It turns out watching Netflix all day is making a dent in our collective internet usage. A report by Sandvine, posted late September, has found that 15 percent of all internet bandwidth worldwide is consumed by people watching Netflix. According to Sandvine, that makes Netflix the No. 1 downstream application worldwide. The full report from …

With 800 million internet users and counting, China’s got its hands full with online disputes between citizens. So to deal with those raging fires, the country has not one, but two dedicated “internet courts”. On Saturday, the second of those officially opened in Beijing by the name of “Beijing Internet Court”. It deals with business transactions, personal information and intellectual …

Major US phone carriers may have a major problem. Researchers funded by the Department of Homeland Security discovered security vulnerabilities in mobile devices used by Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint and more, DHS program manager Vincent Sritapan told Fifth Domain at the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas on Tuesday. The flaws are built into phones by manufacturers before they’re bought, …

Artificial intelligence can make pretty pictures while potentially breaking the law. Nvidia’s latest AI technology, announced Monday, can automatically fix grainy photographs. And that “fixing” includes removing text and watermarks. Nvidia, and researchers from Aalto University and MIT, trained the AI’s neural network by feeding it thousands of photos. But instead of offering it before-and-after photos with both corrupted and …

The time has come for Apple to pay for the infamous Error 53 that bricked iPhones and iPads taken to a third party for repairs. The Federal Court of Australia announced Monday its order for Apple to pay AU$9 million (around US $6.6 million converted) for telling customers who encountered the error they weren’t entitled to a refund. The error …

Google is under fire after a man in Australia got the go-ahead Tuesday to sue the search giant for defamation, according to an ABC report. Milorad Trkulja was shot by an unknown gunman in Melbourne in 2004, then discovered that Google searches of his name brought up images of mob figures, including convicted drug trafficker Tony Mokbel. Gang activity in …

Not only does this look cool, it supports inclusion and tolerance. Apple will release a new watch face inspired by the rainbow pride flag for the Apple Watch, reportedly available on Monday, June 4, according to 9to5 Mac. 9to5Mac The special pride face was first hinted at in the iOS 11.3 beta version of Apple’s iPhone and iPad operating system. With …

London has taken another step toward a cashless future. Companies Busk and iZettle, a Swedish tech firm recently bought by PayPal, are making it possible for people to support buskers and street artists in London with contactless payments over the coming months. The scheme will let buskers plug an NFC-based card reader into their phones for you to tap with …

Telstra wants to be there for you wherever you go. To do so, on Tuesday it launched the Telstra Go Repeater, or “intelligent antenna solution”, an external antenna designed to boost your internet coverage in patchy regional areas (or in places that have patchy internet in general) and moving vehicles. It comes in two variants: a stationary version (pictured above) …

If you don’t already, it’s time to get to know English inventor John Harrison. To mark April 3, John Harrison’s 325th birthday, Google is celebrating the man behind the first marine chronometer to calculate longitude at sea. To honor him, Google shows the inventor hard at work with his clock-making tools in Tuesday’s Doodle. Born in 1693, Harrison lived in …