HP belooft printerupdate voor terugbrengen ondersteuning huismerk-cartridges

HP brengt binnen twee weken een optionele update uit die ervoor zorgt dat bepaalde printermodellen van het bedrijf weer huismerkcartridges ondersteunden. Een recente firmware-update maakte een einde aan die ondersteuning, wat volgens HP 'een kleine …

BlackBerry-directeur: partners zullen toestellen met toetsenbord maken

Er zullen smartphones onder de naam van BlackBerry blijven uitkomen met een fysiek toetsenbord. Dat heeft de directeur van de Canadese softwaremaker John Chen gezegd. BlackBerry is gestopt met het zelf ontwikkelen van smartphones.

Den Haag sleept Pokémon Go-maker Niantic voor de rechter om overlast

De gemeente Den Haag sleept Pokémon Go-maker Niantic voor de rechter, vanwege de overlast die het telefoonspelletje veroorzaakt. Den Haag probeert al een maand contact te krijgen met de ontwikkelaar, maar krijgt tot nu toe geen contact.

Raise some Hell on your commute with the 'Doom' soundtrack

In case you wanted to listen to the crushing beats and guitar riffs of Doom's soundtrack during your daily trip to work or school, now's your chance. Composer Mick Gordon's industrial-metal score is available to purchase and stream from Goo…

Crusty Cat 5e/6 cables just magically sped up to 2.5 Gbps and 5 Gbps

Thank you, IEEE, for approving the 802.11bz standard and faster ethernet on old wires The IEEE has approved the specification covering 2.5 Gbps and 5 Gbps Ethernet, 802.11bz.…

What a time to be alive: Nissan reveals self-driving chair

Tired of standing in queues? Auto-maker says it's solved serious societal problem POLL  Nissan has revealed a thing called the “ProPILOT Chair” that it says exemplifies “the benefits of its intelligent mobility technology” because it “ automatically…

Researchers crack Oz Govt medical data in 'easy' attack with PCs

White hat efforts show up Govt's proposed laws to criminalise research Australian researchers have laid waste to the Federal Government's plan to criminalise the decryption of anonymised state data sets, just a day after it was announced, by 'easily…

Crusty Cat 5e/6 cables just magically sped up to 2.5 Gbps and 5 Gbps

Thank you, IEEE, for approving the 802.11bz standard and faster ethernet on old wires The IEEE has approved the specification covering 2.5 Gbps and 5 Gbps Ethernet, 802.11bz.…

Ontwikkelaar inXile kondigt Wasteland 3 aan

Ontwikkelaar inXile heeft de derde game in zijn inXile-reeks aangekondigd. Wasteland 3 is het eerste spel in de serie met de mogelijkheid een campagne te spelen in co-op-modus. De ontwikkelaar wil wederom de game financieren via crowdfunding.

How to solve an app blocking your screen when your Mac hasn’t crashed

After upgrading to macOS Sierra and restarting my Mac, everything came up normally—except for Snapz Pro, a venerable screen-capture program that I had updated to the latest version (2.6.0), but should probably have disabled out of caution. Snapz…

What's next for Siri?

It’s been nearly five years since Scott Forstall stood on stage and introduced Siri to the world. Siri has come a long way since the days of the iPhone 4S, and now Apple’s voice-controlled assistant is on our iPhones, iPads, Apple Watches, and ev…

Dead air: Snap judgment on the AirPods

Hey, kids! Who likes validating pre-conceived ideas?! Everyone, right?! Well, writing for Computerworld, Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols squares his personal circle on the Apple AirPods. “AirPods: Just as bad as you thought they’d be.” (Tip o’ the ant…

Large Looking Man Prepares Seemingly Small Lasagna

Without an outside reference point, it’s impossible to say whether Jay Baron is exceedingly large or the food he makes quite small indeed, but there’s a definite disparity of scale going on throughout his YouTube channel Walking with Giants.Read mor…

'Spotify spreekt met Soundcloud over overname'

Spotify zou in vergevorderde gesprekken zijn met muziekdienst Soundcloud over een overname. Dat meldt zakenkrant Financial Times. Het is onbekend wat een overname zou betekenen voor de gebruikers van beide muziekdiensten.

Spotify launches in the world's second biggest music market: Japan

After protracted deal-making with the country's record labels, Spotify has finally launched in Japan. To sweeten the deal to prospective listeners, it's already putting particular focus on the service's lyric display feature -- and the kara…

Roku has an app problem, but it's working on solutions

Roku's new hardware really needs first-class apps to go with it.

Roku has an app problem, but it's working on solutions

Roku's new hardware really needs first-class apps to go with it.

NYT: ‘Defending Against Hackers Took a Back Seat at Yahoo, Insiders Say’

Volkswagen's I.D. arrives in 2020 with up to 370 mile range

VW has kicked off the Paris Motor Show with some (much needed) flair, unveiling the fully electric I.D.. The I.D. looks like something straight out of Back To The Future II, and has a suitably futuristic release date too: 2020. Volkswagen c…

Shake Shack Founder Danny Meyer Introducing Apple Watch to the Hospitality Industry

Optus' HFC problems were never a secret, so why did nbn™ need the network?

Malcolm Turnbull, you will never be a network engineer Someone check in on former senator Stephen Conroy, would they, and make sure he hasn't laughed himself to death?…