New York governor wants statewide 100Mbps internet by 2019
With
a $1 billion plan, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo hopes to have every
New Yorker hooked up to high-speed internet by 2019. The administration
is billing it as the largest state investment in universal broadband in
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Lizard Squad's paid cyberattack service faces a hack of its own
Lizard
Squad is apparently getting a taste of its own medicine. Security guru
Brian Krebs has learned that someone hacked Lizard Stresser, the
cyberattack-for-hire service that Lizard Squad launched following its
takedowns of the PlayStation Network ... Read More ...
NSA brags about turning the tables on cyberwarfare hackers
How
confident is the National Security Agency about its ability to wage
cyberwarfare? Enough so that it's bragging about it. A new round of
Edward Snowden leaks published by Der Spiegel reveal that the
institution has not only been gearing up for a f... Read More ...
Best of CES 2015 Awards, TV Product: LG Art Slim 4K OLED TV
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Sling TV's success, selfie brushes and other stories you might've missed this week
This
week has been a doozy: We got an update on Google's Project Ara,
learned about the possible future of television from our Best of CES
winner, watched a Beachbot draw Disney characters on the shoreline, oh,
and did we mention our hands-on with a ... Read More ...
Best of CES 2015 Awards, Disruptive Tech: Energous WattUp
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Polaris is now in the e-bike business after buying Brammo
Polaris
has acquired e-bike maker Brammo in a deal that leaves the future of
the Brammo name and its Oregon-based factory in limbo. Brammo has been
building the Empulse/R and Enertia e-bikes for several years, but the
models haven't changed much sinc... Read More ...
Best of CES 2015 Awards, Home Theater: Sling TV
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DEA kept records of US phone calls for nearly 15 years
The
NSA isn't the only American government agency keeping track of phone
call metadata... or rather, it wasn't. A Department of Justice court
filing has revealed that the Drug Enforcement Administration maintained
records of every call made from the ... Read More ...
'Blackhat' bores, but at least gets hacking right
What
is it about hackers that invariably stumps Hollywood? Even when
filmmakers get the details right, as Michael Mann does with Blackhat,
his moody exploration of cyberterrorism, they often stumble when it
comes to making us actually care about what... Read More ...
Recommended Reading: A closer look at the 2015 Oscar nominations
Recommended
Reading highlights the best long-form writing on technology and more in
print and on the web. Some weeks, you'll also find short reviews of
books that we think are worth your time. We hope you enjoy the read.Breaking Down the Oscar N...
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Best of CES 2015 Awards, Startup: AmpStrip
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You can buy a giant mech suit on Amazon Japan for $1 million
We've
been tracking the Kuratas mech suit -- a 13-foot-tall tribute to anime
fandom that you can actually ride -- for a few years, but now it looks
it's finally ready up for order on Amazon Japan. That is, if you've got
$1 million ... and live in the... Read More ...
Bellabeat Leaf activity and health tracker can also monitor reproductive cycle
There
was a time when "gadgets for women" were silly novelty items or
pink-colored, Swarovski-covered versions of existing devices. Well, OK,
those still exist, but at least there are now decent gadgets for women
with features we actually need, like ... Read More ...
Elon Musk spills details on SpaceX's $10 billion space internet venture
Elon
Musk doesn't only plan to bring the whole world online using a fleet of
low-cost communication satellites, he also wants to use the same
infrastructure to provide internet on Mars. Months after confirming the
new SpaceX project, Musk has finally... Read More ...
The big phone carriers might sell Google their mobile wallet
Remember
Softcard (formerly Isis, but renamed for obvious reasons)? It's a joint
venture that AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile started in 2010 to get
into mobile payments without ceding the market to Google Wallet and
Apple Pay. That hasn't quite worked ou... Read More ...
Syfy's adaptation of 'The Expanse' novels has its first trailer
Tonight
Syfy premieres its new series 12 Monkeys (based on the movie of the
same name, and bring your Hue lightbulbs), but fans of the genre should
also check out this trailer (click here to view it from outside the US)
for another new show coming th... Read More ...
Daily Roundup: Facebook experiments, Lumia updates and more!
Learn
how to deal with contentious topics (and friends) on Facebook, get the
scoop on the Lumia Denim update for Windows Phone devices and get
enlightened about the cheapest smart bulbs around. All this and more can
be found in today's Daily Roundup.... Read More ...
AT&T took a $10 billion hit, but it's hoping you won't notice
In
an extra-special Friday-night-before-a-holiday-weekend news dump,
AT&T just announced that its Q4 results will include about $10
billion in charges. That includes a $7.9 billion "related to actuarial
gains and losses on pension and postemployment ... Read More ...
Best of CES 2015 Awards, Digital Health & Fitness: Bragi Dash
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John Boehner, Politics and the nuance of Taylor Swift GIFs
For
an excellent example of how not to use the web to make a point one need
look no further than Speaker of the House John Boehner. The Republican
from Ohio took to the internet to lay out his argument against President
Barack Obama's plan to provide... Read More ...
Sprint breaks ranks with other ISPs on net neutrality
Sure,
AT&T and Verizon claim that if the FCC increases regulation of
internet service to enforce net neutrality then they'd have reason to
slow down investing in new upgrades, but Sprint is saying something
different. GigaOm points out a letter to th... Read More ...
New York City's first commercial wind turbine proves its worth
Sunset
Park in Brooklyn is home to New York City's first commercial-scale wind
turbine, and it's already flexing its green muscle. In under a month,
the 160-foot-tall power source produced enough juice to power two homes
for more than 12 months. It's... Read More ...
Best of CES 2015 Awards, PC: Lenovo LaVie HZ550
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Facebook picks up the design team behind Medium and Readability
We
bet you've been sitting there, sipping your morning coffee and thinking
to yourself, "you know, it's been a while since Facebook added some big
names to its roster." Fret not though, the social giant is bringing the
talented folks from the design ... Read More ...
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