Paul Ryan says the Obama administration didn’t wiretap Trump Tower

Look what goes into making a Michael Whelan book cover

Six months in, iMessage App Store growth slows as developers lose interest

 When the iMessage App Store first launched, its was touted as the next big platform for apps – a new way for developers to gain users and make money, and was followed by an initial surge of iMessage app downloads. Now, however, the excitement is fa…

Turkse tv-producent Vestel betreedt Europese smartphonemarkt

Een van de grootste tv-producenten ter wereld, het Turkse Vestel, gaat de Europese smartphonemarkt betreden. Het merk verkocht elders in de wereld al langer telefoons, maar is nu in gesprek met retailers en providers om de modellen in de EU te verko…

HTC verkoopt fabriek en steekt opbrengst in virtual reality

HTC heeft een fabriek in de Chinese stad Shanghai verkocht en wil volgens een Taiwanese site de opbrengst steken in zijn divisie die de Vive-vr-bril maakt. De directie van HTC heeft het plan voor de verkoop van de fabriek woensdag goedgekeurd.

Dormant Linux kernel vulnerability finally slayed

Just, er, eight years later A recently resolved vulnerability in the Linux kernel that had the potential to allow an attacker to gain privilege escalation or cause denial of service went undiscovered for seven years.…

Microsoft really wants those MongoDB devs to move to DocumentDB

Mongo's wire protocol gets support, and there's a new connector for Spark too Microsoft reeeaally wants MongoDB developers to get onto Azure, and as such has announced support for Mongo's wire protocol for those who've declined offers to migrate to …

Google Home is playing audio ads for Beauty and the Beast

Would you stand in front of a snow tsunami if you got a viral video out of it?

Squigglish is a playful new app that uses math to create wiggly animations

Sephora’s latest app update lets you try virtual makeup on at home with AR

Microsoft's Surface Book 2 could be a regular laptop and arrive next month

OnePlus brengt Android 7.1.1 uit voor OnePlus 3 en 3T

De Chinese smartphonemaker OnePlus begint met het verspreiden van de Android 7.1.1-update voor zijn toestellen OnePlus 3 en 3T. Daarmee lijkt de fabrikant tegemoet te komen aan zijn belofte om beide telefoons tegelijk van een update te voorzien.

Ontwikkelaars brengen FreeNAS 10 Corral uit

Het team achter FreeNAS heeft een nieuwe versie van zijn open source netwerkopslagsoftware uitgebracht onder de naam Corral. Dit is de tiende versie van de software en brengt verschillende veranderingen met zich mee.

BT to hire 1,500 engineers

Follows legal separation from Openreach last week Just one week after Ofcom and BT came to an agreement on the future of Openreach, the broadband division has said it is hiring 1,500 engineers.…

Fire brigade called to free man's bits from titanium ring's grip

Well, it was that or appendage amputation Dublin’s fire brigade - armed with a hand-held angle grinder - were called to the aid of a man that was unable to remove a titanium ring that he’d miraculously slipped over both his meat and two veg.…

Continuous Lifecycle: Early Bird offer ends tomorrow

Last chance to save on DevOps and Containers bonanza There are less than 36 hours left to grab tickets for Continuous Lifecycle London at our very generous, slightly extended early bird price. Once Friday clicks into Saturday, they revert to full pr…

Amazon brings Alexa to the iPhone

Swatch is making its own smartwatch operating system

Vevo's Watch Party feature is like Turntable.fm for music videos

Uber rebuilt its navigation app with drivers in mind