Rustle up a privacy research project and ICO queen Liz will see you handsomely rewarded

Grants of up to £100k to figure out implications of big data, blockchain The UK's data watchdog is offering up to £100,000 for projects looking at how emergent tech affects information rights, saying that practical research "needs a stronger voice".…

Crowdsourced definitions of ‘fan fiction’ hint at a sprawling, formless genre

NPO heeft 29 AWS-servers gereedstaan na belangstelling voor ai-fototool

Vorige week publiceerde de NPO een fototool op basis van kunstmatige intelligentie, waarmee tekeningen worden omgezet in gezichten of iets wat daarop moet lijken. Het project trok internationale belangstelling, waardoor extra servercapaciteit nodig …

'Nederland staat op tweede plaats bij marktaandelen elektrische auto's'

Uit een rapport van het Internationaal Energieagentschap blijkt dat Nederland wereldwijd op de tweede plaats staat als het gaat om het marktaandeel van elektrische auto's in het desbetreffende land. Noorwegen staat op de eerste plaats.

Real-world laws threaten to invade augmented reality fantasies? A trial in Milwaukee will decide

AR doesn't qualify for free speech protection Analysis  In the blue corner: Candy Lab, a maker of augmented reality games, which doesn't want people banned from playing its distractions in public places.…

How to hook up your iPhone with Apple's vintage iPod Hi-Fi speaker

Airbnb is standardizing the check-in process to make it way less confusing

The Mummy: all the trailers, updates, and commentary for Universal's resurrection of the classic film

Apple reportedly adds simple Wi-Fi sharing in iOS 11

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EU, China may demand concessions for Qualcomm's $39bn Dutch chip plant slurp

NXP acquisition part of IoT push, say market-watchers Analysis  The $39bn acquisition of Dutch chip company NXP is central to Qualcomm's strategy to expand its Internet of Things and connected car activities, getting to scale more quickly than it co…

WaterField Designs introduces new iPad Pro Gear Case

Waterfield Designs (www.sfbags.com) has announced the $49 iPad Pro Gear Case to store accessories for Apple’s new 10.5-inch or 12.9-inch iPad Pro. The iPad Pro Gear Case is a waxed canvas and…

You might be able to tap your AirPods to skip a song with iOS 11

Portal 2-coauteur Jay Pinkerton vertrekt bij Valve

Schrijver Jay Pinkerton, die bij Valve werkte aan games als Team Fortress 2 en Portal 2, heeft het Amerikaanse bedrijf verlaten. Daarmee is hij de vierde schrijver die sinds begin 2016 zijn baan bij het bedrijf heeft opgezegd.

Did someone say server sales are crappy? Yes, nearly everyone

Only Dell EMC manages to expand its waistline in Q1 Sales stats for the server market are out for the first three months of the year and they are bad – bad meaning bad, not bad meaning good.…

Ex-MI5 boss: People ask, why didn't you follow all these people ... on your radar?

Former spymaster Stella Rimington on cyber espionage, terrorism and more Former MI5 boss Stella Rimington says complex communications "make it very difficult for our intelligence services" to keep pace against "hideous ideologies" whose sole aim is …

Did someone say server sales are crappy? Yes, nearly everyone

Only Dell EMC manages to expand its waistline in Q1 Sales stats for the server market are out for the first three months of the year and they are bad – bad meaning bad, not bad meaning good.…

ADATA presents the UC360 and UC370 OTG flash drives   

ADATA Technology, (www.adata.com) has launched the UC360 and UC370 USB OTG flash drives. As “on the go” protocol (OTG) USB drives, both models offer driverless connectivity with devices featuring USB. Both are 2-in-1 products, with the UC360 featur…

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