Hackers claim they’ve found a frighteningly easy way to hack your iCloud account
One of the most infamous Internet events of 2014 might be doomed to repeat itself. Business Insider reports that a hacker known as Pr0x13 has released a tool called iDict on GitHub that is capable of bypassing restrictions and authentication on any iCloud account, potentially giving hackers unfettered access to iOS devices.
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MORE FREE APPS! 10 awesome paid iPhone and iPad apps you can get for free right now
Is there any better way to kick off the new year with free iPhone and iPad apps? For your enjoyment, we’ve put together another list of 10 paid iOS apps that are now free to download for a limited time. Taken together, these apps would normally cost a total of $19 but they can be yours for free if you act right now.
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Watch Marvel’s tantalizing new teaser for Avengers: Age of Ultron
Marvel’s upcoming Avengers: Age of Ultron is probably not going to win an Oscar for best movie, but the action-packed superheroes film will certainly be entertaining and bring in lots of cash just like many other Marvel movies, including the first Avengers film.
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Even more evidence that the ‘iPhone 6s mini’ is coming this year
More and more reports claim that Apple will not simply abandon smaller iPhones now that it’s launched the bigger iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, which have both been massive successes for the company. Instead of simply keeping the “old” iPhone 5c and iPhone 5s as part of its iPhone lineup, the company is expected to launch a brand new 4-inch iPhone part of the iPhone 6 (or iPhone 6s) family later this year.
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Uber offers tips for not getting sexually assaulted by its drivers
Uber has been taking some heat lately for alleged bad behavior by some of its drivers, including two arrests for sexual assault in the last two months. The Chicago Sun Times reports that the company is now trying to help its customers avoid such experiences by adding a safety checklist to its app that offers tips passengers should follow to make sure they don’t find themselves in a bad situation.
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Putting up with the Christmas PSN outage gets you free Plus extension and discount for games
Sony’s PlayStation Network (PSN) and Microsoft’s Xbox Live services were both hit by hackers during Christmas, with PSN staying offline even after the attacks stopped. To make up for the downtime, Sony on Thursday announced that it’ll offer gamers who have an active PlayStation Plus subscription an extension, and that all PSN users will soon receive a one-time discount good for digital purchases.
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Anonymous SpaceX engineer reveals how crazy it is working for Elon Musk
Elon Musk, the founder and CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, has drawn some comparisons to Apple cofounder Steve Jobs and at least one SpaceX employee thinks those comparisons are warranted. An anonymous SpaceX engineer took to Quora recently to tell the world what it’s really like working for Musk and it seems that he’s just as insanely demanding and difficult to work with as Jobs once was.
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Here are all the new services that are now streaming ‘The Interview’
Hackers may have tried to prevent Sony Pictures from releasing The Interview, a controversial comedy depicting a fictional assassination attempt on North Korea’s leader, but the company eventually launched it in select theaters while also making the movie available for streaming on Google Play, YouTube, Xbox and iTunes. The movie studio announced record sales for the movie, and onnow it expanded The Interview‘s availability, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
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Everything you need to know about Samsung’s new smart TVs
What would convince you to buy a new smart TV in 2015? How about a brand new operating system? Samsung revealed on Wednesday that each and every one of its smart TVs releasing in 2015 will run a new platform based around the Tizen OS.
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Man spends 4 hours on the phone trying to get his Comcast service fixed… and it still didn’t work
As we saw last year, Comcast has come up with an ingenious way to keep subscribers — namely, it makes unsubscribing to its services such a torturous and miserable process that you’ll eventually just cave in and decide to stick with them. Comcast subscriber Gern Branston recently attempted to cancel his Comcast customer service and a retention agent made him an offer to stay that he thought was too good to pass up. In retrospect, however, he probably wishes he hadn’t taken the bait.
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