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Florida Town Stores License Plate Camera Images For Ten Years

An anonymous reader writes “Yet another privacy concern story, this time from Florida. The Longboat Key police have their new license plate camera up and running, but according to the police chief, this one stores all images as ‘evidence’ for up to ten years. When questioned about the possibility for abuses of this camera’s historical record, the chief said, ‘There are regulations, policies and laws in place that prohibit that kind of abuse. And if abuse is discovered, it’s punished.’ What could possibly go wrong?” Read more of this story at Slashdot.

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Germany Produces Record-Breaking 5.1 Terawatt Hours of Solar Energy In One Month

oritonic1 writes “Germany is rapidly developing a tradition of shattering its own renewable energy goals and leaving the rest of the world in the dust. This past July was no exception, as the nation produced 5.1 TWh of solar power (PDF), beating not only its own solar production record, but also eclipsing the record 5TWh of wind power produced by German turbines in January. Renewables are doing so well, in fact, that one of Germany’s biggest utilities is threatening to migrate to Turkey.” Read more of this story at Slashdot.

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Researchers Snuck Malware Onto the App Store By Making It a Transformer

No one really knows exactly how Apple makes sure the apps that wind up in its store are safe. All we know is that the App Store has a comparatively better track record than its Android counterpart . But nothing is ever totally safe. Researchers managed to sneak malware onto the App Store with ease by giving their app the power to transform . Read more…        

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Battle of the Office Suites: Microsoft Office and LibreOffice Compared

For a long time, Microsoft Office has been the reigning champ of office suites, but that doesn’t mean the free alternative, LibreOffice, isn’t worth considering. Let’s take a look at how the two compare, and if it’s finally possible to ditch the paid option for the free one. Read more…        

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Apple Will Replace Your Crappy Third-Party USB Charger for $10

After a faulty iPhone charger allegedly electrocuted a Chinese woman , Apple decided to respond and help out those who may have risky USB power adapters in their possession. The company has pledged to recycle them free of charge and will give you an official Apple replacement for $10. Read more…        

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These Incredible New Buses Are Charged Wirelessly by the Road Itself

Imagine an electric vehicle that can travel endless distances without ever needing to stop at a recharging station. That sounds impossible, right? Because electric vehicles run on batteries, and at some point, you need stop and charge those batteries. Not this one. Read more…        

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The Secret Powers Hidden in Your iPhone’s Accessibility Options

Unless you’re constantly messing around with your iPhone’s settings, most people don’t dig into the Accessibility features in iOS unless they need to solve a specific problem. That said, there’s actually a few great features hidden in those options that everyone can make use of, even if you don’t need them. Read more…        

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Brave New UI: A Fleet of Dust-Sized Sensors Embedded In Your Brain

A few weeks ago, we wrote about a tiny micro-bot designed to be injected into a patient’s eye and controlled via magnet—a speck-sized eye surgeon. This week, a group of Berkeley researchers published a study positing a similar concept, except the ‘bots are inside your brain . And they’re the size of dust particles. It’s called neural dust. Of course. Read more…        

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Tiny Ion Engine Runs On Water

symbolset writes “Discovery News is covering a project by two engineers from the University of Michigan to pair cubesats with tiny ion engines for inexpensive interplanetary exploration. The tiny plasma drive called the CubeSat Ambipolar Thruster (CAT) will ionize water and use it as propellant with power provided by solar cells. In addition to scaling down the size of ion engines they hope to bring down the whole cost of development and launch to under $200, 000.” Read more of this story at Slashdot.

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To Avoid Cyber Espionage, Russia’s Switching Back to Typewriters

Hackers aren’t going anywhere any time soon, so Russian spies are wising up and taking their most sensitive intelligence offline. Not offline like off the internet. Offline like off computers altogether. Read more…        

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