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Feds break through seized iPhone, stand down in legal battle with Apple

Two more healthcare networks caught up in outbreak of hospital ransomware

New ransomware installs in boot record, encrypts hard disk [Updated]

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Apple Working on a Fix for iOS 9.3 Web Links Crashing Issue

Rumor: 2017 iPhone to feature AMOLED display, other changes

Possible renaming of OS X to ‘macOS’ clue discovered?

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Google Fiber just announced a home phone service inspired by Google Voice

Can Apple’s color-shifting screen really help you fall asleep faster?

Acer’s new, premium Chromebook offers up to 14 hours of battery life

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The Ultimate Star Wars Action Figure Is Life-Sized and Costs $8,000

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Scientists regenerate spinal cord in injured rats with stem cells

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A Government Error Just Revealed Snowden Was the Target in the Lavabit Case

Password-stealing Instagram client returns to Apple, Google stores

Apple gets short-term win, but new mysterious FBI unlocking method looms

Silicon Valley Mourns Andy Grove, a Titan of Tech

FBI Enlists Israeli Firm Cellebrite to Unlock Shooter’s iPhone

ISPs have built huge data systems to track you with, report says

Microsoft adds macros lockdown feature in Office 2016 in response to increasing attacks

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Think Different, Apple: Scrap The “Special Events”

References to 2016 12-Inch MacBook Spotted in OS X System Image Utility

Rumor: Apple working on “ultra-thin” 13-inch and 15-inch MacBook Air notebooks for second quarter

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9.7-inch iPad Pro and iPhone SE both have 2GB of RAM

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Microsoft will allow Xbox gamers to play against PS4 and PC players

Instagram Will Become More Like Facebook, With Algorithmic Feed

New York Times, BBC and others inadvertently serve up dangerous ads

College goes on lockdown after Star Wars toy mistaken for a gun

Tennessee kills muni-broadband expansion bill after AT&T opposition

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Rumor: iPhone 7 Plus could incorporate 256GB SanDisk NAND flash memory chip

Apple wants to “loop you in” at its March 21 press event

‘AceDeceiver’ iOS Trojan Spotted in China, Bypasses Apple’s DRM Mechanism

Evidence begins to point towards Energous’ development of long-range wireless charging technology for upcoming iPhone models

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Nike’s Back to the Future Self-Lacing Shoe, the HyperAdapt 1.0, Is Finally Here

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Universal Windows Apps coming to Xbox One this summer

Radeon Pro Duo mashes two Fury GPUs together for 16 teraflops of performance

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New tyrannosaur bridges gap from medium to monstrous

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Google tries to get jump on Apple with early release of new Android — sort of

IRS shuts down identity security tool for taxpayers due to security problems

Secret court approves classified rule change on how FBI can use NSA data

New MIT Code Makes Web Pages Load 34 Percent Faster in Any Browser

Time to Give Up on Flickr, Everybody

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Early iPhone 7 Case Has No Headphone Jack and Stereo Speaker Cutouts

5.8-Inch iPhone With OLED Display Rumored for Launch in 2017 or 2018

Apple Liquidmetal patent imagines iOS home button use

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The Popslate 2 Is an E-Ink iPhone Case That May Actually Make Sense

Google is offering $150 off a Pixel C—just $349 for Google’s latest tablet

Project Fi drops invite program, offers $150 off a Nexus 5X with service

Free virtual fossils for everyone

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Chernobyl Is Getting More Radioactive

New techniques regrow lens, cornea tissue

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DisplayPort 1.4 to Use ‘Lossless’ Compression for Higher-Quality 8K Video Over USB-C

The Apple-FBI Encryption Hearing Was Unexpectedly Hostile to the FBI Director

Android Nerds Are Freaking Out Over Rumors That Google Is Killing the App Drawer 

Latest attack against TLS shows the pitfalls of intentionally weakening encryption

Intel outlines a plan to get back in line with Moore’s Law

Has Donald Trump Ever Used a Computer?

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Rumor: 9.7-inch iPad Pro to feature 12 megapixel rear camera

Largely undetected Mac malware suggests disgraced HackingTeam has returned

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FRBs: Mystery repeating radio signals discovered emanating from unknown cosmic source

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Facebook Signals It’s All-In On VR

The latest DNS bug is terrifying, widespread, and reveals deep flaws in Internet security

Justice Department looking to have Apple help extract data from 12 additional iPhones

Apple: We tried to help FBI terror probe, but someone changed iCloud password

Windows 10 lock screen ads begin with Rise of the Tomb Raider push

Asus lawsuit puts entire industry on notice over shoddy router security

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Siri Coming to the Mac Menu Bar in OS X 10.12 Later This Year

Design Drawings Suggest iPhone 5se Will Look Almost Identical to iPhone 5s

Latest iOS 9.3 Beta Unbricks iPhones Affected by ‘January 1, 1970’ Date Bug

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Yahoo is Now Officially For Sale!

