Please virtualise my reality before asking me to google at a fake one

VR's killer app is shared simulations of closed spaces, not immersive entertainment My family's growing up fast so we're considering adding a room or three to the house. I'm therefore arranging all manner of meetings at which different tradespeople …

The new iPhone could have a resizable home button and face recognition for payments

Anyone can now test new Xbox One feature updates

Fire and fury in Korea: Samsung burns Note 7 owners in lawsuit

Class action from hot-and-bothered compensation-seekers flames out Samsung has seen off a class action brought by Koreans burned-out by the need to return their flammable Galaxy Note 7 phablets.…

Blizzard’s Overwatch League continues to expand with new teams in London and LA

IBM Cloud turns TLS 1.0 off and then turns it on again

Big Blue admits it gave customers too little notice of the change and broke their code IBM has turned known-to-be-insecure TLS 1.0 back on in its cloud.…

IBM Cloud turns TLS 1.0 off and then turns it on again

Big Blue admits it gave customers too little notice of the change and broke their code IBM has turned known-to-be-insecure TLS 1.0 back on in its cloud.…

Carbon Black denies its IT security guard system oozes customer secrets

Not a bug, it's a clearly labelled feature, we're told Security firms are, understandably, quite sensitive about claims that their products are insecure, so accusations of this sort tend to cause a kerfuffle.…

GM expands its car sharing service for Uber and Lyft drivers

US court system bug opened hole for hackers to scoop up legal docs for free on victims' dime

It's 2017 and cross-site forgery vulnerabilities are still a thing A cross-site forgery vulnerability in the American court system's document archive PACER has been fixed. The bug could have been exploited to hijack accounts and retrieve civil and c…

LG’s V30 will be the first phone with an f/1.6 lens

Uber bros kill car leasing program after losing nine grand per vehicle

Money-pit taxi app maker can't even rent out rides without burning bags of bucks Uber is reportedly killing off its car leasing program after learning of huge losses in the division.…

US border cops must get warrants to search phones, devices – EFF

Privacy warriors' legal battle to play out before appeals court The controversial topic of electronic device searches at the US border, and whether customs agents should be required to get warrants before sucking data off them, is heading to the Fif…

Samsung gaat 128TB-ssd maken in 2,5"-formfactor met qlc-nand

Samsung zegt een 128TB-sas-ssd te gaan maken, die is uitgerust met qlc-nandgeheugen met een capaciteit van 1Tb per die. Door tot 32 van die chips op elkaar te stapelen in een package, moet een 128TB-ssd mogelijk worden.

Favored Swift plans to settle down next year: ABI stability incoming

Version 5 due 2018, future proposed changes must come with working code attached The Apple-supported open-source Swift programming language is set to stabilize in late 2018, with the release of version 5.…

Here’s what Google’s diversity and bias training looks like

SAP cleans up more than a dozen troubling CRM security blunders

19 vulnerabilities squished this month – get patching Critical issues in SAP’s CRM application – patched on Tuesday – open the door to corporate espionage, security researchers warn.…

Facebook introduces Watch, its redesigned tab for video programming

Construction workers are posting Snapchat stories from inside Apple Park

 Snapchat’s powerful but hidden Story Search feature is finally making itself useful by giving us a behind-the-scenes glimpse inside Apple Park, Apple’s new spaceship-like campus that will open soon. Typing “Apple Park” into Snapchat’s search bar wi…

Renders tonen Yota3-smartphone met e-inkscherm aan achterkant

Er zijn renders online verschenen van de Yota3-smartphone, die aan de voorkant een oledscherm heeft en aan de achterkant een scherm van elektronische inkt. Het toestel lijkt dunner te zijn dan zijn voorgangers.

Ook Asus stelt 4k-hdr-monitor met 144Hz-refreshrate en g-sync uit tot 2018

In navolging van Acer heeft ook Asus zijn 4k-monitor met hdr-ondersteuning, g-sync en een 144Hz-refreshrate uitgesteld naar volgend jaar. Het scherm had in het derde kwartaal dit jaar uit moeten komen.