55-inch Jamboard and app ecosystem tossed into the Google graveyard Now have a look at these third-party alternatives from our partners, says Chocolate Factory Personal Tech29 Sep 2023 | 5
Mozilla's midlife crisis has taken it from web pioneer to Google's weird neighbor Comment Can the sleeping fox ever wake up? Personal Tech29 Sep 2023 | 51
Beta driver turned heads in the hospital On Call A portrait of one medico's contorted digital landscape Personal Tech29 Sep 2023 | 54
iPhone 15 is too hot to handle – and not in any good way Influencers offer smouldering looks, analysts wonder if TSMC-fabbed silicon can take the heat Personal Tech29 Sep 2023 | 28
Epic cut: Fortnite games maker culls 16% of staff That partial victory against Apple is seeming more pyrrhic by the day Personal Tech28 Sep 2023 | 6
Yelp sues Texas for right to publish actual accurate abortion info So much for that free speech, huh? Personal Tech28 Sep 2023 | 55
From frying Panos into the Fire? Amazon confirms hiring of Microsoft veteran Device chief, who quit the beast of Redmond last week, takes similar role at arch rival Personal Tech28 Sep 2023 | 2
Raspberry Pi 5 revealed, and it should satisfy your need for speed No longer super-cheap, but boasts better graphics and swifter storage Personal Tech28 Sep 2023 | 153
LG has its own folding PC now, but good luck getting your hands on one The 'Gram Fold' looks limited to LG's home of Korea Personal Tech27 Sep 2023 | 6
Teardown reveals iPhone 15 to be series of questionable design decisions Video High cost and hard to work with? Yep, that's Apple all over Personal Tech26 Sep 2023 | 51
VR headsets to shift 30 million units a year by 2027, vastly behind wearables The eyes don’t have it, but you're all ears Personal Tech23 Sep 2023 | 32
The iPhone 15 has a Goldilocks issue: Too big or too small. Maybe a case will make it just right Quick look Fanboi numbers are well down – but Apple's queueing system, rather than apathy, is likely the cause Personal Tech22 Sep 2023 | 83
Epic payout: FTC opens Fortnite settlement claim floodgates Parents and players alike can now apply for a piece of the $245m pie Personal Tech21 Sep 2023 | 3
EU right to repair updates pass latest hurdle Makers won't be able to pull wool over consumers' eyes, though critics say it hasn't gone far enough Personal Tech21 Sep 2023 | 17
Uncle Sam names three Amazon execs as Prime suspects in subscription ripoff case Dark patterns 'knowingly duped millions of consumers' Personal Tech21 Sep 2023 | 30
Google on trial: Feds challenge deals that set your web search defaults Big G wheels out its old argument that its products are better - and look, there they are, pre-installed and in your face Personal Tech20 Sep 2023 | 27
Apple pairs well with profits, not repair shops iFixit demotes iPhone 14 from 7/10 to 4 after reality of software locks hit home Personal Tech20 Sep 2023 | 22
Hong Kong authorities cuff six in connection with floundering crypto platform JPEX Special Adminstrative Region aspires to be a crypto hub, is making an example of allegedly unlicensed operator Personal Tech20 Sep 2023 | 3
So what if China has 7nm chips now, there's no Huawei it can make them 'at scale' Updated Or so says US Commerce Secretary Personal Tech19 Sep 2023 | 76
Judge sides with Meta and Google, puts California child privacy law on hold NetChoice 'likely to prevail' in First Amendment argument, court rules Personal Tech19 Sep 2023 | 25
UTM: An Apple hypervisor with some unique extra abilities Friday FOSS Fest Fancy running Windows, Linux and Classic MacOS on your modern x86-64 or Arm64 Mac? Walk this way
Norway wants Facebook behavioral advertising banned across Europe But Meta was just about to start asking people for their permission!
Search for phone signal caused oil spill, say Japanese investigators Skipper caught on tape saying 'What have I done? My career is gone' after crashing into coral reef after a couple of whiskeys
If the Linux Foundation was a software company, it'd be the biggest in the world Kubecon The Kubernetes circus hits Shanghai and ponders how to connect engineers
Free software pioneer Richard Stallman is battling cancer A changed RMS appeared at the GNU 40th anniversary event in Switzerland
Mozilla's midlife crisis has taken it from web pioneer to Google's weird neighbor Comment Can the sleeping fox ever wake up?
