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Oh 4G, I'm speechless: EE network outage smacks rare breed of customer that talks into their mobile phone

Oh my Tosh, WD: Storage firms etch for a stretch – 15 more years of fab flash hookup

Backup your files with CrashPlan! Except this file type. No, not that one either. Try again...

Wanted: Big iron geeks to help restore IBM 360 mainframe rescued from defunct German factory by other big iron geeks

Microsoft Windows 10 'Burger King' build 1903: Have it your way... and it may still leave a nasty taste in your mouth

if developer_docs == bad then app_quality = bad; Coders slam Apple for subpar API manuals

Team OpenCensus or OpenTracing? It'll be neither and both now: Hello, OpenTelemetry

Whisky business: Microsoft's spirited attempt to develop hooch with AI

G Suite'n'sour: Google resets passwords after storing some unhashed creds for months, years

iPhone gyroscopes, of all things, can uniquely ID handsets on anything earlier than iOS 12.2

Sophos tells users to roll back Microsoft's Patch Tuesday run if they want PC to boot

Boeing admits 737 Max sims didn't accurately reproduce what flying without MCAS was like

Microsoft shoves serverless container baby Virtual Kubelet at Kubecon crowds

Looks like we've got ourselves into another fine mesh: Enter the Service Mesh Interface

Mind the crane: Windows Server containers loaded up on the Azure Kubernetes Service

NPM today stands for Now Paging Microsoft: GitHub just launched its own software registry

Jeff Bezos finally gets .Amazon after DNS overlord ICANN runs out of excuses to delay decision any further

UK's planned Espionage Act will crack down on Snowden-style Brit whistleblowers, suspected backdoored gear (cough, Huawei)

Swedish prosecutors request Assange detention: First step to European arrest warrant

Nvidia keeping mum on outlook for year as data centre slows, channel chokes on crypto crap

Lyft, Uber drivers boost app surge prices by turning off, tuning out – and cashing in

Do Not Track is back in the US Senate. And this time it means business. As in, fining businesses that stalk you online

FCC boss blesses T-Mobile US-Sprint merger amid sketchy promises, lashings of incoherency

Polygraph knows all: You've been using our user feedback form

Geek's Guide

50 years ago: Apollo 10 takes an unplanned spin above the lunar surface – and sh!t gets sweary

When two become one: 200 boffins contribute to first Ultima Thule paper

It's 50 years to the day since Apollo 10 blasted off: America's lunar landing 'dress rehearsal'

SpaceX takes a leaf from the Microsoft playbook and stands down Starlink for an update

Now Chinese-made drones rubbing US govt up the Huawei: 'Strong concerns' DJI kit threat to national security

Ahem, ahem... AI engine said to be good as human docs at spotting lung cancer developing

Google's cunning AI linguist, Uncle Sam drills ML skills into .mil, Intel's iffy CPU claims

Cosmoboffins use neural networks to build dark matter maps the easy way

Verity Stob

Honey, hive had it with this drone: Couple lived for years with thousands of bees in bedroom wall

Long-distance dildo devotee deploys ding-dong over data deceit

Russian bots are just for rigging US elections? They hit home, too: Kid stripped of crown in TV contest vote-fix scandal

Wine? No, posh noshery in high spirits despite giving away £4,500 bottle of Bordeaux

Personal Tech

Uber London

Lyft, Uber drivers boost app surge prices by turning off, tuning out – and cashing in

AnalysisCyber-cabbies bag more dosh from fares by gaming demand versus supply

20 May 23:48 | 45

grave

Do Not Track is back in the US Senate. And this time it means business. As in, fining businesses that stalk you online

AnalysisRepublican Senator preps proposed legislation ahead of hearing

20 May 21:16 | 42

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FCC boss blesses T-Mobile US-Sprint merger amid sketchy promises, lashings of incoherency

AnalysisAmerican tech regulation reduced to: If the telcos want it, it must be a good thing

20 May 20:27 | 13

Polygraph knows all: You've been using our user feedback form

Something for the Weekend, Sir?Tell me lies, tell me sweet little lies...

17 May 09:01 | 84

Want a good Android smartphone without the $1,000+ price tag? Then buy Google's Pixel 3a

Hands onAd goliath's latest has struck all the right compromises

16 May 10:09 | 251

Another TITSUP* on this lovely Tuesday: Virgin Mobile takes time out to enjoy the sunshine

UpdatedBritish provider's calls, text and data all grind to a halt

14 May 13:07 | 30

FCC promises, yet again, to tackle robocalls. Translation: Expect six more months of waiting

I'm going to hold a summit, says Pai. Just get on with it, demands fellow commissioner

13 May 21:40 | 21

Amazon agrees to stop selling toxic jewelry, school supplies to kids, coughs up some couch change ($700,000)

Probe found dangerous levels of lead, cadmium in stuff sold via web souk

10 May 22:57 | 55

In the claws of a vulture: Nebra AnyBeam Laser Projector

Is that a laser projector in your pocket or are you, er, just going camping?

