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When Apple releases the iPhone 7 later this year, the company will reportedly address one of the most common and longstanding complaints about its iconic smartphone: a lack of sufficient storage. Indeed, even as the iPhone has become more advanced and sophisticated with each passing year, the entry-level storage capacity on each successive iPhone model has remained frustratingly stagnant at 16GB. For some perspective, consider this: every entry-level iPhone model has featured 16GB of storage since the iPhone 4s, a device released all the way back in 2011. And while 16GB might have been adequate five years ago, it's almost a joke in today's smartphone era where apps can weigh in by the gig and devices can take high-res photos and record storage-hungry video in full 4K. DON'T MISS: Game of Thrones is falling apart Well, now comes word via IHS Technology analyst Kevin Wang that Apple this year will join the big leagues and will, at long last, up the...

SEOUL News - North Korea attempted to fire a missile from its east coast on Tuesday but the launch appears to have failed, South Korean officials said, in what would be the latest in a string of unsuccessful ballistic missile tests by the isolated country. The launch attempt took place at around 5:20 a.m. Seoul time (4.20 p.m. ET), said the officials, who asked not to be identified. They did not elaborate. Tension in Northeast Asia has been high since North Korea conducted its fourth nuclear test in January and followed that with a satellite launch and test launches of various missiles. Japan put its military alert on Monday for a possible North Korean missile launch. "North Korea shows no sign of abandoning the development of nuclear missiles and so we will continue to work closely with the U.S. and South Korea in response and maintain a close watch," Japanese Minister of Defence Gen Nakatani told a media briefing. North Korea appeared to have attempt...

At least three people have died after severe storms battered southwest Germany. The water raged through the town of Braunsbach, picking up cars and rocks and sending them hurtling through the narrow streets. Residents said the streets were flooded by up to three metres of water, and some of the cars that floated past still had people inside. Among the casualties was a 60-year-old man who became trapped in an underground car park when it flooded. The storms that hit Germany are just the latest of storms which have been causing problems over Europe recently . On Saturday, 11 people - 10 of them children - were injured after being struck by lightning during a birthday celebration at Parc Monceau in central Paris. The group had been taking shelter under a tree when the lightning struck. On the same day, Poland was also hit by severe weather and one man was killed after he was struck by lightning while hiking down the Babia Gora mountain. Over the next few days the stor...

The 31 Artillery Brigade of the Nigeria Army, Minna, on Tuesday said the religious violence, which claimed four lives in Rafi Local Government Area of Niger on Sunday, had been brought under control. Major Njideka Agwu, the Assistant Director, Army Public Relations Officer, who made this known to newsmen in Minna, said the army, police and the NSCDC had restored peace in the area. She said one Methodus Emmanuel, a 24-year-old trader based in Padongari, was killed on Sunday by a mob over allegations of blasphemy. “Three other persons, including personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps also lost their lives. “Troops of the 31 Artillery Brigade of One Division, Nigeria Army, quickly intervened and restored law and order while a dusk-to-dawn curfew was imposed in the town,’’ she said. Agwu also said that a religious house, a house and a shop were burnt while 25 other shops were looted following the violence. She said that the hoodlums embarked on further...

Three Senegalese peacekeepers under the United Nations Operation in Cote d’Ivoire died while on patrol after their vehicle overturned, a source from the UN mission said on Tuesday. The three peacekeepers were on a normal patrol when their vehicle overturned in unclear circumstances. Their death brought the total number of UN peacekeepers who have died in Cote d’Ivoire since their deployment in April 2004 to 104. A UN mission was deployed in Cote d’Ivore following a political crisis that broke out in 2002, dividing the country into two. Meanwhile, the South was then under the control of loyalist forces, while the North was under the control of armed rebels. Report says the mission is currently involved in the pacification of the country after the 2010 to 2011 post-election crisis. However, ONUCI has begun reducing the number of its officers in Cote d’Ivoire, with its mission expected to end in June 2017. News from Punch Newspapers:

