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Daily Headlines TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, 2015

Photo leak: Is this the HTC One M9? The HTC One M9 is easily one of the most hotly anticipated smartphones of 2015 among Android enthusiasts. The mass market didn’t exactly flock to the current-generation HTC One M8, but that’s thanks largely to the fact that Samsung’s marketing and advertising budget is more than double HTC’s annual revenue. Those who found their way to the One M8 in 2014 sang universal praise of the phone though, and we’re all eagerly awaiting the sequel. Now, that sequel may have been pictured for the first time.  MORE → Every game, movie and TV show on the PlayStation Store is 10% off this weekend If you were thinking about downloading some of the games that you missed last year anytime soon, it might be worth waiting until this weekend. As Sony promised, nearly everything on the PlayStation Store will be 10% off this weekend, including new game releases, DLC, preorders, movies and TV shows.  MORE → These are the 25 best passwords you can use… if you want to be hacked Malicious hackers spend much of their time developing sophisticated attacks and complex new ways to steal people’s credit card numbers, bank account information and other private data. It’s getting more and more difficult to protect ourselves from these hacks, especially when just about anyone can go online and hire a hacker these days. But for many people, all of the hard work these hackers put into ruining our lives is a waste of time, because they make things remarkably easy for hackers by using the worst passwords on the planet.  MORE → The Onion drives the last nail into the first-gen Google Glass’s coffin Google insists that it’s still planning to make Google Glass headsets in the future, although they will likely look nothing like the first-generation model that quickly become the butt of jokes all across America. Now that Google has stopped selling the first iteration of Glass, those jokes are sadly coming to an end… although The Onion couldn’t resist getting in one last dig at the digital headset’s expense.  MORE → Samsung is launching an insanely fast new version of the Galaxy Note 4 this week Samsung’s Galaxy Note 4 is the best phablet in the world right now. Period. It might not be quite as sleek as Apple’s iPhone 6 Plus and it certainly isn’t selling as fast, but as a phablet, it’s the best there is. The Note 4 isn’t just bigger for the sake of being bigger, which is arguably the case with Apple’s iPhone 6 Plus. Instead, the Galaxy Note 4 touts fantastic and unique software features that make great use of its giant display. As terrific as Samsung’s Galaxy Note 4 already is, however, people who own the phone are going to be a bit envious later this week when Samsung launches a new version of the Note 4 that’s even better than the original.  MORE → ‘Starships’ takes the ‘Civilization’ series to the furthest reaches of space One of the most popular strategy series of all time is getting a spin-off. 2K and Firaxis announced Sid Meier’s Starships on Monday, a new game that will serve as a sequel (of sorts) to Civilization: Beyond Earth, the developer’s major 2014 release. The game doesn’t have a release date yet, but is expected to launch on PC, Mac and iPad in early 2015.  MORE → Google to reportedly team with SpaceX to create a global satellite Internet service Both Google and SpaceX are companies known for taking on huge projects that seem to come out of science fiction. Because of this, it’s all too appropriate that the companies will reportedly team up on a hugely ambitious project that could vastly expand access to the Internet across the world.  MORE → Every member of the X-Men has been collected into one awesome video With all the hype surrounding The Avengers, you might have forgotten that another superhero team made the reemergence of comic book movies possible in the first place. Back in 2000, the first X-Men movie launched to critical acclaim and financial success, but despite having produced six sequels and spin-offs up to now, you’re still probably not acquainted with everyone who has ever joined Professor Xavier’s team.  MORE → New details emerge on Microsoft’s last-ditch effort to make Windows Phone relevant Windows Phone is a great mobile platform that suffers from a crippling lack of popular mobile apps. Nothing Microsoft has done so far as generated significant developer interest in the platform. What’s more, popular apps that are released to the platform aren’t updated and supported with the same regularity as those apps’ Android and iOS counterparts. However, The Information has come out with a new report that gives us new details on Microsoft’s last-ditch effort to make its mobile platform relevant.  MORE → You can finally buy a OnePlus One without an invitation tomorrow OnePlus took the world of Android smartphones by storm last year with the One, but quantities have been severely limited ever since. In fact, if you weren’t invited to purchase the phone, your only chances to buy one have been during limited-time events on the OnePlus website. It’s been over a month since the last promotion, but tomorrow, you’ll once again have two hours to secure a OnePlus One.  MORE →