Uber pays hacker US$9,000 for partner firm's bug

Ransomware protection service opened Lockheed Martin, Adobe data to attackers Russian penetration tester Vladimir Ivanov has reported a bug in anti-ransomware backup service Code42 that could have seen attackers pilfer data from the likes of Uber, L…

Tor Browser 6.5

Versie 6.5 van Tor Browser is uitgekomen. Tor staat voor The Onion Router en is een netwerk dat gebruikt kan worden om redelijk anoniem over internet te surfen. Al het tcp-verkeer van gebruikers wordt langs verschillende Tor-routers geleid, waarna h…

LibreOffice 5.2.5

De Document Foundation heeft de vijfde update voor versie 5.2 van LibreOffice uitgebracht. Dit opensource-officepakket is ontstaan als afsplitsing van OpenOffice en wordt geleverd met tekstverwerker Writer, spreadsheetprogramma Calc, presentatieprog…

Calibre 2.78

Versie 2.78 van Calibre is uitgekomen. Calibre is een opensource- en crossplatform-e-bookbeheerprogramma. Het kan onder meer alle relevante informatie en kaftafbeeldingen opzoeken, en e-boeken converteren om ze geschikt te maken voor de diverse soor…

Microsoft says HoloLens sales are in the thousands

Seven Years Ago Today: Steve Jobs Introduces the iPad

After teasing fans to "come see our latest creation" in the weeks leading up to one of its famous media events, seven years ago today former Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the first-generation iPad to the world. The iPad was announced as a larger-scr…

Former Mozilla dev joins chorus roasting anti-virus, says 'It's poison!'

Kill your antivirus, maybe keep Windows Defender Antivirus is harmful and everyone should uninstall it, so says recently liberated ex-Mozilla developer Robert O'Callahan.…

Hoe worden chips gemaakt? Miljardenindustrie onder de loep

We schrijven op Tweakers regelmatig over nieuwe chipfabricageprocedés, over fabs, kleinere transistors en nanometers, maar hoe worden chips eigenlijk gemaakt?

Museum Finds Real Human Skull in 150-Year-Old Taxidermy Display

For more than a century, the taxidermy diorama “Arab Courier Attacked by Lions” has stood in Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Museum of Natural History. Depicting a man on camelback fending off Barbary lions, the bizarre display has intrigued—and repulsed—gene…

VMware cracks the $7bn annual revenue mark after 'balanced' Q4

NSX is now a billion-dollar business and vSphere refuses to slump Business textbook writers might do well to consider VMware's last year, as the company announced revenue and earnings that exceeded expectations, plus strong growth for new products, …

Life would be so much better if I could wash my phone

Apple’s Siri chief joins Partnership on A.I. board

Following speculation of its plans yesterday, Apple this morning has confirmed it has joined the Partnership on A.I., with the company’s head of advanced development of Siri, Tom Gruber, taking a seat on that organization’s board.Security and sta…

Flappy Bird Creator Launches New ‘Ninja Spinki Challenges’ Game in the App Store

The creator of the massively popular game Flappy Bird is back with another new game: Ninja Spinki Challenges. A collection of six mini-games, you are tasked with completing them all to train and become a ninja. Continue reading →

iOS 10.3 Beta 1 vs iOS 10.2.1 Speed Test Shows Faster Boot Times Due to APFS

A couple of days ago, Apple released the first beta of iOS 10.3 that introduces a number of new features including Find my AirPods. An underlying change, though, likely to bring about a huge difference in performance is the new Apple File System. …

Second ‘Fappening’ hacker who targeted celebrity Apple accounts sentenced to 9 months in prison

Edward J. Majerczyk, 29, admitted last fall that he hacked into the Apple iCloud and Gmail accounts of more than 300 people....

Tesla sues ex-Autopilot chief for stealing company secrets

Tesla is suing its former Autopilot director, claiming he took confidential, proprietary information about its self-driving technology and destroyed evidence to cover his tracks, according to a lawsuit filed in Santa Clara Superior Court. I…

LG’s G6 will reportedly be the first non-Pixel phone with Google Assistant

Pokémon Go on Apple Watch vs. Pokémon Go Plus: Which should you wear?

As a location-based game, Pokémon Go is perfect for when you’re on your commute, walking to a store, or just out and about. However, there’s one big hassle to the experience: the need to have the app open and on your screen to track distance, di…

iCloud is one of Apple’s biggest challenges in 2017

Apple is fond of talking about its secret sauce, about the things only it can do because of its unprecedented combination of hardware, software, and services. But for all that it has been very successful with its strategy of making the whole widg…

Making a Pair of Prescription Eyeglasses From Scratch Is So Damn Hard

Here’s some free advice if you ever find yourself in a post-apocalyptic world and need glasses: squint. Because after watching How to Make Everything attempt to make a pair of prescription eyeglasses, let me tell you, it’s going to really, really ha…

Swingin' the hammer: nearly 6,000 players banned for hacking Pokémon Sun and Moon

If you modify and upload Pokémon to Sun and Moon, you're gonna have a bad time. The Pokémon Company has banned 5,954 Pokémon Sun and Moon players for wrongfully hacking the game and altering their save data. Digital Trends, who got the information …