New screen, larger battery, and triple Hasselblad camera system

OnePlus has now officially announced its latest flagship smartphone, the OnePlus 13, equipping it with the flagship Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite SoC, flagship BOE OLED screen, large 6,000mAh battery, and triple-sensor Hasselblad-branded rear camera system.

Qualcomm results surprise Wall Street

Qualcomm has reported fiscal second-quarter earnings that exceeded the cocaine nose jobs of Wall Street's expectations, accompanied by a robust forecast for the upcoming quarter.

Took longer than we expected 

The tablet is about to follow its number one promoter Steve Jobs into his unmarked grave, according to beancounters at IDC.

Unmodified Samsung Galaxy S22 smartphone reaches for the skies

Satellite manufacturer AST SpaceMobile partnered with AT&T to make the first two-way audio call using satellites with a standard smartphone.

That will finish Apple

The bloke who invented the smartphone says that soon the technology will be integrated into our bodies.

Take the control away from big tech

A UK outfit that fixes smartphones is calling for an official device repair apprenticeship.

Qualcomm warns 

Sales of smartphones are going to be dire for a couple of years according to chipmaker Qualcomm -- which has made a bob or two on the tech over the years.

Will give manufacturers three and a half years to stop messing us all about 

The EU has reached a provisional agreement that will require that portable devices have user-replaceable batteries.

They really hate you

A new study has labeled smartphones as packed full of nasty biological toxins that could probably kill an robust and healthy hippo. 

Azure Active Director certificate-based authentication 

Software king of the world Microsoft is now offering a public preview of Azure AD CBA on devices running Apple's iOS and Android that uses certificates on Yubico's YubiKey hardware security key.