Qualcomm is under legal attack, now in two of the world's biggest markets.
Lees meerCisco acquires AppDynamics for $3.7 billion, Facebook launches a Snapchat story clone in its app in Ireland, Amazon owns more of its shipping logistics, Apple isnt giving up on India, and Apple hires Dropcam co-founder Greg Duffy. All this on Crunch…
Lees meerPentax has released the KP, weatherproof, compact DSLR with five-axis body stabilization, extreme low-light-sensitivity and a pretty off-beat design. The standout feature is a ridiculously high 819,000 ISO, a setting that would let you shoo…
Lees meerApple’s alleged decision to join competitors on the Partnership on AI research group shows it now understands that artificial intelligence can only succeed if competitors find some ways to work together.Walled garden fail There are lots of differ…
Lees meerAfter testing the ability for brands to communicate directly with users, Facebook today announced its next step in monetizing its Messenger platform. In a post on the Messenger blog, Facebook product manager Eddie Zhang announced that the company i…
Lees meerA limit of three prompts per year, and a system-wide switch to turn off all such prompts, go a long way toward fixing the problem from the user’s perspective.
Lees meerDuring a lab test at Northumbria University last March, sports science students were supposed to receive around 300 milligrams of caffeine. Due to a misplaced decimal point, prosecutors say two of them were given 30,000 milligrams—equal to 300 cups …
Lees meerThe source code for a jailbreak of iOS 10.2 has been posted to GitHub by Luca Todesco but it's currently being described as incomplete.incomplete iOS 10.2 jailbreak for 64 bit devices by qwertyoruiopz and marcograssiTodesco announced that he was pla…
Lees meerIn the firecely competitive smartphone market where veteran players like LG, Motorola, and HTC are struggling to eek out a profit and remain relevant, Huawei has managed to surpass them all, not only in terms of market share but also profit. C…
Lees meerShamoon 2 software nasty is back and more evil than before At least 15 Saudi government offices and private companies have been hit by another wave of attacks from Shamoon 2 malware that leaves hard drives completely erased.…
Lees meerFor almost thirty years, Sky has operated first and foremost as a satellite television provider. Sure, the company has expanded its empire to include phone, broadband and, more recently, mobile services, but many of its customers have at so…
Lees meerUnlike how EA Sports has handled its monopoly on NFL games with Madden, Sony's venerable MLB: The Show series tries keeping things fresh, and most importantly fun, each season. One of the cooler aspects of this year's incarnation is Retro M…
Lees meerFacebook has hired Xiaomi executive Hugo Barra to lead its virtual reality business, following the vice president's announcement earlier this week that he would be leaving the Chinese smartphone maker. On Monday, the former Android executive at G…
Lees meerNot sure if you’ve been paying attention, but the world isn’t looking so great right now. People are scared. There’s no easy way to make yourself feel better in these trying times, but here’s something good—zoos around the globe are having a #CuteAn…
Lees meerI was hooked on porno, says chap who nicked compromising selfies of 300 people An American bloke has been jailed for breaking into the online accounts of 30 or so celebrities (and 270 other people) and swiping their most intimate snaps and secrets.…
Lees meerThe last time we reported on Canadian quantum computing company D-Wave, it'd extended a contract for its 500-qubit D-Wave Two machine. Now, the firm has announced a major step forward: commercial availability of the D-Wave 2000Q, which it s…
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