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Daily Headlines FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2015

Most stunning Galaxy S6 renders yet shown at every angle in new video Graphic designers Ivo Marić and Jermaine Smit have set their sights on Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy S6 before, but never quite like this. Now that leaks and rumors have seemingly revealed almost everything there is to know about the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge smartphones, the pair have created a new video starring device renders based on supposed handset schematics that leaked a few weeks ago. The result is two stunning flagship smartphones, and if they even come close to representing reality, we can’t wait to get our hands on them next month.  MORE → Comcast customer complains about data caps, Comcast rep tells him they’re ‘mandated by law’ You didn’t really think Comcast was going to let Time Warner Cable’s attempts to steal away some of its bad press go unchallenged, did you? Ars Technica has another great scoop about a Comcast customer who called in to complain about the company’s experimental data caps only to be told that these caps were “mandated by the law.”  MORE → To sell the Apple Watch, Apple may go where it has never been before One of the more interesting facets of the impending Apple Watch launch centers on where the device will be sold. While Apple traditionally sells consumer devices which fit right in at brick and mortar retail shops like Best Buy, the Apple Watch represents an entirely different type of product altogether. With the high-end models rumored to cost thousands of dollars, the Apple Watch is as much about personal luxury as it is about technology. To that end, one of the looming questions surrounding the Apple Watch launch is whether or not Apple might try to place select models in high-end department stores and watch boutiques.  MORE → Bombshell report reveals the NSA has stolen encryption keys for millions of SIM cards In a bombshell report published on Thursday, Jeremy Scahill and Josh Begley of The Intercept detail how the NSA and British Intelligence operatives managed to steal encryption keys from Gemalto, a Netherlands-based firm which produces a huge percentage of SIM cards used across the globe.  MORE → Why cut the cord? Cable stations just gave you another big reason As if you didn’t already have enough reasons to cut the cord and rely on streaming services to get your TV fix, cable stations themselves are giving you another one. The Wall Street Journal reports that some cable stations have actually started speeding up their programs so they can squeeze more ads into their given time slots, which means that not only are characters on shows moving slightly faster, but their voices are slightly higher pitched as well.  MORE → Watch the tantalizing teaser for Mad Men’s final season Mad Men has been one of the best things on TV over the last decade and this year the story of Don, Peggy, Pete, Joan and the gang will come to its conclusion. AMC on Thursday posted a teaser trailer for Mad Men’s final season and it seems to hint that the show could make a surprising time jump to the mid-’70s.  MORE → Rock Band is reportedly being revived on PS4 and Xbox One One of the biggest crossover hits in the history of multiplayer gaming vanished off the face of the Earth not with a bang, but with a whimper. Rock Band 3, the final game in the main Rock Band series as of now, launched on the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Wii in 2010 to relatively disappointing sales. Consumers just weren’t as interested in huge plastic peripherals as they had been in years past.  MORE → Bloomberg: The Apple Car is real, and Apple wants to launch it by 2020 Where there’s smoke, there’s fire… and this fire could set an entire industry ablaze. The Wall Street Journal reported it, Reuters reported it, Financial Times reported it and now Bloomberg is getting in on the action. The news organization on Thursday night issued a report stating that Apple is indeed working on building its own car and it hopes to release the vehicle by 2020. Maybe.  MORE → Norm Macdonald’s riveting behind-the-scenes account of the SNL 40th anniversary special Saturday Night Live has now been on the air for more than 40 years. 40. Years. That is absolutely incredible, and it’s easy to see why; some of the biggest stars in comedy, past and present, have cut their teeth on the popular late-night show. SNL recently aired a special 40th anniversary episode that was the talk of the web earlier this week. We shared our 5 favorite moments from SNL’s 40th anniversary episode in an earlier post, but even more interesting is a rare behind-the-scenes account of the special from none other than Norm Macdonald.  MORE → Xbox One March update finally brings a simple feature you’ve been waiting for The new generation of consoles can stream high-definition gameplay straight to Twitch, download huge games while asleep, open up the possibility of gaming over the cloud… but one of them still can’t take screenshots. Ever since launch, Xbox One owners have had the ability to record gameplay footage on their consoles, but they haven’t been able to capture single frames. That’s finally going to change next month. MORE →