Apple update looks like Czech mate for locked-out iPhone user
Lock-screen keyboard no longer accepts háček in student's alphanumeric passcode
Personal Tech12 Apr 2026 | 57
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Electronics industry says FCC's foreign-made router policy is a bit of a mesh
Trade group warns onshoring demands will leave Americans stuck with older gear
Personal Tech10 Apr 2026 | 40
Peace President's Iran war piles more pain on already battered PC market
Memory costs were already through the roof - now freight's spiking too, and budget systems face extinction
Personal Tech09 Apr 2026 | 53
Amazon rewards loyal Kindle devotees by closing the book on old e-readers
Updated To 'minimize disruption,' Bezoscorp offers a 20% discount on new hardware you didn't want
Personal Tech08 Apr 2026 | 199
Break, no fix: Apple and Samsung make repairs hard
Motorola and Google top PIRG's latest scorecard
Personal Tech07 Apr 2026 | 13
Apple's chips are the core of a new landscape, but its biggest win is Windows
Opinion Walled gardens make more sense when it's an AI-lligator infested swamp outside
Personal Tech07 Apr 2026 | 106
Brits are falling out of love with posting every thought online
Ofcom finds social media participation dropping as skepticism about digital life grows
Personal Tech07 Apr 2026 | 80
We know what day it is but these Raspberry Pi price hikes are no joke
Hot DRAM! Who is going to drop nearly $400 on an underpowered Linux computer?
Personal Tech01 Apr 2026 | 86
Raspberry Pi leans into semiconductors as sales climb – especially in US and China
Chip shipments overtake boards and modules as industrial demand grows, raising questions about hobbyist roots
Personal Tech31 Mar 2026 | 43
Android keyboard ditches keys entirely, predicts what you mean
Aimed at blind tablet users, although it's winning sighted fans too
Personal Tech31 Mar 2026 | 26
UK fines Irish Apple outpost over sanctions-busting payments to Russian dev
Regulator says payments totaling £635K reached entity owned and controlled by a designated person
Applications30 Mar 2026 | 14
Google is to journalism what Vikings were to monks. Now their man will run the BBC
Opinion Canny planning or dangerous compromise? Matt Brittin takes the hotseat at a pivotal moment
Personal Tech30 Mar 2026 | 75
Security contractor blew the whistle on support crew's viral indifference
Who, Me? Career-limiting stupidity and rudeness exposed, with terminal consequences
Security30 Mar 2026 | 62
US foreign router ban criticized for being ‘industrial policy disguised as cybersecurity’
Public policy professor says it will make America less secure but hits Netgear’s lobbying goals
Security30 Mar 2026 | 45
Apple's last tower topples… and the others will follow
Farewell, Mac Pro: Increasing integration means the end of expandable computers
Personal Tech27 Mar 2026 | 157
AMD's new desktop CPU oozes cache out of all 16 cores
Turns out massive caches are good for more than games. House of Zen boasts 5-13% perf boost over prior-gen part
Personal Tech26 Mar 2026 | 20
Apple signs meaningless deal to make some less-important parts in America
Maybe that's why Tim didn't get an invitation to the President's tech bro club?
