Googles onscreen-toetsenbord krijgt ingebouwde vertaalfunctie

Googles onscreen-toetsenbord Gboard krijgt een ingebouwde vertaalfunctie. Daarmee kunnen gebruikers tekst vertalen zonder een volledige Translate-app te hoeven openen. De functie zit in een online verschenen bèta van de app.

Google, what the hell? Search giant wrongly said shop closed down, refused to list the truth

Poultry peddler pleads Page's peeps: Precision, please A restaurant owner feared for her business's future this week after it was mistakenly listed as closed down on Google Maps – and the ad giant wouldn't correct the error.…

Li-ion king Goodenough creates battery he says really is... good enough

Batt inventor John is back – and says his latest design charges fast, holds more energy A team led by John Goodenough, the man who played a key role in creating the lithium-ion battery, thinks it has cracked a replacement.…

GM will now let you ‘share’ a car for a whole month, parking and insurance included

Even Google's latest budget phone has a fingerprint sensor

I’ve started wiretapping my kid because he hates photos

Typfout in commando leidde tot grote storing Amazon S3 en downtime veel websites

De storing bij clouddienst Amazon S3 die downtime veroorzaakte bij veel Amerikaanse websites en diensten, kwam doordat een medewerker een typfout in een commando maakte. Daardoor haalde de Amazon-medewerker veel meer servers offline dan de bedoeling…

Privé-account dat vice-president VS gebruikte voor vertrouwelijke mail gehackt

Een privé-account waarmee de Amerikaanse vice-president Mike Pence vertrouwelijke zakelijke e-mail verzond, is naar nu blijkt vorig jaar zomer gehackt. In mails op het AOL-account behandelde Pence onder meer gespreksonderwerpen als reacties op terro…

Azure Stack to offer never-ending updates, for a bit less than Azure

Tech Preview 3 lands, with offline mode and promises of Blockchain services to come Microsoft's revealed Technical Preview 3 of Azure Stack, its forthcoming on-premises Azure-in-a-box effort, adding some new features, promising a continuous stream o…

BONG! Lasers crack Big Ben frequency riddle BONG! No idea what to do with this info BONG!

Uni bods hit bell where it hertz Vibrations emitted by Britain’s most famous bell have been mapped for the first time by engineers from the University of Leicester.…

Azure Stack to offer never-ending updates, for a bit less than Azure

Tech Preview 3 lands, with offline mode and promises of Blockchain services to come Microsoft's revealed Technical Preview 3 of Azure Stack, its forthcoming on-premises Azure-in-a-box effort, adding some new features, promising a continuous stream o…

Uber loses challenge over English language tests for London drivers

Google reveals another education-focused Chromebook, this time from HP

Hardwarebaas Google: we gaan niet veel verschillende producten maken

Google gaat niet veel verschillende producten ontwikkelen. Dat zegt Rick Osterloh, het hoofd van de hardwaredivisie van de zoekgigant. Google bracht vorig najaar onder meer smartphones en een speaker uit, maar veel meer zit er niet in de pijplijn.

Wearables aren't dead but apps on wearables might be

The only data you want on your wrist describes your pulse Sales of wearables did okay in the Christmas quarter, but sales of apps for wearables are in the doldrums.…

Is a dumbphone that also charges your smartphone brilliant or idiotic?

Nutanix spanked as it predicts sales slowdown

Sales superheroes promoted into management and suddenly next quarter looks tricky Nutanix posted excellent quarterly revenue results but its outlook for next quarter is so comparatively low that its shares took a hammering.…

Nokia 3310 'Supremo Putin' edition goes on sale in Russia

If you like retro tech, dictator chic and paying far too much for stuff, this is for you! Hot on the heels of the resurrected Nokia 3310 comes news of Russian outfit “Caviar” creating a Vladimir-Putin-Themed mod for the retro handset.…

Stupid Hackathon celebrates terrible tech with eyeball pong, a robot porn addict, and more

Only ice can slow down the terrifying fence-climbing robot

Google adds auto white balance to constantly improving Photos app