Mozilla so sorry for intrusive Firefox VPN popup ad 'We accomplished the exact opposite of what we intended...' Personal Tech26 May 2023 | 11
Meta promises UK it won't pilfer rivals' ad data to build Facebook Marketplace Once it knows how to stop, anyway Personal Tech26 May 2023 | 5
Minnesota governor OKs broad right-to-repair tech law Walz's war on walls stopping us from fixing our own stuff Personal Tech25 May 2023 | 14
Twitter Spaces groans under weight of Ron DeSantis and Elon Musk's egos It should really take more than half a million people to melt your servers Personal Tech25 May 2023 | 27
AMD undercuts Nvidia's 4060 launch with a $269 GPU Maybe the years of accelerators being hard to find and harder to pay for are behind us? Personal Tech25 May 2023 | 16
All Microsoft Surface Pro X cameras just stopped working Facial authentication, video meetings may have to wait, dead security cert blamed Personal Tech24 May 2023 | 35
Supreme Court leaves warrantless camera surveillance an open book Can police just set up CCTV and press record? In some places, yes Personal Tech24 May 2023 | 9
Lenovo profits sink 75% as PC demand continues nosedive Bottom line weight driven by job cut costs Personal Tech24 May 2023 | 9
Samsung's screens will check your blood pressure if the movie's too scary Video Also: phones that fold through 360 degrees, rollable tablets, and an expanded OLED detector Personal Tech24 May 2023 | 11
SF cops got warrant-free OK to watch protest via private security cameras Officers said they didn't use live feed in the end. So that's all right then? Personal Tech23 May 2023 | 8
AMD scours parts bin for old CPUs, GPUs to put in Chromebooks Do you really need the latest and greatest cores to doomscroll the web? Personal Tech23 May 2023 | 7
Social media may harm kids. US Surgeon General says so That's a warning and not permission, in case you were wondering Personal Tech23 May 2023 | 19
Meta forced to sell Giphy, takes 87% loss in Shutterstock deal Zuck and Co face Brexit bonus Personal Tech23 May 2023 | 8
Lenovo Thinkpad Z13 just has this certain Macbook Air about it... Hands-on World's largest laptop vendor releases whizzy x86 - but we could do with a better Windows rescue party Personal Tech23 May 2023 | 119
WeChat makes facial recog payment systems talk to the hand Wave-to-pay tech seems ideal for Jedi cosplay – if palmprints and veins are the biometrics you're looking for Personal Tech23 May 2023 | 5
FBI abused spy law but only like 280,000 times in a year Well, well, well, if it isn't the Leaning Tower of FISA again Personal Tech22 May 2023 | 36
That Meta GDPR fine is €1.2B. Plus biz must stop sending EU data to US Zuckercorp says the EU-US Data Privacy Framework will pass before its penalties enacted, so why worry? Personal Tech22 May 2023 | 68
Digital transformation expert on mass layoffs: I would have expected more from tech Interview It doesn't add up when IT is 'not really in a dire situation financially' Personal Tech22 May 2023 | 14
Privacy Sandbox, Google's answer to third-party cookies, promised within months Winter in July for some of those in the web ad world Personal Tech20 May 2023 | 31
Phones' facial recog tech 'fooled' by low-res 2D photo Someone who looks a lot like you could also unlock it, says Which? Personal Tech19 May 2023 | 39
Windows XP activation algorithm cracked, keygen now works on Linux The unkillable OS rises from the grave… Again
Intel mulls cutting ties to 16 and 32-bit support Hypothetical x86S architecture would boot straight into 64-bit mode
Europe’s biggest city council faces £100M bill in Oracle ERP project disaster Doubts over Birmingham’s decision to replace SAP in plan once hailed an exemplar win by Larry Ellison
PyPI subpoenaed: US govt demands data on developers Python package packhouse ponders privacy position
That old box of tech junk you should probably throw out saves a warehouse On Call When all seemed lost, here comes the Sun … workstation
Facial recog system used by Met Police shows racial bias at low thresholds Tech used at King's Coronation employs higher thresholds on once-only watch-lists, Met tells MPs
Microsoft has made Azure Linux generally available. Repeat, Azure Linux Come for the Kubernetes, stay for the containers
BlackByte ransomware crew lists city of Augusta after cyber 'incident' Mayor promises to comment on Friday
BOFH: Get me a new data file or your manager finds out exactly what you think of him Episode 10 A developer in sales? You poor, poor creature
