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Sony reveals its 'turnaround' strategy: More PlayStation, fewer phonesSony's electronics division, buffeted by several years of poor sales, announced a three-year plan to return to profitability. Under the plan, Sony will sell fewer TV and smart phone models, focusing instead on PlayStation and related services.
How fast is your T-Mobile connection? Now you can get an honest answer.T-Mobile doesn't charge customers extra for exceeding their monthly data limits, but it does slow their connection speeds. Under a new agreement between T-Mobile and the FCC, T-Mobile won't keep speed test applications from showing the actual speeds of slowed connections.
FCC spectrum auction brings in more than $34 billion in bidsWireless companies such as AT&T and Verizon have collectively bid more than $34 billion in an FCC auction for the rights to use 65 MHz of spectrum.聽
'Regin' stealth malware has been spying on governments for yearsOn Monday, security researchers announced the existence of 'Regin,' a sophisticated malware program that has聽spied on governments and research institutions in Russia, Saudi Arabia, and a handful of other countries. Regin is so complex that it was probably written by a country 鈥� most likely the US, Israel, or the UK.
Cybersecurity for cars? Yes, hackers could kill a car's engineThe U.S. military and automakers are scrambling to fortify the cyber defenses of commercially available cars before criminals and even terrorists penetrate them.
Toyota Mirai review roundup: Toyota gambles on hydrogen powerThe Toyota Mirai, announced last Thursday, is powered by a hydrogen fuel cell and emits only water vapor. A few testers have driven the Toyota Mirai, and most have positive things to say about the car.
Three great gifts for selfie lovers These three gifts will help even the best photographer improve their selfies.
Google Contributor subscription service supports sites and hides ads. Can it work?Google Contributor is a subscription service that allows users to surf the web without the annoyance of ads. Other services have tried similar models and experienced pushback from content creators who say they aren't paid enough for their work. Will Google Contributor work?
Google launches Google Play in ChinaGoogle left China in 2010 after potential loss of intellectual property, hacking attempts,聽and persistent censorship.
Fidelity Investments makes 3-D game to teach money managementWho says financial planning has to be boring? Fidelity Investments created StockCity,聽a 3-D experience to make money management more interesting.聽
Netflix now makes up a third of all Internet traffic in North AmericaNetflix makes up 35 percent of downstream Internet traffic during peak hours, according to a new report. Between Netflix, Facebook, YouTube, and other applications, users are downloading about 20 gigabytes of data each month.
Apple stops calling games with in-app purchases 'Free'After complaints from parents and authorities, Apple is renaming the "Free" section of the App Store to "Get." Apple is making the move to make it more transparent that free apps with in-app purchases are not always free.
Firefox switches to Yahoo as its default search engine. Should Google care?Firefox announced it will dump Google and begin using Yahoo as its default search engine starting in December. But with 67 percent of the search engine market share, should Google care?
Corita Kent: Artist and nun. What was the message behind the art?Corita Kent,聽the nun-turned-internationally-renowned-pop-artist, gained popularity for her vibrant serigraphs during the 1960s and 1970s. Kent聽drew on popular culture to spread her own spiritually inspired messages.
Google teaches ethics to driverless cars. Can they react better than humans?Google has been able to program cars to avoid accidents, but what will the cars do when there is no good decision? That's why Google is teaching them ethics.
Report: Apple will bake Beats subscription music service into iOSApple is planning to embed the Beats subscription music service into iOS next year, reports the Financial Times.聽Apple has been skeptical of the streaming music business until now, but Beats might be a boon for iTunes customers.
Twitter makes all tweets searchable. Here's how to delete your embarrassing ones.Since it started in 2006, Twitter has been a place where people cover world events in real time. Millions of users have tweeted hundreds of billions of tweets, but searching through them has been difficult. Twitter has unveiled its new search engine, which indexes every public tweet ever sent.
New app brings 24/7 healthcare advice to Latino communitiesConsejoSano mobile app connects documented and undocumented Latinos to healthcare providers who speak Spanish.
China blocks top websites, as world internet meeting beginsAs China hosts the World Internet Conference, which brings together many of the world's top technology companies,聽chinese censors have newly blocked access to several popular websites聽as they target content delivery networks that serve much of the Internet, according to a US Internet service company.
WhatsApp adds end-to-end encryption for billions of messagesWhatsApp, the popular messaging service, is adding strong encryption to keep user communication safe from hackers and government surveillance. WhatsApp has already added encryption to its Android app, and plans to include it in an iOS update soon.