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EXPECT ISIS CYBERATTACKS THIS YEAR, SAYS LEADING SECURITY FIRM

Nerds, a musical about Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, is coming to Broadway

GOOGLE WANTS TO LOCK ISIS OUT OF THE OPEN WEB

Scientists create innovative hydrogen fuel “nano-reactor” that could make hydrogen cars much cheaper

Serious flaw patched in Intel Driver Update Utility

Yahoo Mail flaw gets fixed, and a researcher nets $10K

New CDC guidance helps doctors avoid giving antibiotics for colds

Amazon Prime Air: Drones to carry 5lb packages over 10 miles in 30 minutes

Bite of the Apple

iOS code references possible upcoming Li-Fi protocol for wireless data in next-gen iPhones

IT WAS A BAD DAY FOR THE APPLE TV

Apple provides dead husband’s iCloud password after tussle

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Pick Between a Raspberry Pi and an Arduino with This Rule of Thumb

LG ULTRA SHORT THROW LED SMART PROJECTOR

AMPWARE HAND CRANK IPHONE CASE

Solo Theater lets you watch your movies in peace and privacy

Pkware aims to take pain out of crypto (and give IT the golden key)

Weird Science

We’re Emptying the Oceans of Fish and Filling Them With Plastic 

A large, unknown 9th planet lurks in our solar system, evidence suggests

2015 was officially the hottest year on record

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GM’S CYBERSECURITY SECRETS

The Great PC Decline Isn’t as Bad as It Looks

Asymco: iOS shipments overtook Windows shipments in 2015

Apple’s Tim Cook pushes White House to take stand on encryption

Stack Overflow Driven Development (SODD) — It’s Really A Thing

The Obama administration is about to announce a plan for self-driving cars

Disney Is Giving PewDiePie His Own Network

Bite of the Apple

Quanta May Begin Trial Production of Apple Watch 2 This Month

Apple Maintains Mac Sales Momentum Amid Overall Worldwide PC Market Decline

VLC app becomes available for Apple TV

HOW APPLE COULD USE TIME WARNER BUY TO FINALLY GET ITS ELUSIVE “SKINNY” CHANNEL BUNDLE

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This smart suitcase literally follows you around so you’ll never have to drag or carry a bag again

Hulu’s virtual reality debut pushed back to spring

The world’s first 13TB SSD is here

Weird Science

Time might flow backwards as well as forwards from the big bang

Lingering El Niño Could Mean Fewer Tornadoes

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Data recovered from floppy disks owned by Star Trek’s Roddenberry

Twitter Considers 10,000 character limit to Tweets

Why Small Webcasters may all die in 2016

Latest tech support scam stokes concerns Dell customer data was breached

Fatally weak MD5 function torpedoes crypto protections in HTTPS and IPSEC

Bite of the Apple

Supply Chain Rumors Reaffirm iPhone 7 Will Not Have Headphone Jack

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BMW’s badass new i8 Spyder concept is packed with tech you can’t have yet

BMW’s concept motorcycle helmet has a heads-up display

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CES: Akitio launches two-bay Thunder3 Duo Pro Thunderbolt 3 enclosure

Airbus Anti-Drone System

Unwanted unmanned aircraft in your airspace? Zap ‘em with a new anti-drone system from Airbus Defense and Space!

Volkswagen’s all-electric microbus concept is the ultimate hippie mobile

Oculus Rift started taking pre-orders today.

ASUS Announces First Portable 15.6-Inch USB-C Display

Weird Science

Millions of Small Asteroids That Could Threaten Our World Remain Uncatalogued

1700s era ship was found in a construction area in Alexandria,

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REAMS OF US VOTER INFO APPEAR TO BE JUST SITTING ONLINE

About 94% of cars will still be powered by fossil fuels in 2040, report says

Indoor farming: Good for cannabis, not so good for food

New Wireless Tech Will Free Us From the Tyranny of Carriers

Bite of the Apple

Rumor: Apple looking into waterproof materials, antenna-concealing design for iPhone 7

‘iPhone 6c’ Said to Have Slightly Larger Battery Than iPhone 5s and 2GB of RAM

Is the iPhone getting a new screen?

