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Apple won’t be announcing its television service next week after all

Those of you who have been anticipating the announcement of Apple's long-rumored subscription television service should prepare yourselves for disappointment. Although the company was reportedly planning to unveil the service...

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Kyocera is being sued by Microsoft for infringing on Android patents

Despite being a direct competitor in the mobile market, Microsoft actually owns quite a few Android patents and isn't afraid to use them in lawsuits. The latest company to fall...

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Maybe default encryption for Android wasn’t such a good idea

While Android has supported disk encryption for a while now, Android 5.0 is the only version that implements it by default rather than having it be opt-in. However, many recent...

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The FCC has approved America’s strongest-ever net neutrality rules

The strongest net neutrality rules that the United States has ever seen were approved by the FCC in a highly-anticipated vote earlier today. This vote comes after months of fighting...

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Say goodbye to Google Wallet and hello to Android Pay

Poor Google. Even though Google Wallet was one of the pioneers of mobile payments, it's now playing catch-up to Apple Pay, which itself is only a few months old. Obviously...

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Yahoo argues about crypto backdoors with the NSA

It's been almost a year and a half since it was revealed that the NSA installed backdoors into several common cryptography technologies so that the government could decrypt communications but the...

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The founder of 4chan has decided to leave the website

Regardless of how you feel about 4chan, you can't deny how important the website has been in making the internet what it is today, for better or worse. Founded by 15-year-old Christopher...

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GameStop has been knowingly selling broken Xbox 360s since 2009

Many people who have ever owned an Xbox 360, particularly in the console's early days, have had to deal with the dreaded "Red Ring of Death". This would mean that...

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Police can create fake Instagram accounts for investigations

Many would argue that cops cross the line when they impersonate people on social networks to catch suspects, but that doesn't mean that fake accounts are always off the table....

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T-Mobile introduces a brilliant new data rollover program

T-Mobile may be an “Un-carrier” but it’s not a charity, it’s here to make money. So while its new Data Stash plans that let customers on capped plans roll over unused...

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Britain’s answer to the NSA want to show kids how cool encryption is

Most of the time, when you hear about GCHQ, Britain's answer to the NSA, it's in the same sentence about mass surveillance or cellphone hacking. But this time around, the...

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Amazon Prime members now have access to 4K streaming

Amazon Prime Instant, the packaged streaming video service that’s included with Amazon Prime memberships, now officially supports 4K video streaming. Of course, you’ll need to have a 4K TV or...

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