Russian Mac malware behind U.S. DNC hacks looks to steal passwords and iPhone backups

he group behind one of the largest cyberespionage campaigns has been targeting Mac users...

Government focuses on young people to tackle cyberskills shortage

Scheme aims to have nearly 6,000 teenagers trained in cyberskills by 2021

IBM hooks up with Hortonworks to Hadoop Big Blue products

But customers welcome to taste IBM's own-brand Hadoop sauce... +Comment  Cognitive Watsonian and mainframer IBM is making Hortonworks available for its Elastic Storage Server (ESS) and Spectrum Scale products.…

Nederlandse zorgminister: ziekenhuizen moeten medische gegevens beter beveiligen

Ziekenhuizen moeten medische gegevens beter gaan beveiligen. Dat meent minister Edith Schippers van Volksgezondheid. Sommige ziekenhuizen zijn zich te weinig bewust van het belang van de beveiliging van informatie, zo meent de minister.

MusicBrainz Picard 1.4

MusicBrainz is een open content-muziekdatabase, die kan worden aangesproken om muzieknummers van de juiste tags te voorzien. Picard is het officiële programma om tags op te vragen, te bewerken en in te sturen. MusicBrainz Picard is opensource en wor…

'Google en Amazon willen slimme speakers laten bellen'

Amazon en Google werken aan functies om hun slimme speakers Echo en Home te laten bellen. Er zijn echter nog veel vraagtekens over de functie, zoals hoe je moet ophangen of hoe gebruikers een alarmnummer kunnen bellen.

The Nerdy Charm of Artisanal, Hand-Drawn Infographics

Computers? Pah. These designers craft beautiful infographics by hand. The post The Nerdy Charm of Artisanal, Hand-Drawn Infographics appeared first on WIRED.

Encryption Apps Help White House Staffers Leak—and Maybe Break the Law

An encrypted chat app called Confide has taken over Capitol Hill and the White House, but what will mean for transparency? The post Encryption Apps Help White House Staffers Leak—and Maybe Break the Law appeared first on WIRED.

Elon Musk accidentally tweets that Trump's ban is 'not right'

If you've been tweeting for a while, then your drafts folder is probably full of too-hot takes that you eventually thought better of and dialed back for public consumption. Of course, you're probably not a billionaire tech CEO with a positi…

'Street Fighter' on Nintendo Switch flings first-person hadokens

News keeps trickling in for the Switch as we await its public release next month. Befitting a Nintendo console, they range from exciting to bizarre, often taking the system's novel points and running into unpredictable territory. Such is th…

New Simon memory game looks like a cheap VR headset

Last year, Hasbro revealed an updated version of its classic Simon game that didn't require you to press multi-color buttons. With Simon Air, you just put your hand close to the color and it device would detect your motion. For this year's …

New bill would require cops to get warrants for Stingray cell tracking

McDonald’s over-engineered the straw so you can drink your Shamrock Shake

I've been doing Windows screenshots wrong this whole time

Jaguar announces Apple Pay-based in-car fuel payment feature

Jaguar has announced a new in-car fuel payment feature that it says works with Apple Pay. The feature is only available at Shell stations starting in the UK, but Jaguar says it “will become available later this year in other markets.” more…Filed u…

Lightning Earbuds With Built-in Charging Make Avoiding Wireless Slightly Easier

After the initial outrage of Apple removing the headphone jack from the iPhone 7 died down, users not wanting to go wireless soon realized that using the phone’s Lightning port meant they could no longer charge while listening to music. Pioneer’s ne…

The Arctic Is in Such Bad Shape That Scientists Propose Refreezing It Ourselves

We all know the Earth is warming because humans are emitting greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. We’ve also heard that the Arctic is doing horribly, hitting record sea ice lows for several of the past few months, thanks to recent hot weather that’…

NASA is Sending a Game of Thrones-Inspired Robot Into Space

Who would have guessed a little slice of Westeros would make its way to the final frontier? On Saturday, February 18th, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will carry NASA’s “three-eyed” Raven technology module to its destination just outside the International…

Why These 'Revolutionary' '80s Gadgets Totally Failed

Besides bad hair, pleated jeans, and 21 Jump Street, the ‘80s brought us a remarkable technological revolution. Nintendo changed the living room forever with the introduction of the NES in 1985. IBM, Apple, and the Commodore 64 ushered the personal …

Jaguar and Shell Announce In-Car Fuel Payment System With Apple Pay Support [Video]

Jaguar and Shell have teamed up on a new in-car payment system that lets you use your car's touchscreen to pay for fuel at a gas station. Rather than using a card at the pump, or queuing in the forecourt shop, owners who install the Shell app can si…

Amazon Tap Gets Hands-Free Mode, Alexa Now Supports Outlook.com Calendars

Following a recent update that brings Hands-Free mode to the Amazon Tap, Alexa has been updated with support for Outlook.com calendars, reports The Verge.Previously, Alexa only supported Google calendars but Amazon silently added Outlook.com calenda…