‘Passive Wi-Fi’ researchers promise to cut Wi-Fi power by 10,000x

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Vizio and Google Will Reportedly Build TVs With Chromecast Baked In

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Earth May Be a 1-in-700-Quintillion Kind of Place

SpaceX’s booster will likely crash, but it’s trying a landing anyway [Updated]

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Apple Encryption Letter to Customers

Russian cyberspy group uses simple yet effective Linux Trojan

The first-ever tech expert on Obama’s NSA advisory board is *A*W*E*S*O*M*E*

Publishers are trying to stop ad blocker users viewing their content — but there are signs their walls aren’t working

Tim Cook Opposes Court Order That Apple Must Help FBI Unlock iPhone

The Anti-Piracy Tech That’s Giving Hackers Fits

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Rumor: iPad Air 3, iPhone 5se to go on sale on Friday, March 18th

Apple Will Fix ‘January 1, 1970’ Date Bug in Upcoming iOS Update

Apple launches USB-C charging cable replacement program, cites “design issue”

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Can A Ludicrous Tesla Model X Beat A Ludicrous Model S In A Drag Race?

Optical Data Storage Squeezes 360TB on to a Quartz Disc—Forever

New 10 Cloverfield Lane trailer reveals all the paranoid details

Google’s fresh food delivery service becomes a reality

There Are Now Tiny RC Versions of Your Favorite BattleBots You Can Fight at Home

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What to Expect if Earth Ever Falls Into a Black Hole

Human DNA found in a Neandertal woman

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‘Happy Birthday’ settlement puts the song in the public domain

How to Hack the Power Grid Through Home Air Conditioners

Donate Your Old USB Drives to Fight North Korean Brainwashing

AlienSpy RAT subscription malware has gnawed away at over 400,000 victims

Use Malwarebytes antivirus? Then you should see what Google has found

Crooks Don’t Need a Fancy Skimmer: They Can Just Tap an ATM’s Network Cable

US regulator: Google’s self-driving car AI could qualify as a driver

Identity thieves obtain 100,000 electronic filing PINs from IRS system

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iPhone 6 users cite “Error 53” issue, Apple cracking down on third-party repairs

Apple begins two new Apple Store iPhone incentive programs, goes after broken devices, offers protective screen replacement

“Huge” number of Mac apps vulnerable to hijacking, and a fix is elusive

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Everything you need to know about Deadpool before ‘Deadpool’

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Ride With the Mosquito Hunters Protecting the US Against Zika

New study warns that Antarctica’s ice safety band is melting closer to the point of no return

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The fight for a third-best smartphone OS has been lost. By everyone.

Planes Could Finally Make Hydrogen Fuel Cells Useful

As 5G approaches, 3G and 4G are still getting faster

Flaws in smart toy back-end servers puts kids and their families at risk

T-Mobile’s discounted unlimited plan targets data-hungry families

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First Details on iPhone 7 Design: Flush Rear Camera, No Antenna Bands Across the Back

Apple’s iPad Air 3 and ‘iPhone 5se’ Event May Take Place March 15

Report: Apple working on long-distance wireless charging for future iPhones

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Epic ‘Frinkiac’ Search Engine Matches Any Simpsons Quote With Its Still

Google Play Music starts rolling out podcasts to the Android app

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Removing worn-out cells makes mice live longer and prosper

‘Three-parent babies’ are ethically permissible, U.S. panel says

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A search-engine for insecure cameras, from baby-monitors to grow-ops

Will driverless cars mean the end of auto insurance?

FCC Proposal Aims to Make Subscription TV Available on Any Set-Top Box

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Dual Camera iPhone 7 Plus Could Offer ‘DSLR-Like’ Quality, 3D Depth Mapping

New Chrome for iOS is finally as fast and stable as Safari

Rumor: Second-gen Apple Watch will enter mass production in Q2 of 2016, Quanta cited as sole manufacturer

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Starry claims millimeter wave-based wireless Gigabit Internet coming

Like Chromebooks, thumb-size PCs will bloom

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NASA’s Opportunity rover celebrates 12th anniversary on Mars

The Tragedy of Apollo 1 Reshaped the Future of NASA

Zika virus epidemic points to “dystopian future” says Bill McKibben