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 | 7
Personal Tech
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 | 29
Pokémon GO was an intelligence tool, claims Belarus military official
Augmented reality meets warped reality
Personal Tech12 Sep 2024 | 25
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 | 80
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 | 139
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 | 8
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 | 156
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 | 169
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 | 91
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 | 149
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 | 103
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 | 360
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
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Microsoft says it broke some Windows 10 patching – as it fixes flaws under attack
Patch Tuesday CISA wants you to leap on Citrix and Ivanti issues. Adobe, Intel, SAP also bid for patching priorities
Research suggests more than half of VMware customers are looking to move
Price rises, uncertainty after Broadcom takeover forcing users to look elsewhere for virtualization needs
So you paid a ransom demand … and now the decryptor doesn't work
A really big oh sh*t moment, for sure
Oracle wants to power 1GW datacenter with trio of tiny nuclear reactors
Isn't saying how much they'll cost or when they'll fire up
Hunters International cyber-gang extorts Chinese mega-bank's London HQ
Allegedly swiped more than 5.2M files and threatens to publish the lot
How $20 and a lapsed domain allowed security pros to undermine internet integrity
What happens at Black Hat…
Alibaba Cloud struggles after blaze at Digital Realty Singapore datacenter
Chinese giant claims lithium batteries exploded, now one server hall is waterlogged
Mind the talent gap: Infosec vacancies abound, but hiring is flat
ISC2 argues security training needs to steer toward what hiring managers want
Robot enters Fukushima's nuclear core to retrieve melted-down remains
Video Trying for 3 grams, only 880 tons to go!
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
STORIES
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 | 18
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 | 214
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 | 67
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 | 152
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 | 84
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 | 75
Stargazing with the Beaverlab Finder TW2
Hands On Good for beginners, but a few missing features will annoy
Personal Tech17 Aug 2024 | 55
Game not over: Epic brings Fortnite back to iOS in Europe, using its own app store
But the cost of battling Apple and Google? A hefty $1B lost in revenue
Software17 Aug 2024 | 27
Twitter must pay over half a million to unfairly dismissed Irish exec
Remember the 'go hardcore or go home' email? Turns out: not super compatible with Irish employment law
Personal Tech15 Aug 2024 | 153
Still waiting for a Pi 500 and wondering what do this summer?
The team knows you want one, but in the meantime why not make one yourself?
Personal Tech14 Aug 2024 | 53
Microsoft pushing, pushing, pushing Edge in Defender slammed as a 'dark pattern'
Is it an ad? Or serious infosec advice?
Personal Tech14 Aug 2024 | 59
Google brings more Gemini AI features to Android, saves the best for Pixel 9
Video And four more phones. Woo. Yay.
Personal Tech13 Aug 2024 | 17
Apple is coming to take 30% cut of new Patreon subs on iOS
You don't get to be the biggest business in the world by being nice
Applications12 Aug 2024 | 100
Twitter's former chairman sues X over unpaid options
Seeks $23 million in damages over Musk's alleged reluctance to pay his bills
Personal Tech12 Aug 2024 | 31
Former YouTube CEO, Susan Wojcicki, 56, succumbs to cancer
A career and life so classically Silicon Valley
Personal Tech12 Aug 2024 | 28
Raptor Lake microcode limits Intel chips to a mere 1.55 volts to prevent CPU destruction
Is that a lot? Depends on the context. GHz, no. Voltage, yes
Personal Tech09 Aug 2024 | 28
HP Inc loves China – but wants to reduce the risks it presents
Amid reports that plenty of PC production will shift elsewhere, supply chain boss emphasizes agility
Personal Tech09 Aug 2024 | 9
Raspberry Pi Pico 2 lands with (drum roll) RISC-V cores
Beefier Arms next to RV rival CPUs, offering a glimpse of the future
Personal Tech08 Aug 2024 | 34
Nokia goes from phones to drones with Swiss service rollout
No pricing disclosed but plan allows users to order hands-off flights without operating any units
Networks08 Aug 2024 | 3
Report: Tech misconceptions plague the IT world
Just snapping the webcam shutter closed won't keep a user safe online
Personal Tech08 Aug 2024 | 74
UK Royal Mint mining PCBs for precious metals in e-waste recovery effort
There's gold in them thar boards
Personal Tech08 Aug 2024 | 66
AMD’s latest desktop CPUs feature lower prices yet again as Intel readies a fightback
Brand-new Ryzen 9000 processors are about 10% cheaper than their Ryzen 7000 counterparts
Personal Tech07 Aug 2024 | 5
Under-fire Elon Musk urged to get a grip on X and reality – or resign
Exclusive Chamber of Progress pens open letter pressing billionaire to behave better amid UK riots
Personal Tech07 Aug 2024 | 378
Tesla recalls over 1.6M electric cars in China for faulty hood lock
Across China and the US, more than 3.5 million cars have been recalled
Personal Tech07 Aug 2024 | 37
Twitter tells advertisers to go fsck themselves, now sues them for fscking the fsck off
Updated CEO claims 'illegal boycott' was attack on Musk's version of free speech
Personal Tech06 Aug 2024 | 206
All y'all love AI, right? Get ready for Gemini in Nest cameras, Google Assistant
And you're replacing Chromecast with TV Streamer? Great! That's a logical step for the evolving landscape of ...
