If you use Waze, hackers can stalk you
Researchers at the University of California-Santa Barbara recently discovered a Waze vulnerability that allowed them to create thousands of “ghost drivers” that can monitor the drivers around them—an exploit that could be used to track Waze users in real-time.

April 26, 2016 at 08:24PM
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We’re Drowning in Content. Recommendations Are What We Need
YouTube is rolling out an app redesign that totally overhauls the homepage. Rather than a bunch of videos, grouped by channel or topic, you’ll now see a single feed of recommended videos when you open the app.

April 26, 2016 at 06:53PM
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Bodyhackers are all around you, they’re called women
“I have two cyborg implants. One is in my hand, and it lets me unlock phones and doors by waving at them. The other is in my uterus, and it lets me control my own fertility.”

April 26, 2016 at 04:56PM
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Apple sees its revenue decline for the first time in 13 years
It brought in $50.6 billion in revenue for the second quarter of 2016, and $10.5 billion in profits. That compares with $58 billion in revenue and $13.6 billion in profits during this period last year, a drop of 13 percent for the revenue.

April 26, 2016 at 03:57PM
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This German Laser System Cuts Through Metal Like It’s Butter And It’s Awesome
This “TRUMPF” laser machine operates on 5-Axis and cut out both 2D and 3D components and it is effin’ great.

April 26, 2016 at 02:59PM
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When athletes are left to their own digital-dating devices
Jocks of all sports and stripes are using social media to search for a Ms. or Mr. Right, or at least Right Now.

April 26, 2016 at 02:50PM
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City installs blinking ground lights for walkers and texters
In Augsburg, Germany, walkers-and-texters are reportedly legion — so much so, in fact, that the city is taking some creative measures to ameliorate the issue.

April 26, 2016 at 09:30AM
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Apple is about to post its first quarterly revenue decline since 2003
After a dozen years of dramatic growth — led first by the iPod and Mac, and then the iPhone and iPad — Apple is expected to report that March quarter sales declined 10 percent year over year to around $52 billion.

April 26, 2016 at 07:34AM
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How License-Plate Readers Have Helped Police and Lenders Target the Poor
Law enforcement can access privately-collected location information about cars—and some low-income neighborhoods have faced extra scrutiny.

April 25, 2016 at 08:09PM
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What Happens When You Shoot Kevlar Body Armor From Close Range?
Like the name suggests, bullet-proof vests will for the most part stop bullets. But those bullets can still do some damage.

April 25, 2016 at 04:25PM
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