High Caffeine Content — WWDC Wish List

I don’t often do this, but this year I think it’s important; Apple is more open & receptive to feedback today than it ever has been. With iOS 9 and iPad Pro, iOS has made a tremendous leap in the past year on iPad.

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The different Mac OS X startup tones and the problems they indicate

The infamous startup tone that the Mac is known for when you turn it on isn’t just a sound, but is actually a very important part of your Mac’s boot up process.

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How Two Artists Pulled Off A Brilliant Heist Using Just A 3-D Scanner

Inside Berlin's Neues Museum, two museum attendants guard the entrance to the room that holds the famous bust of Queen Nefertiti, while two more flank the glass-encased sculpture to prohibit visitors from taking photos.

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Messaging app Telegram is shaking up Iran's elections

Ahead of Friday's vote in Iran, the streets of Tehran are lined with campaign posters and bustling with life, including people tapping away on their smartphones. It's happening everywhere you look, said one reporter in the Iranian capital.

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Why LIGO's Black Holes Probably Didn't Come From a Single Star

An anonymous reader writes:

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Star Trek 2009 Enterprise Artisan Replica

Stardate now. Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock, and the rest of the crew have encountered some out-of-this-world awesomeness with the Star Trek 2009 Enterprise Artisan Replica. Phasers are set to stunning with this 34 in long x 15.75 in wide x 7.5 in high replica of the Starship Enterprise from J.J.

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AT&T Sues Louisville Over Google Fiber

An anonymous reader writes: Louisville was one of the cities identified in 2015 as a potential Google fiber location? Since then, Louisville has completed the pre-work Google requires and, most recently, unamiously passed an ordinance to remove legacy bureaucratic speed bumps to installing fiber on

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Evolving iMessage

This year, iMessage will celebrate its fifth birthday. Recently, Eddy Cue and Craig Federighi appeared on John Gruber's Talk Show podcast and said that 200,000 messages are being sent through the Messages app every second at peak times.

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Apple makes interesting security hire as it compares FBI request to forcing pharma firm to make lethal drugs

TechCrunch spotted an interesting security hire by Apple: the developer behind Edward Snowden’s recommended secure chat app is joining Apple as an intern.

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Apple releases Apple TV Tech Talks video series for building better tvOS apps

Apple on Wednesday released to developers a series of videos focusing on Apple TV and its tvOS operating system, offering a detailed look at the underlying SDK, resources and best practices associated with coding for the platform.

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iOS 9.3 Allows You To Delete Photos Within Albums

iOS 9.3 has a great feature that seems to have flown under the radar: the ability to delete (not just remove) photos inside of albums. Previous to this, the only thing you could do to a photo within an album was remove it by tapping on the trash can button.

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OS X 10.12 will bring Siri to your Mac, rumor says

Siri is finally coming to your Mac! A new report from 9to5Mac claims that Apple’s next major OS X release will bring Siri to its computer operating system after expanding the virtual assistant to the Apple Watch and Apple TV last year. OS X 10.

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Remix OS, a desktop-focused version of Android, is coming to older PCs

Earlier this year at CES we saw Remix OS — an Android fork with desktop features that you can load on to pretty much any x86 computer. Now, the company behind Remix OS, Jide, has announced the release of the software's beta for March 1st, adding support for older, 32-bit machines.

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New Alzheimer’s treatment fully restores memory function

Australian researchers have come up with a non-invasive ultrasound technology that clears the brain of neurotoxic amyloid plaques - structures that are responsible for memory loss and a decline in cognitive function in Alzheimer’s patients.

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11 System Preferences tricks every Mac owner should know

System Preferences, a built-in OS X application analogous to Settings on the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad, lets you customize the Mac to your liking.

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Use your iMac as a display with Target Display Mode

To use your iMac as a display, connect it to another Mac using the correct cable (see System Requirements below). Then press Command-F2 on the keyboard connected to your iMac. When you're done, press Command-F2 again.

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Ready to blow: binge on classic arcade games at Vector Volcano

Fond memories of Donkey Kong, Tron or Pac-Man? Fancy yourself a pinball wizard? Vector Volcano in Bend, Oregon, is the place to revisit classic 70s and 80s games – without needing a fistful of coins

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How to get started using Raspberry Pi

Get the basics for setting up Raspberry Pi. The Raspberry Pi is a mini computer that was specifically created to make tech learning easier. It has a lot of components for computer-based projects, like USB ports, an ethernet port, an SD card slot, Wi-Fi antenna ports, and more.

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Senate Intelligence Committee considering bill to penalize companies refusing to decrypt user devices

Following Apple’s refusal to unlock an iPhone 5c used by one of the San Bernardino gunmen, the Wall Street Journal reports that the Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr, a Republican out of North Carolina, plans to propose a new bill that would impose criminal penalties on

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Facebook and Twitter throw support behind Apple's opposition to court order

Both Facebook and Twitter have now thrown their support behind Apple in its decision to fight a government order to help the FBI break into an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters.

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Proposed FCC rules on cable boxes throw networks into a Google panic

As expected, the Federal Communications Commission proposed a new approach Thursday to the 20-year-old federal requirement that cable-TV customers not be compelled to rent a set-top box from the local cable provider.

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Apple can comply with the FBI court order

Earlier today, a federal judge ordered Apple to comply with the FBI’s request for technical assistance in the recovery of the San Bernadino gunmen’s iPhone 5C.

