BlackBerry signs deal with Ford to work on cars of the future

VMware stubs its toe again: NSX has another VM-flattening bug

'Customers shouldn’t have to be the ones discovering these bugs!' says vExpert VMware says its NSX network virtualisation product is growing fast … perhaps too fast, because it's again been found to have a nasty bug.…

VMware stubs its toe again: NSX has another VM-flattening bug

'Customers shouldn’t have to be the ones discovering these bugs!' says vExpert VMware says its NSX network virtualisation product is growing fast … perhaps too fast, because it's again been found to have a nasty bug.…

Nymaim malware got a major 'upgrade', says Verint

It's nearly 2017, and Word macros are STILL spreading malware The miscreants behind the Nymaim malware dropper have updated their code to include better obfuscation and blacklisting against security software.…

Post-Mirai, HackForums kills off white hat DDoS rental service

Even hackers are worried about the Internet of S**t backlash The success of the Mirai botnet was apparently a shiver looking for a spine to run up: HackForums has killed off its “server stress test” DDoS-for-hire section.…

Microsoft open-sources half-baked Azure servers to boost OCP innovation

Redmond reckons open source hardware needs Alphas to fork with, just like open source code Microsoft thinks the Open Compute Project (OCP) moves a bit too slowly, so has tossed out some half-baked server designs in an effort to speed things along.…

Microsoft open-sources half-baked Azure servers to boost OCP innovation

Redmond reckons open source hardware needs Alphas to fork with, just like open source code Microsoft thinks the Open Compute Project (OCP) moves a bit too slowly, so has tossed out some half-baked server designs in an effort to speed things along.…

New developer betas of iOS, macOS, watchOS, tvOS available

Apple has released the first developer beta versions of iOS 10.2, macOS 10.12.2 Sierra, watchOS 3.1.1 and tvOS 10.1. They include unspecified bug fixes and performance improvements. The deve…

Apple releases iTunes 12.5.2 for the Mac

Apple has released iTunes 12.3.5 for the Mac.. It offers some bug fixes few bug fixes and minor improvements. iTunes 12.5.3 is at the Mac App Store and is also available via Apple’s website. …

Cheap, lousy tablets are killing the whole market says IDC

Amazon and Huawei sales up, everyone else is drooping It sounds like a big number, but the 43 million tablets that shipped in Q3 2016 are a disaster for vendors, according to prognosticator IDC.…

Uber, Lyft drivers shamed for 'racial bias' by uni eggheads

Study finds dial-a-car services also tend to overcharge women Passengers who use Uber and Lyft to dial up rides are often subject to racial and gender discrimination, claim researchers.…

WebAssembly: Finally something everyone agrees on – websites running C/C++ code

Native code spec gets buy-in from major browser makers Google, Microsoft, and Mozilla on Monday announced preview versions of WebAssembly, a low-level safe binary format designed to allow C/C++ code to run in web browsers.…

Google drops a zero-day on Microsoft: Web giant goes public with bug exploited by hackers

Even Adobe pushed its patch faster than Windows giant Google has slung a grenade at Microsoft by disclosing a Windows vulnerability before Redmond has a patch ready. The bug can be exploited by malware on a machine to gain administrator-level access…

Here are the emojis coming with iOS 10.2, including an astronaut emoji ?

 Apple dropped the first beta for iOS 10.2 today. And it comes with the latest update in emoji innovation. You may have noticed that Apple already redesigned most of the core emojis and added new gender and race options with iOS 10. But the company …

Mensenrechtenorganisaties willen opheldering over verwijderbeleid Facebook

Meer dan zeventig organisaties die zich bezighouden met mensenrechten hebben een open brief geschreven aan Facebook-oprichter Mark Zuckerberg. Zij willen duidelijkheid over het beleid dat Facebook hanteert over het verwijderen van content, omdat zij…

Three-commas Thiel expresses love for himself, Trump and downtrodden millionaires

Contrarian blood-sucker continues to confuse Billionaire venture capitalist and professional contrarian Peter Thiel hailed a new political reality this morning with another public endorsement of fellow billionaire Donald Trump just days before the U…

Google Play-winkel gaat frauduleuze app-installaties detecteren

Google heeft nieuwe detectiemechanismen ingebouwd in de Play Store, waarmee frauduleuze installaties van applicaties gedetecteerd kunnen worden. Sommige ontwikkelaars gebruiken dergelijke 'spaminstallaties' om hun ranking op Google Play op te hogen.

America has one month to stop the FBI getting its global license to hack

Lawmakers call for action over Rule 41 changes In one month, an obscure procedural rule tweak will come into effect allowing US cops and federal agents to hack any computer in the world using a single warrant issued anywhere in America.…

Melbourne Cup is 'top op for hacked camera DDoS extortionists'

Bet shops ready for old layer 3 stayers, less for IoT swoopers, says Akamai "The race that stops a nation" could also stop betting agencies if the regular barrage of timely distributed denial of service attack (DDoS) extortionists utilise insecure e…

BRAAA-AI-NS, BRAAA-AI-NS! Boffins unleash zombie-obsessed nightmare neural net

Computer-generated horrors not just limited to Microsoft Exchange updates AI can learn to speak, drive, play games, and recognise faces – but can it learn to incite fear?…

Apple rushes out iOS 10.1.1 fix after health data flat lines

Now with less-random information wiping Apple has once again posted an update to iOS, this time to address a bug it introduced with the last patch.…