>"A European Union mandate set to begin in 2026 will require all new smartphones, tablets and laptops to use a common charger."

>"A Times investigation reveals how Israel reaped diplomatic gains around the world from NSO’s Pegasus spyware — a tool America itself purchased but is now trying _...Read More_

The Israeli police allegedly conducted warrantless phone intercepts of Israeli citizens, including politicians and activists, using the NSO group’s controversial Pegasus spyware, according to an investigation by the Israeli business media _...Read More_

>"Overwhelmed by messages, notifications and distractions? You can reclaim your focus without a full digital detox"

Pour one out for the BlackBerry, the former king of mobile. The company has announced that as of January 4th, classic devices running BlackBerry OS 7.1 or earlier, as well as OS 10, will lose key services. And by key, we mean absolutely _...Read More_

"A 17-year-old has been held by the Odisha Police on charges of selling his wife a month after their wedding to a 55-year-old man in Rajasthan where he had gone to work in a brick kiln."

"It is difficult to avoid sounding vulgar, somehow, when discussing the future of facial computing. There is something inescapably crude, isn’t there, about the prospect of everyone walking around with computers on our faces?"

>"The long view suggests we’re due a new era, whether it is that of metaverses, blockchain or quantum computing"

A survey has found only a fraction of 16- to 24-year-olds think phone calls are remotely important - so they’ve put their phones on vibrate _...Read More_

"The backlash to Apple’s efforts to fight child sexual abuse show that in the debate between privacy and security, there are few easy answers."

The tech giant says its iCloud security update is designed to help weed out images of abuse their children, but activists have voiced _...Read More_

A surge in iPhone sales, especially in China, has led to a doubling of profits at Apple since the start of the pandemic. Rival tech firm Facebook also reported bumper revenues and profits.

Six days before Donald Trump left office last year, his administration cemented its trade war legacy against Beijing with a series of _...Read More_

Apple surpassed Samsung to retake the top global smartphone spot. The last time Apple was the leading smartphone vendor in the fourth quarter of 2016. "The availability of “lower end 5G smartphones and innovative features will be deciding _...Read More_

"Lawmakers and law enforcement agencies around the world, including in the United States, have increasingly called for backdoors in the encryption schemes that protect your data, arguing that national security is at stake. But new research _...Read More_