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Wi-Fi for audiophiles: alliance preps TimeSync certification program

Nice market you have there, Bluetooth. Shame if anything should happen to it ... At CES last week, the Wi-Fi Alliance announced a certification program for devices supporting the TimeSync feature.…

Wi-Fi for audiophiles: alliance preps TimeSync certification program

Nice market you have there, Bluetooth. Shame if anything should happen to it ... At CES last week, the Wi-Fi Alliance announced a certification program for devices supporting the TimeSync feature.…

Apple revenues from iOS ecosystem should exceed $1 trillion this year, analyst says

According to independent analyst Horace Dediu, Apple's iOS hardware ecosystem and related services is on schedule to generate a cumulative $1 trillion sometime in 2017, a milestone for a consumer product.

HTC's 'U Ultra' flagship phone pairs AI with a secondary screen

Last year, HTC's flagship 10 smartphone won plenty of accolades -- we liked it because the company bucked the gimmicks and built a no-nonsense device that was excellent in its own right. With a new year comes a new flagship, though, and thi…

HTC’s new flagship phone has AI and a second screen, but no headphone jack

Apple Set to Earn $1 Trillion in Revenue From iOS Ecosystem By Middle of 2017

Apple's iOS ecosystem is on course to generate over $1 trillion in revenues for the company by the middle of this year, according to Asymco analyst Horace Dediu. Dediu's prediction is based on several factors, starting with an expectation that Ap…

How to quickly check that your home IoT devices are secure

Don't let your smart clock expose you to hackers. A web app from BullGuard can help.

Docker swings door shut on privilege escalation bug

Container escape vuln patched Docker has patched what it calls a “minor” container escape.…

The top doc, the FBI, the Geek Squad informant – and the child porn pic that technically wasn't

Feds face potential legal nightmare ahead of trial Lawyers for a California doctor accused of hoarding child sex abuse images are challenging the legitimacy of crucial evidence a PC repairman handed to the FBI.…

Android Wear 2.0 will finally arrive in early February

Smartwatches might have failed to take over the world last year, but Google will still make good of its promise to release Android Wear 2.0 in Q1 2017. According to a letter addressed to developers and published by Android Police, the long-…

Apple on track to hit $1 trillion in total revenue from iOS by the middle of this year

Last year, some analysts made the unlikely claim that Alphabet or Amazon might beat Apple to be the first trillion-dollar company. Asymco’s Horace Dediu, however, is out today with a new report predicting that Apple will cross the $1 trillion mark …

How the Special Effects of Silent Films Were Done

When you can’t rely on a computer to improve (or fake) a movie scene, you gotta improvise. And back in the days of silent films, filmmakers were really, really good at coming up with creative ways to cook up special effects. It was a master class of…

Google Cloud unlocks key achievement

Encryption got you down? Google will manage your secrets for you Google on Wednesday introduced its Cloud Key Management Service in beta to help Google Cloud Platform customers deal with their encryption keys.…

FCC slams Verizon, AT&T over zero rating, gives T-Mobile US a hug

Watchdog's staff outline new guidelines, but it won't matter if Commissioner Pai has his way US comms watchdog the FCC has issued new guidelines on the controversial practice of "zero rating" and whether it is illegal or not.…

If Trump Wants a ‘Hacking Defense’ Strategy, He Should Just Use Obama’s

President-elect Trump could learn a lot about the cyber from his predecessor. The post If Trump Wants a 'Hacking Defense' Strategy, He Should Just Use Obama's appeared first on WIRED.

Trump’s Plan to Avoid Conflicts of Interest Won’t Avoid a Thing

Lawyers and ethicists say from transparency to debts, the plan Trump revealed today solves nothing. Oh, and blind trusts actually have to be blind. The post Trump's Plan to Avoid Conflicts of Interest Won't Avoid a Thing appeared first on WIRED.

All electric trains in the Netherlands now run on wind energy

The Netherlands has been harnessing the power of the wind to drain bodies of water, saw timber and to produce oil for centuries. Now, the country is also using it to run all its electric trains. The Dutch railways network (NS) started using…