Thousands of National Lottery accounts hacked

National Lottery operator Camelot says the log-in details of thousands of people who do the lottery online have been stolen

Marriott Hotels offers virtual site tours

Hotel chain has enlisted London mobility startup GoInStore to offer visitors to its website virtual facility tours

Mastercard uses artificial intelligence for transaction approval

Mastercard is using artificial intelligence to reduce the number of transactions that are wrongly declined, while maintaining security

HPE fleshes out IoT strategy

HPE is moving from IT to operational technology with a set of products and tie-ups to target industrial internet of things applications

Blockchain-based gold trading planned for 2017

Thousand-year-old organisation The Royal Mint is the latest financial services business to harness blockchain technology

Transport Scotland turns to IoT mapping to keep roads clear in cold snap

Scottish transport authority is using Esri’s location technology to keep tabs on its gritters in icy weather

GoPro to cut 15% of workforce in restructuring effort

 GoPro today announced the company will cut 200 jobs, about 15% of its global workforce. The company says this will reduce its 2017 non-GAAP operating expenses to about $650 million and will help the company fulfill CEO Nick Woodman’s stated goal of returning the company to profitability in 2017. Company president Tony Bates is stepping down from his position at the end of 2016, saying in… Read More

Bragi’s The Headphone proves fully wireless earbuds can be great

 Ditching frills for focus The Headphone doesn’t offer activity tracking or fancy gesture controls – instead, it promises Bluetooth audio, with physical buttons on the right earbud to control playback and volume. The case for The Headphone just holds the buds for charging; unlike The Dash, the storage container does not also hold backup charge for the headset. Despite everything… Read More

12 picture-perfect gifts for your photographer friends

 Welcome to the 2016 TechCrunch Holiday Gift Guide! We’ll be rolling out a bunch of guides leading up to Christmas, hopefully making your holiday shopping a little easier. Looking for gifts for others on your list? Check out our full 2016 Gift Guide Hub. Read More

Making an Arduino-based CNC plotter out of a DVD player is as easy as 1, 2, what’s Arduino again?

 Once, long ago when magazines still existed, I bought a copy of Popular Mechanics. Inside was a guide on how to build a robotic lawnmower. Now this was back in the 1980s so it wasn’t a very complex machine – it basically backed up when it hit stuff – but I was amazed. Being only ten at the time I was unable to build the thing and, now that I’m 40, I still… Read More

Dobot is crowdfunding a robot that laser-engraves, 3D prints and much more

 Robotic arms seem like they belong in Sci-Fi movies, car factories and the dreams of DIY nerds. Dobot wants to change that, with a shiny new Kickstarter campaign bringing entry-level robotics to the desktop. The robot is extendable and can be equipped to deal with any number of tasks, including cutting, moving, printing, picking-upping, soldering and a ton of other -ings. Dobot M1 costs $1,399. Read More

Oldest surviving Nikon fetches $406K at auction

 A fabulous piece of photographic history just sold at auction for $406,000, more than twice the estimated haul. This Nikon One was the third production camera — as in the third actual camera it built — from the now-famous company, and it’s the oldest one known to still be around today. Read More

Sensor-studded suit helps track recovery of stroke patients

 Millions of people suffer from strokes every year worldwide, and severe ones can require long-term care — but as with other rehabilitation regimens, it can be hard for doctors to track the everyday activities of their patients. A high-tech suit created by a Dutch grad student may be a powerful new way to help keep better tabs on those in recovery. Read More

Deutsche Telekom botnet attack underlines infrastructure vulnerabilities

German telco says its broadband outages are linked to a botched attempt to hijack routers, which security experts say further underlines the cyber threat to internet connected infrastructure

HPE demos memory-driven architecture for next-generation IT

HPE aims to push the limits of computing by moving the memory bottleneck it claims is limiting the performance of application software

How a London club enhanced its facilities with wireless charging

The Clubhouse, a London-based business club and meeting space, introduces wireless charging technology from startup Chargifi at its St James’ location as it bids to attract new clients

Finnair digitises core business processes via Apple and IBM

Finnair is working with IBM to bring user-friendly apps to its internal workforce

Group litigation against Post Office in Horizon system dispute prepares for next stage

Postmasters’ legal case against the Post Office claims that computer system is to blame for losses, not false accounting or theft

Security Think Tank: Cyber risk – Overlooked? Ignored? Under-appreciated?

How can information security professionals help businesses to understand the cyber risks across increasingly digital businesses?

Growing multi-cloud demand means providers must diversify to survive, warns 451 Research

Two reports from analyst house 451 Research suggest cloud providers must consider adding support for competing services to their portfolios in order to survive in the hybrid, multi-cloud era

BT and Openreach to split: but what will change as a result?

The telecoms industry has welcomed Ofcom’s decision to legally split BT and Openreach, but what, if anything, will actually change?

High-end audio maker Devialet nabs €100M from Foxconn, Jay Z, Rubin’s Playground and more

 Make way for another startup that wants to shake up the world of music and audio technology. Devialet, the French developer of high-end speakers and the IP behind the sound systems that make them go boom, has raised €100 million ($106 million). This is a strategic growth round that is bringing in a number of high-profile new investors — and with them, a lot more audio… Read More

Amazon said to plan Alexa speaker with 7-inch touchscreen for 2017

 Amazon could follow-up the early success of the Echo and Echo Dot with a new Alexa-powered premium speaker that includes a 7-inch touchscreen that can be tilted to different viewing angles for easier use in the kitchen, according to a new Bloomberg report. The speaker would include voice-based assistant Alexa, just like the existing Echos, but the inclusion of the screen is designed to make… Read More

LeEco’s TVs and smartphones are coming to Best Buy, Amazon and Target December 1

 For all the pomp and circumstance surrounding LeEco’s US launch, the company hasn’t exactly made its products easy to get here in the States, largely relying on what it’s deemed “flash sales” – or limited time offers through its own store. Starting today, the LeMall commerce site is open for good here in the States, and on December 1, it will be making… Read More

Intel joins Mobileye and Delphi on self-driving car system

 Mobileye and Delphi announced a partnership to build an affordable self-driving car platform it could sell to automakers starting in 2019 earlier this year, and now Intel is joining the two automative suppliers to provide the chips used in their autonomous system. Intel’s processors will power the interpretation of input from the primarily camera and radar-driven self-driving system… Read More

OhMiBod releases a smaller, more versatile wearable vibrator

 Just in time for holidays, OhMiBod is releasing the latest version of its “wearable massager.” Half a decade after the release of the Club Vibe 2.OH, the sex toy innovator is back with a new version of its discreet vibrator. Version 3.OH is smaller than its predecessor and ships with a rechargeable wireless remote featuring a built-in microphone. The new silicone-based wearable also… Read More

SocialBooks turns your social media into a lasting memento of your horrific year

 If you’re anything like me you hate social media with a white-hot passion yet you feel oddly compelled to put garbage into it on a regular basis, to your great shame. Thankfully there is now a service that can create a book about your year in social media, allowing you to seethe both offline and online, a boon to this plugged-in generation. The service is called MySocialBook and… Read More