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Staying safe in the outback: Australian iCloud users’ iPhones are being hijacked May 28, 2014 at 4:58 pm Earlier this week, a number of iCloud users in Australia found themselves locked out of their own iPhones, iPads, and Macs. This is incredibly worrisome news, but you can easily protect yourself with a few simple steps. Even if you’ve already been hit by this attack, all is not lost. ET deals: $475 off HP Envy 17t-j100 laptop with Leap Motion May 28, 2014 at 3:33 pm The Leap Motion finger-tracking sensor is available for motion control enthusiasts, and it’s now being built directly into laptops. HP is offering a 17-inch laptop with Leap Motion, and it’s currently 31% off the standard retail price with our coupon code. Adobe makes it easier to download old Creative Suite apps, dump your monthly subscription May 28, 2014 at 1:58 pm Want to get off the Adobe Creative Suite subscription treadmill, but not sure how? Now Adobe makes it easy to re-install your older versions, from right within its Cloud application. NASA’s new InSight lander will plumb the depths of Mars in 2016 May 28, 2014 at 12:50 pm In just over two years, NASA hopes to have InSight on the surface of Mars to see what makes the red planet tick. New method of SSD garbage collection can boost drive performance up to 300% May 28, 2014 at 11:20 am A Japanese research team is claiming a storage efficiency breakthrough that could improve SSD performance by a huge margin. Microsoft shows off real-time universal speech translator for Skype, coming in 2014 May 28, 2014 at 10:40 am At the inaugural Code Conference in California, CEO Satya Nadella has revealed that Microsoft’s real-time speech translation technology will finally make the jump from the mystical, bottomless pit of its R&D department to a consumer product: Skype. On stage at the conference, Nadella demoed a beta version of Skype Translator, which performed real-time translation of English to German speech, and vice versa. Skype Translator isn’t perfect, but it’s tantalizingly close to the creation of a Star Trek-like universal translator — or Babel fish if you prefer — that allows everyone in the world to communicate, even if they don’t share a common language. Google’s new self-driving car: Electric, no steering wheel, and incredibly cute May 28, 2014 at 8:46 am You are looking at Google’s very own, built-from-scratch-in-Detroit self-driving car. The battery-powered electric vehicle has as a stop-go button, but no steering wheel or pedals. The plan is to build around 200 of the mostly-plastic cars over the next year, with road testing probably restricted to California for the next year or two. Compared to the fairly aggressive stance of other notable EVs, like the Tesla Model S or Toyota Prius, Google’s new self-driving car is incredibly cutesy, closely resembling a Little Tikes plastic car — there’s even the same damn smiley face on the front. Valve delays Steam Machines until 2015 – but given how vague the term is, what does that mean? May 28, 2014 at 6:47 am Valve has announced that it’s Steam Machines, previously scheduled to ship this year, will now slip into 2015. The implication is that the company is still hard at work on its controller design. OLDER Stories NEWER Stories Follow Follow @ExtremeTech ExtremeTech Newsletter Subscribe Today to get the latest ExtremeTech news delivered right to your inbox. Subscribing to a newsletter indicates your consent to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy . 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