From PC World: The tech industry is rallying behind Apple in its appeal against a court order asking it to help the FBI unlock an iPhone 5c, with Facebook, Google and Microsoft planning submissions in court in support of the iPhone maker.

“The industry is aligned on this issue and Facebook is...

From CNET: Opera Software, a perennial underdog, has launched a new browser project to help get it out of the doghouse.

The project is designed to revamp the basics of how you use a browser, Chief Executive Lars Boilesen said in an interview at the Mobile World Congress show here in Barcelona...

From PC World: A new class of SD cards that can record and access 4K and 8K video much more quickly is on its way later this year for devices like cameras, smartphones and VR headsets.

The SD cards use a new SD 5.0 standard that was announced Wednesday. They’ll allow users to record and access...

From ComputerWorld: Sharp has approved an offer from Hon Hai Precision Industry and related companies to acquire more than 66 percent of the company’s voting stock, making the Taiwanese contract manufacturer the new parent of the Japanese firm.

However, on Thursday, shortly after Sharp's...

From InfoWorld: Struggling smartphone vendor BlackBerry is looking to diversify its business by launching a cyber security consulting service, focusing in part on the Internet of Things, and providing related tools to customers.

The Ontario smartphone vendor, an early standard bearer for...

From CNET: Apple's battle with the FBI is nowhere near an end, but the iPhone maker appears to be girding for its next fight over encryption.

Apple engineers are working on new security measures that would prevent an iPhone from being hacked using the methods at the heart of the company's fight...

From PC World: The first new flagship smartphone in over a year from China’s Xiaomi packs technology to match the iPhone 6 and Samsung Galaxy S7, but at around half the price.

The Mi 5 is based around the Snapdragon 820 processor, the latest mobile chip from Qualcomm, has a 5.1-inch screen, up to...

From CNET: Despite troubles convincing Google that its app is legit, Brave Software's browser is now available to anyone who is sick of annoying mobile ads.

Apple added Brave for iPhones and iPads to its app store on Friday, but Google rejected the app twice before publishing Brave for Android...

From InfoWorld: A dearth of storage available in smartphones will soon be an issue of the past.

Smartphone makers boasted about higher capacity storage on new handsets announced at Mobile World Congress this week. The increased storage comes from SD card slots on the devices.

HP announced storage...

From ComputerWorld: Workers at the Shanghai operation of Apple supplier Pegatron work more than the maximum 60 hours a week stipulated by the iPhone maker, simply because their pay scale requires them to work more to make ends meet, a labor group said in a report.

The employees work more than 10...