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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey rebrands himself a 'single point of failure' and quits

29 Nov 21:14 | 21

Want to buy your own piece of the Pi? No 'urgency' says Upton of the listing rumours

A British success story... what happens next?

29 Nov 17:21 | 15

It's 2021 and someone's written a new Windows 3.x mouse driver. Why now?

For those of you who virtualise Microsoft’s finest and struggle with the pointer, this developer has an answer

29 Nov 06:58 | 31

Reviving a classic: ThinkPad modder rattles tin to fund new motherboard for 2008's T60 and T61 series of laptops

When vendors don't update old models, someone must step up

26 Nov 11:28 | 36

LG Electronics anoints new CEO, elevates exec who grew laptop biz too

M&A department elevated in importance, gets more resources

26 Nov 00:58 | 1

Seaberry carrier board turns a Raspberry Pi into a desktop PC with 11 PCIe slots

It's a bit pricey, though

25 Nov 19:09 | 36

Kremlin names the internet giants it will kidnap the Russian staff of if they don't play ball in future

Nice employees you have, be a shame if something were to happen to them

25 Nov 00:44 | 128

Dell: We and our customers understand the supply constraints now. The 'wildcard is logistics'

Over at rival HP, the story is more about building too many Chromebooks and watching demand for them ebb away

24 Nov 16:32 | 7

Lenovo ThinkPad T14s: Impressively average, which is how corporate buyers like it

This is likely what the IT dept would chuck the regular user

24 Nov 10:15 | 121

Apple, Amazon fined to the tune of €200m for colluding over Beats headphones sales

Trillion-dollar giants vow to appeal against penalties that amount to just a few hours of profit

24 Nov 08:29 | 34

Lawsuit accusing Robinhood and Citadel Securities of colluding to stop GameStop shares from skyrocketing thrown out by judge

There's not enough evidence, judge ruled

19 Nov 23:28 | 39

Psst. Hey kid. Want a lipstick? Huawei slips new earbuds into cosmetics case

New products out as firm attempts to stay relevant in face of US sanctions

19 Nov 17:15 | 10

Honor 50 Lite: Google Play Services are back on Huawei's former stablemate but that's nothing to get excited about

Google Assistant? More like Google Insistent

19 Nov 09:30 | 12

Indian PC market sets all-time records as Q3 shipments top 2019 total

Wearables also soared, with Apple pushed out of the charts by local brands like Fire-Boltt

Ford taking control of chip supply in Globalfoundries deal

Sick of taking second best, car industry makes its own deals

18 Nov 21:18 | 8

Activision shareholders demand Kotick's head after CEO 'failed' to take claims of staff sex assault seriously

Plus workers stage walk out in protest against games giant's big cheese

17 Nov 23:32 | 8

Magnanimous Apple will allow people to fix their iPhones using parts bought from its Self Service Repair program

Have fun with those Cupertino-set prices, friends

17 Nov 21:33 | 40

Amazon tells folks it will stop accepting UK Visa credit cards via weird empty email

How will you be able to buy things you can't afford now?

17 Nov 16:15 | 301

MediaTek's flagship 5G chip for top-of-the-line Android smartphones is coming right up

And ready to go toe-to-toe with Qualcomm's finest next year

17 Nov 08:36 | 10

'We are not people to Mark Zuckerberg, we are the product' rages Ohio's Attorney General in Facebook lawsuit

Britain's former deputy prime minister among execs sued on behalf of pension fund, other investors

17 Nov 02:26 | 27

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It's 2021 and someone's written a new Windows 3.x mouse driver. Why now?

For those of you who virtualise Microsoft’s finest and struggle with the pointer, this developer has an answer

When civilisation ends, a Xenix box will be running a long-forgotten job somewhere

'Keep it running a few weeks.' Fast-forward 5 years. 'Why'd it break, man!?'

Warning: China planning to swipe a bunch of data soon, so quantum computers can decrypt it later

Meanwhile, the Middle Kingdom’s military plans an AI offensive – in the labs and on the field of combat

Australia will force social networks to identify trolls, so they can be sued for defamation

At the same time, will overrule court decision that traditional publishers are liable for comments on social media

Indian government warns locals not to use Starlink's internet services

If you are going to sell satellite internet subscriptions in India, you Musk get a license, says regulator

Smart things are so dumb because they take after their makers. Let's fix that

IoT still needs its lightbulb moment

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Renting IT hardware on a subscription basis is bad for customers

We're back with another debate you can vote on as we argue back and forth – this time over cloud computing

AWS is on the threshold of adulthood, but is nowhere near grown up

The cloudy concern is a prodigy, but early promise is no guarantee of dominance

Want to buy your own piece of the Pi? No 'urgency' says Upton of the listing rumours

A British success story... what happens next?