Yelp sues Texas for right to publish actual accurate abortion info So much for that free speech, huh?
iPhone 15 is too hot to handle – and not in any good way Influencers offer smouldering looks, analysts wonder if TSMC-fabbed silicon can take the heat
After failing at privacy, again, Google is working to keep Bard chats out of Search The URLs needed to share chat histories have been indexed. Of course
'Small monthly payment' only thing that stands between X and bot chaos, says Musk Comment Yes, because automated accounts are really the problem here Personal Tech19 Sep 2023 | 116
Desktop AI isn’t happening, says AMD, and might not for quite a while Chip designer has extended support for modest desktop CPUs, citing Intel setting expectations for cheap and not-so-speedy silicon Personal Tech19 Sep 2023 | 9
Microsoft Surface chief Panos Panay abruptly announces departure Rumors point to Panay headed to Amazon to take over for outgoing Alexa and Echo chief David Limp Personal Tech18 Sep 2023 | 2
Getting to the bottom of BMW's pay-as-you-toast subscription failure Opinion Fuming customers steamed as they'd already paid luxury prices Personal Tech18 Sep 2023 | 202
SK hynix vice-chair denies selling to Huawei, calls for memory probe Asia In Brief PLUS: Hong Kong’s CoinEx crypto exchange frozen; Uber eyes off India; and more! Personal Tech18 Sep 2023 | 2
HP reveals bonkers $5k foldable tablet/laptop/desktop There’s a weird one-and-a-half screen laptop mode, too Personal Tech15 Sep 2023 | 27
Google promises eternity of updates for Chromebooks – that's a decade for everyone else I've seen things you people wouldn't believe, laptops on fire off the shoulder of Orion... Personal Tech14 Sep 2023 | 51
Apple's iPhone 12 woes spread as Belgium, Germany, Netherlands weigh in Updated Euro land stunned by French safety findings Personal Tech14 Sep 2023 | 76
These days you can teach old tech a bunch of new tricks Build a new XT with HDMI graphics or run Windows ME at 4K – because why not? Personal Tech14 Sep 2023 | 63
Beijing freezes social media service for a month for letting kids see smut TikTok-esque Mini Worlds, part of the Tencent empire, shamed, fined, warned to do better Personal Tech14 Sep 2023 | 6
China kind-of-mostly denies it’s banned iPhones from use in government Security is important, so is fair trade, says Foreign Ministry Personal Tech14 Sep 2023 | 5
Apple-backed California right-to-repair bill just a bite away from governor's signature This would make the Golden State the third to enact a similar law Personal Tech13 Sep 2023 | 17
iPhone 12 deemed too hot to handle for France's radiation standards Watchdog worries over electromagnetic waves, Apple disagrees Personal Tech13 Sep 2023 | 37
Dutch consumer groups sue Google over its entire business model If the Chocolate Factory can't track you to sell ads, what does it have left? Personal Tech13 Sep 2023 | 40
Portable Large Language Models – not the iPhone 15 – are the future of the smartphone Column Personal AI can redefine the handheld experience and perhaps preserve privacy too Personal Tech13 Sep 2023 | 65
Lightning struck: Apple switches to USB-C for iPhone 15 lineup Video Thanks, Europe. Couldn't have done it without EU Personal Tech12 Sep 2023 | 104
Microsoft's Surface Duo phone hangs up, drops out of support Remember Microsoft's first attempt at an Android foldable? Of course you don't Personal Tech12 Sep 2023 | 8
When does tackling pandemic misinfo become censorship? US courts argue it out Analysis On one hand, it's private-public cooperation. On the other, it's heavy-handed state intervention. We take a look at this important unfolding case Personal Tech12 Sep 2023 | 125
Square blames last week's outage on DNS screw-up It's not hip to be this Square Personal Tech11 Sep 2023 | 8
BMW deems drivers worthy of warmth, ends heated car seat subscription Any other monthly plans want to cancel themselves? Personal Tech09 Sep 2023 | 213
Power grids tremble as electric vehicle growth set to accelerate 19% next year Gas-guzzling US favors hybrids while Europe prefers battery power Personal Tech08 Sep 2023 | 337
Linux on the Arm-based Thinkpad X13S: It's getting there Review Armbian 23.08 is out, and adds preliminary support for this ultralight Snapdragon laptop Personal Tech08 Sep 2023 | 40
Google Chrome Privacy Sandbox open to all: Now websites can tap into your habits directly for ads In the march to rid world of third-party cookie tracking, we've picked up targeting APIs Personal Tech07 Sep 2023 | 71
Norway court upholds miniscule fine against Meta for flouting privacy rules Targeted ads require data usage consent under EU regulations Personal Tech07 Sep 2023 | 33
Bane of Big Tech, EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager, steps away for a bit Is that a relieved sob from Google lawyers we hear? Personal Tech06 Sep 2023 | 1
