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UPS store stops printing from URLs and USB sticks ahead of Def Con hacking convention

Firefox doesn't need to be No 1 – and that's OK, 'cos it's falling off a cliff

Mozilla runs counter to Valley narrative Open Source Insider  Just in case you didn't believe Firefox was on a trajectory that should have it crash and burn into extinction in the next couple of years, former chief technology officer Andreas Gal has…

The Reg chats to Ordnance Survey's chief data wrangler

On 20,000 changes a day, its public task and beautiful, beautiful maps Interview  The UK’s mapping agency has brought in Vodafone’s director of business intelligence Caroline Bellamy to help define and drive its data offering.…

Firefox doesn't need to be No 1 – and that's OK, 'cos it's falling off a cliff

Mozilla runs counter to Valley narrative Open Source Insider  Just in case you didn't believe Firefox was on a trajectory that should have it crash and burn into extinction in the next couple of years, former chief technology officer Andreas Gal has…

HTC's U11 phone is now available with 128GB of storage

Daniel Craig likely to return as Bond in November 2019

A Supreme Court ruling has opened the floodgates to a stream of gross trademarks

Europese boete zorgt voor lagere winst bij Google-moederbedrijf Alphabet

Google-moederbedrijf Alphabet heeft in het eerste kwartaal van 2017 met 3,5 miljard dollar een aanzienlijke lagere winst geboekt door de boete die de Europese Commissie heeft opgelegd aan Google wegens het bevoordelen van Google Shopping. De omzet s…

Snopes.com asks for bailout amid dispute over who runs the site and collects ad dollars

Google and Facebook both have fact check site on their fake-news-fighting teams Fact-checking web site Snopes.com says it is “in danger of shuttering” due to a commercial dispute that has starved it of revenue.…

In the Pearl River Delta's electronics souks, AI lets the haggling happen

With three different forms of Chinese spoken across one mega-city, smartphone translation is essential The electronics markets of Shenzhen are bewildering. These football-field-sized buildings seemingly sell almost anything, any bit of electronics –…

A robot delivered my dinner

Google promises 11 Daydream VR phones by the end of the year

Nikon says full-frame D850 will ‘exceed expectations’

Microsoft verplaatst MS Paint naar de Windows Store

MS Paint komt naar de Windows Store en blijft op die manier beschikbaar voor Windows 10-gebruikers. Het oude bekende tekenprogramma zal in de toekomst na de eerste setup niet meer standaard in Microsofts besturingssysteem staan.

Cassini captures pieces of Saturn’s rings

We can’t bring ‘em home, but we should be able to figure out what they’re made of The soon-to-die Cassini probe has captured tiny fragments of Saturn’s rings. Cassini’s was launched in 1997, made it to Saturn in 2004 and has been there ever since. B…

Elon Musk dismisses Mark Zuckerberg’s understanding of AI threat as ‘limited’

Porsche Design brengt variant uit van Huawei Watch 2

Het Duitse ontwerpbedrijf Porsche Design heeft een eigen variant op de Huawei Watch 2 uitgebracht. De smartwatch verschilt van de originele versie in de rode accenten op de knoppen en een eigen watchface van het ontwerpbedrijf.

Kid found a way to travel for free in Budapest. He filed a bug report. And was promptly arrested

Protests sparked after web security hole reported The arrest of a Hungarian bloke after he discovered a massive flaw in the website of Budapest's transport authority – and reported it – has sparked a wave of protests.…

Google brengt release candidate uit van Android O

Google heeft zijn laatste testversie uitgebracht voor Android O. Na deze versie zal de volgende de uiteindelijke release zijn. De zoekgigant zegt nog altijd niet hoe de uiteindelijke versie van zijn nieuwe mobiele besturingssysteem zal heten.

Symbolic IO CEO cuffed by cops, vanishes from his storage startup

Tech boss denies any wrongdoing Symbolic IO CEO and founder Brian Ignomirello was arrested last week on outstanding warrants and for allegedly violating a restraining order, it is reported.…