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Ever wondered what it’s like to BASE jump from Freedom Tower in the World Trade Center complex, the Western hemisphere’s tallest tower? Wonder no longer… This video of the 1,766 foot jump was released on Monday — and first published by the New York Post — after the men turned themselves in to New York police. The trio caused confusion last September when ‘mystery’ parachuters were reported to have landed near the Goldman Sachs office in the early hours of the morning. BASE jumping is not something to be tried at home. Over the weekend, two people died in separate incidents…
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LG introduced a feature known as ‘Knock Code’ when it took the wraps off its G Pro 2 flagship smartphone last month, which lets users activate the display by tapping one of up to over 80,000 programmable combinations. The feature has been making an appearance on its smartphone models unveiled so far this year, including the F series and L series. Now LG has announced that the Knock Code feature will be made available on earlier key smartphone models via a firmware update starting in April. Those who have the LG G2 and G Flex in “specific countries” will be the first to…
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LG introduced a feature known as ‘Knock Code’ when it took the wraps off its G Pro 2 flagship smartphone last month, which lets users activate the display by tapping one of up to over 80,000 programmable combinations. The feature has been making an appearance on its smartphone models unveiled so far this year, including the F series and L series. Now LG has announced that the Knock Code feature will be made available on earlier key smartphone models via a firmware update starting in April. Those who have the LG G2 and G Flex in “specific countries” will be the first to…
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New York Times: Obama proposes bill to strip the NSA of its power to collect call data in bulk
Mar25
US President Barack Obama is preparing to take the wraps off a legislative proposal that would put an end to the government spy agency’s systematic collection of call data, the New York Times reports. These call records would stay with phone companies instead, and they wouldn’t need to retain the data for any longer than the 18 months that federal regulations normally require. The NYT reports that under the terms of the legislative proposal, the NSA will only be able to access specific records by seeking permission from a judge who needs to determine whether the standard of suspicion has been…
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