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• newReplacement screens can be used to hijack your phone

  

  A new study has shown that one of the most common fixes to a stock smartphone ailment can be used to steal your data, and compromise your device. In the newly published paper, researchers from Israel's Ben-Gurion University of the Negev reveal how a.…
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• newMicrosoft co-founder's remote vehicles find a legendary WWII ship

  

  The USS Indianapolis played an important role in WWII history, including the delivery of parts for the atomic bombs that would eventually drop on Japan. However, it met a grim fate: not only did a Japanese submarine sink it near the end of the war, b…
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• newICE insists it doesn’t use Stingrays to track undocumented immigrants

  

  In a letter (PDF), the acting director of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said that the agency doesn't use its Stingray mobile call-intercepting devices while enforcing immigration laws. It does deploy them when pursuing criminal suspec…
  - 3 hours ago 21 Aug 17, 1:07am -
• newPrisma hopes to market its AI photo filtering tech

  

  Prisma's machine learning photography app may not be as hot as it was in 2016, but that doesn't mean it's going away. If the developer has its way, you'll see its technology in many places before long. The company tells The Verge that it's shifting i…
  - 5 hours ago 20 Aug 17, 11:36pm -
• newMicrosoft reveals every game enhanced for Xbox One X

  

  Microsoft has dribbled out details of Xbox One X visual upgrades over the past couple of months, but now it's laying all its cards on the table. The company's Larry "Major Nelson" Hryb has posted a list of all the games currently slated to get some k…
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• Sunday's Best Deals: Kindle Ebooks, Backyard Sports, Egg Cooker, and More

  

  Cheap Kindle ebooks, noise-cancelling Bluetooth headphones, and backyard sports equipment lead off Sunday’s best deals.Read more...
  - 92 days ago 21 May 17, 2:29pm -
• io9 Co-Founder Charlie Jane Anders Wins Best Novel at This Year's Nebula Awards

  

  The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America announced the winners of the Nebula Awards for 2016 over the weekend. There are some impressive and talented works in the mix, including an award for Arrival. But, of course, io9 can’t help but be…
  - 92 days ago 21 May 17, 2:15pm -
• Amazon's Top-Selling Egg Cooker Makes Breakfast at the Touch of a Button - Just $16 Today

  

  Cooking eggs isn’t exactly rocket science, but I’d say the ability to make soft, medium, and hard boiled eggs, plus omelettes and poached eggs at the touch of a button is worth $16. The Dash Go is Amazon’s top-selling egg cooker, and carries a…
  - 92 days ago 21 May 17, 12:04pm -
• This Game of Thrones Fan Film May Be the Only Prequel We Need

  

  As George R.R. Martin and HBO try to figure out which (and how many!) of the five Game of Thrones spin-offs they’re working on a small group of indie filmmaker in Belfast have taken it upon themselves to make their own prequel, titled “The Wild W…
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• Vienna Game Developers Are Using The City's Coffeehouse Culture To Create A New Kind Of Arcade 

  

  The rise and fall of arcades have in large part shaped how we think about playing video games together in public places, but in their absence, young designers are finding new ways to bring social gaming out into the open.Read more...
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