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Europe turns nose up at new smartphones: Beancounters predict 7% sales drop

Punters wising up to expensive upgrade cycle
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17 Apr 08:38

Google accidentally reveals new swipe-happy Android UI

We did what? Look again, it's not there
51 Comments
16 Apr 12:55

The law of run Nintendo consequences: Sega brings out mini Mega Drive / Genesis

SNES? Bless you! It's a bit smaller than it was 30 years ago
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16 Apr 12:25

New Galaxy un-smartphone can’t go online because Samsung's thought of the children

Vox ‘n’ text only because Korean super-exam gives students one shot at life
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16 Apr 02:58

Samsung Galaxy S9: Still the Lord of All Droids

Pricey, but classy
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13 Apr 10:02

Boffins find new ways to slurp private info from Facebook addicts using precision-targeted ads

Income, pregnancies, personal activities, all up for grabs
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12 Apr 20:12

HTC Vive Pro virtually stripped. OK, we mean actually stripped. (It’s a VR headset, geddit?)

Somewhere, a Windows Mixed Reality user is weeping silently
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12 Apr 12:06

PCs were more and less expensive in Q1 as shipments stalled

HP and Lenovo are kings of the ever-shrinking hills, but Dell’s made a move
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12 Apr 07:38

The true victims of Brexit are poor RuneScape players

Fantasy game ratchets up subscription price
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12 Apr 05:01

Mark Duckerberg: Second Congressional grilling sees boss dodge questions like a pro

Zuck shows curious amnesia about his own business
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11 Apr 23:04

Gemini: Vulture gives PDA some Linux lovin'

ReviewIf it looks like, walks like and quacks like a Psion, is it actually a penguin?
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11 Apr 08:04

'Housemate from hell' catches 24 new charges after alleged nightmare cyberstalking spree

Masshole 'targeted women, families, friends with abuse'
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10 Apr 22:34
Cheesy pic of man holding face in shame as accusatory finger emerges from display. Photo via Shutterstock

'Our way or the highway' warranty scams shot down by US watchdog: It's OK to use unofficial parts to repair your gear

Warns six major companies, refuses to name names
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10 Apr 18:54
P20 Pro laid bare (pic: iFixit)

All the king's horses and all the king's men could probably put Huawei's P20 Pro together again

But it'd be tricky: Teardown folk give mobe 4/10 for repairability
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10 Apr 12:32
Bill Murray in the movie Groundhog Day. If you haven't seen it, it's about a man forced to endure reliving the same day over and over. Pic: Columbia Pictures

In a sorry state again: Zuckerberg dusts off apology playbook in mea culpa to Congress

Facebook boss shamefaced (again) for flouting basic concepts of privacy (again)
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09 Apr 20:15

Opinion

Facebook Wow Sad Angry

Facebook's inflection point: Now everyone knows this greedy mass surveillance operation for what it is

CommentHark, dear reader, the echoes of Enron
Cat yawning photo via Shutterstock

Boring. The phone business has lost the plot and Google is making it worse

CommentDuller than a Dull Thing
135 Comments
01 Mar 11:02

Crowdfunding refund judgment doesn't quite open the floodgates

CommentIt's a pointer – not a cast-iron legal precedent
16 Comments
01 Feb 13:38

Why did I buy a gadget I know I'll never use?

Something for the Weekend, Sir?Just put it under the desk along with all the others
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19 Jan 10:04

News

Huawei P20 Pro: Triple Lens Shooter promises the Earth ...

Review... But our vulture's claws have found some flaws
53 Comments
09 Apr 13:17

2018's Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon laptop is a lovely lappie

Hands-on reviewAll you'd expect from a premium laptop - except the stupid power brick
69 Comments
09 Apr 08:02

'Every little helps'... unless you want email: Tesco to kill free service

Maintained for 3 years since Brit supermarket quit the ISP game
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04 Apr 14:17

We put Huawei's P20 triple-lens snapper through its paces

Real-world testLike having an AI toddler in your phone
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04 Apr 09:20

Planning on forking out for the new iPad? Better take darn good care of it

Teardown chaps give Apple's edu-slab 2/10 for repairability
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03 Apr 15:45

For some reason, you lot love 'em. So here are the many ThinkPads of 2018

We make sense of the range
57 Comments
03 Apr 08:03

Grindr: Yeah, we shared your HIV status info with other companies – but we didn't charge them!

Coitus collaboration code claims – THE TRUTH
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03 Apr 01:19

Intel outside: Apple 'prepping' non-Chipzilla Macs by 2020 (stop us if you're having deja vu)

Plus: Samsung overtakes in semiconductor revenues
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02 Apr 18:31

Facebook exec extracts foot from mouth: We didn't really mean growth matters more than human life

Damage control needed for damage control
48 Comments
30 Mar 22:03

Amazon warns you have 30 days before Music Storage files bloodbath

Jeff Bezos will do to your MP3s what he did to your bookstore
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30 Mar 21:36

Apple, if you want to win in education, look at what sucks about iPads

Schools still underwhelmed by gaps in Cupertino's shiny slabs
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30 Mar 08:20

Apple iOS 11.3 adds health records for battery, people too

Privacy also a priority for Apple, unless you're Chinese
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29 Mar 23:40
Couple shocked by something on a smartphone

'Tis the season: Verizon first in line to flog Palm phone resurrection

Battle of the botched brands set to heat up
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29 Mar 13:14
Cookie Monster

Fed up with Facebook data slurping? Firefox has a cunning plan

The Facebook Container add-on quarantines the social network to limit data harvesting
56 Comments
28 Mar 07:01
Chris Wylie gives evidence to MPs

Cambridge Analytica 'privatised colonising operation', not a 'legitimate business', says whistleblower

Chris Wylie makes explosive allegations in session with MPs
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28 Mar 05:58
9.7in iPad with a Pencil

Apple turns hat around, sits backwards on chair, pitches iPad to schools

It comes with a pencil! You kids remember what a 'pencil' is?
31 Comments
27 Mar 18:20
Huawei p20 pro range

Yo Google, I'mma let you finish, but China, I mean, Huawei's P20 is the best

To be fair, the camera will take some beating
13 Comments
27 Mar 17:23
P20 Pro triple camera

Huawei joins Android elite with pricey, nocturnal 40MP flagship

Hands OnP20 and P20 Pro: The Notch that wants to be a Nokia Lumia 1020
69 Comments
27 Mar 15:30

Meet the open sorcerers who have vowed to make Facebook history

Checking in on how IMAP could help folk throw off Zuck's yoke
Acer Chromebook Tab 10

First there were notebooks. Then tablets. And now ‘book tablets’

Acer turns Chrome OS into a fondleslab so you don’t give teacher an Apple
31 Comments
27 Mar 05:36
Pixellated Facebook thumb

You'll like this: Facebook probed by US watchdog amid privacy storm

'Non-public' FTC investigation a new headache for Zuckerberg
33 Comments
26 Mar 17:46
warrant

UK watchdog finally gets search warrant for Cambridge Analytica's totally not empty offices

After weeks of stalling and delays, ICO wastes no time kicking down the doors
102 Comments
23 Mar 20:42
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