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Coverage concerns dog UK Emergency Services Network as boss admits scheme too ambitious

Ofcom to Openreach: Thou shalt prise open thy network for firms targeting biz customers

Headsup for those managing Windows 10 boxen: Microsoft has tweaked patching rules

Microsoft? Oh it's just another partnership, insists GitHub CEO

GitLab looks for users to CI to eye: Come join us on the happy path

Programmers' Question Time: Tiptoe through the tuples

Maker of US border's license-plate scanning tech ransacked by hacker, blueprints and files dumped online

WikiLeaks boss Assange acted as a foreign spy, Uncle Sam exclaims in fresh rap sheet

Why telcos 'handed over' people's GPS coords to a bounty hunter: He just had to ask nicely

British Army cyber 'n' psyops unit 77 Brigade can't even brainwash civvies into helping it meet recruitment targets

GitHub slurps open-source bug zapping automator Dependabot, chucks cash at devs

Serverless Computing London: Agenda on its way, blind birds heading off

All aboard the Windows Server container train as Google punts out Rapid Release GKE channel

Come join the Mirantis Kubernetes party, just be sure to BYOD – the D being distro, not drinks

Murdoch-backed adtech startup Unlockd ditches Google lawsuit: That'll be £200k, ta very much

Gee, SEC, how did that get out?! 'Leaked' Tesla email claims big boost in Model 3 production

While big orange spectre haunts certain Chinese firms, fiscal '19 treated Lenovo rather well

Kelway founder slurps Brit public sector supplier SBL, financials undisclosed

HP: Based on our Intel, don't hold your breath waiting for Chipzilla's CPU shortage to end

Facebook removes about as many fake accounts as it has actual monthly users (yes, billions) in effort to clean up online

Minecraft's my Nirvana. I found it hard, it's hard to find. Oh well, whatever... Never Mined

Koh-MG: Qualcomm guilty of abusing chip patent monopoly, biz promises to appeal

Geek's Guide

Third time's a charm? SpaceX hopes to launch 60 Starlink broadband sats into orbit tonight

NASA boffins may just carve your name on a chip and send it to Mars if you ask nicely

Tim Peake's Soyuz lands in London after jaunt around the UK

UK Space Agency cracks open its wallet, fishes out a paltry £2m for Brit plans to return to orbit

Uber JUMPs at chance to dump load of electric bikes across Islington

AI can now animate the Mona Lisa's face or any other portrait you give it. We're not sure we're happy with this reality

We listened to more than 3 hours of US Congress testimony on facial recognition so you didn't have to go through it

Comcast – the cable giant America loves and trusts – confirms in-home health device to keep tabs on subscribers

Verity Stob

Let's make laptops from radium. How's that for planned obsolescence?

This is a sett-up! Mum catches badger feasting on contents of freezer

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

Personal Tech

Waiting

HP: Based on our Intel, don't hold your breath waiting for Chipzilla's CPU shortage to end

PC maker's chief bean counter warns Wall Street moneymen of 'constraints' until at least calendar Q3

24 May 09:46 | 1

Image of trash-strewn pond

Facebook removes about as many fake accounts as it has actual monthly users (yes, billions) in effort to clean up online

AnalysisSocial ad biz details effort to cleanse community

23 May 22:18 | 18

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Minecraft's my Nirvana. I found it hard, it's hard to find. Oh well, whatever... Never Mined

ColumnWhat on Earth are you playing at, Microsoft?

23 May 08:06 | 40

Koh-MG: Qualcomm guilty of abusing chip patent monopoly, biz promises to appeal

Snapdragon giant 'strangled competition' and forced others to pay unfair fees

22 May 19:26 | 7

Apple reckons mystery new material will debug butterfly keyboard woes in latest MacBook Pros

It's so confident, 2019 models are on the free repair scheme

22 May 17:45 | 42

Twist my Arm why don't you: Brit CPU behemoth latest biz to cease work with Huawei – report

UpdatedLeaked staff memo reveals immediate halt to co-operation

22 May 12:41 | 113

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 | 56

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 | 44

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 | 14

Still from the movie Zoolander: Derek and a fellow model try to get the 'files' out of the Mac by smashing it to pieces. copyright Paramount Pictures

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

pixel3a

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 | 252

Children playing outside, lie barefoot on grass. Photo by Shutterstock

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

waiting

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

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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

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

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

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

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 | 87

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

MOST READ

China selfie revolution

No Huawei out: Prez Trump's game of chicken with China has serious consequences

wtf

Why telcos 'handed over' people's GPS coords to a bounty hunter: He just had to ask nicely

phishing

Phisher folk reel in Computacenter security vetting mailbox packed with sensitive staff data

young woman looks through blinds

Apple arms web browser privacy torpedo, points it directly at Google's advertising model

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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

Monty Python foot UHDTV

Sky customers moan: Our broadband hubs are bricking it

UpdatedDon’t be touching the DNS

29 Apr 14:10 | 124

plug

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 Series

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

A child with a butterfly, from shutterstock

ood new, fanbys. Apple spds up n-str McBook latop kyboad rpairs, ccrding t hs leakd mmo

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

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

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

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

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