Personal Tech06 Aug 2024 | 14
EVs continue to grow but private buyers are steering clear, say motor trade figures
Hybrids snap at heels of battery-only vehicles in UK, but petrol is still king... for now
Personal Tech06 Aug 2024 | 221
Punkt MC02: As private, and pricey, as a Swiss bank account
A de-Googled Android phone with extra security – and a subscription
Personal Tech05 Aug 2024 | 35
Intel tacks two years onto Raptor Lake CPU warranty after voltage crash fiasco
It’s starting to sink in for Chipzilla that it’s losing some credibility
Personal Tech02 Aug 2024 | 8
Uncle Sam sues TikTok for 'extensive' data harvesting from millions of kids
Remember that promise to be nice? You broke it, say prosecutors
Personal Tech02 Aug 2024 | 30
First-time buyers, especially in China, help Apple to quarterly revenue record
iPhone cash is a little off, but AI might just turn that around
Personal Tech02 Aug 2024 | 4
Appeals court kicks fate of net neutrality in America further down the road
Judges wonder out loud: If Congress wanted this, it would have passed a law, no?
Networks02 Aug 2024 | 8
Bring the hammer down on Nvidia, US progressive and antitrust orgs urge the Feds
Lobbyists would love for rumors of a monopoly probe into GPU goliath to become reality
Personal Tech01 Aug 2024 | 11
Uber and China's BYD agree deal to roll out 100,000 EV fleet
No timeline yet, but drivers beware: Plans include collaboration on autonomous-capable vehicles
Personal Tech01 Aug 2024 | 32
Qualcomm bullish on AI, teases flagship platform coming in October
Chip outfit boosted by Chinese market, but goals for smartphones, PCs are ambitious
Personal Tech01 Aug 2024 | 3
Tesla that killed motorcyclist was in Full Self-Driving mode
28-year-old mowed down in US state where cars ordinarily aren't allowed to operate autonomously
AI + ML31 Jul 2024 | 181
Samsung confirms Exynos 2500 chip as profit skyrockets on back of AI memory boom
Strikes? What strikes?
Personal Tech31 Jul 2024 | 1
Amazon, you will do a total recall of bad stuff sold through your site, watchdog barks
E-super-souk isn't having any of it
Personal Tech30 Jul 2024 | 92
Can't get Minecraft, MongoDB Cloud, others to work today? Blame that Azure outage
Shut the Front Door!
PaaS + IaaS30 Jul 2024 | 15
Meta to cough up $1.4B to end fight over 'unlawful' facial recognition of friends
Everything's bigger in Texas – even the settlement deals
AI + ML30 Jul 2024 | 16
Qualcomm goes budget with Snapdragon 4s Gen 2 5G chipset
Latest silicon aims to bring Gigabit connectivity to sub-$100 handsets
Personal Tech30 Jul 2024 |
Apple agrees to terms with US store union for first time
Funny what threatening to walk off the job and shutter a retail store can do
Personal Tech30 Jul 2024 | 11
Car makers sold people's driving habits, location data for pennies, say US senators
Khaan! Khaaaaaan!
Personal Tech29 Jul 2024 | 44
US border cops really must get a warrant in NY before searching your phones, devices
Do we really want to bother SCOTUS with this, friends? Surely they're way too busy to take a look
Public Sector29 Jul 2024 | 38
Logitech Zone 305 is light on the ears and wallet, maybe a bit too light on quality?
