Apple hurls out patches for dozens of security holes in iOS, macOS

Project Zero, GCHQ, and city of Mishawaka, Indiana among credited bug-hunters Apple has today released patches addressing roughly four dozen exploitable security vulnerabilities in iOS, macOS, and WatchOS.…

Uber’s SVP of strategy lays out three things the new Uber CEO should have

Qualcomm has some trouble on its hands

 Qualcomm’s finances are taking heavy hits over its licensing dispute with Apple and analysts are expressing concern. Today, the company reported its Q3 earnings and front-and-center were the company’s various legal disputes which are causing its pr…

Tech’s 5 biggest players now worth $3 trillion

 Tech’s most valuable players today crossed the $3 trillion aggregate market cap mark according to Google Finance data. It’s a feat that marks a new threshold for tech amidst the current boom. The current market rally is, in some ways, a technology …

Millions of IoT systems wide open to hackers after devs drop the gSOAP

Likelihood of patching for every affected system is zero Security researchers investigating internet-connected video cameras have uncovered a bug that could conceivably leave millions of devices open to easy pwnage.…

Apple's 'KGB level of secrecy' harms its AI projects – but don't worry, it's started a blog

Boffins still turned off by iMaker's closed culture Analysis  Continuing its campaign to court AI boffins, traditionally tight-lipped Apple has tiptoed further toward engagement with the outside world through the publication of its first research bl…

Amazon may still get .amazon despite govt opposition – thanks to a classic ICANN cockup

DNS king breaks own bylaws yet again Special report  Amazon may still get hold of its namesake top-level domain .amazon after an independent review panel lambasted the decision by DNS overseer ICANN to deny its application.…

Bug fixes abound in macOS Sierra 10.12.6, iOS 10.3.3, and watchOS 3.2.3 updates

Likely the final updates before macOS High Sierra and iOS 11 become available.

App toont voorkeuren en stemming gebruikers bij herkennen gezicht

Het Amerikaanse augmentedrealitybedrijf Blippar heeft de functie Halos gepresenteerd. Daarmee kunnen gebruikers voorkeuren van bijvoorbeeld muziek invoeren, waarna andere gebruikers die zien als ze hun gezicht scannen in de Blippar-app.

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-.-- --- ..- -. --. / .--. . --- .--. .-.. . / - --- -.. .- -.-- --..-- / . .... ..--.. For over a hundred years, navies around the world have messaged each other at the speed of light – signal lamp light.…

Microsoft confirms it’s cutting Windows 10 updates for Atom PCs

The WhiteFox mechanical keyboard is a pricey but beautiful gadget

Apple begint blog voor bespreken onderzoeksresultaten machine learning

Apple is begonnen met een blog waarop wetenschappers van het bedrijf artikelen publiceren over hun onderzoek op het gebied van machine learning. De stap lijkt erop te wijzen dat Apple zijn onderzoekers meer gelegenheid wil geven over hun onderzoek t…

Avast neemt softwareontwikkelaar achter CCleaner over

Beveiligingsbedrijf Avast neemt Piriform over, het bedrijf achter het programma CCleaner. Er is niet bekend of er voor gebruikers van producten van een van beide bedrijven iets zal veranderen. CCleaner heeft 130 miljoen gebruikers.

Factories counter-punch Qualcomm in the gut as Apple eggs them on

iGiant bankrolls manufacturers' legal battle royale over patent license fees The four electronics factories sued by Qualcomm for not paying licensing fees have lodged their own countersuit with the backing of Apple.…

Game of Thrones showrunners’ next series will be about an America where slavery never ended

11 takeaways from Google’s Android O Q&A

Ontwikkelaar past html5-engine PuzzleScript aan voor dungeon crawlers

Een ontwikkelaar heeft de html5-engine PuzzleScript aangepast voor firstpersonperspectief en 3d-rendering. DungeonScript moet het makkelijk maken Dungeon Master-achtige games te ontwikkelen en te draaien in de browser.

LastPass kondigt familie-abonnement aan met gedeelde wachtwoorden

Wachtwoordendienst LastPass komt later deze zomer met een Families-abonnement. Daarmee kunnen diverse gezinsleden voor een vast bedrag wachtwoorden opslaan bij de dienst. Bovendien is het mogelijk om wachtwoorden te delen.

Who the funk is Hive-IO? It's where Atlantis assets have buzzed off to

Hyperconverged, VDI startup nibbles bits off software-defined storage supplier Hive-IO has bought certain assets of Atlantis Computing, a struggling supplier of VDI and hyperconverged infrastructure software, for undisclosed financial terms.…

Who the funk is Hive-IO? It's where Atlantis assets have buzzed off to

Hyperconverged, VDI startup nibbles bits off software-defined storage supplier Hive-IO has bought certain assets of Atlantis Computing, a struggling supplier of VDI and hyperconverged infrastructure software, for undisclosed financial terms.…