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This Twitter account alerts you whenever Congress edits Wikipedia

Jul 11, 2014

There’s now a real-time record of Wikipedia edits made by US lawmakers. Congress-edits (@congressedits), a Twitter account started earlier this...

Apple has turned the FTC’s eye towards Google over in-app purchases

Jul 9, 2014

It wasn’t too long ago that Apple landed themselves in a spot of trouble over in-app purchases, something which they...

Apple’s new iMac cuts 50% of the performance to save 19% of the cost

Jul 6, 2014

When Apple launched its new entry-level iMac last month, many were happy with the price, but concerned about the system’s...

Android L uses 36% less battery power than KitKat

Jul 2, 2014

As you may or may not know, Google has a knack for focusing on one particular "project" during the development...

OEMs won’t be able to alter the design of Android Wear, Auto, and TV

Jun 29, 2014

At Google I/O this year, the company unveiled a trio of new operating systems, Android TV, Android Auto, and Android...

Over 86% of Android devices are at risk due to a new vulnerability

Jun 29, 2014

A serious code-execution vulnerability in Android 4.3 and earlier was patched in KitKat, the latest version of the operating system....

The Senate is trying to legalize cell phone unlocking again

Jun 23, 2014

Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee have reached a bipartisan deal on legislation that would allow people to “unlock” their...

Sony thinks Valve’s Steam Machines will be a legitimate threat… eventually

Jun 23, 2014

When it comes to gaming in the living room, consoles are currently dominating because that’s usually how it has been...

BoringSSL is Google’s new, independent “fork” of OpenSSL

Jun 21, 2014

With developers still struggling to plug vulnerabilities in the open source OpenSSL crypto library, Google has spun off a new...

An anonymous Bitcoin miner is threatening the security of the entire system

Jun 15, 2014

A single bitcoin mining network has repeatedly supplied more than half the computational power necessary to mint new bitcoins, undermining...

A proposed Senate spending bill would provide $17.9 billion to NASA

Jun 6, 2014

NASA’s massive Space Launch System development effort gets a lift while its Commercial Crew Program gets more scrutiny in a...

Hackers can now see private discussions thanks to an OpenSSL bug

Jun 6, 2014

The world hasn't yet recovered from the Heartbleed vulnerability in OpenSSL and now there's news of a new bug affecting the popular...