Two weeks ago Apple acknowledged that some iPhone 6S units have been shutting down unexpectedly and announced it will be replacing devices with faulty batteries free of charge at its branded retail stores as well as authorized service providers across the globe. While Cupertino i … | Continue reading
According to the latest reports, the Samsung Galaxy S8 will arrive with a QHD resolution display and a USB Type-C port, but won't feature a 3.5mm audio jack. | Continue reading
There's free Christmas Hitman content coming to PC, PS4 and Xbox One next week (Tuesday 13th) in the name of charity: the World Cancer Research Fund.It's a festive rework of the Paris Showstopper level, now resplendent with Christmas trees, decorations, maybe a little mistletoe y … | Continue reading
Episode 10 of Westworld closes out the season with a bloody robot rebellion. Dolores, one of the amusement park’s android hosts, kills the park’s remaining founder, Robert Ford. But in the buildup before she puts a gun to his head, Ford subjects Dolores to an incongruous art hist … | Continue reading
You were probably hoping the whole no headphone jack thing was just a 2016 fad, right? Sorry, but Sammobile thinks it’s here to stay, as Samsung is reportedly preparing to release its Galaxy S8 sans jack. The S8 is also expected to ship with a USB Type-C port for charging and lis … | Continue reading
Will Pokémon Go get a bunch of new Pokémon to catch this week? An upcoming Starbucks event appears to suggest so.Leaked promotional material hints that Pokémon Gold and Silver's quota of 100 critters will join the game this Friday.Starbucks coffee shops will be added to the game … | Continue reading
Amazon betreibt neuerdings einen Supermarkt in Seattle. Genauer an der Kreuzung 7th Avenue/Blanchard Street. Und Amazon wäre nicht Amazon, wäre der Supermarkt nicht hochmodern ausgestattet. Amazon Go ist nämlich der erste Supermarkt, der... | Continue reading
Like something you read here? Just highlight any line and you can tweet it automatically! Michael Radolinski is the founder and CEO of FêteFone, a unique audio guest book that lets wedding and spe… | Continue reading
Micron is launching a new set of enterprise SSDs with flexible provisioning and 32 layers of TLC NAND. The gains and improvements of moving to TLC are large enough that we may well see more companies taking this step. The post Micron launches reconfigurable 5100 Series enterprise … | Continue reading
At PSX over the weekend, The Last of Us 2 was finally announced with an atmospheric - albeit rather grisly - reveal trailer. The trailer focuses on main character Ellie, now nineteen years old, playing guitar in a roomful of corpses; teens, honestly. Anyway, while light on story … | Continue reading
Elysium Health markets a pill formulated with ingredients it says will keep you feeling young and, according to a source close to the matter and documents obtained by TechCrunch, the startup has closed on $20 million in Series B financing at what we’re told is a $157 million pre- … | Continue reading
Overstock is lending a hand to broker-dealers as it inches closer to its blockchain-powered stock issuance.Source | Continue reading
Cybersecurity startup Secdo has raised $10 million in a Series A round led by RDC and Check Point cofounder and chairman Marius Nacht, with participation from the founders of Anobit, a startup acquired by Apple back in 2011. Founded out of Israel in 2014, Secdo promises to help s … | Continue reading
Google Wifi is an easy-to-use home networking system using mesh technology to blanket your house in a strong Wi-Fi signal. Here is our full review. | Continue reading
Virtual reality is a revolution with a lot of moving parts. Sure, it’s a renaissance for PC component manufacturers that once again need to push the limits on hardware, but it’s also pushing ISPs to better serve users with better download speeds so that they can enjoy VR content. … | Continue reading
Fog Creek Software, responsible for the births of Trello and Stack Overflow, is today launching Gomix, a platform that wants to democratize app building. Gomix gives people working apps they can remix and modify, and then host and deploy for free. At a high level, Gomix is design … | Continue reading
Outside Tulsa, Oklahoma, among a series of nondescript warehouses off Route 69, lies a Google campus. Beyond its peculiar location — about 2,000 miles from the company's Mountain View, California headquarters — the site has all the standard hallmarks. There are polka-dotted emplo … | Continue reading
It’s funny to think that the most interesting tech products of 2016 have been routers. The router has transformed from a utilitarian computer hardware with antennas sticking out of it to multiple, sleekly designed pods that are placed throughout your home. This method of using mo … | Continue reading
Wargaming’s six-year-old "World of Tanks" franchise pulled in more than $550 million in revenue in 2015. The game is based on the freemium model, meaning it’s free to play but makes its money from premium features, as Mark Kelly reports. Image: Wargaming | Continue reading
I think we can all agree that Wi-Fi routers aren't sexy devices. Nobody really gets excited over a router, unless maybe if you work in IT. And yet, Wi-Fi routers are kind of the rage right now. You see, we all want fast and reliable Wi-Fi in every corner of our home. But networki … | Continue reading
TechCrunch, in partnership with some of the UK’s best known entrepreneurs and VC’s, announced today at TechCrunch Disrupt London a set of key recommendations for government about its approach to the tech startup industry in a ‘post-Brexit’ Britain. The panel of nine key figures h … | Continue reading
Meizu’s another in a long list of Chinese phone makers with a strong foothold that has yet to make a dent in the US market. But the company growing pretty rapidly, selling 20 million phones last year alone, and with such growth comes diversification – which means, naturally, wear … | Continue reading
Data center giant Equinix has revealed plans to buy 24 data center sites and their associated operations from Verizon in a $3.6 billion all-cash deal. Founded in 1998, Equinix already offered more than 150 data centers to companies and cloud-service providers in 40 markets, and c … | Continue reading
