China's internet cleanup campaigns are going so well it needs a new one to protect kids Years of crackdowns haven't stopped some revolting stuff Public Sector15 Jul 2024 | 2
Game dev accuses Intel of selling ‘defective’ Raptor Lake CPUs High-end processor instability headaches, failures pushed one studio to switch to AMD Systems13 Jul 2024 | 47
EU officials say X’s paid-for blue check deceives users and breaks law Preliminary findings also claim platform not compliant with DSA requirements for transparency, research access Personal Tech12 Jul 2024 | 51
Smartphone is already many folks' only computer – say hi to optional desktop mode in Android 15 beta Future Androids may let you dock them and use them as a desktop – as standard Personal Tech12 Jul 2024 | 67
Biden throws $1.7B at automakers to prepare fading factories for EV production Ice ICE, baby Personal Tech11 Jul 2024 | 24
With users mostly happy to keep older kit, Macs just ain't selling like they used to And the AI PC revolution probably won't help, we're told Personal Tech11 Jul 2024 | 55
European Commission accepts Apple's 'tap and go' promises Makes third-party wallets getting iOS NFC access a 'legally binding' thing Personal Tech11 Jul 2024 | 6
Privacy expert put away for 9 years after 'grotesque' cyberstalking campaign Scumbag targeted many victims – and those who tried to help them Cyber-crime11 Jul 2024 | 62
Speed limiters arrive for all new cars in the European Union Get ready for a cacophony of beeps at least if you're a bit heavy on the go pedal Personal Tech11 Jul 2024 | 497
Apple, Google, ease cross-cloud data transfers, perhaps with costly catch The joy of cloudy interoperability may be dampened by differently-sized free storage tiers Off-Prem11 Jul 2024 | 7
China’s homebrew openKylin OS creates a cut for AI PCs Devs of OS named for a mythical beast join in the 'local models will will deliver legendary productivity' trope AI + ML11 Jul 2024 | 7
Anonymous 'ask me anything' chat app NGL ordered to knock it off targeting kids Hitting youngsters with faked texts and calling them suckers is a bit of a no-no, watchdog sniffs Personal Tech11 Jul 2024 | 8
South Korean Samsung union strikes again in bid to chip away at production It'd be a shame if something happened to that HBM fab, warns NSEU Personal Tech10 Jul 2024 | 1
How low can you go: Tesla's US market share dips below 50% for the first time Electric car sales break records, but Elon's luster is tarnished Personal Tech10 Jul 2024 | 63
PC sales inch upwards as market starts to upgrade its hardware Analysts hoping Windows 11 refresh adds fuel to fire, as OS market share finally on rise Personal Tech10 Jul 2024 | 7
Twitter grew an incredible '1.6%' since Musk's $44B takeover. Amazing. Wow No doubt thanks to Vladi5555, KremLinda1776, RealAmericanPat22, etc etc Personal Tech09 Jul 2024 | 46
Microsoft ad subsidiary Xandr accused of violating GDPR Updated Access, deletion requests go ignored, and consumer profiles contradict themselves, complaint alleges SaaS09 Jul 2024 | 7
64% of people not happy about idea of AI-generated customer service Not unreasonably, nearly half worried it would give them the 'wrong answers' Personal Tech09 Jul 2024 | 54
HP to discontinue online-only e-series LaserJet amid user gripes Updated Printers were locked into HP+ cloud service, which is also getting the chop Personal Tech09 Jul 2024 | 60
Tesla parental controls keep teenage lead feet in check Because trusting your kid with 300 horsepower should come with a curfew Personal Tech09 Jul 2024 | 81
Three words to send a chill down your spine: Snowflake. Intrusion. Alert Kettle And can AI save us from the scourge of malware? In theory, why not, but in practice ... Color us skeptical
Honey, I shrunk the LLM! A beginner's guide to quantization – and testing it Hands on Just be careful not to shave off too many bits ... These things are known to hallucinate as it is
UK cyber-boss slams China's bug-hoarding laws ASIA IN BRIEF Plus: Japanese scientists ID ancient supernova; AWS dismisses China trouble rumor; and more
I spy another mSpy breach: Millions more stalkerware buyers exposed Infosec in brief Also: Velops routers love plaintext; everything is a dark pattern; Internet Explorer rises from the grave, and more
Google reportedly in talks to buy infosec outfit Wiz for $23 billion The security industry has never had a clear leader – could it be the Chocolate Factory?