Nextcloud and cloud chums fire off competition complaint to the EU over Microsoft bundling OneDrive with Windows

No, it isn't the limited levels of storage that have irked European businesses

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Amazon cuts a relatively tiny check to disappear claims it broke the law by withholding COVID-19 data from staff

Settlement is little more than a minor cost-of-business expense

16 Nov 23:20 | 4

Arm'd with ex-Apple engineers from Nuvia, Qualcomm hopes to make Apple M1-matching chips for Windows PCs

Funny how these things turn out

16 Nov 22:35 | 6

Another brick in the (kitchen) wall: Users report frozen 1st generation Google Home Hubs

Another nice Nest you've got me into, Google

16 Nov 12:28 | 60

US states' antitrust lawsuit against Google's advertising business keeps growing

Texas and pals are back with more details of Chocolate Factory's alleged efforts to unfairly rig the online advertising world

16 Nov 05:29 | 10

Smartphone chip house Ziguang Zhanrui records 14,726.1% growth in China

That's year on year from a base close to zero ... but still, that makes it the fifth biggest in the Middle Kingdom right out of the blue

15 Nov 22:29 | 6

What do you mean, 'Microsoft doesn't care about Windows on Arm'? Here's a cheap, underpowered test rig

For all your Windows-on-Snapdragon developer needs

15 Nov 14:47 | 28

Tech bro CEOs claim their crowns because they fix problems. Why shirk the biggest one?

Saving the planet is sexier than the next iPhone

15 Nov 09:30 | 78

Apple is beginning to undo decades of Intel, x86 dominance in PC market

What a difference a year makes?

12 Nov 20:28 | 93

HP's solution to running GPU-accelerated Linux apps on high-end Z workstations: Rely on Microsoft's WSL2

Because Windows is what Linux users really want, right?

12 Nov 10:15 | 32

The Ministry of Silly Printing: But I don't want my golf club correspondence to say 'UNCLASSIFIED' at the bottom

Weekend upgrade shows how many MoD staff made personal use of tech

12 Nov 08:30 | 205

What, Uber charges disabled people fees for taking a while to get into their ride? Doesn't seem fair, says Uncle Sam

Plus: Trips now more expensive in the UK to woo new drivers, tackle demand

11 Nov 23:00 | 27

Apple says it will no longer punish those daring to repair their iPhone 13 screens

iFixit welcomes 'tactical achievement' after iGiant offers vague software fix to Face ID block

09 Nov 22:56 | 39

Google's Pixel 6 fingerprint reader is rubbish because of 'enhanced security algorithms'

Move over 'dog ate my homework', there's a new excuse in town

09 Nov 14:19 | 58

Linux 5.16 to bring mainline support to Raspberry Pi 4 Compute Module – and the nifty devices built around it

Plus further step toward a full desktop on Apple M1 Arm Macs

09 Nov 08:07 | 10

Super-rare wooden Apple 1 hand built by Jobs and Wozniak goes to auction

Expect to shell out around $500k to take it home

09 Nov 07:27 | 31

The return of the turbo button: New Intel hotness causes an old friend to reappear

Finally – a purpose for the least-used key on your keyboard

05 Nov 19:17 | 54

Xiaomi has developed a mini heat pipe so your smartphone doesn't get too hot to handle

Just like NASA did in spacecraft... and Fujitsu did for mobiles in 2015

05 Nov 13:45 | 15

Chip makers aren't all-in on metaverse hardware yet – we should know, we asked them

Nvidia, though, expects this virtual-reality world to be as vast as the internet

05 Nov 07:23 | 25

There, that wasn't so hard, was it? South Korea makes Google allow rival payment systems in Play store apps

All right, which country's next?

04 Nov 23:28 | 12

Microsoft: Many workers are stuck on old computers and should probably upgrade

What was that, Brad Smith? You're at climate summit COP26 talking about sustainability plans? You're breaking up... Going in a tunnel

04 Nov 16:28 | 132

140,000-plus drivers sent $60m in compensation checks after Amazon 'stole their tips'

One lucky bod gets $28,000, on average it's a few hundred bucks each

03 Nov 22:12 | 68

Whenever automakers get their hands on chip supplies, the more expensive vehicles are first in line – NXP

And if the electronics aren't available, features are simply removed

03 Nov 07:13 | 97

Australian cops find cocaine stash in PS5 from Portugal

Consoles are in short supply everywhere, which may be why this one aroused suspicion

03 Nov 05:02 | 18

Blizzard co-leader Jen Oneal leaps into escape pod after just three months in the role

Says she is not 'without hope' for biz

03 Nov 02:04 | 7

Yahoo! shuts! down! last! China! operations! as! doing! business! becomes! 'increasingly challenging'!

