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Tech News Flash: Tuesday -- April 21, 2015

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Headline Scan
Government Surveillance: What to Do, What to Do?
Google Dresses Up Android Wear
US Navy Gears Up for Cyberwarfare
We'll Soon Live in an Imaginary World
Gadget Ogling: A Juicy Wristband, a Gamy Wearable and a Dorky Dongle
Riding in Driverless Cars Could Be Sickening
China's Great Cannon Could Point Anywhere When Next Fuse Is Lit

Today's Story Highlights

Government Surveillance: What to Do, What to Do?
The CIA has been trying to hack into iOS for years. British and American
agencies reportedly have collaborated to create a map of the Internet
and Web users. The United States National Security Agency has, together
with the UK's GCHQ, reportedly stolen SIM card encryption keys from
Gemalto. The FBI is frothing at the mouth over Google's and Apple's
encryption of their mobile OSes.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/81960.html

Google Dresses Up Android Wear
Google on Monday released an update to Android Wear -- just the second
significant feature refresh for its wearable device software since its
introduction more than a year ago. "This update is overdue," said Ian
Fogg, senior director and head of the mobile and telecoms team at IHS
Technology. "With other products, Google adds features fairly
continuously," he noted.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/81957.html

US Navy Gears Up for Cyberwarfare
The U.S. Fleet Cyber Command, part of the U.S. 10th Fleet, reportedly is
developing a strategy for modernizing its cyberoperations and
transforming the Navy's network into a cyberwarfare platform. The need
for a stronger cybersecurity approach has been underlined by the
penetration of U.S. government networks by hackers, the most recent of
which was an attack on unsecured White House computers.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/81955.html

We'll Soon Live in an Imaginary World
Virtual and augmented reality and holographic image technologies are
coming at us with the speed of a freight train, and it won't be long
until we'll no longer be able to distinguish between what is real and
what isn't. There are some initiatives going on behind the scenes, as
well as some breakthroughs, that shortly will make our experience of the
world very different from what it is now.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/81950.html

Gadget Ogling: A Juicy Wristband, a Gamy Wearable and a Dorky Dongle
Asus is taking a common-sense approach to the fitness tracker game by
debuting a new watch with a 10-day battery life. Thanks to its square
screen, the soon-to-be-released VivoWatch resembles a smartwatch more
than, say, a Fitbit. It appears to have a monochrome screen, which must
help extend that all-important battery life. It has a stainless-steel
build, and dust and water protection.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/81951.html

Riding in Driverless Cars Could Be Sickening
Self-driving vehicles could increase the likelihood of motion sickness
in some riders, suggests a UMTRI study released last week. Motion
sickness, also known as "kinetosis," is a condition marked by symptoms
of nausea, dizziness and other physical discomfort. Some factors that
contribute to motion sickness could be elevated in self-driving
vehicles, the researchers noted.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/81952.html

China's Great Cannon Could Point Anywhere When Next Fuse Is Lit
China, which censors the Internet with its Great Firewall aka the
"Golden Shield," has a new censorship tool that is causing alarm. It's
known as the "Great Cannon." The University of Toronto's Citizen Lab
identified the tool in a report released last week. The Great Cannon was
first used in March, to launch a large-scale DDoS attack on GitHub and
GreatFire.org, Citizen Lab said.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/81949.html

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