There is no honor among RAM thieves – but sometimes there is karma Who, Me? Techie left spitting chips made sure the boss was, too
Your next datacenter could be in the middle of nowhere Feature Training AI models doesn't need low latency. It needs cheap energy – wherever it can be found
China's internet cleanup campaigns are going so well it needs a new one to protect kids Years of crackdowns haven't stopped some revolting stuff
Hey Microsoft – what ever happened to 'Developers, developers, developers'? Opinion Hey, here’s an idea… create a point system for every time Microsoft hurts us
Lenovo hit with higher patent payout, both sides claim a win Case centers on 3G, 4G, and 5G patents held by US wireless IP holder InterDigital
Copilot+ PCs software compatibility issues left to you to sort out, with help from crowdsourcers Samsung warned users, but the PC industry’s big players hardly mention the possibility of problems Personal Tech08 Jul 2024 | 31
Epic accuses Apple of foul play over iOS access, wants EU to show DMA red card After button brouhaha, CEO rages Cupertino 'must be stopped' Personal Tech06 Jul 2024 | 40
Devs claim Apple is banning VPNs in Russia 'more effectively' than Putin Updated Mozilla shows guts with its extensions – but that's the way the Cook, he crumbles Security05 Jul 2024 | 58
Kindle sputters out: Amazon's e-readers couldn't download content for a short time Updated Support line reports 'high volume of contacts' about the problem Personal Tech05 Jul 2024 | 27
We've banned Chinese telco kit and drones. Next: Mountain bikes? DJI builds a power pack for off-road two-wheelers Personal Tech05 Jul 2024 | 60
EV world in serious trouble if China cuts off rare earth materials Comment 'We're not there yet' on development of motors without them Personal Tech03 Jul 2024 | 74
Kernel tweaks improve Raspberry Pi performance, efficiency There's a lot of room for improvement in modern computing, from the low end to the very high Personal Tech03 Jul 2024 | 15
Microsoft Stores all close their doors in China Slump in Surface sales suspected as one reason for move online Personal Tech03 Jul 2024 | 11
War on Texas law requiring ID to savor smut online heads to Supreme Court Talk about painfully invasive processes Bootnotes02 Jul 2024 | 51
Like Uber, but for rainy days: Japan eases its ridesharing restrictions Nation turns once again to technology to help with declining population Public Sector02 Jul 2024 | 12
YouTube confirms it'll pull AI fakes in 48 hours if a complaint's upheld As ever, terms and conditions apply Personal Tech02 Jul 2024 | 13
Supreme Court orders rethink on Texas, Florida laws banning web moderation Sites and apps aren't given a say? That doesn't seem very free speech Personal Tech01 Jul 2024 | 21
Antitrust cops cry foul over Meta's pay-or-consent ultimatum to Europeans Facebook, Instagram gobble up same data whether you hand over cash or not Personal Tech01 Jul 2024 | 40
Boeing to reacquire spun-off supplier Spirit AeroSpace to shore up safety Because the best place for a troubled supplier is beneath the wing of original parent company Bootnotes01 Jul 2024 | 25
Verizon hit with whopping $847M verdict for infringing 5G and hotspot patents Must be hard to face a huge, unexpected bill, amirite? Networks01 Jul 2024 | 9
Beijing says state owns China's rare earth metals Better management of critical materials or retaliation for sanctions? Personal Tech01 Jul 2024 | 31
Antitrust latest: Europe's Vestager warns Microsoft, OpenAI 'the story is not over' I'll get you next time, Gadget, next time! Personal Tech29 Jun 2024 | 4
American interest in electric vehicles short circuits for first time in four years Funny what happens if you take Tesla out of the numbers, though Personal Tech28 Jun 2024 | 149
Apple crippled watchOS to corner heart-tracking market, doctors say Normally it's the iGiant's prices that give the ol' ticker a hard time Personal Tech28 Jun 2024 | 13
FCC wants telcos to carrier unlock cellphones 60 days after activation Should you stay or should you go now? If Rosenworcel gets her way, there won't be trouble Personal Tech27 Jun 2024 | 40
'One Less Car' Uber bets a grand you'll ditch your wheels Comment Taxi app wants to prove it itself is cheaper, greener than owning a motor Personal Tech27 Jun 2024 | 88
Americans abroad cut off as AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile US suffer roaming outages Updated Why all three at once? Blame Syniverse – everyone else is Networks27 Jun 2024 | 13
Indian govt probes claims Foxconn won't hire married women Updated Cultural traditions clash with manufacturing ambitions Public Sector27 Jun 2024 | 20
As expected, Apple set to vanish Batterygate, dodgy audio lawsuits with money Pocket-change payouts of $6M and $35M await approval in July Personal Tech26 Jun 2024 | 15