Guess who is collecting and sharing abortion-related data? Basically everyone at this point. But developer Easy Healthcare has promised to stop Personal Tech19 May 2023 | 27
Cheapest, oldest, slowest part fixed very modern Mac On Call Making different generations of tech work in harmony sometimes requires a strange dance Personal Tech19 May 2023 | 158
SCOTUS rules Google and Twitter didn't contribute to terrorist attacks And holds off on Section 230 for another time Personal Tech19 May 2023 | 11
In a stand against authoritarianism, Montana bans TikTok downloads Updated Dare we say, Broke App Mountain ... and yes, we know that was Wyoming Personal Tech18 May 2023 | 41
Ex-Twitter sextet sues Elon Musk for 'stiffing' them on severance Seems someone really is living in la-la-la land, but who... Personal Tech18 May 2023 | 42
Logitech, iFixit to offer parts to stop folks binning their computer mouse Stick with me and the mice live ... with pads, batteries and screws for two models Personal Tech17 May 2023 | 44
EU passes world's first regulatory framework for cryptocurrency Gone are the days of unlicensed exchanges and anonymous transactions – for EU citizens, at least Personal Tech17 May 2023 | 54
Modest Apple talks up these 'incredible' advances in iOS It's 2023 so of course it involves machine learning Personal Tech16 May 2023 | 29
Google sued over 'interception' of abortion data on Planned Parenthood website Plaintiff claims they didn't consent to analytics tracking Personal Tech16 May 2023 | 16
Samsung's Galaxy S23 Ultra is a worthy heir to the Note First Look And just about worth the pain of a cross-platform migration. Eventually Personal Tech16 May 2023 | 60
Boss fight cleared: Europe approves Microsoft's Activision takeover Completing a tough level doesn't mean squat if you can't defeat UK and USA Personal Tech15 May 2023 | 7
OPPO abandons custom chip design ambitions Asia In Brief PLUS: India gets blood from a drone; Toshiba sets a date; Australia floats metaverse standards Personal Tech15 May 2023 | 2
Elon Musk finally finds 'someone foolish enough to take the job' of Twitter CEO Opinion Though we're not sure NBCUniversal ad exec Linda Yaccarino appreciates the description Personal Tech12 May 2023 | 102
Is there anything tape can’t fix? This techie used it to defeat the Sun On call In cloudy Yorkshire, a ray of light can become the enemy Personal Tech12 May 2023 | 125
Google accused of stomping on rivals as it stamps out annoying Calendar spam Talk about going against the Grain Personal Tech11 May 2023 | 22
EU still set to OK Microsoft's Activision slurp, UK disagrees We've got four words for you: Insert coin to continue Personal Tech11 May 2023 | 8
India calls for all mobile phones to include FM radios Where feature phones remain prevalent, Spotify is not an option and the 'net is little use in an emergency Personal Tech11 May 2023 | 57
YouTube's 'Ad blockers not allowed' pop-up scares the bejesus out of netizens Just a small experiment – for now? Personal Tech10 May 2023 | 160
What you need to know from today's Google IO: PaLM 2, Pixel Fold, AI everywhere We sat through the Chocolate Factory's PR blitz so you don't have to Personal Tech10 May 2023 | 8
Meta wheels out Deloitte to plug the metaverse. Is anyone actually convinced? Comment All these analysts know is that their gut says... maybe Personal Tech10 May 2023 | 37
Apple finally pro giving Pro iPads these Pro apps Final Cut, Logic to land on fondleslabs – in subscription form Personal Tech10 May 2023 | 9
EV truck maker Nikola stalls in 2023, pulls out of Europe, hits brakes on production If Q1 was 'very solid,' what does a bad quarter look like? Personal Tech09 May 2023 | 23
Musk decides to bury dead Twitter accounts, warns users follower counts could sink Why do this? Freeing up abandoned handles is 'important' Personal Tech09 May 2023 | 44
You'll [BZZ] like Intel’s [BZZ] NUC 13 Pro once the fan [BZZ] stops blowing Desktop Tourism Big i7 performance, tiny, tiny size Personal Tech08 May 2023 | 39
New York AG offers law to crack down on backfire-happy cryptocurrencies It's time to take out the trash Personal Tech06 May 2023 | 28
Court gives FTC 30 days to swing again in privacy bout with location data slinger Second time's a charm? Personal Tech06 May 2023 | 11
Shopify sees $1.5B loss turn into $68M profit, celebrates by firing 20% of staff Thanks for your service, now push off Personal Tech04 May 2023 | 4
