US telecoms firm Verizon says Yahoo’s massive data breach could have a “material” impact on its deal to buy the internet firm. It agreed to purchase the main parts of

The total cost of pulling Galaxy Note 7 smartphones off the market will be at least £4.4bn ($5.4bn), Samsung said. The South Korean tech giant had already lowered its third-quarter

BlackBerry is to stop designing smartphones in-house after 14 years, the company has announced. Once a market leader, the company has struggled to keep pace with modern handsets produced by

Messaging app firm Snapchat has announced its first gadget – sunglasses with a built-in camera. The device, which the company is calling Spectacles, will go on sale later this year

IPhone passcodes can be bypassed using just £75 ($100) of electronic components, research suggests. A Cambridge computer scientist cloned iPhone memory chips, allowing him an unlimited number of attempts to

Flaws in Apple’s iOS operating system have been discovered that made it possible to install spyware on a target’s device merely by getting them to click on a link. The

WhatsApp says it will begin sharing more data with Facebook and will start letting some companies send messages to users. It is the first time the company has changed its

Apple may adopt a key feature from smartphones manufactured by its biggest rival. Next year’s lineup of iPhones could include three different and distinct variants: a “4.7-inch model, another that

Continuously variable transmissions (CVTs) are interesting beasts. They lack the complication of modern, multi-gear units, but that doesn’t mean they’re immune to issues. Mitsubishi learned that this week, as it’s

A sizeable proportion of 100 million Volkswagen Group cars sold since 1995 can be unlocked remotely by hackers, a team of researchers has said. The problem affects a range of