Personal Tech26 Mar 2026 | 18
UK wants to know if banning under-16s from social media does anything useful
300 families undergo 6-week trial to test impact on sleep, school, and home life
Public Sector26 Mar 2026 | 82
Go for a walk, man: Sony's drive to create a car parked by partner Honda
CarStation/PlayMobile won’t hit the road after pile-up of tax and competition issues in China and the USA
Personal Tech26 Mar 2026 | 38
Dell slims down business laptops, fattens up cooling and battery life
Pro line gets new naming convention and some serious upgrades
Personal Tech25 Mar 2026 | 34
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Apple update looks like Czech mate for locked-out iPhone user
Lock-screen keyboard no longer accepts háček in student's alphanumeric passcode
Two different attackers poisoned popular open source tools - and showed us the future of supply chain compromise
FEATURE Time to start dropping SBOMs
Hungarian government creds left in the safe hands of 'FrankLampard'
Nearly 800 state logins surfaced in breach data, including defense and NATO-linked accounts
How Salesforce and ServiceNow are squaring off in the battle for the helpdesk
FEATURE Benioff banks on user engagement while McDermott wants to govern AI agents
I vibe coded a feed reading web app. It was enlightening and uncomfortable
AI-assisted software development is transforming the industry, but you already knew that
Growing void between enterprise and frontier AI puts open weights models in the spotlight
FEATURE Most customers don't need the biggest baddest models, just ones that work, are cheap, and won't pirate their proprietary data
Linux 7.0 debuts as Linus Torvalds ponders AI's bug-finding powers and their impact on release process
Makes Rust support official, adds code for ancient Alpha and SPARC CPUs
Anthropic's mysterious Mythos AI threatens to upend the infosec world
Kettle Or it's a bunch of pre-IPO hype. Either way, we're giving it the once-over on this week's episode
China wants AI to prepare school lessons and mark homework
Asia In Brief PLUS: Toyota wheels out basketball bot; Arm scores AI server win with SK Telecom; India ponders payment pauses to foil fraudsters; And more!
IT manager approved downtime over lunch, but made a meal of it
Who, Me? Optimism is always risky, and defective hardware makes it indigestible
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Windows 95 let installers trash its files then fixed the mess behind their backs
I'll just clear up that up, shall I?
OSes25 Mar 2026 | 25
Samsung still glued to its bad habits with Galaxy S26 Ultra
Flagship phone scores 5/10 from iFixit as the parts that break most often remain firmly out of reach
Personal Tech25 Mar 2026 | 6
Open source isn't a tip jar – it's time to charge for access
Opinion A handful thrive, most scrape by as companies make billions off their code
Software25 Mar 2026 | 99
YouTuber lands on Moon using a ZX Spectrum. Conditions apply
BASIC and bit-banging used to guide a simulated lander down to a virtual lunar touchdown
Personal Tech25 Mar 2026 | 60
Enterprise PCs are unreliable, unpatched, and unloved compared to Macs
Omnissa telemetry suggests business buyers are loving Apple and Google
Personal Tech25 Mar 2026 | 38
HP stuffs OpenAI LLM into new laptops in bid for small biz
HP IQ can chat, share files, and break down everything people said in the conference room.
Personal Tech25 Mar 2026 | 31
Chemists concoct nail polish that lets clawed humans use touch screens
They still look goofy, but at least you might be able to use 'em like a stylus
Science24 Mar 2026 | 27
Age checks creep into Linux as systemd gets a DOB field
Flatpak may be next, and the lobbying behind it is raising eyebrows
OSes24 Mar 2026 | 184
Systemd-free antiX Linux 26: Debian 13, in bonsai form
Plus: Still supports 32-bit hardware or VMs
OSes24 Mar 2026 | 38
Windows boss promises to heal the operating system's self-inflicted wounds
Opinion Sorry seems to be the hardest word at Microsoft
OSes24 Mar 2026 | 78
EU broadcasters say smart TVs and voice assistants are the next gatekeepers
