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iFixit’s teardown of the new iPhone 8 confirms that the screen and battery remain relatively replaceable, despite the addition of Qi-compatible wireless charging coils in the unit.

Andrew Orlowski, 22 Sep 2017

Crap cracked fat-attack Pact app chaps slapped in pact backtrack infract

Defunct mobile app company Pact broke its pact with customers to pay them promised cash incentives, US trade watchdog the FTC said on Thursday.

Thomas Claburn, 21 Sep 2017

Attention adults working in the real world: Do not upgrade to iOS 11 if you use Outlook, Exchange

Kiss your Microsoft email goodbye, for now, if you update

88 Comments

21 Sep 19:30

Bill Gates says he'd do CTRL-ALT-DEL with one key if given the chance to go back through time

Gives two-fingered salute to IBM designers for forcing us to use three-fingered salute

165 Comments

21 Sep 06:02

Mobe reception grief turns LTE Apple Watch 3 into – er, a dull watch

Plus: You can't switch off Wi-Fi and Bluetooth on iOS 11

41 Comments

20 Sep 20:23

Amazon wants to be king of the nerd goggles

Glasshole Bezos sees no shame

12 Comments

20 Sep 17:01

Itching to stuff iOS 11 on your iPhone? You may want to hold off for a bit

Apps are gonna break. Plus of course, Apple always screws up the first iteration

94 Comments

19 Sep 19:25

Sprint, T-Mobile US reignite mega-merger talks (again)

You want more competition, America? Here's another all-powerful telco monolith

19 Sep 17:44

Samsung's Galaxy Note 8 is hot, but not much more than the S8+

First fondleIt's stylish, but the stylus doesn't add a lot

115 Comments

19 Sep 07:31

What do you call an all-in-one PC that isn't? 'Upgradeable', says HP

Screens-on-a-stalk and replaceable HDD and RAM may not a revolution make

38 Comments

19 Sep 02:15

Noise-canceling headphones with a DO NOT DISTURB light can't silence your critics

Ears-on testJabra's Evolve 80 will hush your office, but the red warning ring is mere bling

73 Comments

18 Sep 02:48

Google sued by Gab over Play Store booting

'Free speech' Twitter alternative alleges antitrust foul

76 Comments

15 Sep 21:51

Essential's Rubin coy on mysterious Plan to Take Over the Universe

One home at a time

12 Comments

15 Sep 16:07

Why the Apple Watch with LTE means a very Apple-y sort of freedom

Caveat emptor: It's not what you think

59 Comments

15 Sep 13:25

'All-screen display'? But surely every display is all-screen... or is a screen not a display?

Something for the Weekend, Sir?Sounds like a good idea but looks can be deceptive

96 Comments

15 Sep 09:02

Facebook posts put Pharma Bro Martin Shkreli in prison as a danger to society

Nope, not over the securities fraud, or the drug price hike

106 Comments

13 Sep 23:44

Opinion

News

Apple's 'shoddy' Beats headphones get slammed in lawsuit

Claims of sweat resistance and durability are lies, litigious customers contend

55 Comments

13 Sep 19:49

Sacre bleu! Apple's high price, marginal gain iPhone strategy leaves it stuck in the mud

CommentSamsung has little to fear

160 Comments

13 Sep 10:53

Samsung mobile launches bug bounty program

Crack a Galaxy or bash Bixby and score US$20K to $200K

13 Sep 04:58

Apple: Our stores are your 'town square' and a $1,000 iPhone is your 'future'

Steve Jobs Theater fittingly opens with cult-like showcasing of overpriced gear

244 Comments

12 Sep 20:42

Mobile industry begrudgingly accepts impacts of Apple, Google et al

Mobile World CongressBut holds out hope that self-driving cars, smart homes and VR can change that

12 Comments

12 Sep 19:30

Five ways Apple can fix the iPhone, but won't

We've got a little listicle... of missing, must-have features

291 Comments

12 Sep 10:36

Massive iPhone X leak trashes Apple's 10th anniversary circus

Any point turning up? Not now

114 Comments

11 Sep 11:29

The new, new Psion is getting near production. Here's what it looks like

World ExclusiveClamshell QWERTY has a few unique tricks

160 Comments

11 Sep 11:00

RIP wireless laptop docks as Intel bins WiGig parts

Chipzilla thinks fast short-range wireless is good for VR, where desks are always tidy

11 Sep 05:31

London Tube tracking trial may make commuting less miserable

Fascinating detail on how people move around the system

94 Comments

09 Sep 07:25

我的天啊! China gives Weibo users a week to use their real names

Nothing at all wrong with this

29 Comments

08 Sep 20:58

Stuff the movement of celestial spheres, let's sit down and watch Bonnie Tyler on TV

Something for the Weekend, Sir?If someone filmed it, it must be real

61 Comments

08 Sep 08:11

Google rushes to curb Oreo's massive appetite for your 4G mobile data

Android 8.0 bug runs internet traffic over LTE rather than Wi-Fi

39 Comments

07 Sep 22:01

We don't need another hero: Huawei overtakes Apple – even without a big-hitter

All we want is life beyond the iPhoneDome…

48 Comments

07 Sep 10:21

FCC taps the brakes on fudging US broadband speed amid senator fury

Tell me again why slower internet is a good thing?

