Feature Story
Nexus 6 review—The “premium” price still comes with compromises
Slow storage hurts load times, multitasking on Google's new flagship. Plus, why 6 inches?
Top Post: Lollipop on the 2012 Nexus 7: Not great, but not much worse
In-Depth Reports
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Feds gather phone data from the sky with aircraft-mimicking cell towers
Sources tell WSJ that police are watching cell phones from the sky.
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Taylor Swift wages a campaign against ad-supported music streaming
Swift is leaving services that won't let her tier her music, like Spotify.
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Lollipop on the 2012 Nexus 7: Not great, but not much worse
The older tablet's problems stem mostly from hardware, not software.
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Mario Kart 8’s first DLC pack is a love letter to nostalgic Nintendo fans
Finally, we don't have to wait for a whole new console for more Mario Kart.
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DOJ admits its lawyer misled appeals court during oral argument
Attorney said companies can complain about their NSLs. In reality, they can't.
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Exercise caution when gambling with members of preliterate societies
They grasp probabilities just as well as you do.
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Taser selling boatloads of body cameras to police forces post-Ferguson
Police gobbling up surveillance body cam wearables and eyewear cameras.
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Mosquitos evolved to specialize on human prey
They show a stronger affinity for human scents than their "forest" ancestors.
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Ubisoft working to fix game-breaking Assassin’s Creed: Unity bugs
Developer promises to remedy serious issues like "Arno falling through ground."
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Philae 1 km from original landing site, exact location unknown
It has one leg off the ground and very little sunlight.
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Condemnation mounts against ISP that sabotaged users’ e-mail encryption
Researchers say AT&T subsidiary thwarted STARTTLS protection, sent e-mail in clear.
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iPhone, Galaxy S5, Nexus 5, and Fire Phone fall like dominoes at Pwn2Own
Near field communication exploits play starring role in hacking competition.
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Breaking the lock: Why all game content should be unlocked from the outset
It's past time developers stop restricting when and how we play their games.
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FBI defends “ruse” of undercover agents posing as hotel cable guys
FBI cut Internet access, sent agents into hotel rooms to fix it without warrants.
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California cities, counties have spent $65M on spy tech in past decade
ACLU report: Surveillance kits—including drones—get approved with little scrutiny.
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GMO trees could rescue American chestnut from invasive fungus
Is the US ready for a brave new backyard?
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Potentially catastrophic bug bites all versions of Windows. Patch now
Bug allowing execution of malicious code resides in TLS stack.
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Comcast loves Obama’s net neutrality plan, except for that Title II part
Comcast likes ban on blocking and fast lanes but doesn't want to be a utility.
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Groupon backs down from GNOME over trademark, will change product name
Update: GNOME won't have to pay for an expensive legal battle after all.
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Startups can now buy insurance against threat of patent trolls
RPX wants to protect small companies from patent threats. Premiums start at $7,500.
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Stuxnet worm infected high-profile targets before hitting Iran nukes
List of "patients zero" shows cyber weapon broke into—not out of—Natanz.
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What can data drive? Toyota’s Onramp Challenge wants to hack the sportscar
Initiative hopes teams use data loggers to create new driving applications.
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Don’t blame Obama, but DDoS attacks are now using his press releases
New “crafted DNS TXT” method boosts attack with bits of White House statements.
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Assassin’s Creed: Unity—The Madden-ing of a flagship series
Review: A gorgeous but ultimately flat outing for a series caught in a rebuilding year.
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From The Wirecutter: The best $1,000 projector
Turning a wall into a screen without compromising (too much) on picture quality.
On The Radar
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I believe I can fly
Forget boots on the ground, half of US-Mexico border watched via drone
CBP official: "law-abiding people shouldn't worry," as drones can't see faces.
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No Lisp support just yet
Amazon Lambda takes the administration out of cloud computing
Event-driven service will allocate resources automatically.
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Lawmakers' Tech Stocks
Congress bets big on Apple, Microsoft stock
Members of US Senate and House have personally invested tens of millions in tech.
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I Heart Robots
Brookings to legislators: Stop worrying, learn to love drones
Institution says don't hate the robotic player, says author—hate the surveillance game.
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Explosive deals
Dealmaster: Get a 1TB Limited Edition Xbox One for cheap
$449 gets you the Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Xbox Bundle and a $50 gift card.
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A room with a Vue
PlayStation Vue service will stream live TV without a cable subscription
Includes on-demand viewing of major network content; beta starting this month.
