News

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

Bite of the Apple

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”

Try Buy or Fry

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

Weird Science

What to Expect if Earth Ever Falls Into a Black Hole

Human DNA found in a Neandertal woman

Gravitational waves explained

News

‘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

Bite of the Apple

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

Try Buy or Fry

Everything you need to know about Deadpool before ‘Deadpool’

Weird Science

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

News

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

Bite of the Apple

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

Try Buy or Fry

SMART MIRROR

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

Google Play Music starts rolling out podcasts to the Android app

Weird Science

Removing worn-out cells makes mice live longer and prosper

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

News

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

Bite of the Apple

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

Try Buy or Fry

Microsoft News Pro 1.0 (iOS, Web)

Starry claims millimeter wave-based wireless Gigabit Internet coming

Like Chromebooks, thumb-size PCs will bloom

Weird Science

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

News

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

Try Buy or Fry

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

News

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

Try Buy or Fry

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

News

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

Try Buy or Fry

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

TESLASUIT

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,