02 Nov 15:30 | 30

Driving better healthcare through human-centred technology

The Power of Consumerism

Apple 'diverts' iPad components to iPhone 13 production, Euro sources not feeling pinch yet

Resellers: Cupertino is doing OK compared to PC makers

02 Nov 14:00 | 9

Apple's anti-ad-tracking iPhone feature took a '$10bn' chunk out of social network revenues

What's that, the world's tiniest violin playing?

01 Nov 18:48 | 27

Battery in 2021 MacBook Pro way easier to replace, says iFixit – shame about the rest

When we say 'way easier,' you better have a steady hand and nerves of steel

01 Nov 13:45 | 11

Google's special Android for India revealed

Two months late is better than never in a supply chain challenged-world, and means it is out in time for Diwali

01 Nov 11:43 | 1

Real-time crowdsourced fact checking not really that effective, study says

NYU boffins find the crowd is not all that wise when it comes to spotting misinformation

30 Oct 00:03 | 79

Inflation hits PC market as laptop and desktop prices jump, and most businesses are last in the line for kit

Constrained supply of parts like USB-C among reasons for price hikes

29 Oct 11:39 | 3

Chip shortages took $6bn bite out of Apple's top line

No need to panic, Cupertino still pulling in a $1bn a day in revenue

29 Oct 07:28 | 14

Zuckerberg wants to create a make-believe world in which you can hide from all the damage Facebook has done

His social network has Meta-stasized

29 Oct 00:48 | 224

In latest DMCA review, US Copyright Office eases rules on computer security research, right to repair

Game console fixes are limited – and there's no allowance for exploit tools

29 Oct 00:07 | 12

Get ready for full holograms and 6G while living in the metaverse, says Samsung

Even though 5G Advanced isn't even here yet

28 Oct 22:56 | 20

Multimillionaire Activision Blizzard CEO cuts annual pay to $62,000 amid sexual harassment probes

Bobby Kotick vows zero tolerance on discrimination, will waive forced arbitration, and more

28 Oct 22:36 | 9

Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W: Nippy stocking filler for the nerd in your life – if you can get one

Accursed semiconductor shortages to blame but it's only 15 bucks

28 Oct 08:10 | 59

European Commission sticks 'in-depth' antitrust probe into Nvidia-Arm merger plan

Officials have until March 2022 to approve the deal or not

28 Oct 06:40 | 17

First, stunning whistleblower leaks. Now a shareholder lawsuit lands on Zuckerberg's desk

We dubbed it the Antisocial Network – and it appears we were right

28 Oct 00:06 | 70

MediaTek wants Windows 11 Arm PCs powered by its chips, not just Qualcomm's

CEO plans to hop into bed with the Beast of Redmond

27 Oct 18:59 | 7

Intel claims first Alder Lake chip is the fastest desktop gaming silicon in the world

Venerable semi biz having to move faster to stop others eating its lunch

27 Oct 16:00 | 45

Product release cycles are killing the environment, techies tell British Computer Society

Running Linux on a vintage box is one answer, but someone has to hold big tech's feet to fire

27 Oct 11:26 | 88

Qualcomm gets news of modest Snapdragons out of the way before next month's big chip launch

A little more oomph coming for cheaper smartphones

Russia leads the world in one thing – number of content-removal demands to Google

China still in the toilet for internet freedom with 'draconian prison terms for online dissent'

26 Oct 19:17 | 2

Antitrust battle latest: Google, Facebook 'colluded' to smash Apple's privacy protections

Amended Texas complaint alleges backroom efforts to maintain ad dominance and more

22 Oct 22:51 | 37

While the iPhone's repairability is in the toilet, at least the Apple Watch 7 is as fixable as the previous model

Component swaps still a thing – for now

22 Oct 19:15 | 5

Analogue tones of a ZX Spectrum Load set to ride again via podcast project

Remember the R Tape Loading Error?

22 Oct 11:29 | 53

Something for the Weekend, Sir?

Judging by the way your face lit up, my inbox just got more attractive

A message for you, (on your) rudie

22 Oct 09:16 | 50

US consumer watchdog starts sniffing around tech giants' use of your spending data

Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, PayPal, Square under investigation

21 Oct 23:46 | 10

China to crush secondary market providing forbidden gaming accounts to kids

Beijing's recent crackdowns on internet behaviour have spawned rebellious entrepreneurs, because of course they have.