Supreme Court won't stop Biden leaning on social media giants to tackle disinfo White House can get back to asking Facebook and co to kindly bin off what the Feds say is misinformation Public Sector26 Jun 2024 | 26
Hong Kong's Furi Labs shakes up smartphone scene with dash of Debian DEVCONF.CZ The FLX1 runs its own build of 'Trixie' but has an Android layer Personal Tech26 Jun 2024 | 26
Apple tells emulator developers it's OK with retro games – not entire OSes Updated We sure hope this won't upset European regulators given how great their relationship is with Apple right now OSes26 Jun 2024 | 22
US mayors urge Congress to ditch red-tape-slaying broadband expansion bill What's the matter, you want China to win, huh? Networks25 Jun 2024 | 17
And that's 3 recalls for Tesla Cybertruck in as many months Now windshield wipers are failing and trim is detaching of its own accord Personal Tech25 Jun 2024 | 52
Airbn-bye: Barcelona bans short-term apartment rentals for tourists Spanish sublet shock solution to housing crisis Personal Tech25 Jun 2024 | 58
America's best chance for nationwide privacy law could do more harm than good Analysis 'Congress has effectively gutted it as part of a backroom deal' Personal Tech25 Jun 2024 | 32
Record labels gang up to sue AI music generator duo into utter oblivion Updated Recording Industry Ass. of America orchestrates war on Udio and Suno AI + ML24 Jun 2024 | 50
Mozilla is trying to push me out because I have cancer, CPO says in bombshell lawsuit Steve Teixeira, said to be CEO-in-waiting, now sues Firefox maker for discrimination, retaliation Applications24 Jun 2024 | 91
Microsoft's latest Surface devices almost as easy to fix as they are to break iFixit hands out provisional 8 out of 10 for hardware designed with repairs in mind Personal Tech24 Jun 2024 | 14
China and the EU agree to consultations over EV anti-subsidy investigation Tit for tat spat could be avoided Personal Tech24 Jun 2024 | 15
Europe accuses Apple of preventing devs from telling users about world outside Plus: Commission launches new probe into iPhone maker's efforts to work with new laws SaaS24 Jun 2024 | 13
Risk of installing dodgy extensions from Chrome store way worse than Google's letting on, study suggests All depends on how you count it – Chocolate Factory claims 1% fail rate Research23 Jun 2024 | 34
Apple Intelligence won't be available in Europe because Tim's terrified of watchdogs These privacy rules might harm privacy! No, really, that's totally why we're doing this AI + ML21 Jun 2024 | 65
Change Healthcare finally spills the tea on what medical data was stolen by cyber-crew 'Substantial proportion' of America to get a little note from next month Cyber-crime21 Jun 2024 | 9
Tesla sued for 'systemic' racism at its Fremont, California plant Campus faces yet another racial discrimination lawsuit as Clean Air Act violations claims also hit the fan Personal Tech21 Jun 2024 | 45
Waymo robotaxis set to cruise past red tape into LA and beyond Google's self-driving cars can be tested in way mo' streets now Personal Tech21 Jun 2024 | 9
How Europe can force Apple to support competition Exclusive Open Web Advocacy report calls for these extensive changes to iGiant's rules Personal Tech21 Jun 2024 | 56
Google’s attempt to kill off child privacy app advertising lawsuit defeated Won't somebody pleeease think of the ... oh, right, they are Personal Tech20 Jun 2024 | 5
Crooks get their hands on 500K+ radiology patients' records in cyber-attack Two ransomware gangs bragged of massive theft of personal info and medical files Cyber-crime20 Jun 2024 | 4
Biden bans Kaspersky: No more sales, updates in US Blockade begins July 20 on national security grounds as antivirus slinger vows to fight back CSO20 Jun 2024 | 111
Car dealer software bigshot CDK pulls systems offline twice amid 'cyber incident' Downtime set to crash into next week Cyber-crime20 Jun 2024 | 13
Tesla's tight grip on repairs sparks courtroom showdown Class action allowed to continue with EV maker's 'tying' practices the focus Personal Tech20 Jun 2024 | 12
Battery electric vehicles lose their spark in Europe as hybrids steal the show Germans cooling on proper EVs, according to auto industry group Personal Tech20 Jun 2024 | 171
Microsoft's new Surface Laptop 7 has arrived. The recovery images have not Nice computer. Shame if anything happened to it Personal Tech20 Jun 2024 | 47
Samsung Korea warns many apps won't run on its Qualcomm-powered Copilot+ PCs FWIW Microsoft says 'your apps run great' even when emulated on Arm Personal Tech20 Jun 2024 | 46
Australian billionaire wins right to sue Facebook in the US over scam ads Andrew Forrest has spent five years railing against promos that falsely claim he's found the route to crypto riches Personal Tech20 Jun 2024 | 78
Qualcomm agrees to pay $75M in all-cash deal to settle licensing suit Judge asked to green-light payout to shareholders over SEP license and bundling claims Personal Tech19 Jun 2024 | 4
