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Want to keep in contact with friends and family without having to sell your personal data?

ReviewThen Loop – or, at least, a future version of it – may be for you
69 Comments
25 Sep 06:02

Super Cali goes ballistic, Gatorade app is bogus: Even the sound of it is something quite atrocious

And who's going to stand up for the Arnold Palmer?
22 Comments
22 Sep 18:38

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

And things are looking even worse for the X
80 Comments
22 Sep 15:49

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

US watchdog raps breach-of-contract brats for retracted transacts
13 Comments
21 Sep 23:30

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
102 Comments
21 Sep 19:30

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

Chocolate Factory pushing enterprises' corporate settings right out of the box
15 Comments
21 Sep 16:01

Falling apart at the seamless: Inside Apple's LTE Watch fiasco

AnalysisKludge takes shine off ever-improving Watch
33 Comments
21 Sep 11:32

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

LecturesMists? Mellowness? Not at these talks...
21 Sep 10:57

GNOME Foundation backs 'freedom-oriented' smartphone

Librem 5 will run only open-source code, PureOS and feature radio kill switch
41 Comments
21 Sep 07:27

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
170 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
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

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 Galaxy Note S8

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

Opinion

Apple iPhone X poo

'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

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

CommentSamsung has little to fear
162 Comments
13 Sep 10:53

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

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

CommentAdding fail to fail
111 Comments
09 Aug 09:01

News

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
77 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

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
162 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
Apple iPhone 6s

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
WiFi outage

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
A stack of Oreo cookies

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
Huawei P8

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
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