Meta goes to war with FTC over right to profit from kids' personal data Awkward hill to die on, but OK Personal Tech30 Nov 2023 | 14
Bitcoin's thirst for water is just as troubling as its energy appetite A single transaction chugs 6.2 million times more than a credit card swipe Personal Tech30 Nov 2023 | 25
Musk tells advertisers to 'go f**k' themselves as $44B X gamble spirals into chaos Comment Hello, police? I'd like to report a murder Personal Tech30 Nov 2023 | 236
Honda cooks up an electric motorbike menu, with sides of connectivity Plans buffet of components you can assemble into a dream machine Personal Tech30 Nov 2023 | 28
Meta yanks VR headset's strap-on booster battery after charging bricks it A misbehaving Li-ion on your noggin - what could possibly go wrong? Personal Tech30 Nov 2023 | 5
Goldman sacked: Apple 'wants out' of credit card collab Don't be too shocked: Financial giant has been fleeing normie banking lately after failing to find footing Personal Tech29 Nov 2023 | 20
Car dealers openly beg Biden to put brakes on electric vehicle drive No one's buying these things. Just, uh, ignore the massive markups Personal Tech29 Nov 2023 | 100
Logitech's Wave Keys tries to bend ergonomics without breaking tradition Review Or your wallet Personal Tech28 Nov 2023 | 45
Samsung creates a group dedicated to inventing whatever comes next Exec who led memory and battery businesses to global dominance gets the job of defining Chaebol's future Personal Tech28 Nov 2023 | 2
Game over for ByteDance's big video game studio dream? TikTok parent reportedly gives hundreds the tintack Personal Tech27 Nov 2023 | 1
Videoconferencing fatigue is real, study finds Your brain and heart do not enjoy Zooming, Teamsing, or Webexing Personal Tech27 Nov 2023 | 34
IT sent the intern to sort out the nasty VP who was too important to bother with backups Who, Me? Kid escaped from the executive suite without screwing things up Personal Tech27 Nov 2023 | 87
Lenovo's USB-C Power Banks pack more heat than expected Recall issued for fiery surprise Personal Tech23 Nov 2023 | 15
Tesla, Musk likely aware of Autopilot deficiencies behind Florida fatality, says judge Decision means family of man killed in 2019 cross-traffic collision can take carmaker to trial Personal Tech22 Nov 2023 | 68
HP chief throws about AI fairy dust in hopes of reviving slumbering PC giant What is double of 15% sales shrinkage? Personal Tech22 Nov 2023 | 6
Lenovo sues Asus for patent infringement, seeks US ZenBook ban Updated Why can't we be FRANDS? Personal Tech22 Nov 2023 | 11
Firefox slow to load YouTube? Just another front in Google's war on ad blockers Search giant says delays not specific to any browser – just those evading advert breaks. YMMV Personal Tech21 Nov 2023 | 112
X's legal eagles swoop on Media Matters over antisemitic content row Case filed in Texas, where anti-SLAPP provisions don't apply in federal court Personal Tech21 Nov 2023 | 70
IBM-led advertising X-odus gains steam as more flee Musk's platform Ad execs have reportedly urged CEO Yaccarino to step down in protest to save her reputation Personal Tech20 Nov 2023 | 88
What's really going on with Chrome's June crackdown on extensions – and why your ad blocker may or may not work Special report Manifest V3 transition deemed 'far from terrible' and yet not great for content filters Personal Tech18 Nov 2023 | 96
HP printer software turns up uninvited on Windows systems No escape from bloat, even without relevant hardware attached
Musk tells advertisers to 'go f**k' themselves as $44B X gamble spirals into chaos Comment Hello, police? I'd like to report a murder
That time a JPL engineer almost killed a Mars Rover before it left Earth Forget Martian dust devils, it's the peril of the blue smoke you have to worry about
We challenged you to come up with tech predictions for 2024 (wrong answers only) – here are some favorites so far Kettle Plus some of our own and the ugly Microsoft sweater one of you will win. Please take it off our hands...
