HTC and OnePlus spruce up flagships for Santa's sack

Time for the ol' mid-year refresh Phone makers used to "refresh" their annual flagships by flinging out one in a new colour. But in today's hyper-competitive market, where flagships are forgotten almost as soon as they appear, apparently that isn't …

Stay out of my server room!

This is for computers, not your reams of paper! Sysadmin blog  We always design our data centres and server rooms with the best of intentions. A nice, enclosed space with excellent ventilation and air conditioning, sufficient power points to ensure …

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Google perpetuates cycle of confusion, renames Google Cast back to Chromecast

The Feds are pushing smartphone makers to block certain apps while driving

You can now buy your horse the connected sweater vest Bojack never had

Dishonored 2 is a serious game that doesn’t beg to be taken seriously

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Google geeft Pixel-smartphones update met double-tap en raise-to-wake

Google is begonnen met het vrijgeven van updates voor de Pixel- en Pixel XL-smartphones die twee moves-functies toevoegen. De double-tap- en raise-to-wake-functies zaten al in eerdere Nexus-toestellen, maar nog niet in de Pixels.

Valve voegt ondersteuning voor OSVR toe aan Steam

Valve heeft Steam ondersteuning gekregen voor Open Source Virtual Reality. Games die het platform ondersteunen, krijgen nu een icoontje naast de naam, net als met besturingssystemen en andere vr-platforms.

Onderzoekers luisteren af via koptelefoon door wijzigen geluidspoorten pc

Onderzoekers van de Israëlische Ben-Gurion Universiteit hebben software ontwikkeld, waarmee zij in computers met Realtek-audiochips de uitvoerpoort als invoerpoort kunnen laten werken. Op die manier kunnen zij geluid opvangen met aangesloten koptele…

Reg man 0: Japanese electronic toilet 1

Technology and tinkles should not ever be mixed RotM  Dear reader, I am in a state of shock and horror. That’s right - I have attempted to use a Japanese electric toilet in the manner for which it was designed. I fear my rear may never recover.…

Gov's industrial strategy: 'Look, we've changed the words above our door'

Any rabbits in Hammond's hat, or just a dead dove? Analysis  We know the government is serious about an industrial strategy because it renamed the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial S…

New Ok Go music video is a beautiful, time-bending ad for salt

Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade will be live-streamed on YouTube in 360-degree video

12 movies to stream this Thanksgiving weekend

Telegram zet Telegraph-blogplatform online

Telegram heeft een blogplatform onder de naam 'Telegraph' aangekondigd, waar gebruikers zonder registratie berichten kunnen achterlaten. Deze kunnen zij voorzien van eenvoudige opmaak, afbeeldingen en video's.

Gerucht: Facebook ontwikkelt censuurtool om Chinese markt te mogen betreden

Facebook zou tools ontwikkeld hebben die kunnen voorkomen dat bepaalde posts in feeds verschijnen in bepaalde gebieden. Het bedrijf zou dat gedaan hebben om de Facebook-blokkade in China op te laten heffen, maar het is niet zeker of de tool daadwerk…

2016. AI boffins picked a hell of a year to train a neural net by making it watch the news

Lipreading software must think us humans are maniacs LipNet, the lipreading network developed by researchers at the University of Oxford and DeepMind, can now lipread from TV shows better than professional lipreaders.…

Euro Patent office staff call again for King Battistelli regicide

While sacked union leader asks for documents to be released The central staff committee at the European Patent Office (EPO) has asked again for the organization's Administrative Council to take action against its president Benoit Battistelli, citing…

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