According to some reputable sources, the IDs aren’t part of any new security hack, but instead come from a breach that happened 4 years ago. LinkedIn had taken preventative steps at the time, resetting the accounts of all those thought to have had their login details stolen. The number of stolen LinkedIn IDs is thought to be in the millions Unfortunately for LinkedIn, it has now transpired that the original scale of the security leak was far worse than they could have imagined, possibly running into millions of stolen IDs. According to tech news website Motherboard, only about 6.5 million IDs and passwords were posted online after the 2012 theft, and LinkedIn had hoped that that had been that. But now the hacker has posted the new ID data on Dark Web illegal marketplace, The Real Deal, for just 5 bitcoin, (around) $2000US. The hacker claims that there were a grand total of 167 million accounts in the stolen data. In what must come as some minor relief to the prof...

The computing giant and social media titan will work together to roll out the new MAREA cable across 6,600km of the Atlantic Ocean as it looks to deal with   growing customer demand   for faster data connections. Set to begin construction in August 2016, the cable is expected to see completion in October 2017, providing a significant boost in data transfer speeds across the Atlantic. Linked up image: http://www.techweekeurope.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/MAREA-Cable-600x389.jpg The project will be overseen by new Telefónica subsidiary Telxius, which will operate and manage the building and deployment of the cable, which will link Virginia Beach in the eastern United States to Bilbao in Spain, before extending on to network hubs in Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia. Microsoft does have previous experience in underwater engineering, having earlier this year tested an   underwater data centre   that it hopes could reduce cloud latency by being plac...

Charging mobile devices using public sockets could be transmitting host of details, Kaspersky Lab warns Mobile users have been warned that   charging up   their smartphones or tablets using public power sockets could expose their devices to criminals. An investigation from   Kaspersky Lab   found that smartphones can even be compromised when charged using a standard USB connection connected to a computer. Information including a device’s serial number, electronic chip ID and file system list can be revealed to third parties when such a service is used, meaning users could be unknowingly identified and even tracked. At risk image: http://www.techweekeurope.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/shutterstock_137416073-600x400.jpg Researchers said both Android and iOS devices could be compromised when connected to a PC to charge, with the latter acting as an unwitting window into the user’s information. Most of the data is transmitted during the ha...

Microsoft announces complete ban of simple or commonly used passwords from all of its accounts Microsoft account holders are being forced to upgrade their passwords, after the company announced a ban for all simple or commonly used login credentials. The move comes after a hacker   placed 117 million LinkedIn account detail s including names, emails and passwords up for sale, forcing the professional business social network to   invalidate affected passwords . Password Complexity image: http://www.techweekeurope.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/passwords.jpg Poor passwords have long been the   bane of security professionals , and now the Microsoft Identity Division has forced users to use more complex passwords to better protect their Microsoft accounts. The company said that has already activated this feature for regular Microsoft Account users and is holding a limited private preview for Microsoft Azure Active Directory services. It has ...

PACIFIC OCEAN (NNS) -- The hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) conducted a medical evacuation (MEDEVAC) May 27 to assist a Republic of Korea sailor in need of medical attention.   At approximately 10:30 a.m., May 26, Mercy, which is operated by military sealift command personnel from San Diego, received orders from Commander Task Force (CTF) 73 to render medical assistance to a Republic of Korea Navy (ROK-N) submarine in the mid-pacific. Mercy was approximately 18 hours away and altered track to meet the ROK-N submarine.   Mercy is equipped to provide mobile acute medical and surgical services to deployed forces ashore and at sea, and is currently underway in support of Pacific Partnership 2016.   Embarked Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 21 launched an MH-60S helicopter from Mercy early May 27, recovered the sailor with a team of expert rescue crewmen including Aircrewman Helicopter Second Class Charles Weaver of Knoxville, Tennessee, Aircrewman Helicopter Second Clas...