TikTok: Yes, some staff in China can access US data We thought you guys were into this whole information hoarding thing Personal Tech02 Jul 2022 | 1
One of the first RISC-V laptops may ship in September, has an NFT hook A notebook with an RV SoC is cool enough. Did we really need the Web3 jargon? Personal Tech01 Jul 2022 | 3
Everyone back to the office! Why? Because the decision has been made Something for the Weekend Where should I sit? 'Don't bother me with details, just do it' Personal Tech01 Jul 2022 | 96
Tencent Cloud slaps googly eyes on a monitor, says it can care for oldies It's called 'i-Care' and it screams 'I don't, actually' Personal Tech01 Jul 2022 | 14
Firefox kills another tracking cookie workaround URL query parameters won't work in version 102 of Mozilla's browser Personal Tech30 Jun 2022 | 41
Gartner predicts 9.5% drop in PC shipments Stark contrast to 11 percent increase year-over-year in 2021 shipments Personal Tech30 Jun 2022 | 2
The Raspberry Pi Pico goes wireless with the $6 W Wi-Fi arrives. As does a $2 price increase... but it's a worthwhile update Personal Tech30 Jun 2022 | 64
Tata Consultancy Services to create touchy feely 'Internet of Actions' Gets a grip on tech from Japanese startup to make it work Personal Tech29 Jun 2022 | 8
Google said to be taking steps to keep political campaign emails out of Gmail spam bin Just after Big Tech comes under fire for left and right-leaning message filters Personal Tech28 Jun 2022 | 33
California's attempt to protect kids online could end adults' internet anonymity Websites may be forced to verify ages of visitors unless changes made Personal Tech28 Jun 2022 | 50
Arm says its Cortex-X3 CPU smokes this Intel laptop silicon Chip design house reveals brains of what might be your next ultralight notebook Personal Tech28 Jun 2022 | 17
Not much of this actually from 'China anymore,' says Northern Light Motors boss UK outfit's all-electric 630 three-wheeler is eccentric, but supply chain issues are less whimsical Personal Tech28 Jun 2022 | 58
Hangouts hangs up: Google chat app shuts this year How many messaging services does this web giant need? It's gotta be over 9,000 Personal Tech28 Jun 2022 | 17
FTC urged to probe Apple, Google for enabling ‘intense system of surveillance’ Ad tracking poses a privacy and security risk in post-Roe America, lawmakers warn Personal Tech27 Jun 2022 | 12
Toyota, Subaru recall EVs because tires might literally fall off Toyota says 'all of the hub bolts' can loosen even 'after low-mileage use' Personal Tech27 Jun 2022 | 22
Tech companies ready public stances on Roe v. Wade Some providing out-of-state medical expenses, others spout general pro-choice statements Personal Tech27 Jun 2022 | 26
US senators seek input on their cryptocurrency law via GitHub – and get some Those town hall meetings that go off the rails? That's the internet all day, every day Personal Tech25 Jun 2022 | 19
Big Tech silent on data privacy in post-Roe America We asked what they will do to prevent cases being built against women. So far: Nothing Personal Tech24 Jun 2022 | 237
Startup rattles tin for e-paper monitor with display fast enough to play video In grayscale, though. Optimistic plans for daylight-readable display and long-life laptop Personal Tech24 Jun 2022 | 13
Teslasuit demo: Taking a crack at force feedback with the 'Glove' A virtual world at your fingertips with the idea that you feel something gripping your hand Personal Tech24 Jun 2022 | 9
Open source body quits GitHub, urges you to do the same Paid-for Copilot trained on FOSS code final straw for Software Freedom Conservancy
China says it has photographed all of Mars from orbit Enjoy the slideshow from Tianwen's orbital adventures
The Raspberry Pi Pico goes wireless with the $6 W Wi-Fi arrives. As does a $2 price increase... but it's a worthwhile update
Firefox kills another tracking cookie workaround URL query parameters won't work in version 102 of Mozilla's browser
NASA delays SLS rollback due to concerns over rocky path to launchpad The road to the Moon is paved with... river rock?
Jenkins warns of security holes in these 25 plugins Relax, most of the vulnerabilities so far have, er, no fix
Thunderbird 102 gets a major facelift, Matrix chat support Mozilla's messaging client appears to have benefited from sponsor shakeup
Israel plans ‘Cyber-Dome’ to defeat digital attacks from Iran and others Already has 'Iron Dome' – does it need another hero?
NOBODY PRINT! Selfless hero saves typing pool from carbon catastrophe On Call Why would you make carbon copies with a laser printer?
