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Feb 29, 2016

Here are the first amazing games and apps for Microsoft's HoloLens

Microsoft may be encouraging developers to write their own software for the Microsoft Hololens, but Microsoft is also coding its own apps and games, too. Here they are. Read More ▶

Your Must-Read Stories

•	Waze update adds cleaner interface and a grab bag of new features

•	IBM to buy Resilient Systems, bringing security guru Bruce Schneier on board

•	An open-source alternative to Android Wear OS for smartwatches emerges

•	Sprint brings back two-year contracts in effort to stand apart from other carriers

•	Apple's top counsel to tell Congress, 'Encryption is a necessary thing'

•	CTB-Locker ransomware hits over 100 websites

•	The evolution of the Raspberry Pi, from concept to Raspberry Pi 3

•	Brita's Wi-Fi water pitcher orders fresh filters on its own

•	5 things you need to know about the EU-US Privacy Shield agreement

•	Hive smart thermostat goes stupid, roasts users

•	$3,000 Microsoft HoloLens dev kit opens for preorders, hardware specs revealed

Waze update adds cleaner interface and a grab bag of new features

The new version catches the Android app up to the iOS counterpart, which got the 4.0 update in October. Read More ▶

IBM to buy Resilient Systems, bringing security guru Bruce Schneier on board

IBM will acquire Resilient Systems, it announced Monday, and along with the company it will gain a big name in the security world: Bruce Schneier. Read More ▶

An open-source alternative to Android Wear OS for smartwatches emerges

Could the Android Wear and Tizen operating systems on smartwatches be replaced? French computer science student Florent Revest believes so. Read More ▶

Sprint brings back two-year contracts in effort to stand apart from other carriers

Several phones are now available at a subsidized price, as long as you're willing to pledge your loyalty for two years. Read More ▶

Apple's top counsel to tell Congress, 'Encryption is a necessary thing'

Senior VP and General Counsel Bruce Sewell will argue that keeping our data safe actually protects us from "thieves and terrorists," not the other way around. Read More ▶

CTB-Locker ransomware hits over 100 websites

A new malicious program that encrypts files on Web servers has affected at least 100 websites over the past few weeks, signaling a new trend in ransomware development. Read More ▶

The evolution of the Raspberry Pi, from concept to Raspberry Pi 3

Four years, half a dozen models and zero signs of slowing down. Read More ▶

Brita's Wi-Fi water pitcher orders fresh filters on its own

The Brita Infinity water pitcher auto-buys new filters with help from Amazon. Read More ▶

5 things you need to know about the EU-US Privacy Shield agreement

The Privacy Shield agreement is intended to guarantee the personal information of European Union citizens the same privacy protection when processed in the U.S. as it would receive at home. Here are five things to know about the agreement. Read More ▶