Amazon brengt Alexa-app uit voor HTC U11

Amazon en HTC hebben de Alexa-app uitgebracht voor de U11-smartphone. Daarmee kunnen gebruikers de digitale assistent van de webwinkel gebruiken op de HTC-smartphone. De dienst lijkt vooralsnog niet bruikbaar in de Benelux.

Google unleashes 20m lab-created blood-thirsty freaks on a city. And this is a good thing, it says

Infected sterile males will help kill off the population Google’s healthcare arm Verily announced just before the weekend it will release twenty million sterile male mosquitoes into the wild, in Fresno County, California.…

Windows 10’s next update is ‘Autumn Creators Update’ in the UK and elsewhere

Ashley Madison throws US$11.2m on the bed to mop up leak affair

Life is short, have a quick buck Dating site for cheaters Ashley Madison has thrown US$11.2 million on the bed to make its 2015 data leak go away.…

Linus Torvalds may have damned systemd with faint praise

He's definitely set Linux 4.13 ball rolling, with Intel Canonlake support and scaled-up Xen VMs Linux 4.13 is under way. Linus Torvalds pulled one of his semi-surprises by announcing release candidate one on Saturday, rather than issuing his usual S…

Telegram says it will remove terrorist content after Indonesia threatens a ban

Elon Musk says we need to regulate AI before it becomes a danger to humanity

Atari’s new Ataribox console will be like an NES Classic

New postage stamps celebrate Disney villains

Burglary in mind? Easy, just pwn the home alarm

'Have to admit, it's getting better' ... no, actually, it's not It's Monday, and infosec-watchers are showing their age by calling internet of things security disclosures “a broken record”. This time, it's a home security system that's remotely p0wn…

Microsoft reveals first Windows Server Insider Build

New software-defined and containerised toys, ahead of September's first full release Microsoft's revealed the first fruits of its plan to deliver twice-yearly updates to Windows Server by revealing the first-ever Insider build of the OS.…

Microsoft reveals first Windows Server Insider Build

New software-defined and containerised toys, ahead of September's first full release Microsoft's revealed the first fruits of its plan to deliver twice-yearly updates to Windows Server by revealing the first-ever Insider build of the OS.…

DARPA's robot sat-fixing program survives sueball strike

Aerospace firm says there's no market for this stuff, wants to build it anyway Aerospace company Orbital ATK has failed in a legal bid to halt a DARPA contract for robotic satellite maintenance devices and will instead see if the White House can hel…

Lore of Thrones: Unpacking the final scene of Game of Thrones’ season 7 premiere

IETF moves meeting from USA to Canada to dodge Trump travel ban

15 per cent of potential attendees don't fancy trying to make it to San Francisco The Internet Engineering Task Force has taken the rare (and possibly costly) decision to relocate an upcoming meeting out of America.…

Ed Sheeran made the most delightful cameo in the Game of Thrones season 7 premiere

Apple aims to get an iPad in the hands of every hospital patient

 Apple has made great strides in health in the last few years and if it gets its way, there will be an iPad in the hands of every hospital patient. It’s already started with a smattering of hospitals around the U.S. including Jacobs Medical Center a…

Newsbin Pro 6.80 build 4932 bèta 6

De zesde bètarelease van NewsBin Pro 6.80 is uitgekomen. Met dit programma kunnen bestanden, zoals foto's, video's en programma's, van usenet worden gehaald. Het heeft alles wat je van een usenet-downloader mag verwachten, zoals ondersteuning voor m…

Night of the Living Dead director George A. Romero has died

Ashley Madison’s parent company has proposed a settlement with users exposed in data breach

Everything we learned from Disney’s D23 movie presentations