Lordy! Trump admits there are no tapes of his chats with Comey

Strangely lucid and lawyerly statement from Tweeter-in-Chief President Trump has, in a tweet-burst today, backtracked on his earlier menacing claim that he may have secretly recorded his meetings with then-FBI boss James Comey.…

Chicago’s new Apple store has a giant MacBook for a roof

Apple releases fourth developer beta of iOS 10.3.3

Apple has posted the fourth developer beta of iOS 10.3.3. It can be be downloaded from the Apple Developer Center.

Rayz and Rayz Plus Lightning earphones get ‘Smart Mute’ feature

Pioneer and Onkyo U.S.A Corp. have announces a new “Smart Mute” feature for the Rayz and Rayz Plus Lightning earphones (www.pioneerrayz.com), along with new Rayz Plus colors - black and rose …

Duitse rechter verklaart in 2015 ingevoerde bewaarplicht strijdig met EU-recht

Het Duitse Oberverwaltungsgericht van de deelstaat Nordrhein-Westfalen heeft bepaald dat providers niet de verkeersgegevens van hun klanten hoeven op te slaan. Deze regeling was in 2015 ingevoerd, maar is volgens de rechter in strijd met Europees re…

Google: verouderde wetgeving hindert opvragen van data in strafonderzoeken

Googles vicepresident Kent Walker heeft in een toespraak een voorstel gedaan voor een verandering in de manier waarop landen gegevens bij elkaar kunnen opvragen in strafrechtonderzoeken. De huidige wetten zijn volgens Google achterhaald.

Microsoft PatchGuard flaw could let hackers plant rootkits on x64 Windows 10 boxen

Redmond shrugs, says PC would already need to be thoroughly pwned Flaws in Microsoft PatchGuard create a means for hackers to plant rootkits on Windows 10, 64-bit OS devices.…

Genoans flout terror ban with bumper basil hand baggage policy

Sauce on a plane Heightened security at airports clearly doesn't apply to all liquids, at least not in Italy. An airport in Genoa is allowing flyers to travel with 500g jars of the local speciality sauce – pesto.…

Airbnb reportedly launching a premium tier to compete with hotels

Asus’ new Vivobook S has slim bezels, a 7th-generation processor, and only costs $700

Google is launching a new line of cameras for 180-degree VR video

YouTube Red originals have racked up nearly 250 million views

Do Not Disturb While Driving feature rolls out in Apple’s newest iOS 11 beta

 Distracted driving has become a national safety crisis because of the rise of smartphones. With the release of iOS 11’s latest beta on Wednesday, testers can now get their hands on one of the new mobile operating system’s most important — if not mo…

Dijkhoff: aansprakelijkheidsregels gelden ook voor softwaremakers

Demissionair staatssecretaris Klaas Dijkhoff heeft in een brief gereageerd op vragen over de aansprakelijkheid van softwareontwikkelaars. Hij zegt dat zij op verschillende manieren aansprakelijk zijn voor schade die als gevolg van hun product ontsta…

Canadian sniper makes kill shot at distance of 3.5 KILOMETRES

He'd have been aiming higher than the top of London's Shard to hit his mark A Canadian sniper has reportedly shot dead an Islamic State terrorist from the astonishing distance of 3,450 metres – more than two miles away.…

Two Brits nabbed in connection with global plot to hack Microsoft network

Organised crime coppers cuff young men Detectives of the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit arrested two UK men this morning in connection with an international "conspiracy" to break into the Microsoft network.…

FCC proposes a national ‘Blue Alert’ system to warn public of threats to law enforcement

Some Uber employees are circulating a petition to get Travis Kalanick reinstated

Opera 46.0.2597.26

Opera heeft versie 46 van zijn gelijknamige webbrowser uitgebracht. Opera is drie jaar geleden overgestapt van de in eigen huis ontwikkelde render-engine Presto naar Blink. Deze maakt deel uit van Chromium, dat onder meer ook door Google Chrome gebr…

Hybrid storage newbie: It's storage Jim, but not as you know it

Data on flash or disk? Er, it's complicated, says Reduxio Reduxio, the startup that stories data in unique indexed, tagged and timestamped chunks, has introduced v3.0 software with unified primary and secondary storage.…

Gov.UK pops open tin of AI and robotics research cash

Government opens Industrial Strategy linked funding call The UK government's long-promised Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund is open for business.…