Cartel hacker used an FBI agent’s phone to hunt informants
Mexico's cameras exploited in El Chapo-linked op
A hacker tied to El Chapo’s Sinaloa cartel used an FBI official’s phone and Mexico City’s CCTV network to help track and kill US informants.
Trump launches T1 phone and network
Made in America apparently
The Trump Organisation is flogging its own T1 smartphone alongside a 5G network it's calling Trump Mobile, and it's already making claims that would make a used car salesman blush.
OnePlus is getting a folding phone
Technology too advanced for Apple
OnePlus is going to have a stab at releasing an expensive folding phone.
Foldable phone sales will grow by 50 per cent
IDC says the market is growing fast
Beancounters at the analyst outfit IDC have been shuffling their tarot cards and concluded that foldable smartphones would see 21.4 million units shipped this year.
Nokia allows people to fix their own phone
New easy-to-fix handset released
Nokia has released a handset that users can fix themselves, making it possible to keep phones in service longer.
Fitbit upgrades Charge 5 to track your phone
Now you will be able to find it
Fitbit added an important feature to its Charge 5 activity trackers and it’s all about tracking your phone, instead of you.
Apple can’t make a foldable phone
It will not arrive until at least 2025
Apple has been expected to invent the folding phone for ages, even as its rivals flogged their versions. The Tame Apple Press has been reassuring the world that a real folding phone would be invented any day now.
xHelper infects 45,000 Android phones
Fortunately mostly spam
A new Android malware strain has made a name for itself after popping up on the radar of several antivirus companies, and annoying users thanks to a self-reinstall mechanism that has made it near impossible to remove.
LG launched phone powered by Gyrfalcon AI chip
Updated: One big customer with LG Q70
Gyrfalcon Technology Inc. (GTI) is one of the hot names in AI startups, and the company managed to score a big customer for its AI chip.
Microsoft blurs line between phone and tablet
New patent shows Apple’s next new super cool innovation
The inventor of the modern tablet, Microsoft, is working on a a new hybrid dual-screen Microsoft Surface device that blurs the lines between phone and tablet.