21 Oct 05:59 | 28

Chip shortage forces temporary Raspberry Pi 4 price rise for the first time

Ten-buck increase for 2GB model 'not here to stay' says Upton

21 Oct 00:00 | 6

Sir Clive Sinclair inspired me and 'whole load of others' at Arm, says CEO Simon Segars

But of course chief exec's first computer was an Acorn

20 Oct 06:20 | 25

Allegations of favoring visa holders over US workers for jobs cost Facebook just 4 hours of annual profit

And that $14.25m is supposed to be some kind of record

19 Oct 23:20 | 16

Google Pixel 6, 6 Pro Android 12 smartphone launch marred by shopping cart crashes

Chocolate Factory talks up Tensor mobile SoC, Titan M2 security ... for those who can get them

19 Oct 21:31 | 24

These Rapoo webcams won't blow your mind, but they also won't break the bank

And they're almost certainly better than a laptop jowel-cam

19 Oct 09:15 | 20

A Raspberry Pi HAT for the Lego Technic fan

Sneaking in programming under the guise of plastic bricks

19 Oct 07:00 | 28

Chip manufacturers are going back to the future for automotive silicon

Where we're going, we don't need 5nm

19 Oct 05:29 | 12

Canon makes 'all-in-one' printers that refuse to scan when out of ink, lawsuit claims

We can't wait to see the logic gymnastics needed to justify this

19 Oct 00:15 | 179

Apple arms high-end MacBook Pro notebooks with M1 Pro, M1 Max processors

x86 is an eighty-sixed ex

18 Oct 21:58 | 103

US lawmakers give Amazon until November to prove it didn't lie to Congress

This better be a Prime delivery

18 Oct 21:33 | 19

There are 875 million good reasons why the paperless office won't happen soon

UK Cabinet Office organises latest print hardware and supplies mega framework

18 Oct 11:29 | 37

Toyota needs more than its Cheer Squad to deal with chip shortages, as five more home factories forced into idleness

Car makers facing increasingly tough times until supply catches up

15 Oct 20:22 | 16

Everyone who wants a smartphone for Chrimbo will get one, but in the real world things are somewhat different

Global handset market slips in Q3 on sliding chipset availability, says Canalys

15 Oct 18:45 | 8

US Army slows ~$20bn project to put Microsoft's HoloLens VR headsets into the field

Deployment of 120,000 headsets hoped to 'increase lethality' pushed into 2022

15 Oct 06:59 | 19

Enthusiasts dash for RISC-V computer with GPU

Want one? Too late

15 Oct 00:04 | 19

LinkedIn shutting down in China after mounting government pressure to censor social media content

Try InJobs instead! All the fun of a résumé and no comments allowed

14 Oct 22:18 | 21

'Father of the Xbox' Seamus Blackley issues Twitter apology to AMD over last-minute switch to Intel CPUs

AMD had the last laugh – their kit is in both PlayStation and Xbox these days

14 Oct 11:30 | 30

Acer expands its antimicrobial PC offerings – with caveat they may not offer any protection

Because digital viruses aren't the only ones we're worried about right now

14 Oct 06:58 | 21

Report: Apple short of 10 million iPhone 13s this year due to ongoing chip shortage

Broadcomm,Texas Instruments, and more buckling under supply crisis

13 Oct 23:58 | 14

Is that a meteor crashing to Earth? No, it's Chromebook makers coming back to reality

US market – where 70% Chromies are sold – nears saturation

13 Oct 16:45 | 41

Bolt electric car battery recall might have hurt General Motors, but LG will pay $1.9bn to sooth troubled feelings

Two faults, around $2bn to pay

12 Oct 22:06 | 1

IDC: Global PC market growing pains in Q3 due to 'softening' of sales in America

Ok, time to call death to PC again? No, definitely not. Did we mention prices due to go up again?

11 Oct 13:45 | 3

Facebook, Instagram finally end days of uptime by returning to some downtime

Brave of Zuckerberg to switch to a three-day working week

08 Oct 20:37 | 31

Motivated by commerce, not conscience, Google bans ads for climate change consensus contradictors

Publishers won't get ads, advertisers won't get a voice, nobody will be spared weeks of tedious culture wars

08 Oct 02:51 | 44

Microsoft vows to make its Surface laptops, Xbox kit easier to fix by 2022

Spare parts, repair manuals more easily available in victory for right to repair ... when it happens

08 Oct 01:38 | 8

Fancy some Surface kit but wary of new Windows? Microsoft lets commercial customers pick 10 or 11

Change is scary

07 Oct 15:24 | 15

Intel's €80bn European chip plant investment plan not bound for UK because Brexit

Promise to become 'a science and technology superpower' not cutting much ice with Chipzilla

07 Oct 11:36 | 256

Chiptune to brighten your afternoon: Winning 8-bit throwback music revealed

The kids are alright: 15-year-old scoops top prize

07 Oct 09:43 | 46

EU readies 'antitrust charges' against Apple Pay for locking rivals out of iPhone NFC chip

Monopoly is a board game, not a handbook

06 Oct 20:15 | 57

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