Lenovo reveals small but mighty desktop workstation ThinkStation P360 Ultra packs latest Intel Core processor, Nvidia RTX A5000 GPU, support for eight monitors Personal Tech23 Jun 2022 | 10
Totaled Tesla goes up in flames three weeks after crash A pit and 4,500 gallons of water were needed to put it out Personal Tech23 Jun 2022 | 172
Amazon can't channel the dead, but its deepfake voices take a close second Megacorp shows Alexa speaking like kid's deceased grandma Personal Tech23 Jun 2022 | 23
Toshiba shares up as buyers prepare to shell out $22b Japanese tech conglomerate has reportedly received 10 offers, each with a different idea about how to do things Personal Tech23 Jun 2022 | 1
Samsung fined $14 million for misleading smartphone water resistance claims Promoted phones as ready for a dunking – forgot to mention known problems with subsequent recharges Personal Tech23 Jun 2022 | 40
Brave Search leaves beta, offers Goggles for filtering, personalizing results Freedom or echo chamber? Personal Tech23 Jun 2022 | 8
Meta agrees to tweak ad system after US govt brands it discriminatory And pay the tiniest of fines, too Personal Tech23 Jun 2022 | 11
Amazon fears it could run out of US warehouse workers by 2024 Internal research says the hiring pool has already dried up in a number of locations stateside Personal Tech22 Jun 2022 | 81
Meta now involved in making metalevel standards for the metaverse So are Microsoft, Adobe, W3C, Huawei, and… IKEA? Not Apple, though Personal Tech22 Jun 2022 | 17
Spain, Austria not convinced location data is personal information Privacy group NOYB sues to get telcos to respect GDPR data access rights Personal Tech22 Jun 2022 | 50
Top chip foundries grow amid electronics spending slowdown. Except Samsung Chaebol hit by lower demand for smartphones and TVs plus 4nm yield issues Personal Tech21 Jun 2022 |
Toyota wants 'closed loop' EV batteries in its future cars Automaker wants to develop recycling, remanufacturing processes Personal Tech21 Jun 2022 | 24
Investors start betting against Bitcoin with short-trade products Some crypto-bros keep the faith in the face of market onslaught Personal Tech21 Jun 2022 | 46
Google, EFF back Cloudflare in row over pirate streams Ban akin to 'ordering a telephone company to prevent a person from having conversations' over its lines Personal Tech21 Jun 2022 | 13
Microsoft Surface Laptop Studio: Too edgy for comfort? Desktop Tourism And perhaps too heavy, which is a weighty issue for a machine that turns into a tablet Personal Tech21 Jun 2022 | 28
AMD to end Threadripper Pro 5000 drought for non-Lenovo PCs As the House of Zen kills off consumer-friendly non-Pro TR chips Personal Tech20 Jun 2022 | 18
Workers win vote to form first-ever US Apple Store union Results set to be ratified by labor board by end of the week Personal Tech20 Jun 2022 | 20
If Twitter forgets your timeline preference, and you're using Safari, this is why Privacy through amnesia not ideal for remembering user choice Personal Tech20 Jun 2022 | 16
Metaverse progress update: Some VR headset prototypes nowhere near shipping But when it does work, bet you'll fall over yourselves to blow ten large on designer clobber for your avy Personal Tech20 Jun 2022 | 24
Plot to defeat crypto meltdown: Solend votes to seize, liquidate whale account 95% of SOL deposits from 1 person, so margin selloffs could mean collapse Personal Tech20 Jun 2022 | 58
Know the difference between a bin and /bin unless you want a new doorstop Who, Me? Short sharp loss of privileges for poor sysadmin who emptied that directory Personal Tech20 Jun 2022 | 151
Never fear, the White House is here to tackle web trolls 'No one should have to endure abuse just because they are attempting to participate in society' Personal Tech17 Jun 2022 | 83
US must adopt USB-C charging standard like EU, senators urge Tangle of cables creates headaches and electronic waste, warn senators Personal Tech17 Jun 2022 | 83
Big Tech falls in line with Euro demands to fight bots, deepfakes, disinformation Six percent of revenues at risk if Code of Practice broken Personal Tech17 Jun 2022 | 24
Brave roasts DuckDuckGo over Bing privacy exception Search biz hits back at 'misleading' claims, saga lifts lid on Microsoft's web tracking advice Personal Tech17 Jun 2022 | 29
Apple may have to cough up $1bn to Brits in latest iPhone Batterygate claim Lawsuit took its time, just like your older iOS handset Personal Tech17 Jun 2022 | 35
Samsung accused of cheating on hardware benchmarks ... again South Korean giant says it's in no way goosing TV HDR brightness Personal Tech15 Jun 2022 | 19
