Greg Kumparak:
Remember back in September when a couple of researchers figured out how to bypass the iPhone 5S’ fingerprint lock with a fancy fake rubber finger?
Turns out, the fingerprint sensor on Samsung’s new Galaxy S5 falls victim to the very same trick. They didn’t even have to make a new mold.
We at The Prompt are excited to announce the world’s greatest t-shirt. With a two-sided color design and printed on black, it celebrates the culture surrounding Apple and a community that’s bigger than any country or accent. We’ve been testing the design for a while now, and we really like it.
All orders and shipping are being handled by Teespring, so there’s no doubt about the quality of the product and the service. The best part? They’ll be at your door well in time to pack for WWDC.
Ezra Klein at Vox:
Today, the right struggles with Obamacare Derangement Syndrome: the acute inability to see Obamacare as anything but a catastrophic failure that the American people will soon reject. For those suffering from ODS, all bad Obamacare news is good news, and all good Obamacare news is spin. In this world, delays of minor provisions in the law prove that the entire structure is collapsing, while surges of millions of people enrolling in insurance don’t prove anything at all.
On Saturday, a friend of mine jumped out of a plane to raise money for my brother’s non-profit, Operation Broken Silence which works to bring peace and justice to Sudan. While it was a blast to help film and edit this video, the back-breaking work of using media to share the stories of the people of Sudan, who are being bombed and starved by their own government is expensive, difficult and more dangerous than jumping out of a plane on a Saturday afternoon. You can help fund Operation Broken Silence’s work by donating here.
Primary for Instagram is a universal iOS app created to enhance your Instagram viewing experience. It features an attractive minimalistic design that feels right at home on iOS 7. Primary has been carefully crafted to put focus on the photos that matter to you.
Primary is full of unique features. Fast-switch between multiple accounts for viewing, liking, and commenting. Pinch to zoom photos. Hide unwanted posts, people, videos, and tags. Create simple lists of people or tags. Toggle between light and dark themes. And much more.
Michael Riley at Bloomberg:
The U.S. National Security Agency knew for at least two years about a flaw in the way that many websites send sensitive information, now dubbed the Heartbleed bug, and regularly used it to gather critical intelligence, two people familiar with the matter said.
The NSA’s decision to keep the bug secret in pursuit of national security interests threatens to renew the rancorous debate over the role of the government’s top computer experts.
Viticci has a run-down of the new beta. I’ve kicked ReadKit to the curb already.
The NBTS:
More than 4,000 children are diagnosed with a brain tumor each year and today it’s the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in children under the age of 10. To drive progress in pediatrics, National Brain Tumor Society has committed to direct one-third of its research budget toward this area, including Project Impact.
Merissa Marr at the WSJ:
CBS said in a news release that it had signed a five-year agreement with Mr. Colbert to take over its flagship show when Mr. Letterman retires next year.
Mr. Colbert, 49 years old, will retire the character he plays on his Comedy Central show—a sendup of Republican talk-show hosts—and will be himself as the host of the CBS show, the company said.
I truly enjoy The Colbert Report, and will miss the character, but Stephen Colbert is a genius nonetheless.
Cleaning up OS X’s pesky “Open With” contextual menu isn’t hard.
Rumors continue to fly about a slim, 12-inch Retina MacBook Air that could be coming later this year. Here’s the gist of it:
…a new 12 inch notebook without fan assembly. It comes with a new trackpad design that doesn’t include the mechanical button, as we do on current MacBooks.
Here’s a mention of the machine from October of last year:
We expect the unprecedented 12” model will boast both the portability of the 11” model, and productivity of the 13” model. The high resolution display will also offer the outstanding visual experience of the Retina MacBook Pro. The offering will likely be lighter and slimmer than the existing MacBook Air to further highlight ease of portability in the cloud computing era. We think the form factor will showcase a much improved clamshell structure, and that it will redefine laptop computing once again following the milestone created by the MacBook Air.