Bombshell report reveals the NSA has stolen encryption keys for millions of SIM cards
In a bombshell report published on Thursday, Jeremy Scahill and Josh Begley of The Intercept detail how the NSA and British Intelligence operatives managed to steal encryption keys from Gemalto, a Netherlands-based firm which produces a huge percentage of SIM cards used across the globe.
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Why cut the cord? Cable stations just gave you another big reason
As if you didn’t already have enough reasons to cut the cord and rely on streaming services to get your TV fix, cable stations themselves are giving you another one. The Wall Street Journal reports that some cable stations have actually started speeding up their programs so they can squeeze more ads into their given time slots, which means that not only are characters on shows moving slightly faster, but their voices are slightly higher pitched as well.
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Watch the tantalizing teaser for Mad Men’s final season
Mad Men has been one of the best things on TV over the last decade and this year the story of Don, Peggy, Pete, Joan and the gang will come to its conclusion. AMC on Thursday posted a teaser trailer for Mad Men’s final season and it seems to hint that the show could make a surprising time jump to the mid-’70s.
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Rock Band is reportedly being revived on PS4 and Xbox One
One of the biggest crossover hits in the history of multiplayer gaming vanished off the face of the Earth not with a bang, but with a whimper. Rock Band 3, the final game in the main Rock Band series as of now, launched on the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Wii in 2010 to relatively disappointing sales. Consumers just weren’t as interested in huge plastic peripherals as they had been in years past.
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Bloomberg: The Apple Car is real, and Apple wants to launch it by 2020
Where there’s smoke, there’s fire… and this fire could set an entire industry ablaze. The Wall Street Journal reported it, Reuters reported it, Financial Times reported it and now Bloomberg is getting in on the action. The news organization on Thursday night issued a report stating that Apple is indeed working on building its own car and it hopes to release the vehicle by 2020.
Maybe.
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Norm Macdonald’s riveting behind-the-scenes account of the SNL 40th anniversary special
Saturday Night Live has now been on the air for more than 40 years. 40. Years. That is absolutely incredible, and it’s easy to see why; some of the biggest stars in comedy, past and present, have cut their teeth on the popular late-night show.
SNL recently aired a special 40th anniversary episode that was the talk of the web earlier this week. We shared our 5 favorite moments from SNL’s 40th anniversary episode in an earlier post, but even more interesting is a rare behind-the-scenes account of the special from none other than Norm Macdonald.
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Xbox One March update finally brings a simple feature you’ve been waiting for
The new generation of consoles can stream high-definition gameplay straight to Twitch, download huge games while asleep, open up the possibility of gaming over the cloud… but one of them still can’t take screenshots. Ever since launch, Xbox One owners have had the ability to record gameplay footage on their consoles, but they haven’t been able to capture single frames.
That’s finally going to change next month.
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One major retailer will already let you pre-register for the Galaxy S6
Samsung’s upcoming new Galaxy S6 hasn’t even been announced yet and it’s already one of the most hyped Android phones we have seen in a long time. Recent rumors point to a phone that is certainly worthy of all that hype though, because it looks like Samsung finally has plans to launch a smartphone with design and build quality that matches its power and speed. Basically, it looks like Samsung plans to release an Android-powered mashup between the iPhone 5 and iPhone 6… and in many ways, that’s a good thing.
People are so excited to hear about a Samsung phone with build quality to match its brawn — even if it isn’t even official yet — that they’re already lining up to buy it. And now, one major smartphone retailer has already begun taking Galaxy S6 pre-registrations.
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Video: John Oliver reveals the perfect Daily Show replacement for Jon Stewart
Last week, Jon Stewart shocked fans when he announced that he would be retiring as host of Comedy Central’s The Daily Show with Jon Stewart later this year. Whoever ends up taking Stewart’s place has some massive shoes to fill, as Stewart’s unique blend of cutting humor, obvious intelligence and likable persona are next to impossible to duplicate.
As it turns out, however, former Daily Show correspondent and current Last Week Tonight host John Oliver may have come up with the perfect replacement for Stewart.
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18 ways to kill your cable TV subscription once and for all
In a perfect world, we’d all be able to ditch our cable TV subscriptions for a single app or an affordable device. Sadly, that’s not the world we live in, but there are still plenty of worthwhile alternatives to cable that you should be looking in to if you’re tired of your bill going up every year for some inexplicable reason.
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