1 Microsoft“sorry”
forSurfacePro4
Microsofthasissuedanapologyviaasupport
forumforissuesinitsSurfaceBookand
SurfacePro4,sayingitwas“sorryforany
frustration”causedbythe“lessthanperfect”
products.Usershadcomplainedabout
flickeringdisplaysandcrashing.While
thosewerefixedbyaNovemberupdate,
thatappearstohaveharmedbatterylife.
2RaspberryPi
shrinkstoZero
TheRaspberryPiZerocostsonly£4,butis
40%morepowerfulandafifththesizeof
theoriginalmodel.The5mm-thickcomputer
usesminiconnectors,soyoumayneedto
shelloutforadapters,anditalsolosesthe
cameraanddisplayinterfaces.Butforless
thanthepriceofapint,who’scomplaining?
3Androidtoget
split-screenmultitasking
FutureversionsofGoogle’smobileOScould
featuresplit-screenmultitasking,according
totheteambehindthePixelC(readour
reviewonp56).Suchafeaturewouldmake
thedevicemoreusefulforprofessionals,but
isn’texpectedtoarriveuntilAndroid7N,
whichisn’tdueoutuntilthesecondhalf
of2016.
4 HasBitcoin
creatorbeen
found?
Journalistshaveclaimed
tohaveuncoveredthe
realidentityofthecreator
ofdigitalcurrencyBitcoin,
whogoesbythepseudonym
SatoshiNakamoto.Butitremains
unclearifAustralianCraigWrightisthe
founder,andhishomewasraidedbypolice
aspartofanunrelatedtaxinvestigation
shortlyaftertheclaimsweremade
5 UKhackerarrestedafter
childtoyfirmisattacked
SmarttoymakerVTechadmitteddataonsix
millionchildrenandfivemillionoftheir
parentsleakedafterthefirmwas
targetedbyahacker.
Theattackersaid
hedidn’tintendto
releasethedata,
sayinghewanted
tohighlightVTech’s
laxsecurity.A
21-year-oldfrom
Bracknellhassince
beenarrested





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