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Review: Bragi Dash

It’s hard to explain how wonderful it is to completely cut the cord on your headphones. To not have to untangle them, or worry about them getting caught on your bag or jacket. To run without a sweat-covered cable bouncing everywhere.

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Special Sexy Present For Boyfriend On Valentine's Day (10 pics + 1 gif)

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Mjölnir Tool Kit Concept: Multi-Thor

Geek merch designer Dave Delisle recently came up with a practical collectible based on Thor’s hammer. The concept is for a kit that looks like Mjölnir but has an actual hammer and other common tools. Whosoever holds this hammer, if he be worthy, shall charge $1500 for a blown gasket.

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Revolutionary Cancer Therapy Shows Promise in Terminally Ill Patients

Credit: Wellcome ImagesA groundbreaking new therapy in which white blood cells were reprogrammed to attack cancer cells is showing great promise after more than 90 percent of terminally ill leukemia patients had their symptoms disappear completely.

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Another Bunch Of Useful Tips Professional Don't Want Us To Know (25 pics)

Want to get an immediate response from a big company? Call them out on Twitter. Nothing gets corporate damage control moving like bad press. When buying a car, negotiate the price of the car and not the monthly payments. Focusing on what you pay each month is good way to get ripped off.

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Doctors reveal they can 3D print body parts and tissue

3D printing isn't just for toys and models -- doctors at the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine announced yesterday that they've managed to 3D print "living" tissue and organs that functioned properly when implanted in animals.

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Sexy Girls Who Like Ink (51 pics)

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Some of the best ways people have gamed the system (13 Photos)

We asked for your best stories of exploiting loopholes and you delivered!

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American Airlines sues Gogo over right to terminate agreement, claiming ViaSat's wifi is faster; Gogo stock falls over 29% (Sapna Maheshwari/BuzzFeed)

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Chess Grandmaster wrecks an unsuspecting street hustler (Video)

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The Science Behind Why Teens are So Moody [Video]

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Brain Implant Will Let Amputees Move Individual Fingers on Prosthetics With Thoughts Alone

For the first time ever, researchers have successfully demonstrated a system that enables a person to move the individual fingers of a prosthetic hand using just their thoughts.

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Introducing 1Password for Families

Last month I wrote about how I use 1Password for Teams with my family and the response was amazing. Many of you were excited to sign up your family and asked if we’d have special pricing available.

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How to Record an iPhone Screen with QuickTime in Mac OS X

If you would like to capture and record the screen of an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, you can easily do so thanks to QuickTime, the video app that comes with every Mac.

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Here's how the robot in 'Ex Machina' was created for a film with a budget of just £10 million

Visual effects firm Double Negative created Ava using advanced motion tracking technology.

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‘The Martian’: Andy Weir, Drew Goddard Discuss the Book-to-Film Journey

Andy Weir and Drew Goddard have been enjoying the success of Fox’s “The Martian,” which has notched seven Oscar nominations (including best pic and screenplay) and $608 million at the box office.

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4USXUS Is Your One-Stop Shop For Keeping Up With Your Congressional Representatives

It’s time to elect a new President this year! But did you know most of Congress is also up for re-election? 4USXUS lets you learn about your representatives before it’s time to vote for new ones this November.

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Marvel's Diablo Plays Better With A Game Controller Too

Diablo-esque MMO Marvel Heroes recently kicked off its 2016 season with a massive update, introducing new character models, Spider-Man’s feline friend/foe Black Cat, leaderboards and more. But the coolest new addition is the ability to play with buttons and analog sticks.

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Researcher illegally shares millions of science papers free online to spread knowledge

A researcher in Russia has made more than 48 million journal articles - almost every single peer-reviewed paper every published - freely available online. And she's now refusing to shut the site down, despite a court injunction and a lawsuit from Elsevier, one of the world's biggest publishers.

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Netflix passwords are going for $0.25 on the black market

You can find anything on the Internet if you search hard enough. Passwords, credit card numbers, logins, social security numbers, you name it.

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Mattel Is Using 3D Printing to Resurrect An Old Hit

Mattel kicked off New York Toy Fair with a big announcement: the world’s largest toy maker is embracing the still-evolving 3D printing technology.

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Windows 10 Worst Secret Spins Out Of Control

Update: Microsoft has contacted me to announce it will be improving the controls it provides to users over data tracking in Windows 10. Full story here and an update on the findings below.

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New 1-Terabit internet satellites will deliver high-speed internet to remote areas

US-based satellite company ViaSat is teaming up with Boeing to create and deliver three new satellites that will deliver high-speed internet to remote areas around the world.

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Billion-dollar mistake: How inferior IT killed Target Canada

Business school case studies tend to fall into two categories: epic wins and oh-my-gosh-how-could-they-possibly-have-been-so-stupid epic failures. This article discusses a real-world billion dollar story that falls into the second category.

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Vevo’s New, More Personalized Music App Comes To Android & Apple TV

In recent months, Vevo has been working to extend its brand from being best-known as the provider of original music videos on YouTube to being a service for music discovery in its own right.

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House of Cards Season 4 gets an official trailer

In spite of the actual events that went down in the third season of House of Cards, I genuinely think it was the weakest so far. I’m hoping that the fourth returns the show to that initial intensity. The Underwoods seem at war with one another here.

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