Well they just did, considering Kaby Lake is backwards compatible with Z170 chipset motherboards.

Have you tried googling "find my phone" while logged in to the same Google account as the phone?

Canonically, element 115 is Elerium...

A bit of a dupe, it was reported before on /. though it was citing different sources.

Anecdotal evidence, as a Chrome Web Store developer I was notified on Oct 17 that free CWS items are now available in Cuba. I assume paid items aren't because there is no payment processing yet.

So at least Google is lifting sanctions-induced embargo.

So those smartwatches are useful for something.

This is basically parody of "obligatory XKCD" comments when there are relevant XKCD comics.

Self-Driving Car Ethics

Very much yes.

To be specific, let me quote the spec:

Note: if they cheat again, trust in existing ones will be pulled without warning.

That's one option. Are there others left?

I was only aware of WoSign (which I happened to start using, before LetsEncrypt was released) and StartCom as alternatives for free trusted SSL certs.

You may want to skip S6, it was quite a misstep by Samsung (no waterproofing, no SD card, no removable battery compared to S5). They have gone back on some of that in the next generation.

AdBlock Plus.
HTTPS Everywhere.
Desktop Notifications for StackExchange.
Chrome extension source viewer (allows examining extensions and apps without installing them).
Kicktraq (shows funding graphs embedded in the header of Kickstarter page)
RSS Subscription Extension + The Old Reader Notifier (disclosure: I maintain that one)
A few self-written extensions for Fallen London browser game.

You will find that each instance is edited by BeauHD. It's his "shtick". But I agree it's more often than not irrelevant and annoying.