America edges closer to a federal data privacy law, not that anyone can agree on it What do we want? Safeguards on information! How do we want it? Er, someone help! Personal Tech15 Jun 2022 | 7
Threat of cross-border data tariffs looms over WTO Some countries call for moratorium to be lifted, tech industry not keen on potential costs Personal Tech15 Jun 2022 | 21
Meta mostly fails in appeal against order from UK watchdog to sell Giphy Might have been a good idea to mention that Snap was sniffing around GIF biz, too, judges note, though Personal Tech15 Jun 2022 | 9
Intel delivers first discrete Arc desktop GPUs ... in China Updated Why not just ship it in Narnia and call it a win? Personal Tech15 Jun 2022 | 9
Coinbase CEO cuts 1,100 jobs, warns of 'crypto winter' The buck stops with me, says Armstrong, but I still have a job Personal Tech14 Jun 2022 | 28
Sony responds to inflation with $3,700 gold-plated 'Walkman' In truth, a non-tape media player for Gen Xers with more money than sense Personal Tech14 Jun 2022 | 45
EV battery can reach full charge in 'less than 10 minutes' Silicon-anode power units could come to market soon, accelerating adoption of electric vehicles Personal Tech14 Jun 2022 | 150
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Telegram criticizes Apple for 'intentionally crippling' web app features on iOS Native code or nothing thanks to Safari's approach to web apps Personal Tech14 Jun 2022 | 25
The PainStation runs Windows XP because of course it does Retro fun and games in Berlin's ComputerSpieleMuseum Personal Tech14 Jun 2022 | 31
Woman accused of killing boyfriend after tracking him down with Apple AirTag New meaning for accessory to murder Personal Tech14 Jun 2022 | 60
Crypto market crashes on Celsius freeze, inflation news Not a good moment to look at that digi-coin portfolio, fam Personal Tech13 Jun 2022 | 42
Toyota battles Tesla, Ford with own residential energy storage battery Another assault in the battery market as automakers race to translate EV tech to the home Personal Tech13 Jun 2022 | 9
Record players make comeback with Ikea, others pitching tricked-out turntables The Obegränsad is the company's first record player since 1973 Personal Tech11 Jun 2022 | 248
Activision to begin union negotiations with workers from Raven Software Biz trying to clean up shop to close $68.7bn buyout by Microsoft Personal Tech10 Jun 2022 | 11
Warning: Colleagues are unusually likely to 'break' their monitors soon Wave of replacements needed as Samsung and Microsoft team to stream Xbox games to smart displays and tellies Personal Tech10 Jun 2022 | 26
Dell unveils new XPS 13 devices with Alder Lake CPUs Best hedge against a slowing PC market? Take some design tips from Apple Personal Tech09 Jun 2022 | 9
PC shipments sink amid steady waves of supply chain, war disruptions 320 million units forecast, still well above pre-pandemic, but boom is over for now Personal Tech09 Jun 2022 | 5
HP pilots paper delivery service for Instant Ink subscribers 'Having to go buy paper is very painful' for customers, says CEO. Let's just say the profit margins aren't Personal Tech09 Jun 2022 | 58
Microsoft confirms HoloLens boss Alex Kipman to be reorganized out the door Mixed Reality to cold reality Personal Tech08 Jun 2022 | 9
Makers of ad blockers and browser privacy extensions fear the end is near Special report Overhaul of Chrome add-ons set for January, Google says it's for all our own good Personal Tech08 Jun 2022 | 155
Next six months could set a new pace for work-life balance Poll The only way to ease transition back to office is reduce the time in the office Personal Tech07 Jun 2022 | 36
Tough news for Apple as EU makes USB-C common charging port for most electronic devices Commissioner to device makers: 'We're not forcing anybody to enter the internal market, but if they want to do so, they must comply' Personal Tech07 Jun 2022 | 278
Majority of Axon's AI ethics board resigns over CEO's taser drones Flying weapons offered as solution to US school shootings Personal Tech07 Jun 2022 | 77
We sat through Apple's product launch disguised as a dev event so you don't have to WWDC M2 chip teased plus MacBooks, iOS 16, macOS 13, watchOS 9 and more Personal Tech06 Jun 2022 | 77
Musk repeats threat to end $46.5bn Twitter deal – with lawyers, not just tweets Right as Texas AG sticks his oar in Personal Tech06 Jun 2022 | 33
Higher spec machines lift US PC revenues 40% even as shipments drop Desktops, inflation and other factors also shaping American demand Personal Tech06 Jun 2022 | 6
