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Redflow's home batteries to start shipping in June

El Reg talks to Simon Hackett about the 'not a PowerWall-killer' home battery
Richard Chirgwin, 31 Mar 22:29

Gartner: RIP double-digit smartphone growth. 2016 has killed you

Microsoft can stop worrying about smartphone non-strategy
Gavin Clarke, 31 Mar 11:24

Facebook throws BlackBerry an HTML bone

Native apps are soooooo 2015, says BlackBerry, and web apps are the new black
Simon Sharwood, 31 Mar 07:29

Amazon plans drones with talking propellors

Counter-rotating propellors to cancel noise, simulate speech or flash lights to warn of landing
Simon Sharwood, 31 Mar 02:02

Got a Toshiba laptop? Get it off your lap, then read this recall notice

Battery packs in 39 models vulnerable to combusting, warns CPSC
Shaun Nichols, 30 Mar 21:12

Amazon to bad cable slingers: USB-C yourself out

Retailer bans sales of dangerous connectors
Shaun Nichols, 30 Mar 19:18

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Whatever happened to ... Nest?

Egos, bean counters and being Larry Page's buddy have stalled Google's consumer IoT plans
Andrew Orlowski, 29 Mar 09:27

Amazon ports Alexa voice assistant to Raspberry Pi

Oi, Siri? You there: Cortana! Why can't you run on my Pi?
Simon Sharwood, 29 Mar 08:29

Three-bit quantum gate a step closer to universal quantum computer

Photons as building blocks for AND, OR, XOR and NOT
Richard Chirgwin, 29 Mar 06:31

Oculus Rift review-gasm round-up: The QT on VR

We read what people had to say, so you don't have to
Kieren McCarthy, 29 Mar 06:04

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