Google promises to adjust search algorithm to favor 'people-first content'
Well now there's an idea
Personal Tech19 Aug 2022 | 12
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Googlers demand abortion searches ‘never be saved or treated as a crime’
Staff remind CEO 'don't be evil' and treat workers equally
Personal Tech18 Aug 2022 | 34
Tesla expands Powerwall-to-grid program to cover most of California
Utility companies are offering $2 per kWh for power stored in battery tech
Personal Tech18 Aug 2022 | 39
Google Workspace Individual arrives in Europe
It's taken Mountain View a year to refine the service for the Continent
Personal Tech18 Aug 2022 | 1
That was fast: MetaGuard emerges as an 'incognito mode' for the metaverse
As if the VR giants will let that stand – worth a try, though
Personal Tech18 Aug 2022 | 19
Airbnb turns its anti-partying tech on American lodgers
Looking to book a large house on a weekend? You'll have to clear a few hurdles
Personal Tech17 Aug 2022 | 18
Australian court overturns 'Google is a publisher' decision
Precedent essentially meant that search results could be considered defamatory, which is dumb
Personal Tech17 Aug 2022 | 43
AMD has a lot riding on its 5nm Ryzen 7000 CPUs. And so here begins the hype
You'll need a new motherboard, RAM, beefier PSU. But hey, at least GPUs are cheap again
Personal Tech16 Aug 2022 | 14
This tiny Intel Xeon-toting PC board can take your Raspberry Pi any day
Did someone say ECC on an SBC?
Personal Tech16 Aug 2022 | 54
Philippines orders fraud probe after paying MacBook prices for slow Celeron laptops
Education Department planned to buy 70,000 laptops, blew its budget and bought just 40,000
Personal Tech16 Aug 2022 | 60
Supply chain worries heat up again as China shuts down factories to cool its citizens
Scorching weather sees scarce juice diverted to aircon instead of laptops and lithium
Personal Tech16 Aug 2022 | 13
Sony camera feature hopes to make digital images immune to secret manipulation
Cryptographically signs pics – but you'll pay $2,500 before you've bought a lens
Personal Tech15 Aug 2022 | 18
US bans export of tech used in 3nm chip production on security grounds
Not mentioned: China. Obvious target: China – even if the country hasn't designed advanced chips
Personal Tech15 Aug 2022 | 6
Epson says ink pad saturation behind 'end of service life' warning on inkjet printers
Directs customers to Maintenance Reset Utility so they can continue to print
Personal Tech15 Aug 2022 | 68
Meta iOS apps accused of injecting code into third-party websites
Company insists it's doing so 'to honor people’s App Tracking Transparency (ATT) choices'
Personal Tech12 Aug 2022 | 25
Twitter unveils US midterm election integrity plans, upsets almost everyone
Don't feed the trolls? Users deem policy an attack on conservatives, dystopian, and election manipulation
Personal Tech12 Aug 2022 | 63
FTC ponders proper punishment for commercial data 'surveillance' and shoddy security
Got thoughts on the online panopticon? The FTC wants to hear
Personal Tech11 Aug 2022 | 4
Google gets the green light to flood US Gmail inboxes with political spam
Federal Election Commission votes to let Google allow campaign email through filters
Personal Tech11 Aug 2022 | 58
Facebook hands over chats to cops in post-Roe abortion case
'If your business model depends on more aggressive surveillance, maybe you need a new business model'
Personal Tech10 Aug 2022 | 94
Unity game engine attracts big cash from China's tech titans
Chinese game devs targeted – maybe data protection laws too
Personal Tech10 Aug 2022 | 3
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Janet Jackson music video declared a cybersecurity exploit
Another reason not to play 1989's Rhythm Nation – it messes with some hard disk drives
Software developer cracks Hyundai car security with Google search
Top tip: Your RSA private key should not be copied from a public code tutorial
We tested all the Ubuntu remixes for resource usage so you don't have to
Which flavors are the lightest and the heaviest disk and memory-wise?
