Boffins crowdsource hunt for 'Planet 9'

AI isn't ready to find planet beyond Kuiper Belt. So you - yes you - have the chance to scour thousands of images The Australian National University (ANU) is recruiting citizens to look at hundreds of thousands of images, in case they can find the m…

USA can afford golf for Trump. Can't afford .com for FBI infosec service

So guess what spoofers are doing with the fake site? Yup – getting dupes to log in InfraGard.org is supposed to be on of the United States' defences against online criminals. But the FBI-led service is currently the subject of a typosquatting and em…

BT hit with £42m fine for Ethernet compensation delays to competitors

Ruling addresses company’s 'significant market power' BT has been smacked with a £42m for its failure via Openreach to compensate other telecoms providers for delays to fixing leased line "Ethernet" services, in a decision from Ofcom today.…

Android Wear has made it trivially easy for fashion companies to 'make' tech products

Patentaanvraag Samsung toont smartwatch met scherm op de zijkant

Samsung heeft een patentaanvraag ingediend voor een smartwatch met een scherm op de zijkant van het apparaat. Samsungs ervaring met buigbare schermen moet het horloge mogelijk maken. Op die zijkant moet het horloge basale informatie weergeven.

Samsung Galaxy S8 launch, LG G6 review, and more in the week ahead

Microsoft sluit zoekfunctie Docs.com na vondst gevoelige gegevens

Microsoft heeft de zoekfunctie van Docs.com gesloten nadat internetters gevoelige gegevens hadden gevonden zoals persoonsgegevens, creditcarddata en social security-nummers. Het lijkt erop dat gebruikers per ongeluk de documenten vrijgaven via de di…

Trump's America looks like a lousy launchpad, so can you dig Darwin?

The space boom is lifting off and there's only so many places close to the equator with heavy industry and stable government At some point over the last fortnight, watching the second launch countdown in as many weeks via YouTube livestream, it beca…

Britse overheid: inlichtingendiensten moeten versleutelde chats kunnen inzien

De Britse overheid noemt het onacceptabel dat inlichtingendiensten versleutelde chatgesprekken niet kan onderscheppen. De autoriteiten willen ervoor zorgen dat apps voor instant messaging 'geen veilige haven voor terroristen worden'.

Gerucht: films zijn binnenkort sneller te huur na release in bios

Filmstudio's gaan het binnenkort mogelijk maken om een film sneller te huren nadat hij in de bios is verschenen. De filmstudio's en bioscopen moeten er in de Verenigde Staten alleen nog uitkomen hoe lang na de release een film precies te huur moet z…

Uber-mobile T-boned, rolls onto side

Autonomous car was not at fault, but Uber takes its fleet off the road regardless Uber's taken its nascent fleet of self-driving cars off the road after one rolled in an accident.…

UK government renews calls for WhatsApp backdoor after London attack

Toshiba's nuclear power plant business runs out of steam

Westinghouse Electric seeks Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Toshiba has decided to press the big red button in its attempts to reorganise its nuclear power business, seeking Chapter 11 protection for troubled Westinghouse Electric.…

Cisco denies restraint of trade in Arista-spat, asks court to dismiss case

Under a trade ban, Arista can't sue in America, says Switchzilla Under fire from Cisco and US trade regulators, Arista has fought back by accusing Switchzilla of anti-trust behaviours. So last week Cisco asked a Californian judge to dismiss the case…

Converged systems market is so hot it just went backwards

FY 2016 was okay, but Q4 was ugly, which may explain the SimpliVity fire sale and Nutanix's revenue warning Converged systems are supposed to be the hot spot of the otherwise-troubled server and storage markets. Yet sales just dipped for 2016's fina…

Converged systems market is so hot it just went backwards

FY 2016 was okay, but Q4 was ugly, which may explain the SimpliVity fire sale and Nutanix's revenue warning Converged systems are supposed to be the hot spot of the otherwise-troubled server and storage markets. Yet sales just dipped for 2016's fina…

New White House office aims to help run government 'like a great American company'

Ubuntu 17.04 inches closer to production

Zapus jumping in April Ubuntu's final beta for version 17.04 has landed.…

Dishwasher has directory traversal bug

Thanks a Miele-on for making everything dangerous, Internet of things security slackers Don't say you weren't warned: Miele went full Internet-of-Things with a dishwasher, gave it a web server and now finds itself on the wrong end of a bug report an…

Sources: Misco SOLD to Hilco Capital, care home for the distressed

Failed tech reseller joins same stables as HMV, Jessops, Staples... Exclusive  Systemax has offloaded almost all of its Misco-branded European reseller operations to Hilco Capital, a buyer of distressed firms that will add the failing tech supplier …

UK minister wants snoop-around for encrypted messaging

From Amber to red: Rudd wants tech to cooperate we'll subject you to endless meetings The UK government is once again suggesting encryption has no place in citizens' hands, in the wake of revelations that Westminster attacker Khalid Masood was using…