Web Summit CEO's comments on Israeli conflict 'war crimes' sparks boycott
Intel, Siemens, Google, Meta, and Stripe among event walkouts
Personal Tech20 Oct 2023 | 7
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Look ma, no fans: Mini PC boasts slimline solid-state active cooling system
Hong Kong-based maker claims cooler is 'silent'
Personal Tech20 Oct 2023 | 29
Royal College considers no confidence move after Excel recruitment debacle
Mangled spreadsheets mean government was asleep on the job and should be held to account
Personal Tech20 Oct 2023 | 27
US government's Login.gov turns frown upside down, now smiles on facial recognition
Authentication portal to match snaps on existing IDs with user-provided snaps
Personal Tech19 Oct 2023 | 20
First Brexit, now X-it: Musk 'considering' pulling platform from EU over probe
Comment Plus: Working from home is 'detached from reality' says world's richest man
Personal Tech19 Oct 2023 | 206
What's unconstitutional about Google keyword search warrants? Nothing, says Colorado Supreme Court
Arson case produces a very tricky precedent for anyone who values digital privacy
Personal Tech18 Oct 2023 | 24
Sony, Honda tease EV that aims to be a lounge on wheels
Video 'Afeela' packs Qualcomm kit, screens galore, runs Android and will have an app ecosystem
Personal Tech18 Oct 2023 | 36
Apple finds another use for USB-C – a cheaper Pencil
It’s also shorter, lousy under pressure, and needs a dongle on the cheapest iPad
Personal Tech18 Oct 2023 | 11
Google and Qualcomm to bring RISC-V to the wrist in next-gen wearable platform
Wear OS is basically Android, so this effort may do some heavy lifting to evade Arm SoCs in future phones
Personal Tech18 Oct 2023 | 3
Japan cruises ahead with drive-thru EV charging trial
Perfect antidote to range anxiety ... if it works and they can sort compatibility
Personal Tech17 Oct 2023 | 32
iPhone 15 Pro Max users report seeing ghostly OLED apparitions
A Weekend at Burn-ins
Personal Tech17 Oct 2023 | 21
Raspberry Pi 5: Hot takes and cooler mistakes
How does the device fare as a daily driver, and is cooling really optional?
Personal Tech17 Oct 2023 | 72
Meta Quest 3 is a virtual reality of repair insanity
Bravery and a bucket for the screws required to service latest idiot visor
Personal Tech16 Oct 2023 | 9
Apple and Lenovo are dropping the ball for visually impaired users
Accessibility features help everybody… and one day, you might need them too
Personal Tech16 Oct 2023 | 20
A $353M question: Did Meta muzzle a VR venture?
Quest for control as AEI alleges Meta's monopolistic missteps
Personal Tech12 Oct 2023 | 7
Google's third-party cookie culling to begin in Q1 2024 ... for 1% of Chrome users
And in full swing starting Q3
Personal Tech12 Oct 2023 | 11
California's Governor Newsom signs laws on right to repair and data deletion
'Digital emancipation proclamation' praised by tech tinkerers, but info brokers aren't happy
Personal Tech11 Oct 2023 | 11
EU threatens X with DSA penalties over spread of Israel-Hamas disinformation
Final update Meta also told to clean out election-bothering deepfakes from its empire – or face the music
Personal Tech11 Oct 2023 | 81
Your phone's cracked screen may one day heal itself, but try not to drop it for now
Analysts 'put stake in the ground' to say tech will hit market in matter of years
Personal Tech11 Oct 2023 | 18
ASUS thinks outside the 4″ x 4″ box with plans for custom NUCs
Commercial customers are in the frame, and gamers aren't forgotten, as it takes on Intel's mini PCs
Personal Tech11 Oct 2023 | 5
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In-memory database Redis wants to dabble in disk
Aims to lower costs and broaden appeal of system popular with devs
Royal College considers no confidence move after Excel recruitment debacle
Mangled spreadsheets mean government was asleep on the job and should be held to account
Nokia to erase up to 14,000 employees from payroll
Profits plunge, sales down in Q3. Multi-year cost cutting drive means staff will be decimated
First Brexit, now X-it: Musk 'considering' pulling platform from EU over probe
Comment Plus: Working from home is 'detached from reality' says world's richest man
Analysts scratch heads over MariaDB's decision to ditch DBaaS crown jewels
'Their future is murky at the moment'
Casio keyed up after data loss hits customers in 149 countries
Crooks broke into the ClassPad server and swiped online learning database
Making the problem go away is not the same thing as fixing it
On Call The difference is especially stark at 2:00 AM
Indian authorities raid fake tech support rings after tipoff from Amazon and Microsoft
