It's a great move. But I suspect it's only because they have to, instead of that they want to. I bet that many others such as myself have stopped buying products from there because they are worried about brand authenticity. I don't mean fancy brand items - I don't buy those anyway. I mean things like skin care products - you don't know if you're getting the same item as what you get on the shelves at your local pharmacy. It could be a knock-off (yes, even of a non-fancy brand), and some things in it might even be toxic. So I only buy books, music, or movies from Amazon now, because they're some of the few things that are unlikely to be counterfeit (and if they are, they're unlikely to actually harm me).

Hmmm. Will it be something that virtually everyone with a Google account is signed up for, but no-one uses?

100% agree with what the previous 2 commenters said. This is really an issue for website owners, it's 2020 and there is no reason to still be running flash. I'm actually surprised how many websites out there are apparently still running it!

Hmm. I'm not convinced I'd want it. It says "he worked on a scent exhibition for which he recreated the smell of the inside of the Mir Space Station". I'm pretty sure there'd be some scent of BO on the space station, even with the astronauts using wipes or something as a substitute for bathing.

I really liked this article. Thanks to the instructions, I was able to set it to auto-delete data after 3 months. I wish options for shorter timeframes were available, but 3 months is an infinite improvement over "never"! I never want to make it easy for tech giants to collect data on us. Anything I can do to make it harder for them, I will.

I agree and actually I've never had a Facebook account. Most people aren't all on the same social media anyhow, so generally invitations to events IRL or on Zoom are sent via text message or email. I think Facebook needs people more than people need Facebook. I love the extra free time I have and the feeling of happiness I get knowing that I'm not bogged down by all that stuff on Facebook.

LOL!! Exactly!! Agreed.

That's a good idea to try to improve the quality of Twitter, but I feel like it's too little too late. I rarely log in to Twitter now because it's gotten so unprofessional. It used to be a great place to share informative articles and/or to do business networking, but now it's degenerated into "adult content". What's worse is the automated filters are not working well anymore! I've been presented with adult content in my feed despite my settings saying the contrary. So I've kept my account but I just don't bother with it anymore. They've really let it go downhill, IMHO.

Maybe, but I still think they were being selfish and ridiculous. There is nothing wrong with making sure you have 1 extra package on hand going into lockdown (I didn't; I was more concerned with having powdered milk and staples like that than toilet paper). But I don't have any sympathy for the people who stockpiled toilet paper, even though the article said they are just looking for a symbol of safety. I was honestly quite happy that some big retailers were not accepting returns of toilet paper, that way people who stockpiled didn't get "rewarded" for having too much.

An intriguing article, but I was a little disappointed that it did not match up to The Verge's usually high standards. Nowhere could I find any mention of the theory behind the video game being beneficial for kids with ADHD (as opposed to other video games). I'm sure there must be a reason why THAT video game was supposed to benefit kids with this diagnosis, yet it was not mentioned, at least I couldn't find it and I looked.

Agreed. It's times like these that I'm glad I made the switch to Linux, which is a standalone desktop.

A wonderful and well-researched piece of journalism. I loved getting to read the behind-the-scenes info. I use DuckDuckGo as my default search engine for almost everything. The exception for me is local and hyper-local searches, where Google still excels.

Also, there is another part of this debate that is often not mentioned: even for those people who don't have an issue with GM per se, there's still another reason to avoid them. In situations where the food is GM for RoundUp resistance (or any other herbicide) then those crops wind up getting heavily sprayed with those weedkillers, which then make their way into the food chain. So, if I want to avoid foods that are heavily sprayed with weedkillers, I would avoid GM foods (and/or buy organic, although that is pricier). To me, that's a really big issue, since many of the GM foods are made for herbicide resistance (as opposed to something like drought tolerance or extra vitamin A, where the crop isn't going to get deliberately sprayed with something harmful).

Agreed. We cut the cord quite a while back. Not only is cable far pricier than Netflix, the other issue is, as you mentioned, the ads. Plus, with cable you're at the mercy of what's currently running. If it's halfway through your favorite show, too bad, you lost the first half. I don't want to pay $$ for that type of service model! I like that Netflix has tons of stuff, you can browse by genre, and it recommends stuff that's in line with what you want. And of course, no ads, and you can start watching at any time. Too busy to watch a show in one sitting? No problem - it saves your place for you! Cable can't do any of that.

This is actually why I don't use delivery companies for food. I'm suspicious of where the money is going.

Well, I'm betting that no-one released them on purpose with the intent to do that. I strongly suspect they probably came over in a shipment of cargo. It's still really bad to have that happen - I thought there were rules about stuff like making sure biological species are not accidentally introduced that way.

You're an artist?! Cool! Can you tell us more about that? Like, what medium you use, etc?

Hilarious!! I loved this!

I really wanted to learn about this, but I was dismayed to see it was a video instead of an article. Dear BBC, I'm sorry but at the rate time is speeding up for me, I simply don't have time to watch your video!

This was an interesting and well-researched article. I enjoyed reading it. Sounds like there are a lot of people trying to make a living from something that looks like it doesn't really work, or at least not long-term.

Hmmm.... I don't know if I can watch it then! The previous seasons were so scary I had nightmares!