Inside iOS 10: Widgets escape Notification Center, arrive on lock & home screens

After laying the groundwork with widgets in Notification Center with iOS 8, Apple's iOS 10 update makes widgets more accessible and useful by making them available not only on a a device's lock screen, but also on the home screen's …

Google releases massive visual databases for machine learning

It seems like we hear about a new breakthrough using machine learning nearly every day, but it's not easy. In order to fine-tune algorithms that recognize and predict patterns in data, you need to feed them massive amounts of already-tagged…

This Week's Top Downloads

Every week, we share a number of downloads for all platforms to help you get things done. Here were the top downloads from this week. , but over on How-To Geek, they point out that the free software is also useful for resetting apps back to their d…

Netflix had zaterdagavond een wereldwijde storing

Netflix kreeg zaterdagavond te maken met een technische storing, waardoor wereldwijd mensen geen verbinding konden krijgen met de streamingdienst. Inmiddels zijn de problemen weer verholpen, maar blijft de oorzaak in het ongewis.

USB-C's new audio spec could rid of your headphone jack

Like it or not, the effort to get rid of the headphone jack is well underway. The USB Implementers Forum has published its long-expected Audio Device Class 3.0 specification, giving device makers the standard they need to pipe sound through…

Apple ordered to pay VirnetX $302.4 million in patent retrial

Easily Cut Into Hard Winter Squash After a Quick Simmer

If you’re having a hard time cutting into the tough rind of that winter squash, try giving it a quick bath in simmering water first.Read more...

Hackers Pissed That People Don't Want to Pay for the NSA Tools They Stole

Since August, “TheShadowBrokers” have been claiming that they had acquired NSA hacking tools through a breach of the Equation Group, which is believed to be an offshoot of the NSA. After offering what appears to be proof of the tools’ legitimacy, th…

How to Turn Off Apple Watch

The Apple Watch battery lasts a while, and most users will place the Apple Watch onto the charger or into Night Stand mode if they’re letting it sit for a while, but sometimes you might want to actually turn the Apple Watch off completely. Maybe you…

Cram a Raspberry Pi Retro Console Inside a SNES Controller

We’ve seen a Raspberry Pi stuffed into an Xbox controller , arcade stick , and a NES controller , so it only makes sense we’d get one inside a SNES controller. YouTuber Anthony Caccese did just that. Read more...

Space drone learns how to see with one eye in zero-G

One of the small drones aboard the ISS taught itself how to go around station with just one eye, and it was a lot harder than you might think. For starters, the SPHERE drone (that's short for Synchronized Position Hold Engage and Reorient E…

Google Shows College Scorecard Information When You Search For Universities

Picking a college is a tough decision, but the more information you have the better. Now, Google can provide you with admission stats and other College Scorecard information that can help you make a decision.Read more...

Toy Commercial Shows Rogue One Shoretroopers in Action

We’ve only gotten tiny snippets of some of the latest ground forces for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, but one kid’s playground adventure gives the rest of us a solid look at the newest Scarif shoretroopers.Read more...

Keypirinha 2.9.6

Keypirinha is een programma die met name handig is voor mensen die de computer met het toetsenbord bedienen. Zo kunnen via een zoekbalk snel bestanden, favorieten, url's en sessies voor PuTTY, WinSCP, FileZilla gevonden of opgestart worden, kan het …

Leak shows how EU would punish Google over Android practices

You might not have to wait until the European Union officially launches its Android antitrust case to find out how it plans to punish Google. Reuters says it has obtained a copy of the European Commission's statement of objections (aka a c…

Give Your Sangria a Fall Makeover by Using Cider Instead of Wine

Summer is over, but that’s no reason to quit drinking cold, fruity sangria. To give this tasty pitcher of boozy goodness a fall makeover, just swap wine for apple cider.Read more...

Apple ordered to pay patent troll VirnetX $302.4M in latest ruling

Apple’s prolonged patent battle with VirnetX was believed to be coming to an end back in August, but a new ruling out of an east Texas court this week brings bad news for Apple… more…Filed under: Apple

Apple loses patent retrial to the litigious VirnetX, ordered to pay $302.4M

 Here’s yet more evidence that the US patent system needs over-hauling. Back in February we reported that Apple had been ordered to pay $625 million to notorious litigator VirnetX after a U.S. court judged that the iPhone-maker had infringed on pate…

Here Is What's Going on With the Extremely Dangerous Hurricane Matthew

Since yesterday evening, Hurricane Matthew has gathered strength and is on a collision course with the Caribbean. Here’s what we know about the strongest hurricane to hit the region since 2007.Read more...

Lose It! Now Tracks Your Diet by Snapping Photos of Your Food

iOS/Android: If you’re looking to improve your nutrition but don’t know where to start, popular food tracking app Lose It! now lets you snap a food photo or upload an existing one to your day’s food log. Called Snap It!, the feature makes tracking f…

What would you change about watchOS 3?

watchOS 3 has shipped but Apple's already working on watchOS 4 — so what do you want them to change? Apple has just shipped watchOS 3 but that just means they're already getting ramped up for watchOS 4. So, if Apple came to you and asked you what…