Twitter's API paywall crumbles (but only for those saving lives, predicting weather, etc.) Anyone else still has to pay for once-free service to help social network pay its bills Personal Tech03 May 2023 | 30
Unlike your iPhone, Apple's batterygate controversy refuses to die iGiant now battles to kill off $2B UK class-action suit Personal Tech03 May 2023 | 45
The end of Microsoft-brand peripherals is only Surface deep Redmond ditches own line of mice, keyboards, webcams Personal Tech28 Apr 2023 | 59
Tesla ran over worker rights, again, US labor judge finds Go on, Elon, tweet a meme, that'll straighten this all out Personal Tech28 Apr 2023 | 32
Shocks from a hairy jumper crashed a PC, but the boss wouldn't believe it On Call As bizarre tales of tech support go, this may be the GOAT Personal Tech28 Apr 2023 | 165
LattePanda's Sigma crams a 12-core Intel Raptor Lake CPU into an itty-bitty SBC It's got an onboard Arduino Leonardo, too Personal Tech28 Apr 2023 | 10
Perhaps meeting with Pope Francis did help iPhone sales Apple only vendor to report shipment rise in tricky Q1 for smartphone industry Personal Tech27 Apr 2023 | 4
The Weather Channel settles another case claiming mobile app privacy violations That's two in three years, in case anyone's counting Personal Tech26 Apr 2023 | 6
UK watchdog blocks Microsoft's Activision Blizzard acquisition That's not very Unicorn Kingdom of you Personal Tech26 Apr 2023 | 69
US EV latest: GM, Hyundai compete – in battery plant announcements Qualifying for tax credits will only get tougher, so better plan that state-side manufacturing push now Emerging Clean Energy Tech Week25 Apr 2023 | 8
AMD probes reports of deep fried Ryzen 7000 chips Updated Botched BIOS firmware, EXPO memory profiles possible culprit Personal Tech25 Apr 2023 | 9
Techies all GUI-eyed as Xerox says goodbye to Palo Alto Research Center Legendary R&D lab donated to SRI International where it will continue to innovate Personal Tech25 Apr 2023 | 40
Singapore tells its people: Go forth and block those ads As it preps to launch WhatsApp scam-shredder Personal Tech25 Apr 2023 | 33
Appeals court backs Apple over Epic, which isn't as bad as you might think Game maker's success getting anti-steering rules nixed also survived Personal Tech24 Apr 2023 | 3
Support chap put PC into 'drying mode' and users believed it was real Who, Me? Who annoys auditors? It's like picking on alligators – it won't end well Personal Tech24 Apr 2023 | 81
Microsoft suggests businesses buy fewer PCs. No, really Redmond wants you using Cloud PCs instead because they offer a better sustainability story Personal Tech24 Apr 2023 | 96
With a mighty hand, and an outstretched arm, Musk scraps Pope's blue tick Agrees to pay $8 monthly sub for LeBron James, Shatner and Stephen King but others? Nope Personal Tech21 Apr 2023 | 55
Google Fi still kicking, gets third rebrand in less than a decade It's better than a one-way trip to the Graveyard Personal Tech20 Apr 2023 | 7
Facebook puts a price on privacy for US users and it's not enough to buy a cup of coffee Coughs up $725 million to settle class action that covers 244 million users Personal Tech19 Apr 2023 | 16
Meta virtual reality interrupted by financial reality as thousands lose their jobs Zuck's 'Year of Efficiency' starts with saving time not learning coworkers' names in case they're booted Personal Tech19 Apr 2023 | 22
Musk tells Twitter advertisers: You're welcome back, but don't make demands Updated Meanwhile, available data suggests biggest spenders have largely stayed away from Twitter 2.0, er... X Corp Personal Tech19 Apr 2023 | 45
Intel axes Blockscale mining ASICs it brought out just in time for crypto winter Another one bytes the dust Personal Tech19 Apr 2023 | 7
Nine more US states join ad antitrust legal battle against Google More than a third of US states now party to the lawsuit, which aims to break up Chocolate Factory's advertising arm Personal Tech18 Apr 2023 | 7
Chromebook expiration date, repair issues 'bad for people and planet' Updated US PIRG slams Google for selling schools short-lived, repair-resistant kit Personal Tech18 Apr 2023 | 109
Deplatforming hate forums doesn't work, British boffins warn Updated Industry intervention alone can't deal with harassment Personal Tech18 Apr 2023 | 122
Microsoft’s HoloLens 2 surprisingly still a thing, will get Windows 11 treatment This is, we're told, a good thing Personal Tech17 Apr 2023 | 3