Microsoft: You own the best software keyboard there is. Please let us buy it Come back Swype, all is forgiven. Don't you want our money, Redmond? Personal Tech06 Jun 2022 | 63
New York to get first right-to-repair law for electronics Hey, big Apple, how'd you like them Big Apples? Personal Tech03 Jun 2022 | 63
Taser maker offers electric-shock drones to stop school shootings For $50,000 annually plus building work, budget-strapped teachers can (maybe) zap gunmen, for the kids Personal Tech03 Jun 2022 | 192
Amazon’s Kindle bookstore to quit China Local authorities insist the next chapter is not a collapse in foreign investment Personal Tech03 Jun 2022 | 24
Engineer sues Amazon for not covering work-from-home internet, electricity bills And no, I'm not throwing out this lawsuit, says judge Personal Tech03 Jun 2022 | 138
Tim Hortons collected location data constantly, without consent, report finds Hortons hears a sue Personal Tech03 Jun 2022 | 64
Murena and /e/ Foundation launch privacy-centric smartphones First Look De-Googled Android phone does the job, has a few rough edges Personal Tech02 Jun 2022 | 35
Amazon not happy with antitrust law targeting Amazon Updated We assume the world's smallest violin is available right now on Prime Personal Tech01 Jun 2022 | 27
Microsoft's Surface Laptop Go 2: $599 for 11th gen Intel CPU Want a Surface badge, but don't have Surface Laptop money? Step this way Personal Tech01 Jun 2022 | 19
Reg hack attends holographic WebEx meeting, blows away Zoom fatigue Far from the finished product and not obviously a game-changer, but intriguing nonetheless Personal Tech01 Jun 2022 | 28
Big Tech's maps led ride-sharing giant Grab astray It now builds its own and says it has become the largest contributor to OpenStreetMap in Southeast Asia Personal Tech01 Jun 2022 | 4
California Right-to-Repair bill quietly killed in committee Despite public support for more repairable gear, tech lobbying may have kept that from happening Personal Tech01 Jun 2022 | 72
US Supreme Court puts Texas social media law on hold Justices Roberts, Kavanaugh, Barrett help halt enforcement of HB 20 Personal Tech31 May 2022 | 37
Logitech's MX Mechanical keyboard, Master 3S mouse Review All the the rage with gamers, mechanical type comes to office users – where cool goes to die Personal Tech31 May 2022 | 33
France levels up local video game slang with list of French terms to replace foreign words Goodbye cloudy retro-gaming, bonjour ‘rétrojeu video en nuage’ Personal Tech31 May 2022 | 168
Shanghai lockdowns to end, perhaps easing tech supply chain woes China needs this as much as the rest of the world Personal Tech30 May 2022 | 21
Big Tech loves talking up privacy – while trying to kill privacy legislation Study claims Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta, Microsoft work to derail data rules Personal Tech27 May 2022 | 15
SEC probes Musk for not properly disclosing Twitter stake Meanwhile, social network's board rejects resignation of one its directors Personal Tech27 May 2022 | 19
Twitter founder Dorsey beats hasty retweet from the board As shareholders sue the social network amid Elon Musk's takeover scramble Personal Tech26 May 2022 | 12
As Microsoft's $70b takeover of Activision nears, workers step up their organizing This week: Subsidiary's QA staff officially unionize, $18m settlement disputed, and more Personal Tech26 May 2022 | 3
DuckDuckGo tries to explain why its browsers won't block some Microsoft web trackers Meanwhile, Tails 5.0 users told to stop what they're doing over Firefox flaw Personal Tech25 May 2022 | 37
Leica and Huawei terminate trading agreement amid US sanctions German optics giant jumps ship to make smartphone cameras for Xiaomi instead Personal Tech24 May 2022 | 14
FTC urged to protect data privacy of women visiting abortion clinics Updated As Supreme Court set to overturn Roe v Wade, safeguards on location info now more vital than ever Personal Tech23 May 2022 | 45
Zuckerberg sued for alleged role in Cambridge Analytica data-slurp scandal I can prove CEO was 'personally involved in Facebook’s failure to protect privacy', DC AG insists Personal Tech23 May 2022 | 18
Florida's content-moderation law kept on ice, likely unconstitutional, court says So cool you're into free speech because that includes taking down misinformation Personal Tech23 May 2022 | 51
Dell's rugged Latitude 5430 laptop is quick and pretty – but also bulky and heavy Desktop Tourism Survives all manner of indiginities in Reg tests but may stuggle to cross over from boots to suits Personal Tech23 May 2022 | 53