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The Daily Roundup for 03.08.2013

You might say the day is never really done in consumer technology news. Your workday, however, hopefully draws to a close at some point. This is the Daily Roundup on Engadget, a quick peek back at the top headlines for the past 24 hours -- all handpicked by the editors here at the site. Click on through the break, and enjoy.

Reticulating splines for reticulating times: the SimCity debacle

SimCity is in shambles. Not the virtual cities built within its digital confines, mind you, but the game itself.

Distro Issue 81: Exploring NASCAR's technological dichotomy

Despite adopting new hardware like the Gen-6 car, NASCAR has been reluctant to embrace the high tech when it comes to other facets of the sport.

AT&T: 'we unlock our customers' devices'

To our delight, the recent ruling that phone subsidy unlocks are no longer protected by copyright law has sparked a lot of attention from the general public as well as the US government.

Google Glass learns how your friends dress, picks 'em out in a crowd

Facial recognition? Pah. Dahling, the only way to find someone in a crowd is to pick out what they're wearing.

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