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OpenEmu, the All-In-One Game Emulator, Adds Support for PlayStation, Nintendo 64, and More

The Internet of Things Is Everywhere, But It Doesn’t Rule Yet

Ford concept turns your car wheel into an electric unicycle

PINE MINI COMPUTER

THE FIRST LOOK AT THE SECOND GOOGLE GLASS

Weird Science

Contagious Strains of Cancer May Be More Common Than We Thought

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Star Wars: The Force Awakens is now the fastest film to make $300 million

Hackers are scaring companies into respecting your privacy

The first website went online 25 years ago (December 20th)

Blockchain, its new rival, and their future in the enterprise

T-MOBILE “BINGE ON” VIDEO STREAMING PROGRAM ACCUSED OF THROTTLING TRAFFIC TO YOUTUBE

MIT’S NEW BLOCKCHAIN PROJECT ENIGMA WANTS TO LET YOU SHARE YOUR DATA ON YOUR TERMS

Bite of the Apple

Rumor: China Mobile product roadmap indicates 4-inch “iPhone 7c” for 2016

Rumor: Apple developing higher-quality audio file format for use in 2016

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Google will reportedly challenge Facebook with an intelligent messaging app

Google is testing a way for users to log in without a password

A Google-Ford Self-Driving Car Project Makes Perfect Sense

PHP 7 in Production

The Beatles will be streaming almost everywhere starting Christmas Eve

Microsoft’s ginormous Surface Hub gets another delay—and a $2,000 price increase

Google Play’s holiday sale slashes prices on games and apps, offers three months of music streaming for $1

Weird Science

NASA Suspends Next Mission to Mars

ORNL achieves milestone with plutonium-238 sample

Bacteria that resist ‘last antibiotic’ found in UK

It’s all about the drones, self-driving cars and WordPress’ move to Node.js in this episode of Technology Bytes!

Technology Bytes Podcast - Dec 16, 2015 [ 2:00:07 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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90:9:1 – the odd ratio that technology keeps creating

Police Are Putting GPS Trackers in Every Object You Can Imagine

New Hacking Group Threatening Xbox Live and PSN with DDoS Attacks for Christmas

CONGRESS SLIPS CISA INTO A BUDGET BILL THAT’S SURE TO PASS

You Can Break Into a Linux System by Pressing Backspace 28 Times. Here’s How to Fix It

Donald Trump wants to shut off the Internet

Hackers actively exploit critical vulnerability in sites running Joomla

Bite of the Apple

No 3D Touch for iPad Air 3 Due in First Half of 2016, iPhone 7’s 3D Touch Tech Similar to iPhone 6s

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WordPress Announces Migration to Node.js

Hyundai teases the Ioniq, its first all-electric vehicle

Sneak Better Refreshments Into a Star Wars Screening With a Secret Lightsaber Flask

7 Ways Cities Will Get Better When Driverless Cars Hit the Streets

BLACK EMBER MODULAR BACKPACK

Jackfish Survival credit card holder

Weird Science

SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Design Weekend at Texas A&M University

THE OFFICIAL SPACEX HYPERLOOP POD COMPETITION

Physicists find new evidence for helium ‘rain’ on Saturn

Controversial test finds no sign of a holographic universe

Final NASA budget bill fully funds commercial crew and Earth science

Full crew in the studio this week – talking Star Wars and exploding hover boards amongst other geekery!

Technology Bytes Podcast Dec 9, 2015 [ 2:00:07 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Confirmed: No Jar Jar or Ewoks in ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’

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AT&T bringing gigabit fiber to LA and dozens of other metro areas

Study Finds Most Kickstarters Aren’t Scams

Horrendous PC shipment decline in 2015 isn’t going to end anytime soon

“Nemesis” malware hijacks PC’s boot process to gain stealth, persistence

People are in denial about using devices while walking and being bad at it

Bite of the Apple

Apple Maps Now Used Three Times More Than Google Maps on iPhone

Apple open-sources Swift, posts the language to GitHub

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Some “Hoverboards” have been exploding

TAFT’S ALE HOUSE LIQUID ADVENT CALENDAR

GOOGLE’S NEW UPDATE WILL MERGE YOUR TO-DO LISTS WITH YOUR CALENDAR

Learn Survival Skills from the 340-Page Tokyo Disaster Preparedness Guide

The US Postal Service Will Soon Email You Scans of Your Mail

Google Pixel C review: Too clever by half

Weird Science

NASA plans to ‘move out’ of the ISS on its way to the Moon

Commercial space station resupply launch success—Cygnus blasts off