Revenge for being fired is best served profitably
On Call Why yes, I will help you again – for a price
Personal Tech04 Oct 2024 | 48
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John Deere accused of being full of manure with its right-to-repair promises
Tractor maker has only turned over shoddy tools, half-baked info, may be breaking the law, says senator
Personal Tech03 Oct 2024 | 38
It's true, social media moderators do go after conservatives
Because they're most likely to share crappy misinformation online
Personal Tech03 Oct 2024 | 185
Bank of America app glitch zeroes out people's balances
Updated Unidentified tech issues now resolved
Personal Tech02 Oct 2024 | 37
Tesla trounces shareholders who alleged Autopilot was all share-pumping lies
It's easy being Elon
AI + ML02 Oct 2024 | 37
Microsoft throws in the towel on HoloLens 2
Five years of mixed reality – now just mixed feelings
Personal Tech02 Oct 2024 | 41
Fire halts production at Indian iPhone factory
Tata was about to double the workforce at the plant
Personal Tech01 Oct 2024 | 4
Brazilian court sprays Musk's X with more fines for returning after ban
A very expensive 2 days in September for the blocked social media platform
Personal Tech30 Sep 2024 | 20
FTC sues five AI outfits – and one case in particular raises questions
From allegations of lying about capabilities to fake reviews. Plus: Biden AI robocaller finally fined $6M
AI + ML26 Sep 2024 | 16
Apple ropes off at least 4 GB of iPhone storage to house AI
Better or worse than a surprise U2 album?
AI + ML25 Sep 2024 | 37
Samsung and pals Hyundai, Kia team for software-defined cars, IoT integration
Turn on home aircon and maybe peer inside the fridge or oven – all from behind the wheel
Personal Tech25 Sep 2024 | 30
Elon's latest X-periment: Blocked users can still stalk your public tweets
'High time this happened' says Musk
Personal Tech24 Sep 2024 | 35
Post-IPO Raspberry Pi results in: So you can make money in tech without added AI
The little computer-that-could benefits as supply chain eases
Personal Tech24 Sep 2024 | 13
Telegram will now hand over IP addresses, phone numbers of suspects to cops
Maybe a spell in a French cell changed Durov's mind
Personal Tech23 Sep 2024 | 36
iPhone 16 dubbed Apple's most repairable model in years
A low bar, for sure, but a move in the right direction
Personal Tech23 Sep 2024 | 15
AI to power the corporate Windows 11 refresh? Nobody's buying that
Opinion Microsoft should look to Apple for lessons in flogging dead horses
Personal Tech23 Sep 2024 | 67
The mystery of the rogue HP calculator: 12C or not 12C? That is the question
Brazilian model flummoxes calc fans
Personal Tech21 Sep 2024 | 82
There’s no way Qualcomm is buying Intel as is
Comment Is this from the same gossips who were wrong about Altera and Mobileye or the DoJ subpoenaing Nvidia?
Personal Tech21 Sep 2024 | 22
Green recycling goals? Pending EU directive could hammer used mobile market
Bloc's USB-C rules forecast to disrupt supply, barring 8 million imported phones from reaching Europe's ports
Personal Tech20 Sep 2024 | 95
No way? Big Tech's 'lucrative surveillance' of everyone is terrible for privacy, freedom
Says Lina Khan in latest push to rein in Meta, Google, Amazon and pals
Personal Tech19 Sep 2024 | 26
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Cloudflare beats patent troll so badly it basically gives up
Networking giant pockets $225K, foe promises to stop suing and abandons IP
Saying goodbye to the tech dreams Microsoft abandoned with Windows 11 24H2
Is that a Mixed Reality headset, or just a complicated paperweight? Oh and farewell WordPad
Harvard duo hacks Meta Ray-Bans to dox strangers on sight in seconds
'You can build this in a few days – even as a very naïve developer'
About a quarter million Comcast subscribers had their data stolen from debt collector
Cable giant says ransomware involved, FBCS keeps schtum
Revenge for being fired is best served profitably
On Call Why yes, I will help you again – for a price
Busybox 1.37 is tiny but capable, the way we like Linux tools to be
Self-proclaimed Swiss Army knife of embedded Linux moves slow and fixes things in latest release
Apple fixes bug that let VoiceOver shout your passwords
Not a great look when the iGiant just launched its first password manager
If you're excited by that $1.5B Michigan nuke plant revival, bear in mind it's definitely a fixer-upper
Analysis Activists, ex-insider sound the alarm as operator says all is under control
John Deere accused of being full of manure with its right-to-repair promises
Tractor maker has only turned over shoddy tools, half-baked info, may be breaking the law, says senator
Office 2024 unveiled for Microsoft 365 refuseniks
For the IT professional who has to take work home
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Europe to force Apple to help rivals connect to iOS, iPadOS
Fail to comply may cost up to 10% of annual revenue
Software19 Sep 2024 | 32
LinkedIn started harvesting people's posts for training AI without asking for opt-in
Updated Opt out if you don't like it – EU and a few others, including now the UK, excepted
AI + ML19 Sep 2024 | 89
Google dodges €1.5B EU ads antitrust fine after appeal win
Qualcomm, on the other hand, wasn’t so lucky
Personal Tech18 Sep 2024 | 13
Deja blues... LockBit boasts once again of ransoming IRS-authorized eFile.com
Add 'ransomware' to the list of certainties in life?
Cyber-crime18 Sep 2024 | 1
IBM scores $45M zinger from Zynga in patent wringer
Big Blue’s Prodigy from the 1980s comes back to haunt FarmVille giant
Applications17 Sep 2024 | 12
Biden tackles trade loophole used by cheap Chinese e-tailers
Removing de minimis exemption could stymie Beijing’s plans to grow its cyber-bazaar abroad
Personal Tech16 Sep 2024 | 22
Meta back at it, harvesting Britons' public Facebook, Insta feeds for AI training
I wanna know 🎵 What you're feeling 🎵 Tell me what's on your mind
Personal Tech14 Sep 2024 | 33
Apple AirPods Pro 2 can be sold as hearing aids, says FDA
You gotta admit, that speaks volumes for Cupertino
Personal Tech13 Sep 2024 | 85
Feeld dating app's security too open-minded as private data swings into public view
No love for months-long wait to fix this, either
Research13 Sep 2024 | 7
Win 11 refreshes delayed, say PC makers – and here's why
Oh and about those AI computers... analysts reckon there are still no killer apps or convincing use cases
Personal Tech13 Sep 2024 | 88
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 | 16
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 | 36
Pokémon GO was an intelligence tool, claims Belarus military official
Augmented reality meets warped reality
Personal Tech12 Sep 2024 | 36
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 | 10
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 | 88
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 | 146
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 | 9
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 | 159
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 | 174
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 | 93
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 | 151
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 | 109
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 | 363
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
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 | 19
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 | 215
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 | 68
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 | 153
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 | 85
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 | 76
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 | 54
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 | 35
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
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