Astroboffins dig into the weird backwards orbit of the Bee-Zed asteroid

Tiny body moves similar to Jupiter – but travels in the opposite direction Asteroid 2015 BZ509 – also known as Bee-Zed – is the only asteroid in our solar system with a confirmed retrograde orbit lasting 12 years; the same orbital period as Jupiter.…

NATO: 'cyber' is a military domain

Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has told a press conference ahead of a ministerial meeting tomorrow Brussels time that “cyber” is a “military domain” – and that a cyber-attack on one membe…

Apple bracht tien jaar geleden eerste iPhone uit

Apple bracht precies tien jaar geleden de eerste iPhone uit. De telefoon, die in die tijd geen smartphone was, kwam alleen uit in de Verenigde Staten, maar desondanks hebben best wat Nederlanders en Belgen het toestel geïmporteerd.

Azure blues: Active Directory Connect has password reset vuln

Attackers can dive out of the cloud to pwn admin passwords Microsoft is warning sysadmins to check their Azure Active Directory Connect configurations and implement a patch against a credential-handling vulnerability.…

O Rly? O'Reilly exits direct book sales

End of an epoch, but dead trees live on O'Reilly Media, the preeminent publisher of tech titles for non-dummies, is exiting print distribution.…

Australian regulator will decide if Uber drivers are staff or contractors

Drivers' 'not-a-union' takes on 'not-a-taxi' company Scandal-ridden, leaderless not-a-taxi dudebro poster-child Uber is under investigation in Australia about whether its “independent contractor” drivers are actually employees.…

Five-eyes nations want comms providers to bust crypto for them

Outsourcing the unicorn hunt This week's five-eyes meeting has issued its communique, promising to get the tech sector to solve the problems of online terrorism and encrypted communications.…

Don't panic, but Linux's Systemd can be pwned via an evil DNS query

PS, Alpine users, you need to get patching, too – for other reasons Systemd, the Linux world's favorite init monolith, can be potentially crashed or hijacked by malicious DNS servers. Patches are available to address the security flaw, and should be…

Murderous Uber driver 'attacked passenger and the app biz did nothing. Then he raped me'

Toxic upstart accused of inaction amid assault claims Uber is accused of ignoring warning signs about an attempted murderer who signed up as a driver and then allegedly attacked a passenger before raping another.…

Canon’s long awaited 6D Mark II is a huge upgrade, but it’s missing 4K video

America throws down gauntlet: Accept extra security checks or don't carry laptops on flights

Peeps flying into US face 'enhanced screening' Folks flying into America must endure extra security checks if they want to bring their laptops into airplane cabins. In a press conference on Wednesday, US Homeland Security boss John Kelly announced t…

US trade watchdog boss goes all Kendrick Lamar on self-driving cars

Sit down Kitt, be humble The head of US trade watchdog the FTC has pushed for companies to loosen their ties over self-driving cars.…

Modern Micron maestro Mehrotra marches merrily, maintains megahit masterplan

Senior execs hired and flagging retail business canned Sanjay Mehrotra, Micron’s new CEO, is setting a whirlwind pace to make changes at the relatively staid old chipper.…

Kaspersky Lab US staff grilled by Feds in nighttime swoop

Also, update your Kaspersky Anti-Virus File Server – before you get hacked Several employees of Russian security vendor Kaspersky Lab got an unpleasant surprise on Tuesday night when FBI agents popped round to their residences for a chat.…

Modern Micron maestro Mehrotra marches merrily, maintains megahit masterplan

Senior execs hired and flagging retail business canned Sanjay Mehrotra, Micron’s new CEO, is setting a whirlwind pace to make changes at the relatively staid old chipper.…

Google Photos begint met ondersteuning delen foto's van bepaalde personen

Google heeft een optie online gezet, waarmee gebruikers foto's van bepaalde personen kunnen delen met andere gebruikers. Zo kunnen groepen vrienden automatisch foto's van elkaar in elkaars bibliotheek zetten of kunnen ouders elkaars foto's van hun k…

Sony toont infraroodcamera voor ontgrendelen Xperia-smartphone met 3d-beeld

Sony's Belgische dochterbedrijf SoftKinetic heeft op een beurs in de Chinese stad Shanghai een Xperia-smartphone getoond met een infraroodcamera voor ontgrendeling door middel van gezichtsherkenning. Mogelijk wil de Japanse fabrikant de technologie …

Search results suddenly missing from Google? Well, BLAME CANADA!

It seems that everything's gone wrong since Canada came along Canada's Supreme Court says America's Hat has authority over Google results worldwide when someone's copyright has been stomped on.…

Toshiba, Western Digital put away lawyers long enough to play 96-layer 3D NAND game of Jenga

Tosh talks 4-level cell tech, too Just as we are getting used to 64‑layer 3D NAND chips, along come the warring flash joint-venture couple Toshiba and Western Digital. The pair say their JV has produced a 96‑layer prototype die, with Toshiba also in…

Toshiba, Western Digital put away lawyers long enough to play 96-layer 3D NAND game of Jenga

Tosh talks 4-level cell tech, too Just as we are getting used to 64‑layer 3D NAND chips, along come the warring flash joint-venture couple Toshiba and Western Digital. The pair say their JV has produced a 96‑layer prototype die, with Toshiba also in…

Elon Musk's boring machine completes the first section of an LA tunnel