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Bot Wars: Why Big Tech Companies Want Apps To Talk Back To You

The Gimmick Economy: how central banks pretend software isn’t eating the world

The web is Doom

Intel declares independence from the PC as it lays out a broader 5-point strategy

Canadian Minister of Health Blames ‘Social Media’ for Gonorrhea Epidemic

The smartphone market is peaking

Why You Should Care About the Coming Email Privacy Law 

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Apple now makes more money from its services than selling Macs

Rumor: Next-gen Apple Watch could include cellular functionality

iPhone 7 Plus Design Drawings Depict Dimensions Identical to iPhone 6s Plus

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Hover Camera is a safe and foldable drone that follows you

Intel wants headphone jack on smartphones replaced with USB Type-C

4U Storage Pods offer 240TB of storage for 3.6¢/GB

TiVo’s cord-cutting DVR gets more storage and drops subscriptions

We Finally Have a Trailer for Bruce Timm’s The Killing Joke Movie

Weird Science

One Of The World’s Top Aging Researchers Has A Pill To Keep You Feeling Young

Human history traced via the Y chromosome

Titan’s great lakes appear to be filled with clear, colorless methane

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Intel announces “evolution” away from PC industry, “up to 12,000” layoffs

Using a Dyson hand dryer is like setting off a viral bomb in a bathroom

Fair use prevails as Supreme Court rejects Google Books copyright case

Study: Americans are ditching home internet for mobile

Uber shuts down its Instant Delivery food service in NYC

Bite of the Apple

Apple Updates 12-Inch MacBook With Skylake Processors, Faster Graphics, Longer Battery Life, and Rose Gold

New 12-Inch MacBook Tidbits: 15% Faster, 41.4-Watt-Hour Battery, Refurb Price Drop, and More

Rumor: Apple looking to shift from aluminum to “all glass” enclosure with AMOLED screen for iPhone 7

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Next up in IoT: The Internet of shirts and shoes

The Ars guide to building a Linux router from scratch

Sony PS4K is codenamed NEO, features upgraded CPU, GPU, RAM—report

Cover your body in light with “organic photonic skin”

Monstrous Anker Battery Charger

China’s LeEco teases its very own autonomous electric car

Lian Li’s first standing desk is also a computer

‘Mr. Robot’ season 2.0 hits USA on July 13

Weird Science

Scientists Made LEDs 60 Percent Brighter By Copying Firefly Lanterns

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FBI Used Security Flaw Found by ‘Professional Hackers’ to Crack San Bernardino Shooter’s iPhone

Microsoft is boosting security through hardware in Windows 10 PCs, phones

0-day exploits more than double as attackers prevail in security arms race

White House threatens veto of GOP’s anti-net neutrality bill

Verizon won’t fix copper lines when customers refuse switch to fiber

Kepler exits emergency mode, re-establishes full communication

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iPhone 7 and 7 Plus Again Rumored to Feature Smart Connector, but No Stereo Speakers or Thinner Design

New Version of ‘January 1, 1970 Bug’ Can Brick Pre-iOS 9.3.1 Devices Over Compromised Wi-Fi Networks

Some iPhone SE users complain of Bluetooth audio issues, Apple has yet to offer official comment

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The original ‘Star Wars’ trilogy is returning to theaters

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Kwikset is making a completely key-free smart lock

Amazon’s Kindle Oasis: The Highest-End High-End Kindle So Far

‘Captain America: Civil War’ is another gem in Marvel’s MCU gauntlet (spoiler free)

Weird Science

Stephen Hawking announces plan to explore Alpha Centauri for alien life

Using synthetic nervous system, paralyzed man is first to move again

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The Wonder-Buoy That May Finally Make Wave Energy Feasible

Massive application-layer attacks could defeat hybrid DDoS protection

Nest’s Hub Shutdown Proves You’re Crazy to Buy Into the Internet of Things

Opposition to Broadband Subsidies Is More About Politics Than Tech

MIT Can Now 3-D Print Robots Made of Both Solids and Liquids

Bite of the Apple

HP says its new ultra-thin laptop will out-innovate Apple

Teardown Finds Apple’s iPhone SE Costs at Least $160 to Build

iPhone SE Availability Tightening Online and at Apple Stores

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MOLESKINE SMART WRITING SET

ARTBREW AUTOMATED BREWING SYSTEM

Meet Tesla’s Model 3, Its Long-Awaited Car for the Masses

HP goes for bling with new super-thin, copper-accented Spectre notebook

Roku’s new, smaller streaming stick beams audio to your smartphone

Weird Science

NASA Is Finally Sending a Hotel Magnate’s Inflatable Habitat to the ISS

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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]

The Best and Worst Stuff From Microsoft’s Build 2016 Keynote

Bite of the Apple

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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TRANS AM SE BANDIT EDITION

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

YAMA SILVERTON COFFEE DRIPPER

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

Weird Science

Scientists regenerate spinal cord in injured rats with stem cells

Japan’s Lost Black Hole Satellite Just Reappeared and Nobody Knows What Happened to It