Okta data breach dilemma dwarfs earlier estimates All customer support users told their info was accessed after analysis oversight
SAP faces more accusations of breaching on-prem customers' trust Cloud-only innovation strategy slammed as users opt for on-prem and hosted support for S/4HANA
China's Loongson debuts processor that 'matches Intel silicon circa 2020' Best not to dismiss it, as Asus looks to be onboard and advances are promised
IBM's vintage Db2 database jumps on AWS's cloud bandwagon Updated Users on the mainframe will have to wait for their system to become available in the cloud service, though
Watchdog claims retaliation from military after questioning cushy federal IT contracts Special report IT-AAC had a hand in scrutinizing JEDI, now faces probe for challenging $300M+ single-source deals
Weak session keys let snoops take a byte out of your Bluetooth traffic BLUFFS spying flaw present in iPhones, ThinkPad, plenty of chipsets
What do Apple, Meta, TikTok have in common? Fighting off Europe's stiff antitrust rules Gatekeeper status under DMA? Don't you know who I am? Personal Tech17 Nov 2023 | 11
Apple's quest for modem independence from Qualcomm is going nowhere fast iPhones could still be running Snapdragons into 2026 Personal Tech17 Nov 2023 | 26
Watchdog bites back against blockage of $9M fine on US selfie-scraper Clearview AI Updated Britain's ICO claims tribunal misinterpreted law, wants case revisited Personal Tech17 Nov 2023 | 11
Qualcomm promises 'premium performance' in Gen 3 Snapdragon 7 phone chips Higher end SoCs for midrange mobes as Honor and Vivo sink it into their next devices Personal Tech17 Nov 2023 | 6
South Korea opens the door for robots to roam among pedestrians They'll have a top speed of 15km/h and need insurance before they roll Personal Tech17 Nov 2023 | 27
Rights warriors claim online ad auction data a danger to national security 'The industry can not be allowed to put elected leaders, military personnel at risk' Personal Tech16 Nov 2023 | 18
Google, Amazon, Microsoft make the Mozilla naughty list for Christmas shopping Big Tech's toys have privacy problems. Why not buy utterly unconnected dead-tree books instead? Personal Tech15 Nov 2023 | 11
Meta's fix for teen online mental health? Hold Apple and Google responsible Facebook: If only we had a national law to ensure kids get parental permission to indulge in damaging social media Personal Tech15 Nov 2023 | 31
Cruise parks entire US fleet over safety fears Roadblocks ahead as external watchdog hired for full audit of self-driving biz Personal Tech15 Nov 2023 | 15
Google Chrome coders really, truly, absolutely ready to cull third-party cookies from 2024 Bonfire of the web trackers is coming, industry ready or not Personal Tech14 Nov 2023 | 20
X fails to remove hate speech over Israel-Gaza conflict 98% of posts reported stay up, and Musk's response is to sue the messenger Personal Tech14 Nov 2023 | 84
When it comes to personal data, we're on a highway to hell Kettle Register journos tackle cars harvesting info, Meta and YouTube being taken to task over privacy, and more Personal Tech13 Nov 2023 | 16
Your online store down? Can't get to your fave web shop? Maybe blame Shopify Biz races to fix broken systems Personal Tech13 Nov 2023 | 11
Amazon's retail wing tops list of take-down demands from Europe under new DSA law Box shifter says it caught millions of miscreants with its own systems though Personal Tech13 Nov 2023 | 5
Google dragged to UK watchdog over Chrome's upcoming IP address cloaking Exclusive Marketers tell antitrust cops privacy proxy will make it harder to protect kids online, etc etc Personal Tech11 Nov 2023 | 95