World's top AI chatbots have no problem parroting Russian disinformation Study finds they're taking Putin pushers' point of view 30% of the time AI + ML19 Jun 2024 | 68
Amazon Labor Union votes overwhelmingly to join forces with Teamsters in NYC Hey Andy, how do you like them Big Apples? Personal Tech18 Jun 2024 | 13
What's up with Mozilla buying ad firm Anonym? It's all about 'privacy-centric advertising' Analysis Is such a thing possible for an industry that never respected people's wishes? Personal Tech18 Jun 2024 | 48
CHERI Alliance formed to promote memory security tech ... but where's Arm? Updated Academic-industry project takes next step as key promoter chip designer licks its wounds Research18 Jun 2024 | 3
Tencent ponders banning infomercials hosted by 'virtual humans' on its flagship video service Beijing's interest in generative AI has its limits AI + ML18 Jun 2024 |
US Surgeon General wants cigarette-style health warning labels on social networks Something like ... Side effects may include low self esteem, short attention span, and intrusive ads? Personal Tech17 Jun 2024 | 31
Crypto-failure Terraform Labs to cough up $4.5B, liquidate self South Korean outfit that triggered the world's 'Crypto Winter' will melt away after SEC order Personal Tech17 Jun 2024 | 17
Meta accused of trying to discredit ad researchers As more than 70 civil society groups sign open letter slamming 'intimidation' Personal Tech16 Jun 2024 | 35
European Commission may be about to put the squeeze on Apple for its App Store rules iBiz potentially facing hefty penalties under the Digital Markets Act Personal Tech15 Jun 2024 | 27
Meta won't train AI on Euro posts after all, as watchdogs put their paws down Facebook parent calls step forward for privacy a 'step backwards' AI + ML14 Jun 2024 | 41
Clearview AI reaches 'creative' settlement with privacy suit plaintiffs: A conditional IOU Biz too broke, class too big to settle now; agrees to pay in limited circumstances like an IPO, liquidation Personal Tech14 Jun 2024 | 14
Tesla shareholders agree to pay Musk staggering sum of $48B The value falls but the rocket man still gets his gas money Personal Tech14 Jun 2024 | 104
Oracle Ads have had it: $2B operation shuts down after dwindling to $300M Analysis In this slightly more private era, your data ain't as profitable as it once was Personal Tech13 Jun 2024 | 25
World's first RISC-V laptop with Ubuntu preloaded touts AI smarts and octa-core chip Might be more of a paper tiger given it runs at 2 GHz and has just 2 TOPS Personal Tech13 Jun 2024 | 31
China miffed over electric vehicle tariff tiff with EU Trade body bemoans move as 'notably unfair' but no countermeasures yet Personal Tech13 Jun 2024 | 34
The origin of 3D Pipes, Windows' best screensaver Archaeologic Raymond Chen talks teapots, and a fully engaged marketing team Personal Tech13 Jun 2024 | 54
Japan forces Apple and Google to allow third-party app stores and payments DMA-like law passes in pursuit of a more innovative and open smartphone market Public Sector13 Jun 2024 | 9
Waymo issues software fix after driverless taxi hits telephone pole NHTSA already probing robo-car biz over crashes with 'clearly visible objects' AI + ML12 Jun 2024 | 27
Four more US states pile on Apple as DoJ turns up antitrust heat Growing coalition joins federal fray, accusing iGiant of playing monopoly Personal Tech12 Jun 2024 | 5
Rivals and legal action cast shadows over Windows on Arm market Player MediaTek: Ready Personal Tech12 Jun 2024 | 18
Chinese electric car brands zapped by price surge as EU cranks tariffs Companies that cooperated with probe will be slightly less hard hit Personal Tech12 Jun 2024 | 86
Tesla's Autopilot false advertising tussle with California DMV must go to trial At stake: Carmaker's licenses to make and sell motor vehicles in golden state Personal Tech12 Jun 2024 | 23
Raspberry Pi stock surges after London IPO Priced at £2.80, but goes beyond £3.90 in conditional trading Personal Tech11 Jun 2024 | 27
PC makers hopeful that Chromebook refresh cycles about to kick in Kids can be rough despite efforts to keep budget computers out of landfill Personal Tech11 Jun 2024 | 15
Apple finally adds RCS support after years of mixed messages WWDC WWDC sees Cupertino up to its old trick of adding features - in this case a password manager - that compete directly with third parties Personal Tech11 Jun 2024 | 28
At Apple, AI stands for 'Apple Intelligence' – and it's coming to everything WWDC Cupertino promises private smarts, on-device or in the cloud AI + ML10 Jun 2024 | 53
Meta will use your social media posts to train its AI. Europe gets an opt out What's German for 'thank goodness for actually useful privacy regulations'? AI + ML10 Jun 2024 | 22
HP BIOS update renders some ProBook laptops expensive paperweights Customers not amused Personal Tech10 Jun 2024 | 41