Microsoft усиливает темпы выдачи предварительных сборок Windows 10 для инсайдеров. Накануне компания выпустила новую сборку 10159, причем спустя всего 24 часа после появления предыдущей версии 10158. Такая скорость оправдана необходимостью внести поправки и изменения, необходимые перед выпуском финальной версии, которая все ближе. …
Секунда координации вызвала сбои в работе интернет-сервисов …
The pressure on app-based companies to reclassify their contractors as employees is picking up, with more of them getting sued this week. The California Labor Commission ruled last month that a driver of Uber Technologies was an employee and not a contractor, when driving for the company, and was hence …
Компания Apple выпустила новую версию мобильной операционной системы iOS 8.4, главной особенностью которой стал музыкальный сервис Apple Music. …
Владельцы iPhone используют яркие эпитеты для описания времени автономной работы своих устройств после обновления до iOS 8.4. Они говорят, что новая прошивка «уничтожила батарею», что от нее «ничего не осталось». Некоторые связывают это с обновлением приложения «Музыка» с интегрированным потоковым сервисом. …
Лето в разгаре, а это означает пору отпусков и отдыха на пляже. Тем не менее, активный отдых совсем не исключает использование любимых гаджетов, и многие предпочитают загорать не с книгой или напитком в руке, а со смартфоном. …
В Сети впервые опубликованы качественные фотографии корпуса предполагаемого iPhonе 6s. Внешне корпус идентичен iPhone 6. Однако расположение отверстий для крепления деталей внутри отличается от нынешней модели. …
Администрация соцсети Facebook заблокировала на неделю аккаунт писателя Эдуарда Багирова за слово «хохлы», сообщает газета «Известия». …
After China lifted its ban on video game consoles, both Microsoft and Sony moved fast to launch their products in the country. But at least for this year, the sales will be lackluster, according to a research firm. On Wednesday, Niko Partners, which studies gaming markets in Asia, released a …
With the launch of Windows 10, anyone who walks into your house and gets your Wi-Fi password for their PC could potentially let all their friends onto your network, thanks to a new feature that has ignited controversy online. Called Wi-Fi Sense, the feature is designed to make it easier …
Get in a taxi in Tokyo, and you’ll get a ride with a little old-world charm. The liveried cabs are shiny, spotless and odor-free. The seats are covered in white lace. The drivers wear suits, sometimes sporting white gloves and even bow ties. They concentrate on driving instead of chatting …
PayPal is acquiring Xoom, an international money transfer service, in a deal that lets PayPal break into a new market worth an estimated $600 billion a year, the companies said Wednesday. PayPal is paying $25 per share in cash for Xoom, valuing the deal at $890 million, the companies said. …
Someone hacked through yet another fiber optic cable in the San Francisco Bay area early Tuesday morning, continuing a rash of incidents that have disrupted Internet traffic and vexed law enforcement officials. The latest attack occurred at around 4.30 am Pacific Time near the town of Livermore, about 50 miles …
Toyota, Nissan and Honda today announced they will increase efforts to produce more hydrogen fuel cell vehicles and said they will work together to build more fueling stations to support them. The three Japanese automakers agreed on key details regarding a new joint support project for the development of hydrogen …
Hewlett-Packard has filed paperwork to register HP Enterprise as an independent company, an official step on the path to splitting itself in two. The paperwork, called a Form 10, was filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Tuesday and provides a look at how the divisions that will make …
PayPal is acquiring Xoom, an international money transfer service, in a deal that lets PayPal break into a new market worth an estimated $600 billion a year, the companies said Wednesday. PayPal is paying $25 per share in cash for Xoom, valuing the deal at $890 million, the companies said. …
Hewlett-Packard has filed paperwork to register HP Enterprise as an independent company, an official step on the path to splitting itself in two. The paperwork, called a Form 10, was filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Tuesday and provides a look at how the divisions that will make …
A Drug Enforcement Administration agent intimately involved in the Silk Road investigation admitted on Wednesday he secretly accepted bitcoins from the underground website’s operator and illegally took other funds. Carl Mark Force IV, who was a DEA agent for 15 years, pleaded guilty to money laundering, obstruction of justice and …
Fitbit appears to be holding its own against the Apple Watch and may have even outsold the device in the U.S. in May, according to estimates from one market researcher. Slice Intelligence estimated this week that Fitbit sold 850,000 fitness trackers in May, while Apple sold 777,000 watches. Slice came …
Facebook is preparing a new way to show videos on the social network and opening the door to a new source of advertising revenue at the same time. The new feature, called Suggested Videos, will roll out first on iOS in the coming weeks and probably will come to other …
If you’re looking for a career in one of the STEM fields or just want to work for one of the top tech-firms, these might be the hottest tech companies–at least according to current majors in STEM. It probably comes as no surpside, but a survey of 19,000 such students …
It’s become common practice to use virtual private networks for extra privacy and security in this era of mass surveillance, but a study published this week suggests such networks may not be as safe as they’re commonly made out to be. In fact, because of a vulnerability known as IPv6 …
Fancy a Mac or Windows 10 PC with Intel’s new processors code-named Skylake? That will soon be possible: Intel will launch its first chips based on the new architecture in the first week of August. The first Skylake chips will be high-end gaming processors that can be overclocked, and will …
Someone hacked through yet another fiber optic cable in the San Francisco Bay area early Tuesday morning, continuing a rash of incidents that have disrupted Internet traffic and vexed law enforcement officials. The latest attack occurred at around 4.30 am Pacific Time near the town of Livermore, about 50 miles …
Fancy a Mac or Windows 10 PC with Intel’s new processors code-named Skylake? That will soon be possible: Intel will launch its first chips based on the new architecture in the first week of August. The first Skylake chips will be high-end gaming processors that can be overclocked, and will …
TracFone, a major provider of prepaid mobile phone service, must keep its promise to let customers unlock their devices and transfer service to competing carriers, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission said. TracFone must transition to unlockable phones in a settlement announced by the FCC Wednesday. In addition to the TracFone …