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Following a nine-month investigation, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has designated Google’s provision of its mobile platform with strategic market status (SMS). The CMA stated that Google’s substantial market power in the provision of its mobile platform is entrenched – Apple has also been designated with SMS. Google’s business in the UK is estimated…

Scott Olson/Getty Images Digital IDs in mobile wallets and apps are becoming more commonplace. You can add everything from your driver’s license to your school or work ID, or even a passport, to a mobile device. Pull it up on screen, scan it, or show it to an agent or guard to verify your identity…

Apple introduced its AirTag accessory for locating lost or misplaced items back in 2021. There are rumors that a new AirTag 2 version will be coming in late 2025, but the original AirTag remains a fantastic accessory. You can connect it to items like your keys, purse, luggage, or wallet, or even place in your car,…

José Adorno/BGR A year and two generations after introducing the Camera Control functionality on the iPhone, it seems Apple is getting ready to simplify this feature. According to Weibo leaker Instant Digital, the company plans to remove the capacitive sensing layer of the Camera Control, leaving it with pressure sensing recognition only. This change would…

Mr.Mikla/Shutterstock We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. When Apple introduced the first iPad back in 2010, few people knew what to make of it. While Apple has always denied drawing inspiration from science fiction, many of us couldn’t resist drawing the comparison between the iPad and the Newspads from Stanley Kubrick’s…

David McQ/Shutterstock Using something like the Heroic Launcher to play non-Steam games on the Steam Deck works great for Epic Games, but it doesn’t work as well for Xbox games. If you want access to the Xbox Cloud Gaming service, you have a few options. You can install Microsoft Edge on your Steam Deck, which will give you…

The UK government is being pressed for a response as to why a major, multi-hour Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage in the US disrupted UK-based organisations, including HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) and Lloyds Banking Group. The outage, which AWS confirmed started just before 8am UK time on 20 October, originated in AWS’s US-East-1 datacentre region…

Render Networks has announced the launch of ClearSight, an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered evolution of its business intelligence layer built on its Databricks Data Intelligence Platform. The firm has stated that ClearSight will support better decision-making at every stage of infrastructure deployment, giving customers the clarity to act faster and the confidence to evolve toward AI-driven…

jennywonderland/Shutterstock Samsung is preparing for more competition in the foldable smartphone niche as Apple is expected to launch its first-generation foldable iPhone as soon as next year. Rumored to be the iPhone Fold, the handset is expected to be a part of the iPhone 18 series, according to most reports. Another report offered a contradictory…

Britain’s Cyber Monitoring Centre (CMC) – a non-profit dedicated to analysing and categorising cyber incidents in the UK – has declared the Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) cyber attack a Category 3 Systemic Event on its “hurricane” scale and believes the overall financial cost to the economy adds up to about £1.9bn so far. The cyber…