Smartphones

US Investigators ‘Lean Toward’ Breaking Up Google’s Ad Tech Business

US state attorneys general probing Google over antitrust issues are reportedly leaning toward pushing for the company's advertising tech business…

4 years ago

Planet Launches 5G Smartphone With Slide-Out Keyboard

The Astro Slide is Planet Computers' third device with a Psion-like physical keyboard, eschewing the clamshell form factor for a…

4 years ago

Apple Tracks iPhones Stolen By Looters

We are tracking you. Apple warns looters after some street protests in the United States result in the looting of…

4 years ago

Lawsuit Accuses Apple Of Cover Up Over Falling iPhone Sales

Lawsuit filed by Apple shareholders allege that Tim Cook and co fraudulently concealed declining demand for iPhones, especially in China

4 years ago

Android Phones Bricked By Picturesque Wallpaper Of A Lake

Idyllic photo of a mountain lake surrounded by trees actually bricks Android phones, and in some cases only a factory…

4 years ago

Smartphone Sales See Record Decline Due To Pandemic

Huawei sees biggest year-on-year sales drop for first quarter, but maintains No. 2 position after Samsung and ahead of Apple,…

4 years ago

Samsung Expands Memory Production As Pandemic Fuels Demand

Samsung Electronics begins construction of a new NAND memory production line in South Korea as lockdowns boost demand for equipment…

4 years ago

Italy Releases Controversial Covid-19 Contact-Tracing App

Italy's Immuni app makes use of Apple and Google's decentralised exposure notification API, but concerns remain over privacy and security…

4 years ago

Google Postpones Android 11 Launch Event

The virtual launch event for Android's next version, originally set for this week, has been pushed back amidst civil unrest…

4 years ago

Tile Accuses Apple Of Anti-Competitive Practices

Tile files complaint with European Commission ahead of expected launch of Apple locator device that competes more directly with Tile

4 years ago

5G ‘Bioshield’ USB Stick Exposed In Teardown

USB stick that claims to be a 'bioshield' against 5G emissions is exposed in product teardown, as seller insists it…

4 years ago

Apple iPhone Exploit Allows Users To ‘Jailbreak’ Devices

Fully updated Apple devices contain the exploit that allows the first public jailbreak for Apple's iOS operating system for nearly…

4 years ago

Coronavirus: 5G Mast In Liverpool Suffers Arson Attack

Not again. A 5G phone mast in Liverpool has been set on fire, amid foolish conspiracy theories that wrongly link…

4 years ago

Coronavirus: Apple To Re-open Most US Stores

Post Coronavirus: With enhanced deep cleaning and kerbside pickups, Apple is to re-open most of its stores in the United…

4 years ago

Latvia Set To Release Covid-19 App Based On Tech Companies’ Framework

Latvia is aiming to be one of the first countries to release a Covid-19 contact-tracing app based on Apple and…

4 years ago

UK Looks To Scale Back Huawei Deal In Wake Of Pandemic

Prime minister Boris Johnson has reportedly ordered plans drawn up that would see Huawei's involvement in UK's 5G networks reduced…

4 years ago

Uber Passenger Says Price-Fixing Arbitrator Acted Out Of ‘Fear’

Uber passenger asks court to reopen price-fixing lawsuit against the company, saying arbitrator who ruled in Uber's favour feared for…

4 years ago

Popular Maths Site Investigates ‘Potential Data Compromise’

Students and children at risk as more than 25 million account credentials allegedly stolen from Mathway offered for sale online

4 years ago

Microsoft Dual Screen Smartphone Specs Revealed

But will anyone actually care? Specifications for Duo device revealed, as Microsoft yet again courts the smartphone mass market

4 years ago

Coronavirus: Apple, Google Release Contact Tracing API

Both firms say 22 countries and a number of US states have requested to use the contact-tracing API for their…

4 years ago

FBI Criticises Apple For Failing To Help Unlock iPhones

Agency says it had to develop its own tool to access two locked iPhones used by gunman who attacked Pensacola…

4 years ago

Bluetooth Standard Vulnerable To Unpatched Spoofing Attack

Researchers warn of weaknesses affecting all Bluetooth-compliant devices – just as governments roll out coronavirus apps reliant on the tech

4 years ago

Huawei Calls Latest US Export Measures ‘Arbitrary And Pernicious’

Telecoms equipment giant says its survival is at stake with regulatory changes that would cut off its access to semiconductors…

4 years ago

Apple And Google Set To Release Coronavirus API Amidst Privacy Furore

Native coronavirus contact-tracing tech set to make official debut in the next few days as UK and Germany differ on…

4 years ago

Android Hit By ‘Incredibly Sophisticated’ Malware

Malware found on Google Play looks innocent at first, then downloads additional capabilities that allow it to take over targeted…

4 years ago

Pandemic Drives Foxconn Profits Down Nearly 90 Percent

iPhone manufacturer Foxconn sees profits slump after shuttering China plants for weeks, but expects double-digit revenue jump as restrictions ease

4 years ago

US Tightens Export Controls In Move Aimed At Huawei

US Commerce Department to bar overseas semiconductor manufacturers from selling to Huawei and HiSilicon if they use US-made chip gear

4 years ago

TSMC To Build $12 Billion Chip Factory In US

After talking with Trump, big name chip maker TSMC confirms plans to build a $12 billion semiconductor factory in Arizona,…

4 years ago

Alphabet To Deploy Google Project Loon In Mozambique

Loon signs deal with South African operator Vodacom to deliver balloon-powered high speed 4G and internet connectivity to rural provinces…

4 years ago

Coronavirus: Apple Begins Reopening US Stores

Apple has begun re-opening some of its retail stores in the United States, but will insist on additional safeguards including…

4 years ago