Foxconn and Sharp Consider Building LCD Plant in the U.S.

Foxconn and Sharp are considering building an LCD plant in the United States following President-Elect Trump's call for companies to starting making things in America again, reports Nikkei.Hon Hai Precision Industry and its Japanese subsidiary Sharp…

Appeals court reopens Apple vs. Samsung case over iPhone’s patented design

WhatsApp has a backdoor that allows snooping on end-to-end encrypted messages

Apple and Samsung Dispute Over iPhone Design Reopened

This week appears to be one where Apple sees aging lawsuits reanimated to drag the Cupertino-based company’s lawyers back into court rooms. Continue reading →

Snapchat Launches a New Universal Search Bar to Navigate Faster

Snapchat‘s popularity has only increased since its debut, but for first-time users, the experience can be a bit daunting. Continue reading →

This Week's Most Popular Posts: January 6th to 13th

This week we got cozy and learned about the Danish concept of “hygge” for dealing with harsh winters, tested out the best retro gaming controllers, compared popular language learning apps, and more. Here’s a look back.Read more...

How wearables knew this researcher was sick long before he did

Stanford geneticist Michael Snyder’s research into wearable biosensors has turned into a case study demonstrating...

Onderzoeker: “WhatsApp kampt al maanden met beveiligings­probleem”

Er zit een kleine kwetsbaarheid in de end-to-end-encryptie van WhatsApp. Door encryptie zouden chats alleen bij de legitieme ontvanger aan moeten komen, maar volgens beveiligings­onderzoeker Tobias Boelter is dat niet altijd het geval. De encryptie …

Opera Reinvents the Web Browser with Neon for Mac and Windows

Opera thinks the current state of web browsers kind of sucks, and they’re pretty much right. Instead of just complaining, however, they developed a now browser concept where they can experiment with different interface ideas. They’re calling the bro…

Do containers stack up as data storage building blocks?

Sounds odd but it could work - disk controller heads are stateless Storage Architect  There’s an almost religious divide between those who see containers as entirely stateless objects and others taking a more pragmatic approach that says state and c…

Mr Angry pays taxman with five wheelbarrows worth of loose change

300,000 coins to count but just one digit that mattered, the middle one Reg Standards Bureau  There are supposedly two certainties in life, death and taxes, and while we've never seen death by wheelbarrow, Nick Stafford from Cedar Buff, Virginia has…

Do containers stack up as data storage building blocks?

Sounds odd but it could work - disk controller heads are stateless Storage Architect  There’s an almost religious divide between those who see containers as entirely stateless objects and others taking a more pragmatic approach that says state and c…

Strike day struck off as Fujitsu and Unite negotiate job cuts

It's good to talk... with Acas It might be damn cold outside, but Unite the union is trying to thaw relations with Fujitsu by cancelling strike action scheduled for January 19 to enter conciliatory talks over job cuts, pay and pensions.…

Tech committee slams UK.gov for dithering over digital strategy

Over a year late, but it's not like we need 745,000 workers with digital skills or anything The Science and Technology Committee has today slammed the UK government for dragging its feet in releasing a digital strategy, now more than a year late.…

Onderzoeker waarschuwt voor gegijzelde Elasticsearch-clusters

Niall Merrigan, een van de beveiligingsonderzoekers die deze maand berichtte over gegijzelde MongoDB-databases, waarschuwt dat aanvallers zich nu richten op servers met Elasticsearch. Zij hanteren dezelfde werkwijze en vragen losgeld voor het terug…

Synology DSM 6.0.2 build 8451.8

Synology heeft een zevende update voor versie 6.0.2 van Disk Station Manager uitgebracht. DSM is de beheerssoftware die op diverse nas-producten van het bedrijf draait. De Disk, Cube en Rack Stations bieden meer dan alleen extra opslagruimte. Zo kun…

Weekend Deals: 32GB Apple TV for $129; $150 off 2016 13" MacBook Pro; 1TB 27" iMac 5K for $2,199

Shoppers this weekend can save $20 on 32GB and 64GB Apple TVs or $150 on Apple's latest 13-inch MacBook Pro without Touch Bar thanks to exclusive savings. Or snap up an upgraded 27" iMac 5K (3.2GHz, 32GB, 1TB, M380) at $200 off …

Android creator Andy Rubin plans AI-equipped smartphone with edge-to-edge display, ceramic back

The man behind Google's Android platform, Andy Rubin, is preparing to reveal a company that will field a high-end smartphone with a bezel-free screen, ceramic back, and a heavy focus on AI -- posing yet another challenge to Appl…

Nintendo will have a Switch app to help with parental controls

Nintendo dropped all the official details on its new Switch console that's set to arrive in March while most of us were sleeping. Along with a truckload of hardware and software info, the company also has an app for Android and iOS to help …

FTC vs D-Link: All bark, no bite

Most routers are bad. Bad to their little router bones. But they were made that way. And when you get one of the bad ones in your home, they sit there like little privacy and security time bombs, just waiting to become conduits of evil in y…

I can’t wait until this Chainsmokers song about nothing is the biggest song in America