A fully electric version of the Mini is to be built at the Cowley plant in Oxford, BMW says.
Category: iT news
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Adobe to kill off Flash plug-in by 2020
Once the go-to plug-in for video, the technology has been usurped by more reliable and secure apps.
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Trump says Apple will build three 'big' new plants in US
President Trump says Apple is planning three new manufacturing plants in the United States.
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Hiding out among the net's criminal class
Researchers who rub shoulders with cyber thieves talk about how they profile the gangs and scams.
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Deception tech helps to thwart hackers' attacks
Fake networks and spoofed data can frustrate hackers looking for an easy way to cash in
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Kasparov: 'Embrace' the AI revolution
AI may destroy jobs but will create many more and increase productivity, said the chess grandmaster.
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Sir Peter Jackson’s studio reveals augmented reality demo
Apple gave Sir Peter’s studio, Wingnut AR, special access to its augmented reality developer kit.
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West Highlands worst for UK broadband
More than 65% of connections in Ross, Skye and Lochaber were below target speeds of 10mb/s.
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YouTube wants to fix its awkward relationship with the music industry
For the past few years, the biggest fight in the music industry has been against ad-supported music. Apple attempted to kill Spotify’s free tier before it launched Apple Music; the industry has railed against what it perceives as low payments from YouTube for years; and SoundCloud, one of the most popular ad-supported streaming sites in the world, is on the brink of collapse. But the truth is that ad-supported streaming isn’t going anywhere. YouTube is too big to fail at this point, and labels have largely come to terms with Spotify’s free tier due to its high conversion rate. Getting to scale, everyone acknowledges, requires bringing in users who might not pay at first.
So how will it coexist in a music industry increasingly dominated…
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Evidence grows for new Apple TV with 4K and HDR support
An Apple TV with 4K and HDR support has been rumored for months, if not years, but it seems like Apple may finally be gearing up to release an updated version of its set-top streaming box. According to a new report from MacRumors, iTunes is beginning to list movies as supporting 4K and HDR in users’ purchase histories, implying that Apple’s digital storefront — and likely, its devices — could be supporting higher-quality videos soon.
Image: MacRumors
It’s worth noting that there’s no way to actually download movies in 4K or HDR through iTunes at this time; it just simply shows up in purchased history for now. But it’s hard to imagine that Apple would even unintentionally have added the tags if it wasn’t working to…