Smartphones

Huawei To Expand Harmony OS To More Devices Next Year

Huawei plans to use its Android alternative operating system in more gadgets next year, as it produces its first smartphones…

5 years ago

Apple iPhone Collects Location Data Even If Turned Off, Warns Krebs

Flagship iPhone 11 Pro will track a user's location, even when location settings are turned off, researcher warns. Apple promises…

5 years ago

Wi-Fi 6 Standard Delivers 700Mbps Download, Says WBA

Need for speed? Wireless Broadband Alliance carries out challenging wireless test (across a factory floor) of the Wi-Fi 6 standard

5 years ago

NATO Calls For Secure 5G, As Trump Warn Of Huawei Security Risk

NATO says it is “committed to ensuring the security of our communications, including 5G”, as US President continues to warn…

5 years ago

FBI Warns Of FaceApp ‘Counterintelligence Threat’

Russian connection over app that ages people’s faces, results in FBI issuing an official warning of its 'counterintelligence threat'

5 years ago

Intel Says Qualcomm Forced It Out Of Smartphone Modem Market

'Brazen' licensing practices allowed Qualcomm to skew market in its own favour, Intel alleges ahead of antitrust appeal set for…

5 years ago

Transport For London Locks Oyster, Contactless Accounts As ‘Precaution’

Users must reset online passwords after Oyster accounts maliciously accessed over the summer, but in the meantime cards can still…

5 years ago

China Law Requires Face Scans For Mobile Services

New law requires biometric identification for SIM card purchases, but detractors call the move 'dystopian' and say it could aid…

5 years ago

Unpatched Android Flaw Exploited To Steal Banking Logins

Unpatched 'StrandHogg' vulnerability found to be targeting at least 60 financial institutions, but could also be used to carry out…

5 years ago

UK Drone Users Register Today Or Risk £1,000 Fine

British drone pilots have until today to register or risk a £1,000 fine. But will criminals and rogue drone operators…

5 years ago

Sir Jony Ive Has Left The Building

Apple removes British chief designer Sir Jony Ive from its leadership web page, suggesting he has now officially left the…

5 years ago

Apple Compiles With Moscow Demands Over Crimea

Apple has altered Apple Maps for Russian people to show Crimea as Russian, despite illegal invasion

5 years ago

NSO Staff Sue Facebook For Blocking Personal Accounts

Staff at Israeli surveillance firm NSO sue Facebook, alleging it has blocked the personal accounts of staff and family members

5 years ago

European Smartphone Growth Tops Global Rankings

European smartphone sales top all other regions, dominated by Samsung devices, as Huawei bounces back and Apple sales sag

5 years ago

EU Member States Block Progress Of Controversial ePrivacy Rules

Member states fail to agree on scope of regulations that aim to apply more rigorous privacy standards to the likes…

5 years ago

OnePlus Hit By Fresh Cyber-Attack

Hackers make off with customers' personal details in second online attack to affect Chinese smartphone maker in two years

5 years ago

Uber Loses Licence To Operate In London

Company calls Transport for London decision 'extraordinary and wrong' as TfL identifies 'pattern of failures' that put passenger safety at…

5 years ago

Microsoft Granted ‘Mass Market’ Export Licence For Huawei

Sign of a thaw? Huawei will be still be able to utilise Microsoft software after US Dept of Commerce grants…

5 years ago

Russia Bans Electronic Sales Unless Russian Software Is Pre-installed

Electronic devices such as smartphones, computers and smart televisions must come pre-loaded with Russian-made software

5 years ago

France Delays 5G Auction Until The Spring

Delayed spectrum auction means France will be late arrival at the 5G party, behind other European nations

5 years ago

Microsoft Pulls Plug On Cortana Mobile App For Some Users

Microsoft is set to end support for its Cortana iOS and Android apps in some regions as it integrates the…

5 years ago

US Government ‘To Grant 90-Day Extension’ To Huawei Licence

US expected to extend reprieve from Huawei economic blacklist by another 90 days when it expires on Monday, as Huawei…

5 years ago

Public Charging Stations Can Steal Data, Warn Officials

'Juice jacking' criminals are exploiting USB charging stations at airports, hotels and shopping centres to install malware

5 years ago

Apple Worker Texts Himself Customer’s Intimate Photo

Naked selfie warning, as Californian woman says she will take legal action against former Apple staffer

5 years ago

Motorola Razr Debuts As A Foldable, Flip Phone

Return of iconic phone that fits comfortably in a trouser pocket, as Motorola unveils Razr folding flip smartphone

5 years ago

Facebook iOS App Bug Turns On Camera

Privacy alert. Facebook users complain that the social network's iOS app turns on the cameras found on Apple iPads and…

5 years ago

Judge Approves US Searches Of Passenger Electronic Devices

US border agents only need “reasonable suspicion” and no search warrant to search travellers’ smartphones and laptops

5 years ago

Apple AR Glasses Set For 2023 Debut – Report

Rumour mill. Apple's augmented reality venture will reportedly deliver its long-rumoured AR glasses released sometime in 2023

5 years ago

Virgin Media To Switch Mobile Customers To Vodafone

Bye bye BT, as Virgin Media drops BT Group in 2021 and switches its mobile customers to Vodafone's networks

5 years ago

Bill Gates Claims Windows Mobile Could Have Beaten Android

Windows Phone predecessor operating system, should have been the leading mobile OS, not Android, if not for DoJ antitrust probe…

5 years ago