US changes rules on tax credits for electric cars to cover American-made only Everyone else, tough luck Personal Tech17 Apr 2023 | 21
Brits start 'em young with 20% of tots 'owning' a smartphone And what are they doing with them? YouTube, lots of YouTube Personal Tech17 Apr 2023 | 41
Substack copied Twitter so Twitter is copying Substack Actual features pending, please pay us now Personal Tech14 Apr 2023 | 61
The return of the classic Flying Toasters screensaver Friday FOSS Fest OK, here's my question: Would you like to have it on x86 Linux? Personal Tech14 Apr 2023 | 42
Sony Semiconductor sinks Simoleans into Raspberry Pi to advance edge AI Raspboss Eben Upton teases products built on ML-enabled edge sensors Personal Tech14 Apr 2023 | 12
Google Pay mistakenly rains free cash on netizens Go on, take the money and run (Not actual legal advice) Personal Tech14 Apr 2023 | 3
America ain't exactly outlawing gas cars but it's steering hard into EVs Maybe soon all our friends are electric Personal Tech12 Apr 2023 | 86
Colorado sends agricultural right to repair bill to governor Updated If passed, it'll be the first law in the US to require tractor makers to hand over documentation and parts Personal Tech12 Apr 2023 | 9
Ex-Twitter execs sue over $1M+ in unpaid legal expenses Lawsuits keep piling up for Musk-owned 'trending to breakeven' platform Personal Tech11 Apr 2023 | 39
Three quarters of UK tech pros are ready to leave their jobs Despite layoff trend, IT staff seek mobility over security Personal Tech11 Apr 2023 | 50
Chinese state media hails Tesla megafactory in Shanghai as sign foreign business is on board ASIA IN BRIEF Also: India gets an Apple store; ZTE sells next-gen servers outside China; Foxconn invests in EVs; and more Personal Tech11 Apr 2023 | 6
Mac shipments slump as Apple finally bitten by glum PC demand On the bright side, higher inventories will give 'puter makers opportunity to flee China, IDC says Personal Tech10 Apr 2023 | 17
Twitter users complain 'private' Circle posts aren't Sorry, make that Titter. We can explain Personal Tech10 Apr 2023 | 27
Take a 14-mile trip on an autonomous Scottish bus starting next month Or else! Personal Tech10 Apr 2023 | 74
Child hit by car among videos 'captured by Tesla vehicles, shared among staff' Intimate, disturbing moments became message board memes, probably Personal Tech07 Apr 2023 | 52
That sound you hear is VCs shutting wallets, tucking them back into Patagucci vests OpenAI and Stripe snaffled a lot of what cash was dished out, or so this report claims Personal Tech07 Apr 2023 | 5
Google: If your Android app can create accounts, it better be easy to delete them, too Awoogah, awooooogah, new policy coming for developers Personal Tech07 Apr 2023 | 14
Cash App founder stabbed to death in San Francisco Tributes paid to former Square CTO Bob Lee, 43 Personal Tech06 Apr 2023 | 31
Twitter scores legal hat trick with three cases filed against it in one day Germany alleges systemic moderation failure, more vendors sue over unpaid bills, and a new WARN Act suit Personal Tech05 Apr 2023 | 13
Why UK watchdog abandoned its Apple monopoly probe Analysis You win this round, Cook – but Europe has already lined up changes Britain fluffed Personal Tech04 Apr 2023 | 31
Tesla Semi, out since December, already facing a recall over brakes Only 35 of the trucks affected, but that might be most of the ones on the road Personal Tech03 Apr 2023 | 55
New models of IBM Model F keyboard Mark II incoming New layouts for the original 'clickier than the Model M' keyboard Personal Tech03 Apr 2023 | 33
Google halts purge of legacy ad blockers and other Chrome Extensions, again Manifest V2 will die another day Personal Tech01 Apr 2023 | 26
Microsoft wants to stick adverts in Bing chat responses Hey Bing, help me find a new browser, er, AI chatbot Personal Tech30 Mar 2023 | 42
TikTok: Is this really a national security scare or is something else going on? Register Kettle Our vultures who cover the news weigh in Personal Tech30 Mar 2023 | 45
Intel pours Raptor Lake chips into latest NUC Mini PC line Big is not always beautiful Personal Tech29 Mar 2023 | 15
SHEIN has the look of America's next tech-meets-geopolitics fit-up Chinese fast fashion vendor could be this season's TikTok thanks to alleged tax evasion, slave labour, toxic goods, and an outsized carbon footprint Personal Tech29 Mar 2023 | 18