The Wi-Fi Alliance has announced details of the HaLow standard. HaLow devices will use less power and double the range of today's Wi-Fi. The new standard is particularly beneficial for IoT devices.
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Apple has had a class action lawsuit filed against it in New York on Tuesday. The lawsuit claims that Apple knowingly crippled older devices with the iOS 9 upgrade, specifically the iPhone 4S.
As originally announced at Apple's September event, Facebook has today started rolling out Live Photos support in its iOS mobile app. The feature will be added over the coming months.
Security researchers have discovered a way to bypass login screen security on various Linux distributions. The bypass allows access to a shell which would allow an attacker to maliciously modify a PC.
Police in the UK have arrested a 21-year-old man in relation to the November hack of toy maker VTech. The hacker was able to obtain access to the records of over 11 million people, many being minors.
Beginning January 10th, 2016, Facebook will stop offering photo sync via its mobile app. Instead, users will be forced to move over to standalone app 'Moments' if they want to continue syncing photos.
Several weeks after the first iOS 9.2 beta, the latest iOS 9 update has been released to the public. The update includes a long list of bug fixes and improvements, along with some new features.
Netflix is looking to produce 31 original series in 2016, double that of 2015. The new content will be spread across a range of categories including kids shows, documentaries and stand-up specials.
Lenovo, Dell and Toshiba have been found to be shipping vulnerable bundleware on their PCs. The software would allow attackers to execute code and commands with system level permissions.
After suing Apple for wiping his iPhone during repairs, Deric White has come out victorious after a ruling from the High Court. Apple has been ordered to pay damages and costs to the 68 year old.
Chinese toy maker, VTech suffered a data breach earlier in the month, resulting in the theft of data on more than 5 million parents and over 200,000 children.
Windows Phone hacker Heathcliff, known for the WP7 root tools, has released a new tool dubbed 'Windows Phone Internals'. The new tool allows for modified boot loaders and custom ROMs.
The Raspberry Pi foundation has announced another member of the Raspberry Pi family. The Raspberry Pi Zero comes in at just $5 and is the smallest board built to date.
Facebook is rolling out new tools that will make it easier to block content from your previous relationships. The tools are currently rolling out in the US, with expanded availability coming soon.
As of today, American Express customers in Australia can use Apple Pay at supported merchants. American Express is currently the only company supporting Apple Pay in Australia.
Apple has pulled a malicious third-party Instagram app from the App Store. The app 'InstaAgent' was harvesting user credentials by sending them off insecurely to a server owned by the developers.
Apple has announced that online ordering of the iPad Pro will be available starting November 11th, and will be available in store and through carriers later in the week.
After initial details of the 'Nintendo PlayStation' prototype emerged back in July, many were skeptical of it's authenticity. Now, the device has been demoed and it's definitely real and still works.
After announcing an iOS 9 exploit bounty earlier this year, security firm Zerodium has announced that one team was able to create an exploit that was eligible for the full million dollar payout.
Roughly a week after the official release of iOS 9.1, Apple has pushed the first iOS 9.2 beta for public beta testers. The update includes bug fixes and improvements to the Safari View Controller.
Netflix has raised the price of its standard streaming plan by $1 per month. The price increase is immediate for new customers and comes into effect in 12 months time for existing customers.
The personal details of 15 million T-Mobile customers have been stolen in a breach of a third-party credit company used to complete credit checks. The stolen data spans two years, from 2013 to 2015.
Briefly Tuesday morning the domain Google.com was available for purchase. The buyer, an ex-Google employee, paid $12 for the popular domain and had complete control, before it was revoked by Google.
Amazon has announced that come October 29th, the company and third-party sellers will no longer be able to sell streaming devices that do not support Amazon Prime Video.
Kmart Australia has suffered a data breach, resulting in the theft of customer data along with purchase details. The company has reached out to affected customers via email.
The iPhone 6s and 6s Plus have been benchmarked in a variety of tests, revealing the power of these new devices. The latest-generation phones outpaced many of their competitors and set new records.
After confirming earlier this year the development of an ad-free subscription, we may now have a launch date for the new option. The service is said to be launching in October at $10 a month.
Apple has released two update for its mobile platform, iOS, today. iOS 9.0.1 is the first update to iOS 9.0 and includes various bug fixes, while iOS 9.1 gets another update bringing it to beta 2.
Despite the successful rollout of iOS 9 over the past week, it seems the platform has hit some turbulence with a new Siri related flaw allowing access to contacts & photos without the need for a PIN.
New security firm Zerodium is offering a million dollar payout for anyone who can provide a jailbreak for iOS 9. The initiative has been dubbed ‘The Million Dollar iOS 9 Bug Bounty'.
A malicious version of the Apple developer toolkit has been floating around in China. This has resulted in dozens of malicious apps making their way on to the App Store, bypassing Apple's reviewers.
Google's Rachel Potvin has revealed internal code statistics during the @Scale conference. The Google code base spans across 2 billion lines of code and 1 billion files, consuming terabytes of space.
Security firm AVG has come under fire for recent updates to their privacy policy. The new policy explicitly gives the company the ability to sell browsing and search history to third parties.
A lock screen bypass vulnerability has been discovered in Android version 5.0-5.1.1. The bypass allows an attacker to gain full access to a locked device even when encrypted.
Apple has made the iOS 9.1 beta available to both developers as well as public beta testers. The beta includes new APIs for 3D Touch and Live Photos as well as the inclusion of new emoji sets.
The team that cracked over 11 million passwords from the Ashley Madison breach have revealed details about those passwords. Many of the typically bad passwords make an appearance on the top 10 list.
Apple has made the new iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus available for pre-order. The new iPhone's have several additions including a 12MP camera, 3D touch and a new A9 processor.
Popular media delivery platform Plex, is making it's way to the new Apple TV. The new developer SDK will allow developers to create a range of new apps and games for the device.
A cracking group who discovered a flaw in Ashley Madison code, have uncovered over 11 million passwords in 10 days. The group found that many passwords were hashed insecurely.
Leaked Samsung Galaxy S25+ images reveal a design that looks familiar
Acronis backup, cloning app gets Windows 11 24H2 BitLocker support; won't work on old CPUs
PowerToys 0.87 is out with a new utility for Windows 10 users and a lot of improvements
Samsung 85-Inch QLED 4K 120Hz QN85D with Dolby Atmos falls to lowest price
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