Google Awarded Patent for Sticky Cars
It’s not quite as terrible an idea as it seems.
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Bill Would Let Cops “Field Test” Your Phone After an Accident
Don’t worry, though—they totally promise not to invade your privacy while doing it.
The TSA’s Million-Dollar App (and My Zero-Dollar Equivalent)
I urge the TSA to implement my alternative immediately.
If New Horizons Hit My Car, Could the Insurance Company Raise My Rates?
Probably.
Man Ordered to Pay for Shooting Down Trespassing Drone
Many of you will be outside this weekend, so a little drone advice seems timely. Or maybe it’s shotgun advice. Take your pick. Ars Technica reported recently that a drone operator in California had prevailed in a legal dispute with…
U.S. Government: Lasers are Evil
I ask for one thing: a shark with a frickin’ laser beam attached to its head. But no.
Good Reason to Kill #55: Dissed Your Smartphone
Few details are available regarding this incident, but then how many do you need? Last week in Tulsa, a woman noticed a man "covered in blood" stumbling around the parking lot of an apartment complex at about 1 a.m. When…
Accused Fraudster Strapped His Ankle Bracelet to a Robot
“Contraption” might be a better word that “robot.”
Where Not to Write the Password for Your Fancy Data-Mining Software
How about on a whiteboard that you're planning to stand in front of while being interviewed by CNN? The LAPD is keeping tabs on drivers with automatic license-plate readers, and keeping all the information on citizens' movements (among other things)…
Supreme Court: Want to Search a Cellphone? “Get a Warrant.”
Something seems very wrong here, because the report is that the Supreme Court has unanimously held in Riley v. California (NYT, SCOTUSblog, opinion) that the police need to get a warrant before rummaging through the cellphone of someone they've arrested. Have…