‘Destructive’ malware may have hit Sony Pictures, other companies warned
Sony Pictures was hit by unknown hackers last week who managed to steal various sensitive information, including high-quality digital versions of several unreleased Sony movies, prompting the FBI to issue a five-page warning to certain U.S. businesses regarding a new type of “destructive” malware. A copy of the memo has been obtained by Reuters.
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This is the closest you’ll get to using the Apple Watch this year
As much as big consumer electronics companies would like you to think smart watches are already the next big thing, consumers haven’t really shown much interest in the devices. Even Samsung and its massive multi-billion dollar marketing budget hasn’t been able to move the needle, selling just a few hundred thousand units here and there.
Just about every Apple analyst on the planet things that the upcoming Apple Watch will finally break the mold, and Apple will sell double-digit millions within the device’s first year of availability. Only time will tell if consumers will actually bite — remember, all these predictions are being made before we really know anything at all about how the Apple Watch will work.
While we wait for more official word from Apple, though, a new concept might give us our best idea yet of what it will be like to use the Apple Watch.
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The coolest thing you’ll see today: Animated GIFs explain how speakers make sound
Where would the web be without GIFs? People would need to distract themselves from school, work and life in general with annoying things like useful information that might better us as people. Of course, GIFs can be more than just distractions, and graphic designer Jacob O’Neil recently created a series of GIFs that ditch cats and people falling off of things, replacing them instead with awesome animations that are as informative as they are sleek.
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Here are some essential tricks all holiday shoppers should know
Black Friday and Cyber Week offer a great deal of savings but they’re also a time of potential peril as retailers will come up with some ways to make you spend extra cash that you don’t need to spend. Consumer Reports has put out a list of five tips and tricks for holiday shoppers and they’re definitely all things that you should bookmark because they’ll be a big help this holiday shopping season.
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Former Googler who helped build Google+ says he has no idea why Google+ exists
It’s nearly 2015, and I’m still not sure any of us know exactly what we’re supposed to be doing with Google+. The increasingly invasive social network has been one of Google’s most puzzling platforms for years, surviving despite what seems to be a generally negative public reaction. But it turns out the users aren’t the only ones trying to figure out Google’s game plan.
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Huge Cyber Week deals at Sam’s Club last all week long — DON’T MISS OUT!
The holidays will be here before you know it — have you already bought all of the gifts you’ll be handing out this year? Trust us, you’re not alone if you still have plenty of shopping left to do. Black Friday and Cyber Monday are two of the biggest shopping days of the year, but if you missed them, there are still plenty of great deals to be found all week long thanks to Cyber Week.
Sam’s Club offers great savings all year long for members, but the company has turned up the heat for Cyber Week 2014 and we have everything you need to know right here.
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Clever 7-year-old discovers how to bypass Apple’s Touch ID in the simplest way possible
While we’ve been reading about elaborate hacks of Apple’s Touch ID fingerprint identification system for more than a year now, one clever 7-year-old boy has figured out the simplest way to bypass the system without knowing one line of code. CNN Monday reports that Harrison Green, the 7-year-old son of Johns Hopkins University professor Matthew Green, smartly snuck into his father’s room while he was asleep and pressed his dad’s fingerprint against the Touch ID scanner on his iPhone 6 Plus. Voila — instant “hack.”
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5 gorgeous iPhone apps with surprising designs and amazing visuals
When thousands of paid apps are added to Apple’s App Store every week, presentation becomes a vital tool for success. If a customer is going to spend money on an app, it needs to stand out from the dozens of other apps that perform a similar function, which is why we’ve decided to round up some of the new and recently updated apps that we can’t take our eyes off of.
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SALE: Protect your new iPhone: 58% off Spigen’s iPhone 6/6+ CS Slim Armor Bundle
Your iPhone 6 is not just a super fashionable technological accessory. It represents a serious investment in communications freedom. Like all of your investment, you are going to want to protect it as much as you can. That is why you need The iPhone 6 CS Slim Armor Bundle which is 58% off at BGR Deals right now.
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This is the big Samsung Android Lollipop leak you’ve been waiting for
So far we’ve seen what Android 5.0 Lollipop will look like on the Galaxy S4, the Galaxy S5 and the Galaxy Note 3 but not on Samsung’s most recent flagship device, the Galaxy Note 4… until now. PhoneArena has posted some leaked pictures of the Note 4 with Android 5.0 Lollipop installed and from the looks of things, Samsung has revamped TouchWiz with a lot of the design choices Google made with Material Design.
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