15 Comments

06 Sep 21:24

Twitter is just randomly deleting people's lists – and no one knows why

UpdatedExciting new problem for microblogging giant to completely ignore

62 Comments

06 Sep 19:44

Facebook's music plans mean you'll never leave Facebook

AnalysisRoach motel

41 Comments

06 Sep 12:37

Microsoft extends free Windows 10 S to Win 10 Pro upgrade offer

That Windows-Store-apps-only plan doesn't seem to be going down well with Surface buyers

73 Comments

06 Sep 06:57

The award for worst ISP goes to... it starts with Talk and ends with Talk

Microsoft and Facebook's transatlantic cable completed

Cloud washes Dell off perch atop storage market

Cisco puts UCS director on death row, to be replaced by cloudy 'Intersight'

Red Hat pledges patent protection for 99 per cent of FOSS-ware

Ah, good ol' Windows update cycles... Wait, before anything else, check your hardware

Behold iOS 11, an entirely new computer platform from Apple

More are paying to stream music, but YouTube still holds the value gap

IoT botnet Linux.ProxyM turns its grubby claws to spam rather than DDoS

Finance sector is littered with vulns, and guess what – most can be resolved by patching

Ethereum-backed hackathon excavates more security holes

Mini-Heartbleed info leak bug strikes Apache, airborne malware, NSA algo U-turn, and more

HMRC scoops up Microsoft veep for CIO role

So you're already in the cloud but need to come back down to Earth

A big ask for any nerd, but going outside (your usual data sets) can be good for you

So much data, so little time: How to not flip your wig processing it

Java SE 9 and Java EE 8 arrive, 364 days later than first planned

Puppet plays puppet master, gobbles up automation firm Distelli

GitLab freezes GraphQL project amid looming Facebook patent fears

Stack Overflow + Salary Calculator = your worth

UK.gov lays down rules for cross-Whitehall data slurps

Microsoft reveals details of flagship London store within spitting distance from Apple's

How Apple is taming the ad biz. Just don't expect Google or Zuck to follow

Transport for London strips Uber of its taxi licence

If you need to replace anything other than your iPhone 8's battery or display, good luck

Crap cracked fat-attack Pact app chaps slapped in pact backtrack infract

Attention adults working in the real world: Do not upgrade to iOS 11 if you use Outlook, Exchange

Android slingers tout mobes with customized baked-in big-biz configs

NASA, wait, wait lemme put my drink down... NASA, you need to be searching for vanadium

Ducks ding dongs in face of stiff competition

Boffins discover tightest black hole binary system – and it's supermassive

NASA Earthonauts emerge from eight-month isolation in simulated Mars visit

Silicon brains ready to plug into London

Has science gone too far, part 97: Boffins craft code to find protesters on social networks, rate them on their violence

Chatbots: A load of hype or fancy lifehack for the lazy IT person?

Baidu-backed fund has a BEEELLION quid for 100 self-driving projects

Kebab and pizza shop owner jailed for hiding £179k from the taxman

You forgot that you hired me and now you're saying it's MY fault?

Quebec takes mature approach to 'grilled cheese' ban

Programming in the Middle Ages: Docker makes a lovely pair of trousers

Personal Tech

Register Lectures tackle war and power... in the digital world at least

GNOME Foundation backs 'freedom-oriented' smartphone

Bill Gates says he'd do CTRL-ALT-DEL with one key if given the chance to go back through time

Mobe reception grief turns LTE Apple Watch 3 into – er, a dull watch

Amazon wants to be king of the nerd goggles

Itching to stuff iOS 11 on your iPhone? You may want to hold off for a bit

Sprint, T-Mobile US reignite mega-merger talks (again)

Samsung's Galaxy Note 8 is hot, but not much more than the S8+

What do you call an all-in-one PC that isn't? 'Upgradeable', says HP

Noise-canceling headphones with a DO NOT DISTURB light can't silence your critics

Google sued by Gab over Play Store booting

Essential's Rubin coy on mysterious Plan to Take Over the Universe

Why the Apple Watch with LTE means a very Apple-y sort of freedom

'All-screen display'? But surely every display is all-screen... or is a screen not a display?

Facebook posts put Pharma Bro Martin Shkreli in prison as a danger to society

Opinion

'All-screen display'? But surely every display is all-screen... or is a screen not a display?

Sacre bleu! Apple's high price, marginal gain iPhone strategy leaves it stuck in the mud

Stuff the movement of celestial spheres, let's sit down and watch Bonnie Tyler on TV

No, Apple. A 4G Watch is a really bad idea

News

Apple's 'shoddy' Beats headphones get slammed in lawsuit

Sacre bleu! Apple's high price, marginal gain iPhone strategy leaves it stuck in the mud

Samsung mobile launches bug bounty program

Apple: Our stores are your 'town square' and a $1,000 iPhone is your 'future'

Mobile industry begrudgingly accepts impacts of Apple, Google et al

Five ways Apple can fix the iPhone, but won't

Massive iPhone X leak trashes Apple's 10th anniversary circus

The new, new Psion is getting near production. Here's what it looks like

RIP wireless laptop docks as Intel bins WiGig parts

London Tube tracking trial may make commuting less miserable

我的天啊! China gives Weibo users a week to use their real names

Stuff the movement of celestial spheres, let's sit down and watch Bonnie Tyler on TV

Google rushes to curb Oreo's massive appetite for your 4G mobile data

We don't need another hero: Huawei overtakes Apple – even without a big-hitter

FCC taps the brakes on fudging US broadband speed amid senator fury

Twitter is just randomly deleting people's lists – and no one knows why

Facebook's music plans mean you'll never leave Facebook

Microsoft extends free Windows 10 S to Win 10 Pro upgrade offer