Apple Explores iPhone ‘Privacy Screens’, Macs With Adjustable Viewing Angles

Earlier this year, The Wall Street Journal published an in-depth report highlighting instances of thieves watching iPhone owners enter their passcode before stealing the device in order to gain access to the device, data, and money. With knowledge of the ‌iPhone‌’s passcode, a thief can easily reset the victim’s Apple ID password in the Settings […]

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‘Poster Girl’ Explores the Surveillance State’s Allure

Veronica Roth is the author of the bestselling Divergent novels, which were adapted into a series of popular films. Her new novel Poster Girl tells the story of Sonya Kantor, a young woman raised in an authoritarian society in near-future Seattle. “I wanted her to be not a typical hero figure, but to be someone […]

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‘Up Against It’ Explores Life in the Asteroid Belt

Up Against It, a science fiction novel by environmental engineer Laura J. Mixon, explores life aboard the asteroid 25 Phocaea. The book takes a more realistic approach to space adventure, eschewing familiar tropes such as FTL drives and instantaneous communication. “When I’m reading science fiction, one of the things I can really get into is […]

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