Aftermarket heads-up driving accessory maker Navdy is teaming up with Harman, one of the leading suppliers of connected car systems and other components for automobiles. Harman, recently acquired by Samsung, has made a strategic investment in Navdy, and will also co-brand a new “ … | Continue reading
Thompson makes history | DeRozan as the next Kobe Bryant | Bulls downplay Rondo suspension | Hawks make a lineup change | Continue reading
There's nothing intrinsically wrong with dongles, but using 2-4 of them on a machine supposedly engineered for svelte lines and simple user experiences doesn't sit well with many users.The post This multi-port accessory adds back everything Apple removed from the latest MacBook P … | Continue reading
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Whether you want it or not, the next Transformers movie, Transformers: The Last Knight, is well on its way, and we just got our first trailer. Here, Sir Anthony Hopkins, now free from his duties on Westworld, introduces us to the idea that the race of sentient robots has been com … | Continue reading
Der Regisseur Michael Bay hat in den letzten Jahren ohne Zweifel ein ganz eigenes Genre des Blockbusters mitdefiniert. Wer braucht gute Dialoge, Punchlines und tolles Storytelling, wenn man mit modernster Computertechnik die Welt auseinander nehmen kann.... | Continue reading
Snow and ice caused a pileup in Montreal, Canada, on Monday. Several cars including a police vehicle, two buses, a truck, and a snow plow were involved in the crash. | Continue reading
Identifier: H2020-MSCA-RISE-2017Pillar: Excellent ScienceOpening Date: Deadline: Wed, 5 Apr 2017 17:00:00 (Brussels local time)Modification Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2016Latest information: The submission session is now available for: MSCA-RISE-2017(MSCA-RISE) | Continue reading
For the first time since Fog Creek Software was founded more than sixteen years ago, we have a new CEO, Anil Dash. | Continue reading
The impact of regulations targeting cryptocurrencies is being felt again in the United States. This time it is the State of Washington which seems to be at the receiving end after Bitstamp announced that it won’t be providing services in the “Evergreen State”. The platform’s mail … | Continue reading
According to the Norwegian consumer counsil Forbrukerrådet, some high-tech toys created by U.S.-based manufacturer Genesis Toys are hazardous to children’s privacy, and warranted a complaint to the Federal Trade Commission and the European Union. The toys in question are My Frien … | Continue reading
People keeping a close eye on the Ethereum price may have noticed things are heading south. In fact, Augur’s REP token is following a similar trend. As it turns out, someone has – allegedly – hacked one of both currency’s “whales” and is dumping all associated coins. An excellent … | Continue reading
BNY Mellon’s treasury unit has organized a new innovation group aimed at investigating and testing new technologies like blockchain.Source | Continue reading
For romantics among us, one of 2017’s most enticing storylines will be witnessing the return of the Nokia brand to the world of smartphones. Nokia is the company that defined the mobile phone for most of us in Europe (even if its US presence was never that large), and its revival … | Continue reading
Coca Cola South Pacific is kicking off one of its largest sampling programmes to date in Australia, with the aim of promoting its Glaceau smartwater brand. | Continue reading
Glispa, the mobile performance marketing and ad tech company, grew rapidly in 2016, as mobile ad spending overtook desktop spending for the first time. During 2016, Glispa added more than 300 advertisers, doubled its employees to 280, and made a major investment in new technology … | Continue reading
Oculus has launched its motion controllers, and the device has impressed me so far. To show off what these hand-tracking joypads are capable of, I’ve decided to record some gameplay. For this video, I boot up the spray-painting simulator Kingspray and slow-motion ninja simulator … | Continue reading
Samsung may be postponing its yearly executive reshuffle until February while the company is investigated for sending 20 billion won to bogus organizations. | Continue reading
Last month, Apple launched a recall program for a number of iPhone 6S models that have been shutting down unexpectedly. Now, the company has also offered an explanation for what went wrong, saying that during the phones’ assembly their batteries were exposed to what Apple is call … | Continue reading
Step aside, Tesla. Honda has announced plans to demonstrate a concept for an AI-powered electric car that is also capable of “generating its own emotions” – and now we know how it might look like. Today, Honda shared the first image from its upcoming smart car on its website alon … | Continue reading
Auch Meizu kann Fitness. Das gleichnamige Band erscheint dieser Tage im heimischen China und tritt damit gegen die direkte Konkurrenz von Xiaomi an, die die Kategorie des preisgünstigen Fitness-Armbands seit geraumer Zeit sehr erfolgreich besetzten,... | Continue reading
French VC firm Partech Ventures announced that they closed their seed fund of $107 million (€100 million) for early stage startups. Partech Entrepreneur II is focusing on seed rounds, and the firm plans to invest in 80 different startups. The firm already announced the creation o … | Continue reading
Things were pretty simple when I first learned to code, almost ten years ago. I started by building simple websites. Once I figured out how to set up a LAMP server, I started hacking away, guided by free online tutorials and blog posts. When I later learned to build desktop appli … | Continue reading
Two wrongs don't make a right, but a few hundred might make a right credit card number. The post Researchers use ‘guessing attack’ to hack credit card in 6 seconds appeared first on ExtremeTech. | Continue reading
Visbit has raised $3.2 million for a new virtual reality (VR) and 360-degree video streaming service for mobile devices. The seed money comes from Presence Capital, ZhenFund, Colopl Next, Amino Capital, and Eversunny. The company has also announced the closed beta version of the … | Continue reading