IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 13/10/2015

Emoji candidates for 2016 include shrug, selfie, and face palm
Let's hope some of these are left on the cutting room floor.

Chinese Web censorship may have claimed another victim: Apple News
The New York Times says Apple is the latest company to remove features due to local law.

“Tomato” versus “#FF6347”—the tragicomic history of CSS color names
Inspiration runs the gamut for colors like “lemon chiffon" and "rebecca purple."

Steve Jobs review: “If this movie were about someone else, he’d like it”
It's another behind-the-scenes Sorkin plot. And yes, people talk very fast.

I wore an Apple Watch to this haunted amusement park to see if it’s scary
Roller coasters in the dark are awesome and scary; horror mazes, maybe not so much.

From SimCity to, well, SimCity: The history of city-building games
To boot, the majority of older games are available on digital distribution service GOG.

Star Wars Battlefront beta provides a delightfully unbalanced battle of Hoth
Walker Assault mode is a bright spot in this slight tweak on the Battlefield formula.

Gallery: Hanging out with the makers of Civilization at Firaxicon 2015
Local mini-convention is the antidote to big, crowded spectacles like PAX

Jawbone’s Up4 is its most advanced, and expensive, tracker yet
Review: The $199 device passively monitors heart rate and lets you pay with NFC.

Report: Twitter prepping for “company-wide layoffs” next week
Re/code report cites "multiple sources," alleges firings will key on engineers.

Don’t expect more Game Boy, SNES downloads on modern Nintendo systems
Publisher says Nintendo has "moved on" from certain console rereleases.

Obama administration won’t seek encryption-backdoor legislation
"The administration has decided not to seek a legislative remedy now."

Uber sued over two alleged driver assaults
Two "Jane Doe" plaintiffs say the company is responsible for drivers' actions.

Firefox dropping NPAPI plugins by the end of 2016—except for Flash
Mozilla joins Microsoft, Google in ditching most binary browser plugins.

Apple removes several apps that could spy on encrypted traffic
Third-party root certificates could man-in-the-middle HTTPS connections.

Military looks to upgrade its “tactical biometrics” with Identity Dominance System 2
Navy and Marine Corps seek upgrade for gear SEALS may have used to identify Bin Laden.

Digital voyeur spied on women’s webcams 5-12 hours a day
And did it for three years.

Climate scientists write tentatively; their opponents are certain they’re wrong
Careful language contradicts accusations of alarmism in climate science.

Body cam footage clears cops in Cleveland shooting death
"The evidence shows the officers showed remarkable restraint."

Xbox chief: We want to regain trust more than we want to beat Sony
Spencer says doing right by customers is more important than market share.

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Monday, October 12, 2015

IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 13/10/2015

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