Ransomware attack on UK water company clouded by confusion
Clop gang thought it hit Thames Water – but real victim was elsewhere
Google, Apple squash exploitable browser bugs
Chrome flaw has public exploit, WebKit hole actively abused along with kernel escalation
That was fast: MetaGuard emerges as an 'incognito mode' for the metaverse
As if the VR giants will let that stand – worth a try, though
Attention Microsoft-oriented Linux devs: .NET 6 is on Ubuntu 22.04
Linux distro announces the availability of Microsoft tooling on Jammy Jellyfish
Google blocks third record-breaking DDoS attack in as many months
46 million requests per second network flood comes as attacks increase by more than 200% compared to last year
Microsoft to drop price for Teams Rooms, add free Basic tier for SMBs
Hardware still required – plus tolerance for visiting the office and remote collaboration
Deluge of of entries to Spamhaus blocklists includes 'various household names'
Nastymail tracking service blames sloppy sending practices for swelling lists of dangerous mailers
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Lenovo updates ThinkPad mobile workstations with AMD variants
SIGGRAPH 2022: Lenovo's ThinkStation P620 only desktop workstation powered by AMD's Ryzen Threadripper
Personal Tech09 Aug 2022 | 8
Google sues Sonos yet again, claiming it stole IP and infringed patents
Patent lawsuits, the next saga
Personal Tech08 Aug 2022 | 33
Google's ChromeOS Flex turned my old MacBook into new frustrations
Desktop Tourism Google says this is ‘modern’ computing – if so it feels like a backward step
Personal Tech08 Aug 2022 | 63
Taiwanese iPhone supplier Pegatron quashes China blockade report
Company declares operations are normal and rebuts allegation Beijing crimped component deliveries
Personal Tech08 Aug 2022 | 4
Remember the humanoid Tesla robot? It's ready for September reveal, says Musk
Find it next to the Cybertruck, Boring tunnel maps, Twitter acquisition and my sense of commitment
Personal Tech05 Aug 2022 | 91
Apple tells suppliers to use 'Taiwan, China' or 'Chinese Taipei' to appease Beijing
That's the way the Cook he crumbles
Personal Tech05 Aug 2022 | 114
Amazon buys Roomba maker iRobot for $1.7b
Updated Bezos empire continues to clean up, but did it pick the proper postulates?
Personal Tech05 Aug 2022 | 65
Specs leak of 5.7GHz AMD Ryzen 7000 chips with double the L2 cache
These might be the 5nm Zen 4 desktop processors due to land this quarter
Personal Tech04 Aug 2022 | 16
One way Bitcoin miners can make money: Selling electricity back to Texas
Beats screwing around actually crafting these unloved tokens
Personal Tech03 Aug 2022 | 44
Raspberry Pi 4 takes a trip to Vulkan, sharpens 3D vision
Updated Eben Upton talks to The Reg about the little computer gaining version 1.2 conformance
Personal Tech03 Aug 2022 | 23
Hackable hardware PineBook Pro finally starts shipping again
Pine64 have other goodies in stock too… just not many right now
Personal Tech02 Aug 2022 | 7
WhatsApp boss says no to AI filters policing encrypted chat
'What's being proposed is that we ... read everyone's messages. I don't think people want that'
Personal Tech02 Aug 2022 | 52
Chromebooks are here to stay thanks to COVID, even though shipments crashed: IDC
Tablet sales tumble, too – except at Amazon
Personal Tech02 Aug 2022 | 14
Data brokers amass profiles of pregnant women – and, of course, it's all up for sale
'One common trait is that they have zero regard for the privacy of the individual'
Personal Tech01 Aug 2022 | 37
Samsung adds 'repair mode' that hides data on Galaxy smartphones in South Korea
Something Hunter Biden probably wishes computers had ages ago
Personal Tech01 Aug 2022 | 8
Apple plays the supply-chain card to explain Mac, iPad revenue shrink
Mom, what's an eye pad?
Personal Tech29 Jul 2022 | 6
It's on: Twitter vs Elon Musk trial to start October 17
Updated Popcorn stocks soar
Personal Tech29 Jul 2022 | 48
Surprise! The metaverse is going to suck for privacy
Forget mobile apps – headsets and smart glasses will be able to harvest so much data
Personal Tech29 Jul 2022 | 58
US net neutrality bill is only two pages long. And that's potentially a good thing
May stand a chance of passing as it's simple: Make ISPs Title II common carriers. Boom, done
Personal Tech28 Jul 2022 | 17
Apple's secret car team tosses keys to Lamborghini lead
Just what we expect from the iGiant: Reasonably affordable, low margin, mass market technology
Personal Tech28 Jul 2022 | 27
Qualcomm revises mobile chip sales on weaker retail outlook
Inflation, fear of recession and war in Ukraine dent consumer confidence
Personal Tech28 Jul 2022 |
Shanghai surprise? Another analyst sees historic PC decline
Remember when China's tech execs warned lockdown in its biggest city would have 'severe consequences?'
