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SlyckVideos - Remember the Episode 1 Hype? We Got You Covered - Nov 13, 2015 - Slyck breaks down the four major theories around the new Start Wars, The Force Awakens movie: 1) Hype for Episode 1 was just as impressive, so be warned, 2) To what extent, if any, are Finn and Rey force sensitive, 3) Who is Rey crying over?, and 4) Has Luke turned to the Dark Side?
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With fingerprint-readers and radio frequency identification, smart guns will only fire in the hands of specific, authorized shooters. Though not new, such technology would undoubtedly ... (more)
Refrain, karaoke lovers, from swooning the bar crowd with tales of discovering your homeroom angel is a centerfold.
A national songwriters' organization sued a handful of bars nationwide ... (more)
A Ukrainian man who tried to frame me for heroin possession has pleaded guilty to multiple cybercrime charges in U.S. federal court, including credit card theft and hacking into more ... (more)
The inventor of the world wide web has said there should be an option to disclose the identity of cyberbullies.
Sir Tim Berners-Lee told the BBC that those who "make life absolutely ... (more)
A US government body has said online retailer Amazon will offer full refunds to customers who bought hoverboards, after safety problems with the devices.
Refunds will be available ... (more)
A year after the Federal Communications Commission changed the definition of broadband Internet to include only faster speeds, Republicans in Congress are still mad about the decision.
Using ... (more)
Conceptually, Intel’s Compute Stick is an interesting alternative to a Roku, Fire, or Apple TV box. It’s as small and unassuming as a Roku Stick, but it’s a full Windows (or Linux) ... (more)
Google Inc. is paying Apple Inc. a hefty fee to keep its search bar on the iPhone.
Apple received $1 billion from its rival in 2014, according to a transcript of court proceedings ... (more)
A couple in Atlanta say they are getting visits from people who have lost their mobile phones and been wrongly directed to their home by phone-finding apps.
Christina Lee and Michael ... (more)
US politicians have been urging tech companies to weaken the security of smartphones and other products by inserting encryption backdoors that let the government access personal data.
Numerous ... (more)
A company that supplies audio-visual and building control equipment to the US Army, the White House, and other security-conscious organizations built a deliberately concealed backdoor ... (more)
Nintendo announced via press release on Tuesday that it has cemented its legal victory against importers of majikon flash cartridges on January 12, after the Supreme Court of Japan ... (more)
With examples of the way music has served films like Rain Man, Major League and the Guardians of the Galaxy, a group of Hollywood studios on Wednesday asked a federal court to reject ... (more)
Donald Trump is not anti-technology, but seems unimpressed by the U.S. tech industry. He doesn't fawn over it, and sees its behavior as part of a larger problem. As a candidate for ... (more)
Ireland's National Lottery website and ticket machines were knocked offline after a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack on Wednesday.
Customers trying to buy tickets for ... (more)
IHeartRadio, the digital music service for a network of traditional radio stations, announced on Thursday it had more than 80 million registered users in the intensifying fight to court ... (more)
The US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CSPC) has warned hoverboard owners to have a fire extinguisher nearby while charging or using the self-balancing devices, after launching ... (more)
Brendan Eich, co-founder of Mozilla and creator of the JavaScript programming language, has unveiled his latest project: Brave, a Web browser that blocks ads by default... and then ... (more)
In the not-too-distant future, we could be communicating with our computers - and each other - using only our thoughts.
Scientists are already working on technology that connects ... (more)
The Los Angeles City Attorney filed criminal cases against two drone pilots on Wednesday for allegedly flying their drones in controlled airspace.
The charges are the first under ... (more)
Nielsen wants to know what TV shows are getting the biggest buzz on Facebook.
The measurement firm is expanding its Twitter TV Ratings to include data from Facebook and, eventually, ... (more)
A second state lawmaker has now introduced a bill that would prohibit the sale of smartphones with unbreakable encryption. Except this time, despite very similar language to a pending ... (more)
With a concept straight out of a cyberpunk dystopia, China has gamified obedience to the State.
China has created a social tool named Sesame Credit which gives people a score for ... (more)
Researchers trying to figure out how a handful of bodies in the remote Kuiper Belt beyond Pluto ended up in unusual, similarly oriented elliptical orbits believe the most likely explanation ... (more)
One of the most crucial issues in the fight for digital freedom is the question of who will control the hardware that you have in your home, in your pocket, or in your own body.
Have ... (more)
A man who pleaded guilty last year to pointing an airsoft rifle-mounted laser at a Fresno, California Police Department helicopter was sentenced Tuesday to six months in prison and ... (more)
If you're looking for a wireless deal, all you need is a little patience.
The last several months have seen one promotion after another, with, for instance, Sprint offering to halve ... (more)
Twitter has blamed a botched software update for a fault that caused its service to become unavailable or glitchy for much of Tuesday.
The social network said an "internal code change" ... (more)
Ten men suspected of using the digital currency Bitcoin to launder up to 20 million euros ($22 million) of criminal money made from online drug deals have been arrested in the Netherlands, ... (more)
We're taking part in Copyright Week, a series of actions and discussions supporting key principles that should guide copyright policy. Every day this week, various groups are taking ... (more)