Two 5G telecom towers in Almere, Netherlands were torched over Easter weekend by unknown arsonists. The act of sabotage is just the latest in a series of attacks on 5G towers in what appears to be some sort of campaign to undermine the deployment of the new technology. The motives for the attacks are still unclear, although many have surmised that the attacks are clearly linked to a conspiracy theories... 

Google Play, the Android smartphone-based app store, has unveiled sweeping new rules that ban apps deemed to contain or promote “misleading health claims that contradict existing medical consensus, or (that) can cause harm to users.” Issued on August 31, Google Play’s new “health misinformation” policy is an in-app censorship sweep that targets any and all apps that even so much as question... 

Russian software entrepreneur Pavel Durov, who runs the company behind the popular messaging app Telegram, has slammed US tech giants for abusing their dominant market position. The latest tirade, which Durov shared on Telegram on Wednesday, was triggered by Apple apparently stalling the release of a new version of his messenger. “Our upcoming update – which is about to revolutionize how people... 

New York has passed the US’ first “right to repair” bill governing electronics, which will force “digital electronic products” manufacturers to supply tools, spare parts, and repair instructions to customers and independent resale shops. Called the Fair Repair Act, the bill passed the state assembly on Friday and is expected to be signed by Governor Kathy Hochul. It will take effect a year... 

The World Economic Forum has declared that all humans will have smartphones embedded into their bodies by the year 2030. The chilling prediction was made by Nokia’s CEO Pekka Lundmark during his panel appearance at the WEF in Davos this week: “By then (2030), definitely the smartphone as we know it today will not anymore be the most common interface, many of these things will be built directly... 

The US is considering the possibility of banning exports of consumer and industrial technologies to Russia, such as components for smartphones and planes, if Moscow launches an invasion of Ukraine, news agency Reuters has claimed. Citing an unnamed source in the White House, the agency reported that a handful of American industries could be banned from conducting business in the Russian market. According... 

Apple has finally caved to users demanding the ‘right to repair’, allowing owners of iPhones, MacBooks, and other devices to tinker with their electronics at home instead of bringing them to notoriously expensive service centers. Called Self Service Repair, the feature is set to launch “early next year” in the US before expanding to other countries. Some 200 parts are expected to be available,... 

There is no doubt about it: Taiwan Semiconductor has emerged as the world’s most important chipmaker. And now, in the midst of a global semiconductor shortage, it is becoming clear exactly how important the company’s dominance has been. Not only has TSMC made headlines for proposing to expand production into the United States, as we have documented numerous times, but now it is making headlines... 

After last year’s Note10+ disaster, this year Samsung, just as we predicted, decided to hammer the final nail in the coffin of its Galaxy Note series. Galaxy Note 20 Ultra has just been released and its a complete and total miserable failure. With Galaxy Note 20 Ultra, Samsung might as well just say goodbye to its former high-end series. Why? Well for starters, Note 20 Ultra has all of the same... 

So sorry guys, it has been a while since we’ve written something in the Technology section but we honestly didn’t find anything to write about up until now. So it has just come to my attention that Samsung’s top smartphone, the Note series has basically just committed suicide out of boredom. Many morons are mindlessly praising last year’s Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ as “woooow... 

What is the purpose or use of 5G? Why does it even exist? Why can’t we stop at 4G which is already fast enough and offering speeds as high as 300Mbps in the case of LTE-A. Despite that, real 4G speeds offered to clients by all major network operators rarely exceeds 50Mbps. Just so you understand 4G hasn’t even been perfectioned yet, its not yet used at its fullest potential, yet the industry... 

Millions of Americans are walking around with phones that have, unknowingly, created one of the most disturbing and unintentional “surveillance states” to ever exist. A explosive new opinion piece in the NY Times aims to demonstrate that detailed smartphone tracking is far more ubiquitous than many think, despite the ongoing claims by companies that people’s data is “anonymous”. Paul Ohm,... 

Chinese tech giant Huawei has managed to narrow the market share gap with its South Korean rival, Samsung, inching closer to becoming the world’s largest smartphone-maker, despite its hurdles with the US. Samsung is poised to secure the leadership in the smartphone market this year, according to market researcher Strategy Analytics data cited by Yonhap. The South Korean firm is projected to ship... 

Tech censorship is nothing new, but a recent spate of permanent bans from the WhatsApp messaging service has users the world over spooked. Here’s your guide to keeping your nose clean and avoiding a ban. BUT despite the following guide, better yet just uninstall Whatsapp and use TELEGRAM instead. Force all your friends to switch to Telegram. Tell them this, simple and short “If you wanna speak... 

Newer Samsung phones are a mess. If your phone fails during a FORCED OTA update, you’re pretty much screwed. Newer Samsung phones are locked just like iPhones if not even more. Everything is a big giant lock with them nowadays. They have become just as miserable as iPhones. Gone are the days of easy rooting and stuff. Contrary to popular opinion rooting newer Qualcomm Snapdragon based Samsung...