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

County sheriff warrantlessly used stingray 500+ times, claims to have no records
Sacramento Co. Sheriff says it has no policies for a spy device it acquired in 2005.

Social biases unlearned via training and deep sleep reminders
Sleep-based deprogramming is more than an Orwellian-style fantasy.

Live chat: Wind power, biology, health, and Bangalore
Ask Ars' science editor anything you want about research, travel, and more.

Google Chrome will soon “intelligently” block auto-playing Flash ads
Flash is still consuming a large amount of CPU time and battery life.

Piracy laid the groundwork for Netflix’s launch in Spain, says CEO
"We offer a simpler and immediate alternative to finding a torrent," Reed Hastings says.

Political deleted-tweet archive shuttered by Twitter over “privacy expectation”
Politwoop's API access revoked without warning; had archived posts, deletion times.

Federal agency hit by Chinese hackers, around 4 million employees affected
Office of Personnel Management sustains its second hack in less than a year.

Threat of music piracy one reason Rock Band 4 isn’t coming to PC for now
Harmonix: Music rights holders worried about song security on an open platform.

Designbook, in trademark tussle with Facebook, gets support from governor
Gov. Peter Shumlin: "We don’t stand for that type of injustice in Vermont."

Spike Lee to write, direct first video game campaign
NBA 2K16's "career mode" will star a rookie named Frequency Vibrations.

Verizon, NASA explore if cell towers can be used for drone air traffic control
Deal is part of NASA's Unmanned Aerial System Traffic Management research.

Finding proteins, testing wind turbines, and snapping steel
Gallery: Have a look at what goes on inside the Welch Technology Center in Bangalore.

Updated NOAA temperature record shows little global warming slowdown
More data and improved adjustments slightly increase the recent warming trend.

NASA wants to cut travel time to Mars “in half” with new propulsion tech
Ion thrusters, nuclear rockets, and other in-space propulsion tech being looked at.

No time for wildlife, but plenty of urbanlife encounters
Bangalore may be a huge city, but it's a very diffuse one.

FCC helps big and small cable TV providers avoid rate regulation
Vote declares cable TV faces competition nationwide; cable companies rejoice.

Marvel Star Wars comic drops a big retroactive spoiler about Han Solo
New pre-Empire graphic novels are fully canonical, so this is happening.

Evil Wi-Fi captive portal could spoof Apple Pay to get users’ credit card data
The iPhone's auto-connection to WiFi could be used to social engineer users.

First Steam Machines, Steam Link, Controller hit stores November 10
Preorders can get the hardware early on October 16.

First Gaming Hall of Fame class includes Pong, Tetris, and Mario
Nominees including Zelda, Sonic, and Space Invaders missed the cut.

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

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