09 May 10:00 | 41

Motorola Mod HDK hardware schematic

Mods I have known, Mods I have loved, Mods I have hated: Motorola's failed experiment is now a savvy techie's dream

Get your modular bargains

09 May 08:06 | 34

san_francisco

Uber, Lyft rides among the biggest reasons why you're probably sitting in traffic right now – study

Maybe Wednesday's strike helped a bit

09 May 01:58 | 43

Lt Commander All Your Data

Blame Canada! Zuckerberg subpoenaed to face Cambridge Anal. probe from Canucks

Parliament also wants a word with Sheryl Sandberg

08 May 21:14 | 31

Put a stop to these damn robocalls! Dozens of US state attorneys general fire rocket up FCC's ass

Foot dragging causing real harm to Americans caught up in scams

07 May 22:51 | 137

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Hate e-scooters? Join the club of the pals of 190 riders in Austin TX who ended up in hospital

Wear a helmet, hipsters

07 May 10:03 | 86

Tractors, not phones, will (maybe) get America a right-to-repair law at this rate: Bernie slams 'truly insane' situation

Sanders blasts John Deere in John Deere-buying country

06 May 21:46 | 143

Cali Right-to-Repair law dropped, cracks screen, has to be taken to authorized repair shop

AnalysisMore consumer-friendly legislation killed by Golden State's politics

02 May 21:59 | 81

Apple, Samsung feel the pain as smartphone market slumps to lowest shipments in 5 YEARS

Premium mobe makers suffer as sales shrivel

01 May 13:32 | 91

Microsoft promises to boil down its lengthy and confusing privacy controls… in 1,500-word announcement

Same day Zuckerberg declares with a straight face at F8 event: 'The future is private'

30 Apr 20:55 | 56

Sky customers moan: Our broadband hubs are bricking it

UpdatedDon’t be touching the DNS

29 Apr 14:10 | 124

And in current affairs... Apple recalls three-prong AC adapters after some shocking behavior

Six incident reports prompt wall wart withdrawal

26 Apr 21:14 | 76

Huawei P30: New No-Pro's cameras are flash ... but there are some curious bits

ReviewAs solid as ever, but not such a bargain any more

26 Apr 08:15 | 20

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Frozen disc, image via Shutterstock

Sophos tells users to roll back Microsoft's Patch Tuesday run if they want PC to boot

Boeing 737-Max 9 on Shutterstock

Boeing admits 737 Max sims didn't accurately reproduce what flying without MCAS was like

Disaster in the data center

Salesfarce to Failsforce: Salesforce database blunder outage enters day three as fix falters

Google Android mascot takes off with a bindle

Pushed around and kicked around, always a lonely boy: Run Huawei, Google Play, turns away, from Huawei... turns away

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Time for those geniuses to earn that job title

25 Apr 00:45 | 59

Facebook: Not saying we've done anything wrong but... we're just putting $3bn profit aside for an FTC privacy fine

Net income halved as antisocial network preps for big slap

24 Apr 23:18 | 22

5G is Chinese firms' foot in the door to Europe as Oppo launches flagship Reno mobe in Zurich

Huawei was just the beginning

24 Apr 18:00 | 7

Samsung Galaxy Fold iFixit teardown

Behold, the insides of Samsung's Galaxy Fold: The phone that tears down all on its own

UpdatedMind the gap

24 Apr 16:30 | 41

The peelable, foldable phone has become the great white whale of tech

AnalysisNow Samsung wants its samples back

24 Apr 10:30 | 118

Cache in those chips: Intel emits more ninth-gen Core processors, Nvidia touts GPUs and swipes back at Tesla

RoundupQuick summary as your morning coffee brews

24 Apr 05:27 | 4

death

California's politicians rush to gut internet privacy law with pro-tech giant amendments

AnalysisMeanwhile, the only pro-privacy proposal gets quietly pulled

23 Apr 19:38 | 43

Now here's a Galaxy far, far away: Samsung stalls Fold rollout after fold-able screens break in hands of reviewers

You've got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em, know when to walk away, and know when to run

22 Apr 18:59 | 137

Google rolls out Android Easter Egg for Europe – a Microsoft antitrust-style browser, search engine choice box

Now how about we forget these fines, eh, mes amies? Meine Freunde? Mis amigos?

18 Apr 20:56 | 50

Surprising absolutely no one at all, Samsung's folding-screen phones knackered within days

UpdatedBreaking news: Hacks hacked off by Galaxy Fold fail (at least the mobes haven't caught fire)

18 Apr 06:04 | 188

Let 15 July forever be known as P-Day: When UK's smut fans started being asked for their age

You have three months left of unfettered self-love to enjoy

17 Apr 13:55 | 150

Woman tasting apple pie

Why Qualcomm won – and why Tim Cook had to eat humble Apple pie

CommentDeadline for 5G kit was perilously close

17 Apr 13:02 | 53

vector pixel art - man in a boat paddling with an oar

Google readies Pixel for the masses, but are the masses ready for Pixel?

CommentScaling buggy hardware is easier than scaling software

17 Apr 08:03 | 49

cook

That's the way the Cook, he crumbles: Apple, Qualcomm settle patent nuclear war – as Intel quits 5G phone race

UpdatediThings flogger, chip-licensing biz put differences aside, agree multi-year modem supply deal

16 Apr 21:01 | 26

ram

Hey, remember that California privacy law? Big Tech is trying to ram a massive hole in it

AnalysisAmendment would exempt, um, Google and Facebook

16 Apr 20:30 | 38

iOS 13 leaks suggest Apple is finally about to unleash the iPad as a computer for grownups

Once you've wiped the progeny's paw prints from it

16 Apr 11:06 | 115

Facebook is not going to Like this: Brit watchdog proposes crackdown on hoovering up kids' info

AnalysisIn the UK, it seems, someone is trying to think of the children

15 Apr 22:58 | 44

Starz, meet the Streisand Effect. Cable telly giant apologizes for demented DMCA Twitter takedown spree

Inadvertently highlights easy abuse of IP protection

15 Apr 19:11 | 57

You're not our FRAND any more, Apple tells Qualcomm: iGiant and pals lob $30bn sueball

Juiciest mobile IP case since Apple battled Samsung over ownership of geometric shapes

15 Apr 18:01 | 24

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