Meta, YouTube face criminal spying complaints in Ireland Exclusive Tracking code and ad-block blocking breaks Euro computer law, privacy advocate claims Personal Tech11 Nov 2023 | 44
Qualcomm and Iridium's satellite link-up loses signal Updated Tech was proven, but nobody wanted to put it in their Snapdragon devices Personal Tech10 Nov 2023 | 9
Gauss we've all got a fresh option for a gen AI handheld: A Samsung device Vendor promises ChatGPT and DALL•E-esque products in the near future Personal Tech09 Nov 2023 | 10
Apple exec defends 8GB $1,599 MacBook Pro, claims it's like 16GB in a PC 8,388,608KB ought to be enough for anybody, huh? Personal Tech09 Nov 2023 | 182
Google mulled offering paid-for no-logging private Search subscription Also: Antitrust trial exhibits signals Incognito mode isn't truly private and 100M users may be underage Personal Tech08 Nov 2023 | 24
Microsoft scratches Surface device policy – some get extensions of up to 6 years See? It's not just Chromebooks. Now how about some flexibility around Win 10? Personal Tech06 Nov 2023 | 3
YouTube cares less for your privacy than its revenues Opinion Ad blockers are firewalls for our sanity – turning them off is madness Personal Tech06 Nov 2023 | 198
Brits make Amazon, Meta stop using third-party data to undercut rivals Watchdog on a tear to level the playing field Personal Tech04 Nov 2023 | 40
Apple slams Android as a 'massive tracking device' in internal slides revealed in Google antitrust battle Whinges about Chrome maker's privacy stance while taking billions to, er, use its search engine Personal Tech03 Nov 2023 | 41
We're feeling pretty anti about these social networks Kettle Meta faces personal info processing ban, needs to Thread the trademark needle in the UK, while Musk loses out Personal Tech03 Nov 2023 | 9
Arm grabs a slice of Raspberry Pi to sweeten relationship with IoT devs Can't RISC losing them to another ISA Personal Tech03 Nov 2023 | 39
Apple's year ends with surging services, a billion subscribers, and a view of generation next Hardware (other than iPhones) is not so hot, but 'emerging markets' are getting Apple fever Personal Tech03 Nov 2023 | 2
Uber, Lyft to hand back $328M of stolen wages to NY drivers So much for appy cabbies being 'partners' - Big U kept fares low by making 'em pay fees that riders should have picked up Personal Tech03 Nov 2023 | 13
Amazon's $1.4B price-raising 'Project Nessie' algorithm exposed in FTC antitrust fight More details emerge from Loch Jassy, including how this may have been anything but a 'scrapped' project Personal Tech02 Nov 2023 | 16
GPS leading your phone astray? We can just fix that in code, startup claims Interview Zephr bags $3.5M, reckons its tech can pinpoint location to sub-60cm levels Personal Tech02 Nov 2023 | 13
Batterygate bound for Blighty as UK court approves billion-dollar Apple compensation case 24 million more angry iPhone users get their turn to give iGiant a kicking Personal Tech02 Nov 2023 | 47
Lenovo’s phantom ThinkPad X1 foldable laptop finally materializes The day after Halloween, at a slightly less scary price than LG, HPE, and ASUS charge for their folding laptops Personal Tech02 Nov 2023 | 17
Europe bans Meta from using personal data to target ads EU folks have no chill, not that we're complaining Personal Tech01 Nov 2023 | 73
Asahi Linux goes from Apple Silicon port project to macOS bug hunters Refresh rate glitch could leave MacBook Pro 14" and 16" models unbootable Personal Tech01 Nov 2023 | 25
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
Apple swipes left on the last Touch Bar Mac, replaces it with a pricier 14″ model Comment Proper function keys are the norm once more and the dream of a touchscreen Mac appears to be dead Personal Tech01 Nov 2023 | 59
