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Hackers Were Stealing Credit Card Data From Madison Square Garden for Almost a Year
Be very skeptical of stolen election claims
Presidential Medal of Freedom awards go to top computer scientists
Hacked or Not, Audit This Election (And All Future Ones)
Great. Now Even Your Headphones Can Spy on You
Donald Trump Tells Tim Cook He’ll Offer Apple ‘Very Large Tax Cut’ to Make Products in America
Apple reportedly limits Verizon iPhone 7 modem speed to match AT&T model
Report: Apple is formally abandoning its old, outdated AirPort routers
iOS developer creates functional version of “Doom” for the Touch Bar
An iPhone 4 Survived a Year at the Bottom of a Lake
Microsoft’s ‘Solitaire’ heads to iOS and Android
Watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade live in 360 degrees on YouTube
DASHBOT HANDSFREE CAR ASSISTANT
New technology makes solar panels 70% more efficient
After six months in orbit, that space inflatable habitat is holding up well
The next big hacking threat is already happening—you just can’t see it
Wickedly Clever USB Stick Installs a Backdoor on Locked PCs
Millennials wearing Snapchat Spectacles could be a privacy disaster
Rumor: AirPods could hit the shelves come December in limited quantities
Touch Bar-equipped MacBook Pros sport new AMD GPUs, can drive dual 5K displays
Apple begins offering refurbished iPhone 6S and 6S Plus models
Put the world’s best chefs to work in your kitchen with the Moley Robotic Kitchen
Google releases PhotoScan app, brings scanning-level features to photography app
The future of PCs and Macs is expensive
Soylent recalls another product amid gastrointestinal mayhem
Microsoft to fix Windows flaw exploited by hackers
Dell hints at its take on a Surface Studio-like creative PC
The cheapest MacBook Pro comes with a user-replacable SSD
Apple Says It’s Out of the Standalone Display Business
Missing the MagSafe Charger in the New MacBook? Here’s Your Dongle
Rumor: AirPods to ship in January
Touch Bar-equipped 2016 MacBook Pro notebooks do away with classic startup chime sound
Tesla Unveils its New Line of Camouflaged Solar Panels
Nissan builds a tiny office in an electric van
‘Escape from New York’ with Snake Plissken’s countdown watch
Scientists Hope to Eradicate Disease With Massive Mosquito Orgy
We May Have Found a Way to Cheat the Second Law of Thermodynamics
Google Fiber division cuts staff by 9%, “pauses” fiber plans in 10 cities
Google Pixel cameras are experiencing excessive lens flare
Refreshing your browser made that huge DDoS attack seem much worse
Friday’s DDoS attack came from 100,000 infected devices
Mr. Robot’s Mobile Hacking Go Bag
Apple Said to Debut Three Glass-Backed iPhone 8 Models, Including New 5-Inch Size, in 2017
Apple Delays AirPods, October Launch No Longer Happening
Look at Microsoft’s Fancy Surface Studio All-in-One PC
The 10 Coolest Features Coming to Windows 10
HERMAN MILLER AERON REMASTERED CHAIR
802.3bz – faster NbaseT on existing cat-5e/6/7 cables
‘No Man’s Sky’ is being investigated for false advertising
Feds: Beware of Samsung’s Exploding Washing Machines
Fix your headphone dongles with iOS 10.0.2
Echoes of Amazon as Apple reportedly pursues standalone Siri device
Apple Likely Aiming for Late October Launch of Redesigned MacBook Pro
Apple Tracks Who You Contact on Messages, Stores Logs for 30 Days
Komplex trojan surfaces for macOS, thought to exploit vulnerability in MacKeeper antivirus software
Arduino is making an Internet of Things kit with your help
Celebrate National Drink Beer Day with these bizarre brews
Student discovers a way to destroy superbug bacteria without antibiotics
The Argument Sketch using Old School Speech Synthesizers
Why Is American Internet So Slow?
HP detonates its timebomb: printers stop accepting third party ink en masse
T-Mobile’s 5G speed is mind-bogglingly faster than Verizon
AT&T reveals AirGig: multi-gigabit wireless broadband that uses power lines
Here’s how small the North Korean Internet is
As Elections Loom, Officials Debate How to Protect Voting From Hackers
DisplayMate publishes full review of iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus cameras, gives new hardware top marks
Some iPhone 7 users report hissing sounds, no clear cause named as of yet
Should I Upgrade to macOS Sierra?
krampus version of elf on the shelf
Polaroid’s digital camera with inkless printing ships in October
NIGHT SHIFT ELECTRIC MOTORCYCLES
D-Wave will ship a 2,000-qubit quantum computer next year
Hamdog, A Tasty Combination of a Hamburger and a Hot Dog in One Bun
Pokémon chief says Nintendo’s NX is both handheld and console
Where We Will Grow Food After We Scorch the Earth
China’s Tiangong-1 space station ‘out of control’ and will crash to Earth
bruce schneier scares the internet
The World’s Most Sophisticated ATM Skimmers Are Starting to Appear in America
iPhone 7 Lines Start Growing Ahead of Friday’s Launch
New York: Don’t use your Galaxy Note 7 on the subway
Apple releases watchOS 3 update
Star Trek: Discovery Has Been Delayed Until May 2017
The Feds Will Soon Be Able to Legally Hack Almost Anyone
The 11 iMessage Apps You Should Download First
iOS 10 reviewed: There’s no reason not to update
Giant E Ink Screens Turn Trucks Into Dynamic Rolling Billboards
Self-driving Ubers are now arriving in Pittsburgh
We Drive the $30K Chevy Bolt, GM’s Tesla-Walloping Electric Car
This New Electric Bus Can Drive 350 Miles on One Charge
What’s with the new look at Ars Technica?
We Finally Know What This Big Red Splotch on Pluto’s Moon Is
The Sixth Mass Extinction Will Be Like Nothing In Earth’s History
Project Ara’s death is bad news for the weird side of Google
AT&T Squeezes Net Neutrality With Free Ride For DirecTV
The iPhone 7: More Camera, More Colors, Less Headphone Jack
Apple Watch Series 2 Improves a Tick With GPS
Why quantum computing has the cybersecurity world white-knuckled
Trump Finally Says Something Coherent About ‘the Cyber’
Siri, Apple Watch unlocking, and more comes with macOS Sierra on Sept 20th
Apple kills 16GB storage option for iPad Air 2 and Mini 4, drops Pro prices
Sony Announces Three New Bluetooth Headphones
Replicas – Keanu Reeves The movie will follow a scientist who becomes obsessed with bringing back his dead family members following a tragic traffic accident. The film is being directed by Tanya Wexler with a story written by Stephen Hamel (who just so happened to help produce John Wick).
