IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 06/11/2015

FBI official: It’s America’s choice whether we want to be spied on
Encryption secures our data—and helps terrorists, bureau’s general counsel says.

New type of auto-rooting Android adware is nearly impossible to remove
20,000 samples found impersonating apps from Twitter, Facebook, and others.

Meteorologists defend NOAA; Congressman repeats allegations of fraud [UPDATED]
Letter to Lamar Smith says his actions "can be viewed as a form of intimidation."

Antibody-antibiotic superdrug triumphs over MRSA superbug in mice
The dynamic duo fights drug-resistant staph better than antibiotics alone.

MPAA shuts down major torrent sites, including Popcorn Time
MPAA shutters a few big chunks of the piracy ecosystem.

Short a ship, the Navy tells Congress of “carrier gap”
New aircraft carrier delayed, others in need of repair mean Navy can't meet mission demands.

Gaming on Apple TV: Decent selection, hit-and-miss controls
Apple's foray into living room gaming captures all of iOS' problems and potential.

New Apple TV wants to be more than just a streaming box (but it isn’t yet)
Review: Game console? Mini PC? Media player? There's a lot of potential here.

In the UK, Web browsing history must now be stored for a year
UK gov't backs down on crypto bans, but calls for major extension of surveillance powers.

Volkswagen says 800,000 European cars have false CO2 emissions levels too
CO2 emissions cheating would be far more serious than the NOx "defeat device."

Twitch’s Bob Ross marathon is the most beautiful thing the Internet has ever created
My introduction to Bob Ross has been nothing short of emotional.

As ranks thin, NASA seeks to bolster its astronaut corps
Successful applicants should have advanced science degrees and, basically, be perfect.

New podcast Codebreaker asks if tech is “evil”
Today I learned: Stanford's Business School has a "sheriff" of e-mail.

Sennheiser unveils $55,000 marble-clad, valve-amp Orpheus headphones
8Hz to 100kHz frequency response and vacuum tubes that rise out of Carrara marble.

User data plundering by Android and iOS apps is as rampant as you suspected
Most commonly shared data for Android is e-mail addresses; for iOS, it's GPS data.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux to become officially supported on Azure (at last)
The two giants of the server room will now work together.

$750/pill pharma company under investigation by Senate for price gouging
Bipartisan committee to probe Turing and its ilk about pricing practices

Apple and sapphire supplier will finally bury their $439 million hatchet
GT Advanced would auction off sapphire furnaces and split the money with Apple.

Oxytocin makes socializing feel fun, just like marijuana
Hormone uses the body's internal cannabinoids to make socializing pleasurable.

Teens spend 9 hours a day with media, 3-year-olds are “media multitaskers”
For better or worse, screen time is becoming universal among kids

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Thursday, November 5, 2015

IT News Head Lines (Ars Technica) 06/11/2015

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