uses AirTags to nab alleged parcel-pinching scum Phew! Consumer-grade tracking devices are good for more than finding your keys and stalking Personal Tech28 Aug 2024 | 109
A last look at the Living Computers museum before collection heads to auction A guided tour of vintage hardware set to be scattered to the winds Personal Tech27 Aug 2024 | 37
Boom Supersonic takes baby steps toward breaking the sound barrier Twitchy roll resolved, landing gear works on one-third size demonstrator Personal Tech27 Aug 2024 | 68
Zuckerberg admits Biden administration pressured Meta to police COVID posts 'The government pressure was wrong, and I regret that we were not more outspoken about it,' says Facebook founder Personal Tech27 Aug 2024 | 182
Netherlands fines Uber €290M for improper EU-US driver data transfers The ride-sharing provider insists it broke no rules during the three-year legal gap Off-Prem26 Aug 2024 | 17
Bargain-hunting boss saw his bonus go up in a puff of self-inflicted smoke Who, Me? Buying PCs off the gray market can (literally) blow up in your face Personal Tech26 Aug 2024 | 154
Telegram founder and CEO arrested in France Rumors swirl that lack of content moderation has angered authorities Personal Tech26 Aug 2024 | 194
Gamers who find Ryzen 9000s disappointingly slow are testing it wrong, says AMD Those using Windows 11, version 24H2, should see better speed Systems23 Aug 2024 | 37
Amazon antitrust case in Washington DC is resurrected DC appeals court reverses dismissal, finding enough evidence of anticompetitive behavior to proceed Personal Tech22 Aug 2024 | 2
Benign bug in iOS and iPadOS crashes gizmos with just four characters More of an Easter egg than a vuln, but a fun one to mess around with Personal Tech22 Aug 2024 | 28
HMD Skyline: The repairable Android that lets you go dumb in a smart way Nokia custodian makes efforts to help you fight fondleslab fixation Personal Tech22 Aug 2024 | 85
Microsoft closes Windows 11 upgrade loophole in latest Insider build Pretending you're a server won't stop the hardware police Personal Tech19 Aug 2024 | 57
Raspberry Pi 5 slims down for cut-price 2 GB RAM version Nobody really needs more than that, right? Personal Tech19 Aug 2024 | 76
Stargazing with the Beaverlab Finder TW2 Hands On Good for beginners, but a few missing features will annoy Personal Tech17 Aug 2024 | 55