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  • ET deals: $10 online courses at Udemy November 13, 2015 at 11:30 am

    If you love to learn, check out today’s flash sale over at Udemy. Thousands of online courses are being discounted to just $10 a pop, so you can invest in numerous skills — even if you’re on a budget. Whether you want to learn how to design a business logo or how to speak Arabic, there’s something here for just about every area of interest. And if you’re trying to brush up on your development skills, here are some top-notch recommendations.

  • LED implants: A new device for the biohacker cyborg arsenal November 13, 2015 at 11:00 am

    The Northstar V1 demonstrates the growing trend of biohacking and the promises of a cyborg future.

  • FCC revises guidelines, swears it will not ban third-party router firmware November 13, 2015 at 7:30 am

    The FCC is doubling down on its claim that it will not ban DD-WRT with new rules — but there’s still some concern that the new regulations could lead manufacturers to dump compatibility.

  • Samsung’s Exynos 8 Octa 8890 will feature the company’s first custom CPU core November 12, 2015 at 4:03 pm

    Samsung has announced its new Exynos 8 Octa 8890 — the company’s first custom CPU core and its first all-in-one SoC solution with graphics, high-end modem, and custom CPU cores on a single chip.

  • Risky fusion power study pays off by bringing plasma close to reactor walls November 12, 2015 at 3:08 pm

    A Chinese-American collaboration has figured out how to run fusion reactors harder — and more efficient at the same time.

  • First major Windows 10 update brings lots of improvements November 12, 2015 at 2:07 pm

    Microsoft’s first major Windows 10 update is available today, with a slew of bug fixes and a few performance enhancements — but whether or not it resolves problems with the operating system will depend on what your issues were.

  • Android apps now ask for over 200 kinds of permissions: Pew Research November 12, 2015 at 11:13 am

    If you’ve got Android, you know it shows you a list of permissions an app wants you to accept during installation — and often, it seems like the app wants permission to do an awful lot of things.

  • ET deals: Save 40% on select refurbished HP laptops from ArrowDirect November 12, 2015 at 10:00 am

    For a limited time, you can save a whopping 40% off of refurbished HP 2540p and HP 2560p Elitebook laptops from ArrowDirect — a Microsoft certified refurbisher. The asking prices for these laptops are already incredibly low, so this additional discount makes today’s deal a perfect fit for students with a limited budget.

  • iPad Pro review roundup: Great hardware, tricky use-case November 12, 2015 at 9:18 am

    Yesterday, we covered Tim Cook’s claim that the iPad Pro could easily replace laptops, to the point that most people wouldn’t even need a computer. Early reviews of the iPad Pro are in, and while they point to a very strong device, they don’t entirely affirm Cook’s views.

  • New Vizio hack reveals company shares your data whether you accept its privacy policy or not November 12, 2015 at 7:30 am

    New data on Vizio Smart TV’s indicates that they’ve been sending your personal viewing habits to third parties whether you agreed to their terms of service or not. The problem should be fixed in the latest software update.