Google increases Android's anti-theft walls
Factory Reset Protection gets some teeth
Google is giving Android’s Factory Reset Protection (FRP) a badly needed kick up the backside, promising to make stolen phones even more useless than before by spotting setup wizard dodges and forcing a second reset until ownership is nailed down.
Apple prepares to gouge iPhone buyers
Cook does not want to blame tariffs
The Fruity Cargo Cult, Apple is plotting price hikes for its autumn iPhone 17 lineup while pretending tariffs have nothing to do with it.
Apple finally admits Siri spies on you
Coughs up $95 million
Apple fanboys using Siri-enabled gear in the US between 17 September 2014 and 31 December 2024 can grab a slice of a $95 million (€88 million) payout, after the Fruity Cargo Cult Apple was caught red-handed snooping on private chats.
Apple gives iPhone ten years to live
Will be replaced by tech that Apple can’t do
Fruity Cargo Cult Apple's senior vice president of services, Eddy Cue, warned that the iPhone could be obsolete in a decade and will be replaced by something that Jobs’ Mob is light years behind its competition.
Low yields, high hopes, and no Snapdragon 8 Elite
Samsung’s cost-cutting obsession has apparently reached new heights, as the outfit's mobile division is rumoured to be ditching Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite in favour of its own Exynos 2500 for the upcoming Galaxy Z Flip 7.