Mobile Stories for 2024

iPhone Activation Market Share Hits New Low as Android Dominates 58
iPhone Sales Drop 19% in China 66
Huawei Wants To Take Homegrown HarmonyOS Phone Platform Worldwide 41
Volla Successfully Crowdfunds a Privacy-Focused Tablet on Kickstarter 34
Cops Can Force Suspect To Unlock Phone With Thumbprint, US Court Rules 146
AltStore PAL Alternative App Marketplace Launches On iPhone In EU 11
SEC Targets Its Own Staff's Texting, Nixes WhatsApp On Work Phones 15
YouTube's Ad Blocker Crackdown Now Includes Third-Party Apps 204
Apple Alerts Users in 92 Nations To Mercenary Spyware Attacks 16
UK Considers Banning Smartphone Sales To Children Under 16 108
Feds Finally Decide To Do Something About Years-Old SS7 Spy Holes In Phone Networks 32
Researchers Unlock Fiber Optic Connection 1.2 Million Times Faster Than Broadband 49
'Smart Devices Are Turning Out To Be a Poor Investment' 155
Major Mobile NFT Shooter Game 'MadWorld' Uses Linux Foundation Subsidiary's Game Engine 29
America's DHS Is Expected to Stop Buying Access to Your Phone Movements 49
Apple Sues Former Employee For Leaking Journal App, Vision Pro Details 47
Social Psychologist Urges 'End the Phone-Based Childhood Now' 203
SpaceX Gets E-Band Radio Waves To Boost Starlink Broadband 26
Google's Newest Office Has AI Designers Toiling In a Wi-Fi Desert 85
Gemini Nano Won't Come To Pixel 8 Due To Hardware Limitations 7
Apple Will Cut Off Third-Party App Store Updates If Your iPhone Leaves the EU For a Month 88
Apple iPhone Sales In China Plummet As Huawei Soars 33
Screen Time Robs Average Toddler of Hearing 1,000 Words Spoken By Adult a Day, Study Finds 86
iOS 17.4 Is Here and Ready For a Whole New Europe 22
The FBI Is Using Push Notifications To Catch Sexual Predators 34
OnePlus Watch 2 Launches With Wear OS 4, 100-Hour Battery 14
AT&T Restores Service After Massive, Nationwide Outage 55
Apple Says the iPhone 15's Battery Has Double the Promised Lifespan 51
Apple Officially Warns Users To Stop Putting Wet iPhones in Rice 121
Meizu Moves Away From Smartphone Business, Will Invest All in AI 18
MIT Researchers Build Tiny Tamper-Proof ID Tag Utilizing Terahertz Waves 42
Wi-Fi Jamming To Knock Out Cameras Suspected In Nine Minnesota Burglaries 174
The US Government Makes a $42 Million Bet On Open Cell Networks 26
Pakistan Cuts Off Phone and Internet Services On Election Day 36
Apple Develops a Foldable Clamshell iPhone 65
Government Hackers Targeted iPhones Owners With Zero-Days, Google Says 11
AT&T Applies To End Obligation To Service Landlines In California 115
'There is No Such Thing as a Real Picture,' Says Samsung Exec 158
Ask Slashdot: Can You Roll Your Own Home Router? 150
Key Rugged Phone Manufacturer Shuts Down 30
T-Mobile Says It May Slow Home Internet Speeds of Some Users in Times of 'Congestion' 72
Could Apostrophy OS Be the Future of Cellphone Privacy? 100
Mobile Device Ambient Light Sensors Can Be Used To Spy On Users 11
Samsung Announces New Galaxy S24 Lineup With AI-Powered Photo Editing, Search Features 18
LG Washing Machine Found Sending 3.7 GB of Data a Day 130
Apple Tops Samsung For First Time in Global Smartphone Shipments 18
Verizon To Keep Charging Controversial Fee Despite $100 Million Settlement 35
Why a School Principal Switched from Smartphones to Flip Phones 90
Android 15 Could Bring Widgets Back To the Lock Screen 17
Startup Debuts Pocket AI Companion, Sells Out 10,000 In One Day 22
AirDrop 'Cracked' By Chinese Authorities To Identify Senders 25
Samsung Debuts World's First Transparent MicroLED Screen Is At CES 2024 30
Wi-Fi 7 is Ready To Go Mainstream 28
iPhone Survives 16,000-Foot Fall From Alaska Air Flight 76
Will Switching to a Flip Phone Fight Smartphone Addiction? 152
Verizon Customers Could Get Up to $100 in $100M Settlement Over 'Administrative Charge' Fees 13
SpaceX Has Launched Starlink's First Direct-to-Smartphone Satellites 13
ChatGPT Could Soon Replace Google Assistant On Your Android Phone 9
Mexican Cartel Provided Wi-Fi To Locals - With Threat of Death If They Didn't Use It 97
Starlink Launches First 'Cellphone Towers In Space' For Use with LTE Phones 38