Personal Tech28 Jul 2022 | 5
Google postpones Chrome's third-party cookie bonfire yet again
Construction delays for web giant's Privacy Sandbox keep these bickies on the menu
Personal Tech28 Jul 2022 | 29
Samsung boss likely to be pardoned for bribery
Apparently the company and the country need him at work – crooked or not
Personal Tech28 Jul 2022 | 11
Chinese smartphone sales sink to levels not seen since 2012
Worse than during 2020's lockdowns and less than half 2016 sales
Personal Tech27 Jul 2022 | 7
China seeks global leadership for home-grown fast charging standards
Officials came right out and said this is all about scoring a global win
Personal Tech26 Jul 2022 | 6
Is the Apple car real? These patents suggest yes
About 250 automotive applications in two decades – a fraction of what it files in a single year, mind
Personal Tech26 Jul 2022 | 20
Apple v Chicago streaming service tax battle ends in hushed settlement
A 9% levy on content slingers will stand in The Windy City – are others next?
Personal Tech25 Jul 2022 | 9
Honor moving team out of India for 'obvious reasons,' says CEO
Small market share there anyway or Indian regulatory crackdown?
Personal Tech25 Jul 2022 | 3
Chip shortages hit hard at Yamaha's musical instrument business
Tried silicon substitutes but that effort fell flat. Literally and tonally
Personal Tech22 Jul 2022 | 10
Amazon buys US healthcare chain One Medical for $3.9bn
It now owns your store, your doctor, and your shopping history. What's next?
Personal Tech21 Jul 2022 | 28
Apple forgoes cooling systems in M2 MacBook Air
Screwdriver fiends iFixit ponder the wisdom of a 'fanless, heatspreader-less, non-upgradable laptop'
Personal Tech21 Jul 2022 | 49
Microsoft to blockheads: NFTs and blockchains aren't welcome in Minecraft
Cites flakiness of NFT community and speculative activity as inimical to the game's goals
Personal Tech21 Jul 2022 | 21
Judge approves Twitter's request to hurry along Musk trial to October
Cutting Elon story short
Personal Tech21 Jul 2022 | 38
Court OKs billion-dollar Play Store gouging suit against Google
Just as web giant accepts third-party payment platforms, reduces fees in the EU
Personal Tech20 Jul 2022 | 7
Apple to pay $50m settlement for rotten butterfly keyboards
Diehards who replaced their keyboards can get up to $395 repeatedly
Personal Tech19 Jul 2022 | 27
British boffins make touchless computing tech on the cheap
No special hardware, internet connection, or cloud service needed, just a regular CPU and webcam
Personal Tech19 Jul 2022 | 30
Apple hits brakes on hiring amid economic uncertainty
Joins roster of tech giants embarking on cuts or recruitment freezes
Personal Tech19 Jul 2022 | 12
Demand for smartphones is drying up
Canalys prelim Q2 data indicates economic headwinds and worries of 'inventory pile-up'
Personal Tech19 Jul 2022 | 49
Meta's Giphy buy could be back on after watchdog agrees to reboot investigation
We'll be back in jiffy
Personal Tech19 Jul 2022 | 8
Uber to pay millions to settle claims it ripped off disabled people with unfair fees
Effectively charging folks in wheelchairs for taking too long to get into ride? Not a great look
Personal Tech19 Jul 2022 | 23
You can liquid cool this Linux laptop to let the GPU soar
Or to make the fans shut up. Either way, you won’t be moving much with this setup
Personal Tech18 Jul 2022 | 36
FCC chair wishes for 100Mbps down, 20Mbps up broadband minimum in US
Quite a leap from national baseline of 25Mbps down, 3Mbps up
Personal Tech18 Jul 2022 | 22
Need baby formula? Buy a pregnancy test at Walgreens
Updated Data privacy, data schmivacy
Personal Tech18 Jul 2022 | 10
Intel’s first discrete GPUs won't be a home run
Comment High-end Arc A750 will compete with *checks notes* a GeForce RTX 3060
Personal Tech18 Jul 2022 | 36
Indian government starts work on right to repair rules
Mobiles and tablets among sectors identified for regulation
Personal Tech18 Jul 2022 | 6
Taiwan prosecutors claim Chinese biz swiped IP and R&D team from Apple supplier
Before you could say 'economic espionage', a factory in China was making bits of iThings
Personal Tech18 Jul 2022 | 10
Tories spar over UK's delayed Online Safety Bill
Perfect political pantomime
Personal Tech15 Jul 2022 | 141
Crypto lender Celsius in Chapter 11 deep freeze
$1.2b deficit? Yup, that oughta do it
Personal Tech14 Jul 2022 | 42
That emoji may not mean what you think it means
Sometimes an eggplant really is just an eggplant
Personal Tech14 Jul 2022 | 139
Intel axes Nvidia-powered NUC X15 laptops for Arc GPU reseller push
Soon enough, you won't have to turn to a large PC vendor to buy an Arc laptop
