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Hardware

HTC 10: Flagship goes full Google – but the hardware's top notch

Hands On HTC desperately needs this flagship to be a hit. Does it deliver?
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Andrew Orlowski, 12 Apr 12:04

Buggy power supply can brick buggy Nexus switches

Ouch: PSUs can restart switches that brick on restart
Richard Chirgwin, 12 Apr 02:56

Websites take control of USB devices: Googlers propose WebUSB API

What could possibly go wrong? Wait, what could possibly go right
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Shaun Nichols, 11 Apr 23:18

BlackBerry boss mulls mid-range Androids

Punters punt pricey Priv so BlackBerry heads for the ~$400 price point
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Richard Chirgwin, 10 Apr 23:23

FBI, Apple continue cat-and-mouse game over iPhones in New York

A new day, a new iThing, a new quest for precedent
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Kieren McCarthy, 08 Apr 21:42

Look who's here to solve the Internet of Things' security nightmare – hey, it's Uncle Sam

Commerce department asking for input on its role
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Kieren McCarthy, 08 Apr 19:54

COLUMNISTS

Scotty in the original Star Trek

Field technicians want to grab my tool and probe my things

Something for the Weekend, Sir? The TV repair man returns for the IoT age
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Nokia old-school diddy phone

Let’s re-invent small phones! Small screens! And rubber buttons!

Something for the Weekend, Sir? What do I press for 'self-destruct'?
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A rather dusty old Dell, pictured by Tim Massey

Building a fanless PC is now realistic. But it still ain't cheap

Here's a few pointers if you wanted to get cracking
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REVIEWS

Huawei gold Honor 5X with fingerprint sensor

Huawei Honor 5X: Swishy fingerprint tech for the mid-range

Review Good luck buying it, though
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Lumia 950 XL

Microsoft Lumia 950 and 950XL: Clear thoughts of Continuum with a snazzy camera

Review Sadly, these are for the collectors and diehards only
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Lights, power, action! Smartplugs with a twist

Review Zuli pushes past the competition - but how useful is it really?
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BlackBerry Priv. Press pic

BlackBerry Priv: Enterprise Android in a snazzy but functional package

Review A phone for grown-ups that doesn't suck
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NEWS

Read America's insane draft crypto-borking law that no one's willing to admit they wrote

Understandable – it's more stupid than expected
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Iain Thomson, 08 Apr 19:34

Field technicians want to grab my tool and probe my things

Something for the Weekend, Sir? The TV repair man returns for the IoT age
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Alistair Dabbs, 08 Apr 09:07

London to Dover 'smart' road could help make driverless cars mainstream – expert

Go on, let's put the internet in everything...
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OUT-LAW.COM, 08 Apr 08:09

Oculus, why do you need to record our every move? Al Franken asks

US Senator wants details on data harvesting by VR spex
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Shaun Nichols, 07 Apr 23:48

FBI Director defends iPhone 5C unlock tool that's obviously going to leak into wrong hands

Expert warns crack could be coming to a phone near you
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Iain Thomson, 07 Apr 20:26

Ultra-rare WWII Lorenz cipher machine goes on display at Bletchley Park

Nazi German high command crypto kit loaned to TNMOC
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John Leyden, 07 Apr 14:26

FEATURES

Biting nails photo via Shutterstock

AI, VR, bots and YOU? A survivor's guide to The Future™

Keeping your head while those in Silicon Valley lose theirs
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Charis Tsevis's icon montage of Steve Jobs

Done making the big stuff better? The path to Apple's mid-life crisis

Apple at 40 IoT, VR, AI... cars? Let the other guy take the hit first
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Robots, image via Shutterstock

AI no longer needs to fake it. Just don't try talking to your robots

Mankind's creations are almost better than the real thing
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I have you now! Star Wars stocking fillers from another age

The light and the dark side of the gaming Force explored
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