IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 6/25/2015

Will Google’s research-grade fitness band be its biomed breakthrough?
Google has had plenty of biomedical failures.

Ford plans to cover its cars with cameras, catch up on self-driving tech
Company claims split-view cameras will help drivers see obstacles coming from the side.

WikiLeaks publishes top secret NSA briefs showing US spied on France
Former minister demands "an absolute commitment to put an end to these practices."

EFF, having won patent fight over photo contests, wants its opponent to pay
Garfum.com tried to "extort money from a vulnerable small business," says EFF.

Gmail enables “unsend” option for all users
Had existed as "Labs" option for six years; no other major webmail service offers it.

Gaming trade org: For DMCA, “there’s no such thing as an obsolete game”
ESA argues that even abandoned titles can be revived, shouldn't be hacked.

Changes large and small causing recyclers to struggle
Low energy prices, manufacturing changes make the economics challenging.

Bringing today’s tech—GPS, efficiency tracking, and more—to 15-year-old clunkers
Device-and-app solutions like Automatic and Mojio mean more cars can get to the cloud.

NASA lays out its plans for a Europa orbiter
Agency decides what to take with it to the body most likely to contain life.

Cop accused of exposing himself faces jail time for dashcam tampering
"Officer Miller's zipper is open and you can see what appears to be his penis."

iOS 9 can delete and automatically re-download apps to make room for updates
Another tweak to fix the OTA update problem on 8GB and 16GB iDevices.

Instacart contractors turned part-time employees still won’t get health care
For now, startup boasts 250 full-time employees and 7,000 contractors.

Hands-on time and video of Nintendo’s Mario, Zelda, Star Fox triumvirate
At E3, we finally played Star Fox Zero along with Nintendo's new Yoshi, Paper Mario games.

eBay bans Confederate battle flag, other items bearing racist icon
"We are taking action immediately and will first block new listings."

State Department database crash strands hundreds at the border
Outage caused by corrupted data, which was mirrored to backup—making it useless.

Google Play Music gets ad-supported radio stations in the US
Stations can be based on genre, artist, or Songza-style curated playlists.

DEA agent who stole from Silk Road—and extorted DPR—pleads guilty
Carl Force is the second of two feds arrested in March to plead guilty.

Individual neurons tell us whether we remember something
And, at the same time, indicate how confident we should be in that judgment.

Welshman pleads guilty to drug dealing on Silk Road 2.0
Months after codefendants sentenced, judge warns "all options remain open."

Batman: Arkham Knight review: Gotham by headlight
Too much is spread too thinly in a solid but diminished finale.

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Wednesday, June 24, 2015

IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 6/25/2015

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