Watch a sickeningly smug CEO justify raising the price for an AIDS pill by 5,500%
Have you ever heard of the drug Daraprim? Probably not. Nonetheless, it’s a drug that’s used by people with HIV to help fight off potentially deadly parasitic infections. The company with the rights to this drug is Turing Pharmaceuticals and it’s run by a man named Martin Shkreli, a former hedge-fund manager who’s bringing a Wall Street attitude to the pharmaceutical industry. After acquiring Daraprim earlier this year, Shkreli decided to raise its price from $13.50 per tablet to $750 per tablet, despite the fact that this is not a new medicine, it isn’t facing massive shortages, and it doesn’t cost anywhere close to $750 per tablet for the company to produce.
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Apple Music is now 15 million users strong
The number of Apple Music trial subscribers has reportedly increased by about 36% in just the last six weeks. According to a report in the New York Post, there are now 15 million people subscribed to Apple’s nascent music service, a sizable bump from the 11 million figure Apple quoted in early August.
The report further adds that about half of Apple Music users haven’t turned off the service’s auto-pay toggle, the obvious implication being that Apple may soon have a significant number of paying subscribers.
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Security agency offers $3 million for iOS 9 jailbreak
In an initiative dubbed The Million Dollar iOS 9 Bug Bounty, Zerodium CEO Chaouki Bekrar is offering upwards of $3 million to anyone or group of people who can come up with a way to jailbreak iOS 9.
Zerodium is specifically seeking an exclusive, browser or text message-based, “workable, remote and untethered jailbreak that will persist even after reboot.” The rules add that the exploit should be achievable without requiring any proactive action from users beyond visiting a webpage or reading a text message.
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All the best shows and movies coming to HBO Now in October
With the launch of HBO Now, we all finally have access to the award-winning content that the network produces, regardless of whether or not we pay for cable. That means that anyone who pays the $14.99 monthly fee can watch HBO’s entire back catalog, but it also means you can watch new shows and movies the minute they become available.
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DSEI: Tech hunts concealed threats to better protect US airports
New tech could be coming to an airport near you to help keep you safe.
Unveiled for the first time at last week’s Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) exhibition in London, the TSA is developing the SPO-NX with QinetiQ, a U.K.-based defense specialist that has its roots in the British Government’s prestigious Defence Establishment Research Agency.
Terrorists often seek to strike in areas that are densely populated. It is very challenging to protect these environments. But with this state of the art technology, threats lurking in a crowd can be spotted and exposed from a distance.
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iOS 9: The easiest way to save battery life
If you’re one of the millions of people who’s already installed iOS 9, you may be curious about how you can use it to improve your device’s overall battery life. Thankfully, there’s an incredibly easy way to do this through a setting called Low Power Mode that’s a breeze to enable.
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Keep your data safe with deep discounts on 3 external drives from Toshiba
Keeping your data safe is a necessity in this day and age, especially with all the advances in technology we have had. In a world where computer failures happen, backing up your data is essential. Amazon is currently offering a range of Toshiba Canvio Connect II portable hard drives at a deep discount.
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The Pope will ruin New York’s iPhone 6s launch and there’s nothing you can do about it
What do you think happens when both the iPhone 6s and Pope Francis are supposed to arrive in your town? One of them might be delayed, and it’s not going to be the head of one of the biggest churches in the world.
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iPhone 6s shipping: Hacks for tracking iPhone 6s orders right now
Ordered an iPhone 6s or iPhone 6s Plus with a September 25th ship date on it? Anxious to see exactly where your precious new toy is? Well, there’s a way for you to do that, even if Apple hasn’t yet told you that your chosen iPhone 6s is en route to your door.
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Pass the AWS Certified Solutions Architect & Developer exams with 93% off this bundle
If you’re reading this, you probably already know that an Amazon Web Services Certification can help give your career a major boost. And now we’re making it even easier for you to make it happen. Get the Amazon Web Services certification bundle for 93% off—it’s just $19 at the BGR Store.
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