A new report says that Apple was more willing to comply with the government in the past when it came to unlocking iPhones tied to criminal investigations, having gone as far as to help prosecutors draft the documentation that would force it to unlock a device.
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Earlier this week, Sony unleashed system software update 3.50 for the PlayStation 4. The addition of Remote Play for PC was certainly the highlight of the update, but given a few days to tinker with their consoles, gamers have found several other new features that weren’t announced before the update went live.
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This… is a pretty crazy deal. Samsung makes the best TVs in the business, hands down, and you’ve been waiting for the perfect moment to upgrade your old set. Well, we’re not sure it gets any more perfect than this. For a very limited time, both Amazon and B&H are selling the Samsung UN50JU7100 50-Inch 4K Ultra HD Smart LED TV (2015 Model) for just $748 with free shipping.
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We’ve reached the end of another long work week but before you slip away into the darkness and escape for the weekend, we’ve got one last list of paid iPhone and iPad apps on sale for free for you to enjoy. Today’s list features 11 premium iOS apps that are all free downloads for the time being, and they span a wide range of categories. You’ll also find even more freebies in yesterday’s post if 11 isn’t enough for you.
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For a long time I’ve had a love-hate relationship with Chrome. I love how it opens pages more quickly than any other browser I’ve used but I hate all the resources that it gobbles up to make that performance happen. I like Microsoft’s Edge browser but there’s still something missing for me there that I can’t quite put my finger on.
However, for the past couple of days I’ve been playing around with the new Vivaldi browser and it looks like I may have finally found the browser that will allow me to comfortably ditch Chrome.
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Stop us if you’ve heard this one before… dozens of times. A very serious security flaw has been discovered in Adobe Flash and millions of users are impacted. The zero-day vulnerability allows hackers to exploit the flaw and crash a user’s system, or even take control of the system and steal private data.
It’s one of the most serious types of flaws out there and in this case the vulnerability is being actively exploited by hackers. In other words, this isn’t some tiny bug discovered by researchers and handled privately with Adobe behind closed doors. Hackers are using the security hole to attack users as you read this — and now Adobe has released an update to patch the flaw.
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Happy Friday, bargain hunters! It’s been a great week of deals so far and we’re finishing things off on a high note with 13 solid daily deals. A few of them are limited-time Lightning deals though — like this 128GB microSDXC card with adapter for just $28 — so you had better hurry if you want to snag any of them.
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Netflix subscribers, we have good news and bad new for you this morning. The bad news is that millions of you are about to start paying more each month for Netflix and you probably have no idea. Seriously, your monthly subscription fee is about to increase and you can find out more right here. But like we said, there’s also good news: We’re going to help you get even more bang for your buck than you already do using five great tools and hacks for Netflix.
That price hike is still going to sting, but hopefully these great Netflix enhancements will make it sting a little less.
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The Tesla Model X’s single most ridiculous feature is something called “bioweapon defense mode” that turns on the car’s air filter and purportedly delivers interior air quality on par with a hospital room. Model X driver Bjørn Nyland was recently driving his car through Arizona when he caught a whiff of the foul stench of manure. This gave him the perfect opportunity to put bioweapon defense mode to the test, and he was surprised to learn that the feature worked exactly as advertised.
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There’s no reason to beat around the bush at this point… Jon Snow is dead. Dead. Forget all the fan theories you’ve read that suggest how Snow might have survived at the end of season 5 of HBO’s smash hit series Game of Thrones, because they’re all wrong. As much as we’d love it if Snow was somehow still alive, it just wasn’t meant to be.
How do we know? HBO has now confirmed in no uncertain terms that Snow has indeed perished. We know what you’re thinking — maybe they read it wrong. Maybe HBO left room for interpretation. Maybe he’s still alive! Well, here’s the exact quote from HBO: “Jon Snow is dead.”
Ouch.
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