Just over 24 hours ago, a major security vulnerability affecting all versions of Flash for Windows, Mac and Linux was discovered and reported to Adobe. Hopefully you’ve already uninstalled Flash Player, but whether or not you got around to scrubbing Flash from your computer, we’re pleased to report that Adobe has released a patch for the vulnerability.
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It’s finally Friday, dear readers, which means the weekend is officially in sight. Start the celebration early with today’s list of eight paid iPhone and iPad apps on sale for free for a very limited time. And for more premium apps on sale for free, be sure to check out yesterday’s list as well.
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It’s incredible to think how far smartphone cameras have come over the past few years. Handsets like the iPhone 6s and Galaxy S6 shoot breathtaking photos that are crisp and clear, with shockingly accurate color reproduction… as long as you’re outside in perfect lighting. The need for a high-quality dedicated camera is still very real, not just for professional photographers, but for anyone who truly appreciates image quality. And right now, Amazon is offering a great deal on the Canon PowerShot G3 X Digital Camera with built-in Wi-Fi.
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Something occurred to me this morning: I’ve had an iPhone in my pocket every day of my life for more than eight years, since mid-summer in 2007. Aside from my wife, who wasn’t even my wife back in 2007, I can’t think of anything that has been by my side for as long as the iPhone. Each year brought a new model and I’ve been through them all — iPhones, not wives — but no other smartphone has been able to supplant the iPhone as my main handset.
There is one model that I decided to skip, though. When the iPhone 6 Plus launched alongside the iPhone 6 last year, I passed on it. I did spend some time with the phone, but I never really gave it a shot. So in 2015, I decided to give its successor a try. In the end, I couldn’t even spend a week with the iPhone 6s Plus.
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Violent war stories have always played well with an American crowd, but none have been more celebrated in recent years than the invasion of Osama bin Laden’s secret compound in Pakistan.
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Windows 10 has not been the boost PC vendors were hoping for. Reports from both Gartner and IDC earlier this week suggested that PC sales fell between 7% and 11% year over year in the third quarter, which is a huge hit considering the wave of new hardware that has been released over the past few months. With vendors seemingly running out of options in their attempts to stir up interest in their wares, Microsoft has stepped in with a new offer aimed at incentivizing users to upgrade to a new Windows 10 desktop or laptop.
The deal offers customers $200 to trade in an old Windows laptop when upgrading, but the company will pay you even more if you jump ship from Apple’s camp and switch from a Mac to a Windows 10 PC.
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According to a new report from The Wall Street Journal, Nintendo has begun sending out software development kits for its upcoming NX game console. The SDK will allow developers to begin working on games for the console ahead of its release.
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Last week, the BGR Deals team told you about a popular clip-on lens kit for any model iPhone and just about any model Android phone. This nifty kit gives you three high-quality lens attachments that you can change on the fly, and it’s a steal at just $16 shipped. It ended up being one of our most popular Deals team posts of the week — people just loved it.
If you missed that post and didn’t buy a kit, it turns out today is your lucky day: Until midnight PDT tonight, the Aukey 3 in 1 Clip-on Cell Phone Camera Lens Kit is on sale for just $9.99 with free Prime shipping.
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One would need to be quite the marksman to shoot a drone out of the sky with a conventional rifle. Firing a bullet with a diameter of only about 7mm and hitting an airborne drone from several hundred feet away is obviously no easy task. But a new rifle unveiled earlier this week is a game changer for individuals and organizations looking to protect their privacy and safety by warding off snooping drones, and it doesn’t even fire a single bullet.
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A distant star is getting a lot of attention from astronomers – possibly as a sign that alien life is out there.
The star KIC 8462852 was discovered through Planet Hunters, a citizen science program at Yale University. Taking data from the Kepler Space Telescope, volunteers go searching for signs of a drop in light due to orbiting exoplanets crossing in front of their parent stars.
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