Trademark fight: Brit biz Threads has a teeny tiny problem with Meta's Threads Software house says it's had UK trademark since 2012 as Zuck & Co know full well Personal Tech31 Oct 2023 | 23
X says it's only worth $19B after year of Muskmanagement Everything's down, except Elon's engagement, and that's what really matters, right? Personal Tech31 Oct 2023 | 32
Google formally gets to work on Android on RISC-V Emulators coming in 2024, first for wearables Personal Tech31 Oct 2023 | 3
Apple lifts the sheet on a trio of 'scary fast' M3 SoCs built on a 3nm process MacBook Pro and iMac get the new silicon, and price tags up to a terrifying $7,199 Personal Tech31 Oct 2023 | 102
Alphabet CEO testifies in Google Search trial: We pay billions to keep Apple at bay As Uncle Sam releases internal docs on Chrome strategy, MSN, more Personal Tech30 Oct 2023 | 17
Biden's facing the clock to veto Apple Watch import ban after ITC patent ruling I'll huff and I'll puff and Masimo will blow your sales down Personal Tech27 Oct 2023 | 34
Microsoft enlists iFixit to extend Surface spare parts program Appears to have expanded coverage to at least 30 nations Personal Tech27 Oct 2023 | 9
Intel CEO Gelsinger dismisses 'pretty insignificant' Arm PC challenge Chipzilla beats revenue guidance but datacenter biz is still in the dumps Personal Tech27 Oct 2023 | 18
On-by-default video calls come to X, disable to retain your sanity Oh, and happy Twitter acquisition day eve to Elon. Will year 2 be better? Not if the bankers get hold of him, it seems Personal Tech26 Oct 2023 | 51
Amazon workers are in a warehouse of pain, independent report finds 6.9 injuries per 100 employees? Try 69 percent taking time off for injuries, exhaustion, survey concludes Personal Tech26 Oct 2023 | 47
Privacy advocate challenges YouTube's ad blocking detection scripts under EU law Interview Irish eyes may not be smiling Personal Tech26 Oct 2023 | 177
Cisco to sell enterprise version of $400 Bang & Olufsen earbuds Make Webex more collaborative and secure, while you enjoy its AI additions and active noise cancellation Personal Tech26 Oct 2023 | 14
Your ex isn't the only one stalking your social media posts. The Feds are, too Two thumbs down as ACLU lawsuit yields uncomfortable results Personal Tech25 Oct 2023 | 66
World checks it's not April 1 as Apple signals support for full US right-to-repair rule But beware geeks bearing gifts Personal Tech25 Oct 2023 | 29
Apple jacks prices to juice profits because $19.3B a quarter isn't enough Shareholders rejoice! Apple TV+, News+ raises prices over 40% Personal Tech25 Oct 2023 | 73
The Raspberry Pi 5 is now available ... if you pre-ordered Will there be tinkering under the Christmas tree? Personal Tech25 Oct 2023 | 43
Red light for robotaxis as California suspends Cruise's license to self-drive Updated Indefinite ban due to 'public safety' Personal Tech24 Oct 2023 | 22
iFixit pries open Google Pixel 8 Pro with clamps and picks Could be easier to get into, but check out that 7-year update commitment Personal Tech24 Oct 2023 | 13
When is a privacy button not a privacy button? When Google runs it, claims lawsuit 'It looks like even Sundar Pichai is confused about how this control works' Personal Tech24 Oct 2023 | 38
A cheap Chinese PC with odd components. What could go wrong? Desktop Tourism Surprisingly little, but the KAMRUI GK3 Plus doesn't inspire confidence Personal Tech24 Oct 2023 | 48
No more Mr Nice DoJ: Tesla gets subpoenas over self-driving software claims Has someone been shooting their mouth off a little too much? Personal Tech23 Oct 2023 | 35
Still got a job at the end of this week? You're lucky, as more layoffs hit the tech industry Kettle 'Beatings will continue until morale improves' Personal Tech21 Oct 2023 | 69