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Bury the hachette
Amazon and Hachette resolve dispute with multi-year agreement
Agreement ends a bitter months-long dispute that saw NYT op-eds, Colbert segments.
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D is for No Cookie
Disconnect’s new app pulls the plug on supercookies, other tracking
VPN, malvertising blocking service now available for iOS, Android, Mac OS X, and Windows.
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no more metadata for you
Senate leader Reid will move USA Freedom Act to a vote
It will take 60 Senate votes to end the "bulk collection" program.
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Just trust us on this
Republican lawmakers tell FCC it can’t treat broadband as a utility
FCC lacks authority to reclassify broadband, 41 members of Congress claim.
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SURVIVOR GILT
Windows Phone security sandbox survives Pwn2Own unscathed
Microsoft phone coughs up cookies, but full compromise fails.
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Better luck next time
Judge sides with ICANN: Plaintiffs can’t take all of Iran’s domain names
Attempt to collect on a $109M judgment hasn't gone very far in over a decade.
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Watching you, watching me
Americans know about digital snooping but can’t stop it, survey finds
91 percent say we've "lost control over how personal information is collected."
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Xbox 1x10^7?
Microsoft: Xbox One nearing ten million shipments worldwide
Recent drop to $349 has tripled weekly sales in the US, console maker says.
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Nick Fury Wants You
DARPA wants to turn existing planes into drone motherships
Seeks ways to launch, recover “volleys” of drones in flight.
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get to flashing
How to flash a factory image to your Nexus device
With a Nexus device and a little command line know-how, you can update right now.
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DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME
FBI’s most wanted cybercriminal used his cat’s name as a password
From the department of face-palming opsec blunders.
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Unwrap a lollipop
Android 5.0 factory images available for the Nexus 5, 10, and 7 (Wi-Fi)
Lollipop factory images are now available directly from Google for Nexus owners.
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YOU GET A LOLLIPOP! AND YOU! AND...
Android 5.0 Lollipop OTA updates are rolling out to Nexus devices now
Android 5.0 updates come to the Nexus 5, 10, and Wi-Fi Nexus 7s.
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no taxation without procrastination
House speaker Boehner won’t let Internet Sales Tax pass this year
Proposal passed the Senate on a bipartisan vote. 18 months later, it languishes.
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boing?
Philae on comet, but not secured [UPDATED]
Appears to have bounced and re-landed twice.
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YouTube Takedown Redux
Takedown of anti-Muslim YouTube video gets appeals court rehearing
Decision allows subjects of news coverage to veto "unflattering broadcasts."
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the rumors turned out to be extremely true
YouTube’s ad-free, music video streaming service hits beta next week
After the beta ends, users will be able to subscribe for a discounted price.
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check for update
Unlocked 2014 Moto G and X can download Lollipop updates now [Updated]
They're the first phones, Nexus or otherwise, to move beyond a "soak test."
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Holding customers hostage
AT&T to “pause” 100-city fiber buildout because of net neutrality rules
Fiber expansion halted after Obama's call for treating broadband as a utility.
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Paging John Connor
UN commission to discuss restrictions on real-world Terminator weapons
Smart weapons that pick targets without human intervention could be restricted.
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kerplunk
We have landed a robot on a comet [Updated]
ESA's decade long mission to enter a free-fall stage.
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carbon-lite
US, China announce deal on carbon emissions
US cuts to go deeper, China to have emissions peak in 2030.
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No Soup Dragons here
Visual Studio 2015 goes even more cross-platform with Clang, Android emulator
The next version of Visual Studio will be able to target more platforms than ever.
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.NET Everywhere
Microsoft open sources .NET, takes it to Linux and OS X
There's yet another new Visual Studio version, too.
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"Split the baby"
FCC chairman skeptical of Obama’s call to treat broadband as a utility [Updated]
“I am an independent agency,” Wheeler reportedly said in closed meeting.
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Time for an update
Android Wear Lollipop update to add “undo,” watch face API, and more
Report: Android Wear will join the Lollipop party in early December.
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Dragon Age: Inquisition—Let’s spend some time together
Review: BioWare’s massive, sprawling world is held together by its core relationships.
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Halo: The Master Chief Collection review: Chief concern
Halo's first anthology is big enough, but is it good enough to rekindle nostalgia?
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Did the government hack a CBS journalist? Maybe. [Updated]
Sharyl Attkisson claims to have evidence, but she isn't sharing it all.
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