Chinese meme-makers crown US Commerce Secretary as Huawei brand ambassador Well, well, well, if it isn't the consequences of Uncle Sam's actions Personal Tech06 Sep 2023 | 10
Intel NUCs find fresh life in Asus, but rights are 'non-exclusive' As Asrock adds an AMD-powered 4"x4" not-NUC to its industrial lineup Personal Tech06 Sep 2023 | 14
Mozilla calls cars from 25 automakers 'data privacy nightmares on wheels' Updated Does your vehicle really need to know about your bedroom antics? Personal Tech06 Sep 2023 | 183
The Anti Defamation League is Musk's latest excuse for Twitter's tanking ad revenue There's something very familiar about all this Personal Tech05 Sep 2023 | 116
CrowView: A clamp-on, portable second laptop display Elecrow's dual-screen peripheral is more versatile and cheaper than the old Lenovo version Personal Tech05 Sep 2023 | 17
Right to repair advocates have a new opponent: Scientologists Can't have you finding the ghosts in those E-meter machines, now can we? Personal Tech01 Sep 2023 | 127
Twitter says it may harvest biometric, employment data from its addicts Not so much X gon' give it to you, you gonna give it to X Personal Tech31 Aug 2023 | 74
We all scream for ice cream – so why are McDonald's machines always broken? iFixit takes aim at the John-Deere-for-frozen-milk situation Personal Tech31 Aug 2023 | 109
Microsoft maybe still dreams of bendy phones, judging from 360° folding screen patent Could a Surface mobe with one of these displays eliminate all that bad press from the Duo? Personal Tech30 Aug 2023 | 6
HP blames discounted PCs and China chill for Q3 revenue drop At least the cost-cutting scissors are still sharp Personal Tech30 Aug 2023 | 3
The printout may be dead but that beast of a print queue lives on Opinion A queue gone mad leads to surprising results for 3D printing – but still no regulation Personal Tech30 Aug 2023 | 31
We're about to hit peak device count, says HTC veep, as AR takes over First you'll live in a headset. Then come the chip implants … Personal Tech30 Aug 2023 | 20
Reports of the PC's death are greatly exaggerated, says IDC Demand may be 'tepid at best' but analyst sees return to pre-2019 levels next year Personal Tech29 Aug 2023 | 8
America's financial cops say Impact Theory's NFTs were unregistered securities Dissenting opinion asserts position is wrong and that many headaches linger Personal Tech29 Aug 2023 | 6
Europe's tough new rules for Big Tech start today. Is anyone ready? Google says it is. Amazon's swerves the rules, for now. And tests suggest consumer protections aren't yet strong Personal Tech25 Aug 2023 | 60
After years of fighting Right to Repair, Apple U-turns-ish in California 'It feels like the Berlin Wall of tech repair monopolies is starting to crumble, brick by brick' Personal Tech24 Aug 2023 | 27
Start rummaging: Atari's new 2600+ console supports vintage cartridges Play your originals for less than what last year's nonfunctional Lego replica cost Personal Tech23 Aug 2023 | 48
Musk's latest X-periments: No more headlines, old posts vanish, block gets banned If advertisers weren't happy before, this is sure to win them over Personal Tech22 Aug 2023 | 80
Google 'wiretapped' tax websites with visitor traffic trackers, lawsuit claims And this wiretap, is it in the room with us right now? Personal Tech18 Aug 2023 | 54
YouTube accused of aiming ads at kids after promising it wouldn't do that Web giant comes out swinging, says allegations 'without merit' Personal Tech18 Aug 2023 | 17
I know what you did next summer: Microsoft to kill off Xbox 360 Store Don't worry, your downloaded games are safe ... for now? Personal Tech17 Aug 2023 | 27
Stalking victims sue Tile and Amazon for negligence over tracking tech Plaintiffs say recent partnership has 'magnified' danger and allege bypass of anti-stalking feature is allowed Personal Tech17 Aug 2023 | 16
Hands up who wants a PC? Lenovo reports declining returns Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? Profit down 66% as execs try to clear inventory decks Personal Tech17 Aug 2023 | 23
Musk's X caught throttling outbound links to websites he doesn't like Elon, curing the world of imposter syndrome one decision at a time Personal Tech16 Aug 2023 | 62
Lost voices, ignored words: Apple's speech recognition needs urgent reform Opinion A plea for improvements for disabled people who rely on accessibility features Personal Tech16 Aug 2023 | 31
Singapore opens to stablecoins – once they jump through some hoops After regulators are done with them, providers will look a lot like boring old banks Personal Tech16 Aug 2023 | 12
South Korea 'puts the brakes' on Google's app store dominance Starts monitoring developer deals after first slapping the G-force with substantial fine Personal Tech16 Aug 2023 | 6
Watchdog vows crackdown on 'harmful' world of surveillance-by-data-broker Analysis Promise of action excites some, others wish America had Cali-style Delete Act for personal info Personal Tech15 Aug 2023 | 2
