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
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
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
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