Simpler solution - buy an iPhone. iOS doesn't allow apps to access the mic in the background - period. Even Siri can't do it unless you specifically allow it _and_ the phone is plugged in for power. Hell with very few exception iOS doesn't allow _anything_ to run in the background - and I'm pretty sure I here Android fans bleating about that from time to time too.

Or sure, you could get an Android and spend all day installing hacks and patches.

Sometimes the willful ignorance exhibited by people who have some religious affiliation to a fucking operating system is quite remarkable to behold.

So their big move is to cut off his internet access - despite the fact that will have precisely zero effect on anything? Do you think the "elites" (weren't they the bad guys in Halo?) are really dumb enough to think that he's sitting there in the embassy doing all the hacking himself? Or that even if we wasn't able to send email for a while that wikileaks would grind to a halt?

I am voting for someone who isn't Trump. That's all I need to know. I'd vote for Big Bird over that mouth-breathing hippo.

It's not about support, it's about security. Knox (only on Samsung) is the closest you can get to decent security on Android, and if you're using it for work purposes they likely care about such things.

I've lived in both and used both medical systems. I'd take the NHS over United/Cigna/BCBS and all the other crooks over here any day. I've no idea where you get your info about the UK but it's wrong.

No, they won't (unless by "record" you mean "uniquely low"), because none of the apps they want will be available for Symbian. Battery life is irrelevant if it doesn't do what you want/need.

I'm in this category (40, interviewed and rejected at Google). Everyone who I spoke with during the day I was there was around my age (+/- 5 years). Yes, Google is a fairly young company as a whole but there are plenty of old farts like me in management.

Dash is awesome, it doesn't need it's reviews to be padded. And the author is incredibly responsive, getting back to me on twitter questions really quickly. Sad to see what has to be a screwup by Apple cost the guy $$$.

How do I flag my profile for recruiters to say I am not interested in moving and please stop emailing/calling me? That would actually be useful :)

I buy things from Amazon on a daily basis, have done so for literally years, with values from under $5 to over $3000. I can't think of a single time I've had Amazon mark a package signature required - they generally would prefer to replace lost items than deal with the undeliverable returns. UPS give their drivers discretion about whether it's safe to leave a package if no-one's home, based on their knowledge of the area and so on. In my case everything gets left on the front step, never had a single thing go missing.

Oh and Prime _is_ a great deal, if you're a frequent customer.

I use Uber not because it's cheaper but because it's better than a regular cab. The cars are nicer, the drivers are nicer, the service is more convenient. There is no rule or regulation forcing yellow cabs in NYC to be smelly, noisy and uncomfortable. There's no TLC bylaw forcing yellow cab drivers to be assholes. There is now an app which lets you hail a yellow cab, and that's a start, but they have a long way to go. The taxi industry has benefitted for years from having a local monopoly and gouging drivers on medallions etc, and now they have some competition.

I disagree - I've been watching F1 since I was a kid (probably 35 years now) and I absolutely am interested in the technology. That's the thing about F1, it's not just drivers and teams - it's also engineers and designers. Now I don't disagree that the commercial success of a driverless series would be extremely unlikely, you can't take the tech out of F1, it's an integral part of the experience.

Then the absence of the vehicle outside said address would be a good indicator of the premises being empty

As would knocking on the door and getting no response. In fact, that would be a much better indicator of the premises being empty assuming the possibility that more than one person lives there.

To be honest the headphone jack on those machines is pretty crappy anyway. If you're serious about audio you're already using an offboard USB DAC.

There are many HDR TVs on the market right now, it's certainly "visibly different" but isn't some amazing new tech. The standard basically calls for high contrast and much higher than usual maximum brightness - most LCD panels achieve this with a version of local dimming/addressable backlighting.