Open letter warns tech is shaping what audiences see while slipping past regulation
Software24 Mar 2026 | 62
Head-mounted VR hardware will never happen, says Neal Stephenson - who coined the term ‘metaverse’
‘People don’t like wearing things on their faces and don’t trust those who do’
Personal Tech24 Mar 2026 | 53
We tested Intel's new chips for cash-strapped hardcore PC users and they're impressive
Review More cores, higher clocks, lower prices
Personal Tech23 Mar 2026 | 18
Microsoft fixes broken Windows update days after vowing fewer broken updates
The era of reliability begins... right after this out-of-band patch
OSes23 Mar 2026 | 31
Sorry, Amazon, you couldn't pick a worse time to bring a phone to market: IDC analyst
The market is contracting
Personal Tech20 Mar 2026 | 64
Microsoft breaks Microsoft account sign-ins in Windows 11 with latest update
OneDrive, Office, Teams Free users greeted with phantom 'no internet' errors, restart may help if you're lucky
OSes20 Mar 2026 | 89
Time to end the 'uncontrolled experiment' of social media on kids, scientists say
Pair say review of studies, other evidence, proves more countries need to do like Australia and keep kids offline
Personal Tech19 Mar 2026 | 80
Google gives Android users a way to install unverified apps if they prove they really, really want to
Chocolate Factory describes concession as an attempt to balance openess with safety
Security19 Mar 2026 | 62
Hide and sleek: Latest Vivaldi release can tuck its UI away until summoned
New toggle strips away browser chrome if you want
Software19 Mar 2026 | 17
Chatbot Romeos keep users talking longer, but harm their mental health
Flattery and delusional talk have negative outcomes
AI + ML18 Mar 2026 | 14
Samsung folds the Galaxy Z TriFold after just a few months
Analysts say three-screen smartphone successful as a proof of concept, memory crunch potentially made it unsustainable
Personal Tech18 Mar 2026 | 25
WorldCoin's newest pitch: Scan your eyeballs to prove AI agents really represent you
Sell your soul to the orb
Security17 Mar 2026 | 20
Big moves in Linux filesystems as new bcachefs lands and KDE adds support for Apple's APFS
Linux still can't mount or read APFS volumes by default ... but that's about to change
Storage17 Mar 2026 | 35
BBC World Service digital switch backfires as online audience drops
MPs say the Beeb closed broadcast services expecting audiences to migrate online, but digital reach has fallen instead
Off-Prem17 Mar 2026 | 118
Apple’s MacBook Neo turns out to be its most repairable lappy in 14 years
iFixit opens Apple’s budget system, discovers something missing from MacBooks: replaceable components
Personal Tech16 Mar 2026 | 59
Age verification isn't sage verification when it's inside operating systems
Opinion Toothbrushes, Turing and the truth give the lie to California’s legal lunacy
OSes16 Mar 2026 | 82
Microsoft points at Samsung after Galaxy app bug locks users out of C:\
'Access denied' errors hit certain Windows 11 machines running vendor utility
Applications16 Mar 2026 | 53
Apple takes a bite out of app store fees in China
Beijing hinted it wasn’t happy with Cupertino, which weeks later made a change
Personal Tech13 Mar 2026 | 8
Perplexity: Everything is Computer, everything is AI, Computer is everything, AI is us
Everything extends its cloud Computer to enterprises, your computer
AI + ML12 Mar 2026 | 7
Fresh indie broadband provider incoming as Google's fiber biz and Stonepeak’s Astound merge
Alphabet to remain 'significant minority shareholder'
Networks12 Mar 2026 | 3
Microsoft adding Xbox mode to Windows 11 – even the Professional edition
Updated Out of the Copilot and into the fire
Personal Tech12 Mar 2026 | 24
Intel finds its Zen undercutting AMD with Arrow Lake refresh
Let them eat cores
Personal Tech11 Mar 2026 | 25
Scottish broadband service looking a bit dreich, says UK outage study
Subscribers north of the border suffer the most long-running failures per £100 spent
Networks11 Mar 2026 | 20
Sorry, kids. Memory crunch threatens to kneecap Chromebook shipments
