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What will it be like to attend CES on its 100th anniversary?

January 12, 2015 at 01:04PM
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This is how you smuggle 94 iPhones over the Chinese border
Police noticed this particular smuggler due to “weird walking posture, joint stiffness and muscle tension,” an obvious result of covering your entire body in touchscreens.

January 12, 2015 at 11:53AM
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Macs vulnerable to virtually undetectable virus that “can’t be removed”
A security researcher has discovered a way to infect Macs with malware virtually undetectable, that “can’t be removed,” and which can be installed using a modified Apple gigabit Ethernet Thunderbolt adapter.

January 12, 2015 at 10:56AM
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Samsung Galaxy A7 Photos And Specs Revealed
Samsung just unveiled its newest smartphone, the Galaxy A7, which is its thinnest phone to date.

January 12, 2015 at 10:10AM
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The Official #CES2015 Selfie Stick Review
I took a selfie stick to CES to find out why the world hates selfie sticks.

January 12, 2015 at 08:34AM
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Google crashes supposedly secure Aviator browser
A spat between Google and Whitehat Security has erupted after engineers at the search giant revealed dangerous vulnerabilities found in the latter’s privacy-centric Chrome spin-off browser.

January 12, 2015 at 07:37AM
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Leaked Palantir Doc Reveals Uses, Specific Functions And Key Clients
TechCrunch has received a private document from 2013 which reveals the company’s extensive trove of data analysis tools and lists many of its key clients. The document is currently being passed around as an investor prospectus for a new secondary round.

January 12, 2015 at 06:33AM
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How Old VHS Tapes Helped Save Early Web Design
Prominent technologist Andy Baio, who runs the site Waxy.org — where he promotes tech ephemera and news — has discovered an unlikely portal to an era that has all but disappeared from today’s internet, and quite nearly from the human record: VHS tapes.

January 12, 2015 at 04:45AM
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Uber Cuts Fares In 48 Cities, Raising Some Concern Among Drivers
Uber said the fare cuts would help drivers “beat the winter slump” by generating business in the months after the busy holiday season. The cuts will largely affect markets in which the company has a relatively small presence, like in Nashville or Milwaukee.

January 11, 2015 at 11:27PM
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Who was Silk Road’s Dread Pirate Roberts? As trial nears, a jury will decide
Ross Ulbricht, the 30-year-old Texan who prosecutors say was the mastermind of the drug trafficking website, has remained steadfast in his innocence since his arrest more than a year ago.

January 11, 2015 at 05:02PM
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