Google halts Chrome 79 rollout
Eats your data
Google has halted the rollout of Chrome 79 on Android after mobile app developers reported a major bug that was deleting user data and resetting mobile apps.
Turkey without Android
Why did Google Android get the works? That's no body's business but the Turks.
Google has warned its suppliers that it may not be able to provide its Android software in Turkey after the Turkish competition board ruled that changes Google made to its contracts were not acceptable.
Tony Brooker logs off
Designed programming language for world's first commercial computer
Tony Brooker, the mathematician and computer scientist who designed the programming language for the world's first commercial computer has died. He was 94.
Emotion recognising AI should be banned
Based on fake science
A leading research centre has called for new laws to restrict the use of emotion-detecting tech which it claims is unproven technology.
Boeing considers giving up on 737 MAX
Not certain it will ever fly again
Boeing is considering either suspending or cutting back production of the 737 MAX amid growing uncertainty over the troubled plane's return to service and could release a decision as soon as today, according to people familiar with the matter.
Google Now bans some Linux web browsers
Nothing to do with how they handle adverts and tracking, honest
Google is now banning the popular Linux browsers named Konqueror, Falkon, and Qutebrowser from logging into Google services because they may not be secure.
Codota swallows TabNine
AI code prediction software gets boost
Israeli AI software outfit Codota acquired code prediction tool outfit TabNine which means it can create an AI platform for software authoring for nearly all popular programming languages - Java, JavaScript, Python, C, HTML as well as many others.
Wall Street not that happy with Broadcom
Slowing growth and dull 2020
Broadcom fourth-quarter earnings beat Street estimates on Thursday, but investors were put off by slowing growth in the semiconductor business and a lukewarm revenue forecast for 2020.
Norway choses Sweden over Huawei
Even after a decade's 4G collaboration, Chinese not secure enough for Vikings
Telenor has picked Sweden’s Ericsson as the key technology provider for its fifth-generation (5G) telecoms network in Norway replacing China’s Huawei after a decade of collaboration over 4G.
Chinese deliver blow to Apple where it hurts
No one believes in the cargo cult any more
Apple's iPhone shipments in China fell more than 35 percent in November, marking their second straight double-digit decline as sales of the cheaper iPhone 11 remained sluggish.