Review A headset for workers who want to stride around the room bellowing
Personal Tech29 Jul 2024 | 18
US claims TikTok shipped personal data to China – very personal data
Not even Oracle could stop it, claims DoJ
Legal29 Jul 2024 | 29
No, really, please ban Chinese DJI drones from America's skies, senators are urged
Previous outlawing attempt flew off, will this one stick the landing?
Personal Tech26 Jul 2024 | 70
iPhone kicked out of China’s top 5 smartphone brands as domestic market bounces back
Chinese brands ascendant in the country’s phone market, but Apple’s exile might only be temporary
Personal Tech26 Jul 2024 | 18
'A moose hit me' and other ways people damage their gizmos
The wild world of wrecking our tech
Personal Tech26 Jul 2024 | 91
Customer bricked a phone – and threatened to brick techie's face with it
On Call There's a difference between a warranty and insurance. In this story the latter could fight back
Personal Tech26 Jul 2024 | 133
OpenAI unveils AI search engine SearchGPT – not that you're allowed to use it yet
Launching in Beta is so 2014. We're in the prototype limited sign-up era now
AI + ML25 Jul 2024 | 2
Things are going Z-shaped at Huawei: Chinese giant preps three-screen folding smartphone
Reports hint they'll be here by Christmas
Personal Tech25 Jul 2024 | 22
AMD stalls Ryzen 9000 launch over poor chip quality
Oh, actual QA? In 2024? In this economy?
Personal Tech24 Jul 2024 | 19
Oops. Apple relied on bad code while flaming Google Chrome's Topics ad tech
Yes, you can be fingerprinted and tracked via Privacy Sandbox – tho the risk isn't as high as feared
Personal Tech24 Jul 2024 | 8
Philadelphia tree trimmers fail to nip FTC noncompete ban in the bud
What a Trump-appointed judge taketh away, a Biden judge giveth
Legal24 Jul 2024 | 19
Apple's Clamshell iBook G3 at 25 – not just a pretty case
Remembering when laptops could be fun and fixable
Personal Tech24 Jul 2024 | 23
Intel to deliver fix for Raptor Lake CPUs made 'unstable' by voltage snafu
Put those pesky crashes in the past with a fun microcode upgrade!
Personal Tech23 Jul 2024 | 32
Indonesia blocks 2.5 million pieces of gambling content, minister says it's not enough
Wagering boomed – and so did the quantity of money heading offshore
Public Sector23 Jul 2024 | 3
The Clacktop: A Thinkpad Yoga with a mechanical keyboard
Impressively home-made, this is the sort of laptop we wish we could buy new
Personal Tech22 Jul 2024 | 69
FTC grabs controller as Microsoft jacks up Game Pass price by 81%
This is exactly what we said would happen post-Blizzard merger, laments watchdog, as its appeal continues
Personal Tech20 Jul 2024 | 30
Microsoft 365 remains 'degraded' as Azure outage resolved
Updated Central US region is back in business but Office apps still in trouble
Off-Prem19 Jul 2024 | 66
Tesla sales, market share dip in EU while other EV makers grow
Tesla doesn't just have an US problem: It has one with EU, too
Personal Tech18 Jul 2024 | 78
Samsung buys UK AI startup to give its products the personal touch
Oxford Semantic could help your fridge and smartphone pick up on your proclivities
AI + ML18 Jul 2024 | 15
Here we go again. And again. Musk threatens to pull Twitter, SpaceX out of California
Comment Over here, look at me, Donald, I'm over here, don't you want to tweet again? Woke! Trans! Antifa! Immigration!
Science17 Jul 2024 | 121
Windows NT on a whole new platform: PowerMac
Got a G3 iMac? Want to run NT? Now you can!
Personal Tech17 Jul 2024 | 46
On one Prime Day, Amazon warehouse workers endured '45% injury rate'
Bernie Sanders puts e-souk titan on blast for workplace harm
Personal Tech16 Jul 2024 | 44
Qualcomm sues Chinese handset-maker in India to defend African market
There's a lot of territory to cover here
Personal Tech16 Jul 2024 | 6
Big Music reprises classic hit 'ISPs need to stop their customers torrenting or we'll sue'
Stop us if you think you've heard this one before: Legal supergroup demands billions from Verizon
Personal Tech16 Jul 2024 | 86
FBI gains access to Trump rally shooter's phone
Hasn't said how it did it, but has form cracking devices
Research16 Jul 2024 | 115
China's Honor debuts laptop with bonkers removable camera that lives in a little slot
Privacy preserved, with potential to lose the camera in your pocket or beyond
Personal Tech16 Jul 2024 | 16
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