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LG Said to Supply Apple With Foldable Displays for Future iPhones

LG's display division is developing and will start mass-producing foldable displays for smartphones in 2018, and supply them to Apple, Google, and Microsoft, according to South Korean website ETNews. LG has shown off various futuristic-looking cu…

Apple's macOS file encryption easily bypassed without the latest fixes

Without the macOS update released this week, Apple’s disk encryption can be easily defeated by connecting a specially crafted device to a locked MacBook.The attack is possible because devices connected over Thunderbolt can access the computer’s R…

German infosec agency urges security review after Yahoo! flensing

Local companies take security seriously, says BSI head, but give 'em fake phone numbers and addresses anyway Germany's Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik (Federal Office for Information Security or BSI) has warned users to reconside…

NASA – get this – just launched a satellite from a rocket dropped from a plane at 40,000ft

You boffins are just showing off now Video  NASA's Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS) has made it safely into orbit after being air-launched from Orbital ATK's Stargazer aircraft.…

Sysadmin 'fixed' PC by hiding it on a bookshelf for a few weeks

User who though he knew everything was satisfied by doing precisely nothing On-Call  Welcome again to On-Call, our weekly column in which we recount readers' tales of jobs gone wrong, often at times or for reasons that are just plain wrong.…

Honor presenteert Magic-telefoon die 70 procent kan opladen in twintig minuten

Huawei-dochtermerk Honor heeft de Magic-telefoon gepresenteerd. Volgens de fabrikant kunnen gebruikers de accu van het toestel in tien minuten opladen tot 40 procent en in twintig minuten tot 70 procent. De accu heeft een capaciteit van 2900mAh.

Overheid gaat dekking afdwingen van providers bij frequentieveilingen

Bij komende frequentieveilingen gaat de overheid eisen op gebied van dekking stellen aan mobiele aanbieders. De overheid wil zo afdwingen dat ook in gebieden waar de dekking nu nog niet goed genoeg is, een betrouwbare en snelle verbinding te maken i…

This free Mac app puts emoji at your fingertips, just like the Touch Bar

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Life after Yahoo: How iOS users can stay safe online

This has been a very challenging year when it comes to online security on every platform. We’ve seen some of the biggest online hacks in history; we’ve learned that over a billion Yahoo accounts have been compromised, and Apple recently patched a…

Verizon Decides to Support Galaxy Note7 Brick Update, But Not Until After Holidays

Verizon has announced that it will support an incoming update for potentially dangerous Galaxy Note7 devices that will effectively render the smartphones useless, after originally stating that it would not roll out the update "because of the added r…

Stocking Stuffer Ideas, Deals and Discounts - Deal Alert

Just because it fits in a stocking doesn't make it a good idea, or a smart use of your money this season. Here we've compiled a list of great techie stocking stuffer ideas that are reasonably priced, highly rated, and deeply discounted. We'll upd…

Brace yourself, network admins, Amazon Video just hit 200 nations

Six yankee dollars a month everywhere except the Eurozone Amazon's flicked the switch on the global rollout of its Prime Video service, making it available in 200 nations around the world..…

Could a robot vacuum cleaner monitor your data centre?

El Reg takes LG's webcam-and-WiFi equipped Roboking Turbo+Homeview for a spin Can you monitor a data centre with a vacuum cleaner?…

Asus RT-AC68U 3.0.0.4.380.4164

Asus heeft kortgeleden nieuwe firmware voor de RT-AC68U beschikbaar gesteld. Deze dualband-router kan clients zowel bedraad als draadloos van netwerktoegang voorzien. Verder zijn er twee usb-poorten aanwezig, waarvan een usb 3.0, zodat een printer o…

GeForce Game Ready Driver 376.33 WHQL

Nvidia heeft nieuwe stabiele GeForce-drivers uitgebracht. De drivers dragen versienummer 376.33 WHQL en zijn geschikt voor Windows Vista en hoger, met zoals gebruikelijk aparte downloads voor 32bit- en 64bit-omgevingen. De drivers kunnen worden gebr…

Tele2 geeft nieuwe klanten direct toegang tot bellen via 4g

De Nederlandse provider Tele2 geeft vanaf vrijdag alle nieuwe klanten automatisch toegang tot de functie om te bellen via 4g. Tot nu toe gingen klanten automatisch over het 3g- of 2g-netwerk van T-Mobile om te kunnen bellen. Tele2 heeft alleen een e…

The Morning After: Friday December 16, 2016

Hey, it's Friday! The weekend is almost here. We have luxury EVs, a gaming laptop that's ready for VR, and Nintendo's patent sketches tell us all about its incoming Switch console.

Mercedes-Benz's Croove is like Airbnb but for cars

Ever since we've used automobiles to get around, the idea has been to buy or part-own a car until it's served its purpose and then look for a new one. These days, less and less people are choosing to own their own transportation, largely du…

Dropbox stopt ondersteuning voor openbare map

Dropbox stopt volgend jaar met de ondersteuning van de openbare map. Dat heeft de webopslagdienst bekendgemaakt. Voor gratis gebruikers zijn de mappen vanaf maart niet meer te gebruiken, voor betalende gebruikers gaan ze in september eruit.