Also went after crypto-crooks who sought money to buy miners for fake token
Amazon unveils new drone design, plans liftoff of aerial delivery in UK, Italy
Smaller, quieter, and expected to deliver millions of packages in coming years
Corner cutting of nuclear proportions as duo admit to falsifying safety tests 29 times
No word on motivation but pair face up to 5 years in the cooler
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Intel offers $179 Arc A580 GPU to gamers on a budget
640K, sorry, 1080p ought to be enough for anybody
Personal Tech11 Oct 2023 | 25
Twitter further restricts free tier with option to limit replies to verified accounts
The digital town square, but with more pay-to-play curbs
Personal Tech11 Oct 2023 | 63
Judge tosses Sonos's $32.5M patent win over Google with savage slam down
'It is wrong that our system was used to punish an innovator and to enrich a pretender'
Personal Tech10 Oct 2023 | 20
Google pays Apple $18B to $20B a year to keep its search in iPhone
Bernstein estimates value of agreement, warns it and similar deals may end if DoJ wins antitrust case
Personal Tech10 Oct 2023 | 12
IDC: AI is a solution for a PC industry with a sales problem
Articulating use cases? Erm, yes but customers are captivated
Personal Tech10 Oct 2023 | 13
Apple pays $500K to make sales bods' complaint about wage theft go away
About four minutes of quarterly profit, and it's settled
Personal Tech06 Oct 2023 | 6
Lenovo to offer Android PCs, starting with an all-in-one that can pack a Core i9
Another route to the year of Linux on the desktop. Or the edge
Personal Tech06 Oct 2023 | 41
Lenovo PC boss: 4 in 5 of our devices will be repairable by 2025
Canalys EMEA Forum And the repair parts will be repairable too. Batteries, SSDs and more will no longer be sealed into casing
Personal Tech05 Oct 2023 | 52
Intel's Gelsinger grades his chip flip a hit, but AMD exec thinks it's more silicon slip
Canalys EMEA Forum Exiting fab biz was 'turning point' for House of Zen, claims Darren Grasby
Personal Tech05 Oct 2023 | 7
Amazon had secret algorithm to hike prices, claims FTC
Project Nessie named in the antitrust suit, alleging Bezos's bunch pulled in an extra billion-plus
Personal Tech04 Oct 2023 | 30
Google introduces phone-shaped housing for its AI tech
Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro out, Chrome goliath ups support to seven years
Personal Tech04 Oct 2023 | 5
$17k solid gold Apple Watch goes from Beyoncé's wrist to the obsolete list
You can't bling out the inevitable
Personal Tech03 Oct 2023 | 62
X Social Media sues Twitter 2.0 over alphabet soup branding
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Personal Tech03 Oct 2023 | 32
Google doubles minimum RAM and disk in 'Chromebook Plus' spec
Some may be made in India, where the Big G has teamed to make kit with HP
Personal Tech03 Oct 2023 | 24
Apple blames iOS 17 bug for overheating iPhone 15 woes
Updated Fixes about to flow, perhaps along with an iSearch engine
Personal Tech03 Oct 2023 | 43
Musk's first year as Twitter's Dear Leader is nigh
Opinion How's he done? tl;dr – not very well
Personal Tech02 Oct 2023 | 167
ASUS's Zenbook S 13 is light, fast, and immediately impressive
Desktop Tourism Taiwanese brand is a portability and productivity contender
Personal Tech02 Oct 2023 | 12
EFF urges Chrome users to get out of the Privacy Sandbox
Google says Topics warning is anti-innovative fearmongering
Personal Tech30 Sep 2023 | 81
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 | 32
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 | 110
Beta driver turned heads in the hospital
On Call A portrait of one medico's contorted digital landscape
Personal Tech29 Sep 2023 | 90
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 | 32
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 | 15
Yelp sues Texas for right to publish actual accurate abortion info
So much for that free speech, huh?
Personal Tech28 Sep 2023 | 67
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 | 172
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 | 54
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 | 28
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 | 26
'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 | 118
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 | 3
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 | 65
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 | 38
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 | 41
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 | 128
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
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