Nikola recalls electric truck fleet over battery fires Updated You can still drive 'em, but park outside for ... OTA updates, says EV maker Personal Tech15 Aug 2023 | 6
Charging your iPhone literally costs Apple millions as Batterygate saga slams shut Estimated payments of $65 can now be distributed to those who filed a claim in 2018 lawsuit Personal Tech15 Aug 2023 | 23
Foxconn to spend billions bulking its Indian operations – just for starters Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand on mega-manufacturer's list of not-China expansion targets Personal Tech15 Aug 2023 | 1
Internet Archive sued by record labels as battle with book publishers intensifies Music copyright bomb hits just as other court conflict leads to lending limits Personal Tech14 Aug 2023 | 55
Get 'em while you can: Intel begins purging NUCs from inventory Is that a firesale we smell? Personal Tech14 Aug 2023 | 11
Dell fined $6.5M for 'error in pricing process' down under Blunder made bundled monitors more expensive than standalone purchases Personal Tech14 Aug 2023 | 1
Judge denies HP's plea to throw out all-in-one printer lockdown lawsuit AiO devices won't scan or fax without ink, and plaintiffs say IT giant illegally withheld that info from buyers Personal Tech11 Aug 2023 | 102
Tinker Tailor Soldier Pi? Asus's 'NUC-sized' SBC aims to out-Pi the Raspberry Updated Bigger, bolder, and brimming with ports for hobbyists and devs alike Personal Tech11 Aug 2023 | 23
Lawsuit: We've got the stats to prove Twitter ax fell unfairly on older, female engineers Seven ex-tweeps bring the receipts, as the kids say Personal Tech10 Aug 2023 | 76
X tries to win back advertisers with brand safety promises Meanwhile, platform keeps paying creators a share of ad revenue, but without similar safety features Personal Tech09 Aug 2023 | 26
4 in 5 Chromebooks sold to US students in Q2 as demand rises Education buyers ignore campaign group's intense criticism of device's lifespan, 'expect expiration dates for milk, not tech' Personal Tech08 Aug 2023 | 41
Salesforce to face court over claims it knowingly assisted sex trafficking website CRM giant fails to get Backpage.com case thrown out on appeal Personal Tech08 Aug 2023 | 6
Norway to hit Meta with fines over Facebook user privacy from next week Book to hit face, but Zuckerberg & co tell El Reg it will challenge the ban Personal Tech08 Aug 2023 | 19
Fujitsu pulls the plug on European client PC sales Clock is ticking on April 2024 withdrawal Personal Tech07 Aug 2023 | 9
Techie's quick cure for a curious conflict caused a huge headache Who, Me? A PC is a PC is a PC, and by any other name would not have taken down the intranet Personal Tech07 Aug 2023 | 77
Google offers to alert netizens when their personal info shows up in Search I Have Been Pw, er, Indexed Personal Tech04 Aug 2023 | 10
Read lips? Siri wants to feel them, according to fresh Apple patent We make movements when we talk, and gyro, accelerometer and sensor tech could improve speech recog Personal Tech04 Aug 2023 | 10
Brave cuts ties with Bing to offer its own image and video search results There's a word for describing going it alone against huge rivals, starts with a B, just can't put our finger on it Personal Tech03 Aug 2023 | 43
China floats strict screentime limits and content crimps for kids +Comment Two hours a day maximum and a guarantee of no nasties - parents everywhere might just welcome the Communist approach to this issue Personal Tech03 Aug 2023 | 33
Meta says it'll ask Euro peeps nicely before hitting them with personalized ads UK mulls an 'appropriate response' Personal Tech02 Aug 2023 | 27
Tesla steering problems attract regulator eyes for second time this year First some steering wheels were falling off, now others allegedly won't steer Personal Tech02 Aug 2023 | 83
UK watchdog reopens consultation on Microsoft's bid for Activision Blizzard CMA admits Sony deal might change the battlefield Personal Tech02 Aug 2023 | 6
Twitter sues Brit non-profit, claims hate-speech reports scared off advertisers Are we out of touch? No, it's the campaigners who are wrong Personal Tech01 Aug 2023 | 106
Panasonic liquidates its liquid crystal display business Here’s your metaphor for the state of the world: factory will be re-used to make EV batteries Personal Tech01 Aug 2023 | 7
Hong Kong High Court declines to force Big Tech to ban protest song Looks like it's time for the territory to ramp up its SEO offensive again Personal Tech01 Aug 2023 | 5
The semiconductor biz is sick, but demand for SiC chips that improve EVs is accelerating Onsemi CEO says demand for silicon carbide surged – as investors pile in Personal Tech01 Aug 2023 | 2
Tesla's Autopilot boasts, safety probed by California AG This tech is certainly full of something Personal Tech28 Jul 2023 | 73