Canada declares ‘high-speed’ internet essential for quality of life

Raspberry Pi Foundation releases operating system for PCs, Macs

Debian-derived PIXEL brings Pi experience to x86s, as Foundation chases 'best desktop environment, period' The Raspberry Pi foundation has ported the PIXEL OS it released in September to the PC and Mac.…

This SNES-themed mechanical keyboard means even your typing will be nostalgic for the ‘90s

Uber launches electric fleet of Teslas in Madrid

NIST requests ideas for crypto that can survive quantum computers

Christmas miracle: Government preparing properly for problem expected to land in ~20 years The United States' National Institute of Standards and Technology has issued a “Notice and request for nominations for candidate post-quantum algorithms.”…

Firefox to give all extensions their own process in January

Multi-process plan, for the sake of security and stability, is moving fast The Mozilla Foundation has outlined plans to add more multi-process features to its Firefox browser.…

Australian Internet policy remains years behind reality

Metadata extensions, copyright and Turnbull abandoning transformation show we're way off the pace That Australian policy-makers cannot muster a coherent and consistent approach to the changes wrought by the internet has again been made apparent in r…

White House report cautiously optimistic about job-killing AI

Drivers and cashiers, it's time to look for a different line of work In a followup to its smash hit, Preparing for the Future of Artificial Intelligence, the White House on Tuesday released Artificial Intelligence, Automation, and the Economy, a rep…

Microsoft scores nearly $1bn non-compete contract with US military

Redmond delivers source code and personal services to Green Machine Satya Nadella’s team will be smiling today after the US Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) – the IT wing of the Department of Defense (DoD) – awarded his firm a five-year $92…

Refurbished Apple Watches are now available through the official store

 It was only about a month ago that Apple finally added the iPhone to its refurbished online offerings along with iMacs and MacBooks, and now the company’s got another key addition. Starting this week, he company has added Apple Watches to its offic…

Don't pay up to decrypt – cure found for CryptXXX ransomware, again

Back to the drawing board, boys It's third time unlucky for the scumbags behind CryptXXX ransomware, as their shoddy coding has been cracked yet again.…

Smartphone patent wars redux: Nokia sues Apple, big time

Apple has accused Nokia of working with patent trolls to spawn lawsuits.

Nier: Automata is shaping up to be one of 2017’s best action games

Gerucht: Xiaomi maakt telefoon met 4,6"-scherm en Snapdragon 821

De Chinese fabrikant Xiaomi werkt volgens een nieuw gerucht aan een Android-smartphone dat een 4,6"-scherm heeft met fullhd-resolutie en een Snapdragon 821-soc van Qualcomm bezit. Zo'n telefoon is dit jaar nog niet verschenen. Het is onbekend of de …

Smartphones crashed, Samung burned: Mobile in 2016

All change End-of-Year Round Up  The mobile landscape this year was dominated by an air war of far greater importance taking place over the players’ heads.…

Uber forced to remove self-driving cars from San Francisco roads

Microsoft gaat Precision-trackpads verplicht stellen voor 'Built for Windows 10'

Microsoft gaat zogenoemde Precision-trackpads, die het zelf ook gebruikt voor de Type- en Touch Covers voor Surface-tablets, op een gegeven moment verplicht stellen voor een 'Built for Windows 10'-stempel. De meeste hardwaremaker willen die stempel …

Nokia klaagt Apple aan in Europa en VS voor patentinbreuk iPhone

Het Finse netwerkbedrijf en voormalige telefoonmaker Nokia heeft Apple aangeklaagd, omdat de Amerikaanse hardwaremaker met zijn iPhone 32 patenten zou schenden. De afgelopen jaren zijn beide bedrijven in gesprek geweest over een licentie, maar de ge…

Nederlandse minister wil geen extra regels voor advertenties bij vlogs

De Nederlandse minister voor justitie Ard van der Steur wil geen extra regels voor advertenties bij vlogs. De minister kreeg daarover Kamervragen, omdat vloggers nu verdienen aan potentieel opruiende video's. Volgens Van der Steur zijn maatregelen o…

Acer introduceert all-in-ones met Linux-opties

Acer heeft de twee all-in-ones getoond in zijn Aspire C-lijn. Het gaat om computers met 21,5"- en 23,8"-displays met fullhd-schermen en de fabrikant levert de computers in elk geval in de Verenigde Staten met Windows 10 of diverse Linux-opties.

Super Mario Run breaks records, gets 40 million downloads in 4 days

Mario's first major outing on someone else's hardware is going well so far.