Low-cost computers bashed by billion-dollar investment in AI infrastructure
Personal Tech10 Mar 2026 | 38
Microsoft Authenticator to nuke Entra creds on rooted and jailbroken phones
Warning, lockout, then wipe if your device trips detection
Personal Tech10 Mar 2026 | 49
Retro tech fan views LaserDisc movie data with a budget microscope
Analog video spied by looking really, really closely at tracks
Offbeat10 Mar 2026 | 50
Brit competition cops warn AI agents may not be 'faithful servants' to consumers
Autonomous assistants could manipulate choices, push pricier deals, and prioritize their creators
AI + ML10 Mar 2026 | 27
RSS dulls the pain of the modern web
opinion Feeds are alive, well, and can help deshittify things
Personal Tech09 Mar 2026 | 74
Microsoft Azure CTO set Claude on his 1986 Apple II code, says it found vulns
This isn't just a nostalgia trip – billions of legacy microcontrollers may be at risk
AI + ML09 Mar 2026 | 45
Musk's Grok sparks outrage after chatbot makes offensive jibes about football disasters
UK government slams comments as 'sickening and irresponsible'
Personal Tech09 Mar 2026 | 78
Lenovo, Nintendo sue US government seeking tariff refunds
World War Fee Tech-adjacent Dyson, Epson, and Whoop also have a crack
Legal09 Mar 2026 | 27
Beijing warns of more chip supply worries after Nexperia China claims it was cut off from SAP
Asia In Brief PLUS: Indonesia joins kids social media ban; China frets about AI job impacts; India’s PC market fails to launch, again; And more
Systems09 Mar 2026 | 3
Microsoft finally gets around to fixing Windows 10 Recovery Environment after breaking it in October
Released from the curse of the update bork fairy
OSes06 Mar 2026 | 10
UK watchdog eyes Meta's smart glasses after workers say they 'see everything'
Contractors tasked with improving AI reportedly had access to intimate footage captured through wearables
Security05 Mar 2026 | 113
Apple's budget-friendly MacBook Neo is bursting with color and compromise
Cupertino grabs an aging A18 Pro from parts bin to power its latest attempt at an entry-level MacBook
Personal Tech04 Mar 2026 | 139
Kaspersky dismisses claims Coruna iPhone exploit kit is connected to NSA-linked operation
Follows suggestions iPhone-pwning toolset bears hallmarks of zero-days that targeted Russian diplomats
Security04 Mar 2026 | 8
Once upon a time, saving your bits meant punching holes in floppies
Microsoft vet revisits the gloriously manual era of write protection
Personal Tech04 Mar 2026 | 49
Doomscrollers despair after Oracle hiccup knocks TikTok offline in US
Big Red's cloud that 'doesn't go down' goes down again
PaaS + IaaS04 Mar 2026 | 9
Facebook went down for about three hours, interrupting your poking and Meta's ads business
Updated Go outside and smell some flowers
Networks03 Mar 2026 | 26
Apple jacks up MacBook pricing with M5 Pro, Max debut
No one can hide from the RAMapocalypse, not even Tim Apple
Personal Tech03 Mar 2026 | 15
Chrome Gemini panel became privilege escalator for rogue extensions
High-severity flaw let malicious add-ons access system via browser's embedded AI feature
Security03 Mar 2026 | 4
Vodafone to use Amazon sats for cell backhaul in remote parts of Europe, Africa
From Bavarian Alps to Congo basin and other places where laying cable is a PITA
Networks03 Mar 2026 | 6
Brussels urged to pay 'sovereignty premium' to narrow China battery gap
Analysis claims €500 per EV could secure local production and cut reliance on foreign supply chains
Personal Tech03 Mar 2026 | 18
Gamers furious as indie studio Cloud Imperium quietly admits to data breach
Slow disclosure and odd reassurance that exposing names and contact details won't be a problem isn't going down well
Security03 Mar 2026 | 39
Popular prayer program becomes propaganda pusher after reported Israeli hack
Iranian worshippers got notifications saying 'help has arrived'
Offbeat02 Mar 2026 | 22
Lenovo shows off snap-together laptop with removable keyboard, screen, and ports
New ThinkPads also come in blue, get perfect fixability score
