News: Russia orders Apple to pull LinkedIn app

Apple has pulled the LinkedIn app from its App Store in Russia, The New York Times reports. The move came after Russia blocked the social networking site for not complying with local laws requiring…

Best Battery Banks for iPhone

What's the best battery bank for iPhone? Here are our favorites! Having a way to charge your iPhone on the go is paramount nowadays, especially since heavy use — looking at you Facebook, Snapchat, and Pokémon Go! — can kill your battery before da…

Nine Easy Things You Can Do To Save the Ocean

It’s our responsibility to keep the oceans clean and, so far, we suck at it. Most of us don’t know we harm the ocean with ordinary things we do every day. Best of all, they’re things that are easy to stop doing, or to do better.Read more...

FTC sues D-Link for ‘insecure’ routers and IP cameras

Regulator launches crackdown on insecure devices that allow snoopers to spy on you and your family

FTC sues D-Link for ‘insecure’ routers and IP cameras

Regulator launches crackdown on insecure devices that allow snoopers to spy on you and your family

KeePass Password Safe 2.35

Dominik Reichl heeft versie 2.35 van KeePass Password Safe uitgebracht. Met deze opensource-wachtwoordmanager kunnen accounts worden opgeslagen, inclusief de bijbehorende gegevens, zoals gebruikersnaam, wachtwoord en url. Alle gegevens worden veilig…

Here Are More Inexpensive LED Bulbs, This Time For Your Recessed Lights

Deals on standard A19 LED light bulbs are a dime a dozen these days, but we don’t see as many good discounts on LED BR30 flood light bulbs, so stock up and stop wasting energy with your recessed lighting fixtures.Read more...

UKCloud: We ARE cheaper than Microsoft or AWS online storage

Claim customers need a degree in Amazon pricing to understand it British-based infrastructure services-slinger UKCloud says it is “fighting back” against the giants of industry by slashing the price of online storage.…

Contrary to Trump's Claim, the 'Dress Shops' in D.C. Are Definitely Not Sold Out

In an interview with the New York Times last night about Meryl Streep’s scathing Golden Globes speech (“as if Meryl Streep and others could read my mind”), President-Elect Donald Trump claimed that actually, so many celebrities and regular people ar…

TidBITS Watchlist: Notable Software Updates for 9 January 2017

Notable software releases this week include OmniFocus 2.8 and Default Folder X 5.1.2. Read the full article at TidBITS, the oldest continuously published technology publication on the Internet. To get a full-text RSS feed, help support our work and …

Anyone Can Learn a New Skill With Amazon's One-Day Digital Textbook Sale

Amazon’s one-day eTextbook sale might sound like it’s only for students, but education never stops, and the sale is full of titles that anyone could learn a thing or two from.Read more...

Illuminate Your House With Mpow's Solar-Powered Spotlights, No Wiring Required

Without any wiring to futz with, Mpow’s solar-powered, motion-sensing spotlights are the easiest way to illuminate your front porch or lawn, and you can get one for $16 today, or buy more and save. Just be sure to note the promo codes in each case.R…

Trump Just Dismissed the People in Charge of Maintaining Our Nuclear Arsenal

Between the Trump transition team’s infighting, incompetence, and high-profile resignations, any decisions that signaled even a modicum of stability for the country would come as a relief at this point. Unfortunately, the nascent Trump Administrati…

FTC sues D-Link for ‘insecure’ routers and IP cameras

Regulator launches crackdown on insecure devices that allow snoopers to spy on you and your family

The Director of Star Wars: Episode VIII Talks Luke's Plans and Rey's Potential

Now that Rogue One is in theaters and the calendar has officially flipped to 2017, Star Wars fans can safely start their mass consumption of all information on Star Wars: Episode VIII. Writer-director Rian Johnson has just given us more clues about …

Corrupt NHS official jailed for £80k bribe over tech contract

And the dodgy IT contractor? He got 14 months bird time to think about life Corrupt NHS official jailed for £80k IT contract bribe…

Hubble Shows What’s in Store for the Incredible Voyager Probes

Launched in 1977, the Voyager space probes are further from Earth than any human-made object ever built. Using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have charted a roadmap for the probes, revealing surprising details about their ongoing journey th…

Neodriven is a rearview mirror replacement that can make your car semi-autonomous

Corrupt NHS official jailed for £80k bribe over tech contract

And the dodgy IT contractor? He got 14 months bird time to think about life Corrupt NHS official jailed for £80k IT contract bribe…

Pharma hate figure Martin Shkreli suspended from Twitter

Attention seeker gains yet more oxygen of publicity One-time pharmaceutical exec and distasteful windup merchant Martin Shkreli has had his Twitter account suspended after a Twitter spokesman alleged he had harassed a female journalist on the site.…

Some Genius Crammed the Japanese NES Classic Edition Into an Old Game Boy

After the release of the NES Classic Edition, there’s been quite a bit of speculation about what console Nintendo plans to miniaturize next. The SNES? The N64? The geniuses at Kei Studio clearly want a Game Boy Classic Edition, but instead of waitin…