DailyMotion-hack treft miljoenen accounts

Videosite Dailymotion is gehackt. Geen paniek, hoewel de cijfers indrukwekkend zijn, is de impact waarschijnlijk laag. De hackers hebben de gegevens van ruim 82 miljoen accounts buitgemaakt, waaronder ook 18 miljoen versleutelde wachtwoorden. Dailym…

Tim Cook: “Apple Watch gaat beste kwartaal ooit tegemoet”

De smartwatchmarkt groeit amper en Apple verkocht na een sterke lancering afgelopen kwartaal slechts 1,1 miljoen Apple Watches tegen­over 3,9 miljoen een jaar eerder. Dat heeft markt­onderzoeker IDC becijferd. Apple-CEO Tim Cook blijft echter positi…

New Apple Spot: ‘iPhone 7 – Romeo and Juliet’

“Your movies look like movies on iPhone 7.” That’s the tag line to Apple’s newest commercial, iPhone 7 – Romeo and Juliet. It features a performance from Shakespeare’s play of the same name with children in the starring role. The piece looks like a …

Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter and YouTube team to ID terror content

Hash-sharing pact will help them ID violent extremism you see it Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter and YouTube have teamed up to share their expertise spotting terrorism-related content, in order to crimp its spread.…

In the three years since IETF said pervasive monitoring is an attack, what's changed?

IETF Security director Stephen Farrell offers a report card on evolving defences FEATURE  After three years of work on making the Internet more secure, the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) still faces bottlenecks: ordinary peoples' perception …

Leap Motion ontwikkelt sensor voor handherkenning mobiele vr-headsets

Leap Motion werkt aan een mobiele versie van zijn technologie voor handherkenning. De combinatie van sensor en software is bedoeld voor mobiele vr-headsets, die dan geen controller nodig hebben voor de bediening.

Contact lens-based tech could lead to better EV power source

A team of scientists from the UK have developed a material made of polymers that could become the answer to humanity's battery woes. It could apparently lead to supercapacitors -- battery alternatives that can charge really quickly -- up to…

Apple blames exposure to ‘ambient air’ for iPhone 6S battery failures

First Click: Amazon’s Echo taught me I have no idea what music I like

US students continue to lag in math, as Singapore leads global survey

Instagram Will Soon Let Users Turn Comments Off Completely

A new update coming to Instagram will allow users to turn the comments section under each of their posts off completely, continuing the app's anti-harrassment toolset it began introducing with a keyword moderation update in September. Users will…

Supreme Court Reverses Apple's $399 Million Award in Samsung Phone Design Lawsuit

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled in favor of Samsung in its longstanding smartphone design lawsuit with Apple, reversing a $399 million damages judgment awarded to Apple by a lower court. The case will now return to lower court for further pr…

Uber Faces Negative Reactions After Update Introduces Background GPS Tracking

A recent update to ride-hailing app Uber is generating a negative reaction online, with customers concerned over the company's decision to track their location "from the time of trip request through five minutes after the trip ends," no matter if th…

Apple's Renewed Focus on iPad Left the Mac Behind This Year

When looking at the current state of the Mac lineup, the new MacBook Pro is the only model Apple has updated over the past seven-plus months. Even the latest MacBook Pro models required a 527-day wait, which was considerably longer than the average …

21% off Seagate Expansion 1TB Portable External Hard Drive USB 3.0 - Deal Alert

The Seagate expansion desktop drive provides extra storage for your ever-growing collection of files. Instantly add space for more files, consolidate all of your files to a single location, or free up space on your computer's internal drive to he…

Fake news fallout: Facebook starts asking users if headlines are accurate

Facebook has a big problem with fake news stories that are spread on the social network, and now it’s hoping users can help. People are reporting that Facebook is asking them survey questions to help determine whether news headlines are accurate.…

Software can be more secure, says NIST, and we think we know how

Standards org's wish-list probably looks a bit like yours The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has completed its long-running research into cutting software vulnerabilities and dropped the big envelope into the White House lette…

Standards body warned SMS 2FA is insecure and nobody listened

Duo Security says NIST's advice to deprecate out-of-band passwords has been ignored The US National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST's) advice that SMS is a poor way to deliver two factor authentication is having little impact, accordin…

Consumentenorganisaties dienen klachten in om privacyinbreuken door speelgoed

Verschillende Europese en Amerikaanse consumentenorganisaties hebben klachten ingediend een bedrijf dat speelgoed voor kinderen maakt. Dit speelgoed, waaronder twee poppen, zou ernstig tekortschieten op het gebied van privacy en beveiliging.

Zuid-Koreaanse site: waterdichte LG G6 krijgt geen verwisselbare accu of modules

De opvolger van de LG G5 krijgt een waterbestendig ontwerp en ondersteunt draadloos laden, maar heeft geen verwisselbare accu of modules. Dat claimt de doorgaans goed ingelichte Zuid-Koreaanse site ETNews op basis van eigen bronnen.

Nintendo classic 'Excitebike 64' skids its way onto Wii U

Wii U owners, it's time to charge your GamePad -- Excitebike 64 is zooming its way onto the Virtual Console this week. Costing $10 (£9), the game arrives on Wii U this Thursday alongside Wario's stylish Wii adventure, Wario Land: Shak…