Personal Tech01 Mar 2026 | 75
PCs and phones to get more boring and expensive in 2026 thanks to memory drought
'This is perhaps the biggest challenge the industry has faced since its inception'
Systems27 Feb 2026 | 38
NUC, NUC! Who’s there? ASUS with a client device for Microsoft’s cloudy PCs
Dell also joins the alternative to Windows 365 Link fun
Off-Prem27 Feb 2026 | 36
Say goodbye to budget PCs and smartphones – memory is too expensive now
Analyst warns soaring DRAM and NAND costs could push entry-level devices out of reach
Personal Tech26 Feb 2026 | 119
Debian 14 will drop Gtk2 – unless Ardour rides to the rescue
Many dependent apps, including FreePascal and Lazarus, face the chop
OSes26 Feb 2026 | 25
Hardly anybody bought Samsung's last smartphones for AI. It hopes this year's models change that
hands on But only Qualcomm can power the most alluring features
Personal Tech25 Feb 2026 | 38
Firefox 148 adds master switch for browser bot bother
While Thunderbird 148 improves MS Exchange support and sign-on security
Software25 Feb 2026 | 25
Recycling biz reckons AI features are destroying smartphone resale values
Galaxy S25 sheds 63% in 12 months as reseller questions LLM emphasis
AI + ML25 Feb 2026 | 34
HP says memory’s contribution to PC costs just doubled to 35 percent
Speeds up qualification of new suppliers to get more cheap parts into PCs, faster
Systems25 Feb 2026 | 11
'Merica-made Mac Minis marked for manufacturing
iGiant also ramping US chip and AI server production
Personal Tech24 Feb 2026 | 50
Microsoft gives Windows laggards the 'gift of time' wrapped in licensing fees
With Server 2016 and other OSes for the chop, security fixes can continue to flow for a price
OSes24 Feb 2026 | 51
KDE Plasma 6.6 isn't forcing systemd but the arguments rage on
BSD support improves, FreeBSD eyes a desktop option, and the init wars refuse to die
OSes24 Feb 2026 | 45
Nvidia superchip infusion finally coming to Windows PCs, report says
Nv-based integrated graphics for Wintel box also in the works
Personal Tech23 Feb 2026 | 7
Break free of Ring's servers, earn a five-figure bounty
Goal is to run software locally and stream only to owners' computers
Security23 Feb 2026 | 49
Work experience kids messed with manager's PC to send him to Ctrl-Alt-Del hell
Who, Me? Rogue user showed them an excellent prank, which they put into production
Personal Tech23 Feb 2026 | 121
Ofcom's grumble-o-meter lights up for EE, TalkTalk, Vodafone
Q3 figures show the trio drawing the most broadband complaints per 100,000 customers
Personal Tech21 Feb 2026 | 32
Desktop tech sent to prison for an education on strange places to put tattoos
On Call And a very awkward introduction to workplace culture
On-Prem20 Feb 2026 | 114
OpenClaw is the most fun I've had with a computer in 50 years
Opinion The DECwriter got me hooked in 1975. 'Clawdine' feels like a wonderful new beginning
AI + ML19 Feb 2026 | 111
Qualcomm set to triumph in UK smartphone ‘patent tax’ case
Consumer group Which? brought the case and now plans to bail after court indicated it would lose
Personal Tech18 Feb 2026 | 19
Gemini lies to user about health info, says it wanted to make him feel better
Though commonly reported, Google doesn't consider it a security problem when models make things up
AI + ML17 Feb 2026 | 61
US lawyers fire up privacy class action accusing Lenovo of bulk data transfers to China
Keep behavioral tracking American? PC giant says the claim is 'false'
Personal Tech17 Feb 2026 | 19
You probably can't trust your password manager if it's compromised
Researchers demo weaknesses affecting some of the most popular options
Security16 Feb 2026 | 113
X users howl into the void as timelines fail to load
'All systems operational,' says status page – real life suggests otherwise
Off-Prem16 Feb 2026 | 28
Secondhand laptop market goes 'mainstream' amid memory crunch
Budget-conscious buyers in Europe voting with their wallet
Personal Tech16 Feb 2026 | 29
Why does the Windows 11 taskbar hurt me like that?
Former Windows manager explains design decisions behind it
OSes16 Feb 2026 | 73