Personal Tech13 Jul 2022 | 3
Smart thermostat swarms are straining the US grid
Thousands of devices all clicking on at the same time is taking a toll on energy management systems
Personal Tech13 Jul 2022 | 152
Linux laptop vendor Slimbook updates its ranges
Fresh lick of paint for KDE Slimbook, Slimbook ProX, and Slimbook Executive models
Personal Tech13 Jul 2022 | 15
Twitter sues Musk: He can't just 'change his mind, trash the company, walk away'
Updated We're in it for Elon haul
Personal Tech13 Jul 2022 | 109
FTC suddenly gets very stern about not-really-anonymized anonymized data
Right after Biden's order to protect women in a post-Roe America
Personal Tech12 Jul 2022 | 9
FYI: BMW puts heated seats, other features behind paywall
Turn signals have been optional add-ons for decades, mind you
Personal Tech12 Jul 2022 | 301
Global PC market falls at fastest rate in 9 years
Nothing shiny about US Chromebook sales anymore, plus war in Ukraine and inflation hits EMEA shipments
Personal Tech12 Jul 2022 | 7
Is this you in this explicit snap? No, it's just Discord phishing
Unless you're Hunter Biden, that compromising pic isn't real
Personal Tech12 Jul 2022 | 14
Keep an eye on your Experian accounts: Some profiles hijacked using personal info
When identity thieves strike your identity theft monitor
Personal Tech12 Jul 2022 | 8
DeepMind AI reacts to the physically impossible like a human infant
Adding assumptions about objects better than learning from scratch, claims researcher
Personal Tech11 Jul 2022 | 6
Cell, Wi-Fi can work for Windows 11 on Surface Duo
Windows Phone is dead, long live Windows on a Phone
Personal Tech11 Jul 2022 | 2
PC sales take double-digit tumble in Q2 amid economic downturn
PC market is resting, not dead despite Shanghai lockdown, fears of global recession
Personal Tech11 Jul 2022 | 8
Leaked Uber docs reveal frequent use of 'kill switch' to deactivate tech, thwart investigators
Staff told to tell cops that the IT team was in San Francisco, asleep, and couldn't restore systems
Personal Tech11 Jul 2022 | 86
Now-frozen crypto-lending biz Celsius accused of devolving into a Ponzi scheme
That's stone cold
Personal Tech08 Jul 2022 | 48
Apple's new MacBook Air: Is the jump to M2 silicon worth another $200?
Comment The faithful won't care either way but advances aren't earth-shattering
Personal Tech08 Jul 2022 | 84
This is the military – you can't just delete your history like you're 15
On Call Not all tracks can be hidden and some things can't be unseen
Personal Tech08 Jul 2022 | 171
The return of GPUs on sale may be tech world's monkey's paw of 2022
Comment Improved supply is welcome – too bad it may be the harbinger of a cooling economy
Personal Tech07 Jul 2022 | 14
Apple's latest security feature could literally save lives
Cupertino is so sure of Lockdown Mode it's offering $2m to bug hunters to break it
Personal Tech06 Jul 2022 | 52
Europe passes sweeping antitrust laws targeting America's Big Tech
Updated Google, Facebook, Amazon and the rest stand to lose – if rules are actually enforced
Personal Tech06 Jul 2022 | 28
Elon Musk’s brother buys Intel’s fireworks-replacing drone biz
Yet another sign x86 giant has moved past Krzanich era to focus on core chip businesses
Personal Tech05 Jul 2022 | 13
Bank of Google? Not exactly. But fintech's future is in Big Tech's ecosystems
Comment Silicon Valley and financial institutions may be increasingly inseparable
Personal Tech05 Jul 2022 | 10
Tuxedo Pulse G2: Linux in your lap
Germany's answer to System76 – pre-installed with your preferred distro
Personal Tech05 Jul 2022 | 16
Logitech Zone Vibe 125: Weightless comfort on the ears that won't break the bank
Review Wireless headphones provide 18 hours of talk-time or 20 hours of listening time for the hybrid worker
Personal Tech05 Jul 2022 | 30
The App Gap and supply chains: Purism CEO on what's ahead for the Librem 5 USA
Interview Freedoms eroded, iOS-Android duopoly under fire, chip sources questioned – it's all an opportunity for this phone
Personal Tech02 Jul 2022 | 34
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 | 19
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 | 25
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 | 196
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 | 30
Firefox kills another tracking cookie workaround
URL query parameters won't work in version 102 of Mozilla's browser
Personal Tech30 Jun 2022 | 48
Gartner predicts 9.5% drop in PC shipments
Stark contrast to 11 percent increase year-over-year in 2021 shipments
Personal Tech30 Jun 2022 | 4
