#blog (Sean Ferigan): July 2015

These robot bugs don't just walk on water, they jump on it

An international team has developed robot water striders. Is this more evidence of a coming awesome robot apocalypse?

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Here's how to set your default browser in Windows 10

Setting your default browser is easy -- follow these simple steps to learn how.

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$100m fine? How about, er, $16k? AT&T teabags FCC with its giant balls

When 'unlimited' refers to a company's efforts to avoid liability

AT&T has taken its four-year campaign to avoid liability for throttling its "unlimited" data plans to new heights by proposing that a $100m fine imposed last month be reduced to just $16,000.…

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Uber to spend $1B over nine months for India expansion

The ride-hailing service says it wants to expand the number of rides it offers in India to a million each day, up from a reported 200,00 daily trips.

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Hackers expose security flaws in cars, phones — even guns

Our greatest security weaknesses are revealed at the annual BlackHat and DefCon conferences, where hackers gather to show off their most compelling work. Meanwhile, Facebook prepares to fly its own drones.

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BBC sports announcer uses his hand as an iPad

Technically Incorrect: Chris Mitchell tapped away on his palm, perhaps hoping that the camera wouldn't show that it had no actual iPad in it. It appears an inside joke.