If Apple loses, your home could be the next thing that's unlocked and other top stories.

• If Apple loses, your home could be the next thing that's unlocked

  Look around your home, office or car. How many microphones, cameras or sensors are pointed at you right now? Even if these devices are not connected to a service or server, they're probably still there watching and listening. Hopefully the manufacturers did their jobs and all those eyes and ears are encrypted. But, if Apple is forced to help the FBI get into that iPhone, even that encryption won't matter. The Internet of Things have been a target of security researchers (and rightfully so), but ..

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• Google is reportedly working with Vizio on Cast-ready TVs

  

  Google has tried reworking Google TV into Android TV, but we're still not seeing the platform embedded in many more new TVs that were announced at launch. Now, according to a report from Variety, the company could try convincing manufacturers to build Chromecast-like receiving directly into TV sets. The first rumored partner is Vizio, which could be looking for a new edge in smart TVs with Yahoo shutting down its platform, and the possibility of an Android tablet remote...

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• Two-Year Service Contracts (And Phone Subsidies) Are Back From The Dead At Sprint

  

  ... Remember when Sprint said that it wouldn't be offering the tried and true two-year phone contracts anymore? Yeah, not so much. Fierce Wireless reports that the carrier is once again offering two-year service contracts, and the Sprint Wireless website bears this out. New phones are being sold with a significant discount, up to 100%, in exchange for customers signing a promise not to stop paying for 24 months. Everything old is new again. If you'll recall, two-year contracts fell out of f..

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• PlaNet, Google's latest AI, has superhuman accuracy with photo locations

  

  Thanks to Google, a new artificial intelligence system is outperforming humans in spotting the origins of images.Google has unveiled a new system to identify where photos are taken. The task, simple when images contain famous landmarks or unique architecture, goes beyond the overt to examine small clues hidden in the pixels.The program, named PlaNet, uses a deep-learning neural network, which means the more images PlaNet sees, the smarter it gets.The impressive part? Its geotagging abilities ar..

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• Google adds new, much-desired defaults to Inbox's Snooze feature

  

  Google is giving Inbox users a couple more ways to avoid dealing with their email right away.  The company announced Friday that users of its alternative email client are getting two new snooze options that will move emails out of their inbox until an appointed time. People will be able to make emails reappear later in the week or at the weekend, two options the company said users had been asking for.  Those features join others, including the ability to get a message back later in the day, th..

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• 'Necropolis' Release Delayed: Hitting PS4, Xbox One, PC And Mac This Summer [VIDEO]

  

  "Necropolis," aka "Death with friends,"will be late. Developed by Harebrained Schemes and published by Bandai Namco, the third-person dungeon crawler will land on PC, Xbox One and PlayStation 4 screens later than expected.(Photo : Harebrained Studios) Harebrained Schemes has news that may disappoint some fans: its much anticipated title, Necropolis, will roll out later than expected on PS4 and Xbox One. The gaming company aims to see the self-published Steam variant of the game coming out at t..

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• Shenmue 3 gets screenshots and collects $6M on Kickstarter

  

  Shenmue 3 developers unveiled on Saturday a new video showing screenshots and clips of weather and fishing areas of the awaited PS4 and PC title, at the Monaco Anime Game International Conference. The project that started as KickStarter has already collected more than $6 million. Shenmue will present the adventures of Ryo and Shenhua, who arrive at the Lake of the Lantern Bugs after their long journey, wrote project creators at Kickstarter. The game will be available for Windows and the Sony’s ..

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