Google location data: what does Australian court ruling mean and how can I turn off my tracking history? Two experts on the significance of the ACCC court win that found Google ‘partially’ misled users over location data
Medical tests promoted in media with no mention of potential harm, Australian study finds Stories all reported potential benefits of tests, some using smartphone or watch, but 60% failed to mention limitations
LG to pull out of mobile phone market South Korea firm promises service and software support as it shifts focus to more profitable businesses
Global silicon chip shortage hits supply of phones, TVs, cars and Australia’s NBN Covid shutdowns and Texas storms behind dearth of chips needed for semiconductors to make array of products
Infinitum: Subject Unknown review – solo time-loop echoes lockdown vexation This iPhone-shot sci-fi drama with cameos from Ian McKellen and Conleth Hill is impressively realised, though the plot ultimately frustrates
Apple’s Tim Cook joins chorus in denouncing Georgia’s voting law Company is latest to speak out against law that restricts voting access in the state that was passed last week
Apple to let repairers in Australia and New Zealand sign up to spare parts program Scheme expanded to 38 more countries as tech giant faces heat on the right to repair iPhones and Macs
‘Two Goliaths’: Apple labels Epic’s Australian challenge to in-app purchases ‘self-serving’ Federal court to decide whether Fortnite maker’s case can be heard while legal action under way in US
Global shortage in computer chips ‘reaches crisis point’ Consumer price rises loom while dearth of semiconductors slow production from Samsung to Ford
Google to slash app store fees by half for developers’ first US$1m in sales The cut will take effect from July with 99% of developers globally receiving a reduction as the company and Apple face legal action from Epic Games
Ending over mending: planned obsolescence is killing the planet As Australia considers the right to repair, it’s worth thinking about how the items we use daily became so disposable
Fortnite creator Epic Games launches Australian legal action against Google Epic’s court battle with Google over being banned from the Play Store, mirrors one it has launched against Apple over its App Store removal
Tech giants to make Australia’s phone repairers extinct, right-to-repair inquiry hears Retailers and consumers call on the government to stop manufacturers squeezing third party repairers out of the industry
Apple and Google face new antitrust battle over Arizona app store bill Measure would allow developers to use own payment systems as tide turns against industry that has been largely unregulated
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