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 | 45
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 | 39
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 | 23
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 | 227
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 | 37
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 | 73
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 | 10
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 | 6
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 | 64
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 | 24
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 | 32
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 | 63
X Social Media sues Twitter 2.0 over alphabet soup branding spidermanpointingmeme.jpg 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 | 91
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 | 174
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