Web Summit CEO's comments on Israeli conflict 'war crimes' sparks boycott Intel, Siemens, Google, Meta, and Stripe among event walkouts Personal Tech20 Oct 2023 | 79
Look ma, no fans: Mini PC boasts slimline solid-state active cooling system Hong Kong-based maker claims cooler is 'silent' Personal Tech20 Oct 2023 | 45
Royal College considers no confidence move after Excel recruitment debacle Mangled spreadsheets mean government was asleep on the job and should be held to account Personal Tech20 Oct 2023 | 39
US government's Login.gov turns frown upside down, now smiles on facial recognition Authentication portal to match snaps on existing IDs with user-provided snaps Personal Tech19 Oct 2023 | 23
First Brexit, now X-it: Musk 'considering' pulling platform from EU over probe Comment Plus: Working from home is 'detached from reality' says world's richest man Personal Tech19 Oct 2023 | 227
What's unconstitutional about Google keyword search warrants? Nothing, says Colorado Supreme Court Arson case produces a very tricky precedent for anyone who values digital privacy Personal Tech18 Oct 2023 | 24
Sony, Honda tease EV that aims to be a lounge on wheels Video 'Afeela' packs Qualcomm kit, screens galore, runs Android and will have an app ecosystem Personal Tech18 Oct 2023 | 37
Apple finds another use for USB-C – a cheaper Pencil It’s also shorter, lousy under pressure, and needs a dongle on the cheapest iPad Personal Tech18 Oct 2023 | 11
Google and Qualcomm to bring RISC-V to the wrist in next-gen wearable platform Wear OS is basically Android, so this effort may do some heavy lifting to evade Arm SoCs in future phones Personal Tech18 Oct 2023 | 3
Japan cruises ahead with drive-thru EV charging trial Perfect antidote to range anxiety ... if it works and they can sort compatibility Personal Tech17 Oct 2023 | 32
iPhone 15 Pro Max users report seeing ghostly OLED apparitions A Weekend at Burn-ins Personal Tech17 Oct 2023 | 21
Raspberry Pi 5: Hot takes and cooler mistakes How does the device fare as a daily driver, and is cooling really optional? Personal Tech17 Oct 2023 | 73
Meta Quest 3 is a virtual reality of repair insanity Bravery and a bucket for the screws required to service latest idiot visor Personal Tech16 Oct 2023 | 10
Apple and Lenovo are dropping the ball for visually impaired users Accessibility features help everybody… and one day, you might need them too Personal Tech16 Oct 2023 | 20
A $353M question: Did Meta muzzle a VR venture? Quest for control as AEI alleges Meta's monopolistic missteps Personal Tech12 Oct 2023 | 7
Google's third-party cookie culling to begin in Q1 2024 ... for 1% of Chrome users And in full swing starting Q3 Personal Tech12 Oct 2023 | 11
California's Governor Newsom signs laws on right to repair and data deletion 'Digital emancipation proclamation' praised by tech tinkerers, but info brokers aren't happy Personal Tech11 Oct 2023 | 11
EU threatens X with DSA penalties over spread of Israel-Hamas disinformation Final update Meta also told to clean out election-bothering deepfakes from its empire – or face the music Personal Tech11 Oct 2023 | 81
Your phone's cracked screen may one day heal itself, but try not to drop it for now Analysts 'put stake in the ground' to say tech will hit market in matter of years Personal Tech11 Oct 2023 | 18
ASUS thinks outside the 4″ x 4″ box with plans for custom NUCs Commercial customers are in the frame, and gamers aren't forgotten, as it takes on Intel's mini PCs Personal Tech11 Oct 2023 | 6
Intel offers $179 Arc A580 GPU to gamers on a budget 640K, sorry, 1080p ought to be enough for anybody Personal Tech11 Oct 2023 | 25
Twitter further restricts free tier with option to limit replies to verified accounts The digital town square, but with more pay-to-play curbs Personal Tech11 Oct 2023 | 64