The body worn “IMSI catcher” for all your covert phone snooping needs
Other next-gen devices locate and decrypt mobile phone calls in real time.
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Raspberry Pi and smart highways among 2013 Index: Design award winners
Gallery: world's top design prize goes to one of the cheapest tools for tech tinkering.
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“Quantum Jumping,” or how to co-opt advanced science for personal gain!
Visit an alternate universe to see a better version of you. In theory.
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Putting the fun in refund
E-book purchasers could get up to $3.06 per book in price-fixing settlement
Settlements from five publishers trickle down to the masses.
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Gaming & Entertainment
Mega Man designer crowdfunding a new, PC-based side-scrolling shooter
Mighty No. 9 is a mighty familiar spiritual successor for the Blue Bomber creator.
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Dragon Age: Inquisition preview shows combat and consequences
Bioware's next fantasy epic focuses on dilemmas and weightier battles.
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Civilization & Discontents
Latest Snowden leak: NSA spied on Al Jazeera communications
German paper Der Spiegel breaks first report of NSA spying on media.
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My boss just gave me a warning. Is there a way to get faster at solving bugs?
Sometimes you're just slow. Sometimes your boss is out to get you.
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Beardyman captures the quiet sounds of the 21st century
The beatboxing British artist paints an aural comparison to past generations.
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There’s a better way: Getting more for your iPhone than Apple will give you
These easy trade-in services offer most of the convenience and more of the green.
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Ars readers choke down Soylent reviews, mull cell tower data dumps
And sorry to get your hopes up, but 3D printing is still hit and miss.
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Ars does Soylent, Day 4: The Soylent-powered man
We find ourselves living the Soylent life as our experiment nears its conclusion.
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Remind me to try this
Check out Google’s new “Remind Me” feature for TV shows, authors, and more
Easily follow your favorite media properties in Google Now.
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Watch Wars
Surprise! It looks like Google’s been planning a smartwatch for quite a while
Google quietly bought WIMM Labs, an Android smartwatch company, a year ago.
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Secrecy about secrets
US won’t let Microsoft, Google reveal more data on FISA orders
Tech rivals vow to press forward with litigation after talks with DOJ fail.
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Report: After patent loss, Apple tweaks FaceTime—and logs 500,000 complaints
Apple is doing a "design around" in a case where it already lost $368 million.
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Feds plow $10 billion into “groundbreaking” crypto-cracking program
Consolidated Cryptologic Program has 35,000 employees working to defeat enemy crypto.
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Godus preview: Ambitious, expansive, and “absolutely crazy”
Peter Molyneux's effort to revive the god game makes some bold gameplay choices.
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Mega-canyon discovered beneath Greenland ice sheet
The formation has been hidden under ice for more than four million years.
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P(a)wned!
Don’t pawn your work laptop (or the US Marshals will hunt you down)
West Virginia is serious about laptop recovery.
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Strings attached
You must buy a new iPhone to use Apple’s now-confirmed trade-in program
You can't leave the the store without a new phone in hand.
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Partner of NSA leaks reporter carried paper with password, says UK
Multiple passwords protected documents, keeping them safe, Greenwald says.
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DDR4 U
Samsung mass produces DDR4—which still has nowhere to go
Fast 16GB and 32GB modules coming, but memory controllers won't follow until 2014.
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but we're not psychic
Texting drivers in NJ? You might be liable for their car crash
A girl who texted her boyfriend while he drove was slapped with a lawsuit.
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systems and methods
Anti-patent-troll ads launch on radio and in print in 15 states
Tech companies join retailers, restaurants, and grocers to get Congress' attention.