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Hardware inspector fired for spotting an error he wasn't trained to find
On Call Welcome again to On Call, The Register's weekly column in which readers share stories of earnestly trying to fix broken tech, and end up feeling broken afterwards.…
Apple, Google, tell Europe its Digital Markets Act isn't working for them - or consumers
Apple and Google have both urged the European Union to revisit its Digital Markets Act (DMA), which both tech giants say is failing.…
Dell enters the earbud market with kit you can control from the cloud
Dell has entered the earbud market with a product you can manage from the cloud.…
800,000 tons of mud probably just made electronics more expensive
In recent years technology buyers have endured hardware price rises due to a pandemic and its impact on supply chains, the global wave of inflation that followed, tariffs, and surging demand for AI technologies that allowed vendors to charge higher prices. Now, 800,000 tons of mud has pushed copper prices higher.…
Intel reportedly wants TSMC's help to end its reliance on ...TSMC
Intel has reportedly sought an investment from rival chipmaker TSMC.…
Google to merge Android and ChromeOS in 2026, because AI
Video Google has confirmed it will merge its ChromeOS and Android operating systems, and that the mobile OS will emerge triumphant.…
Microsoft cuts off Azure phone surveillance support for Israeli military
The president of Microsoft has said it's cutting parts of the Israeli military off from Azure after reports that the army was using the platform in a mass surveillance operation against Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza.…
X2 Elite is Qualcomm’s latest attempt to bring Apple’s M-series magic to the PC
Qualcomm revealed the second act in its bid to overtake Intel and AMD as the leading laptop CPU maker this week with the paper launch of its Snapdragon X2 Elite and Elite Extreme processors. The company seeks to bring the kind of battery life and performance Apple has gotten out of its Arm-based M-series silicon to the Windows market.…

