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Google cracks down on VPN based adblockers
Google has announced last month that they will be changing their Play Store policies for developers. These changes aim to improve the ads experience, tighten security and limit misinformation according to the company. The policies are going into effect later in 2022, which all existing apps will need to comply with.
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Best astronomy apps for stargazing in 2022
In recent years, many amateur astronomers have added a new item to their toolkit: a smartphone. Here are one observer's favorite apps.
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Jamie Foxx Does Spot-On Voice Imitation Of Former President Donald Trump – Listen
Close your eyes and you can almost imagine the visual of former President Donald Trump praising Death Row Records. That’s how good Jamie Foxx’s imitation of Trump is in a clip that̵…
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Total Control: Why Central Bank Digital Currencies are a Catastrophic Idea
The year is 2050. Cash has largely disappeared from everyday life. Anyone caught with any form of paper money is considered suspicious. Drugs? Money laundering? Sabotage? Cash is dirty. The currency is digital now. But: Our digital payment transactions have long been fully monitored. This has given economists and central bankers completely new possibilities. As well as the police.
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Trump's social media app facing financial fallout
Former President Donald Trump’s social media outfit, Truth Social, is locked in a bitter battle with one of its vendors claiming that the platform is stiffing the company out of more than $1 million in contractually obligated payments, FOX Business has learned.
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Eve 6 Lead Singer: ‘Owning Media Is Now An Act Of Countercultural Defiance’
Max Collins, the lead singer of the band Eve 6 has penned a great piece for Popula, noting that owning media is now an act of countercultural defiance. Specifically, he’s speaking out against…
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Miss England finalist becomes first in pageant's history to compete without makeup
A Miss England finalist has become the first ever beauty queen to compete without wearing any makeup in the pageant's nearly century-long history. Melisa Raouf, a 20-year-old college student from south London, moved forward at the pageant's semifinals on Monday after opting for a barefaced look. Now, she'll compete in the finals this October for the crown.
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The Twisted Life of Clippy
In the ’90s, Microsoft created a cartoon paperclip that it quickly retired. Its developers never imagined the virtual assistant would become a cultural icon.
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Counting calories is going to get harder with MyFitnessPal
The barcode scanning feature is moving behind the paywall
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Yelp adds a warning label to anti-abortion center listings
The notice says such centers 'typically provide limited medical services and may not have licensed medical professionals onsite.'.
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Huawei CEO reportedly puts company in survival mode
Huawei CEO Ren Zhengfei has reportedly told staff that tough economic times represent a real threat to the company. Reports in Chinese outlets Yucai and NetEase allege that Ren posted a missive on Huawei’s internal networks in which the CEO called for the company to prioritize cash flow and profit instead of growth and scale.
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AI scientists are studying the “emergent” abilities of large language models
Large language models (LLMs) have become the center of attention and hype because of their seemingly magical abilities to produce long stretches of coherent text, do things they weren’t trained on, and engage (to some extent) in topics of conversation that were thought to be off-limits for computers.
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Facebook is broken and spamming celebrity comments everywhere
The News Feed is overrun.
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ARPANET pioneer Jack Haverty says internet is unfinished
When he retired with stuff left on his to-do list, he expected fixes would flow. They haven't
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The metaverse is as dead as Zuckerberg’s cartoon eyes
Last week, Meta showed yet another cringeworthy product of its $10.2 billion investment in the metaverse: a demonic VR porcelain doll of Mark Zuckerberg that looked worse than a Second Life avatar from 2003. Hastily released in response to yet another round of universal mockery from all over the internet, it was still only marginally more expressive, and slightly more alive, than a Ken doll.
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The downfall of smart TVs: From promises of seamless viewing to ad tool on steroids
Before we start talking about smart TV technology, let's take a short trip down memory lane and recall what television was like without it: it's the early 2000s, your favorite show is on, the action builds to a climax, you're on the edge of your seat.... and there it is, the dreaded commercial break.
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A Dad Took Photos of His Naked Toddler for the Doctor. Google Flagged Him as a Criminal.
Mark noticed something amiss with his toddler. His son’s penis looked swollen and was hurting him. Mark, a stay-at-home dad in San Francisco, grabbed his Android smartphone and took photos to document the problem so he could track its progression.
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They built their businesses on Instagram. Then the platform changed
After losing her construction job early in the pandemic, Kaitlin Tokar decided to try selling some of her vintage furniture and housewares collection on Instagram.
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Apple security flaw allows hackers to fully control iPhones, iPads and Macs
Apple disclosed serious security vulnerabilities for iPhones, iPads and Macs that could potentially allow attackers to take complete control of these devices.
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Facebook parent Meta lays off 60 workers ‘at random’ using algorithm: report
Facebook is the latest large tech company to begin mass layoffs, choosing 60 contractors reportedly at random using an algorithm. The unlucky contractors were employed by Meta via its Austin office of Accenture — despite the company having a nearly half-billion-dollar deal with Meta to provide workers in content moderation and business integrity.
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In pictures: NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope celebrated on World Photography Day
World Photography Day arrived on Friday — but this year's global event comes in the wake of some beautiful images from beyond Earth. The dawn of a new era in astronomy has begun as the world gets its first look at the full capabilities of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, a partnership with ESA (European Space Agency) and CSA (Canadian Space Agency), NASA wrote on July 12, 2022.
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A Tool That Monitors How Long Kids Are in the Bathroom Is Now in 1,000 American Schools
e-HallPass, a digital system that students have to use to request to leave their classroom and which takes note of how long they’ve been away.
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Samsung’s Galaxy Buds 2 Pro are its best earbuds yet
We’re entering new territory in the walled garden earbud wars: to get the very best audio quality from Samsung’s Galaxy Buds 2 Pro, you need to use them with a Samsung phone. It was always going to come to this. Between Apple’s AirPods, Samsung’s Galaxy Buds, Google’s Pixel Buds, and other earbuds developed by companies with a deep-rooted interest in the smartphone world...
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Apple discloses security vulnerabilities in iPhones, iPads, Macs allowing 'full admin...
Apple released an emergency security update Thursday, disclosing that there were vulnerabilities for certain iPhone, iPad and Mac products. These vulnerabilities were disclosed in a software update, which the company said should safeguard the products.
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After 45 years, the 5-billion-year legacy of the Voyager 2 interstellar probe is just beginning
In the void of interstellar space, the most distant emissary of humankind carries a message that will last for billions of years.
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Solar Parking Lots Are a Win-Win Energy Idea. Why Aren't They the Norm?
Covering parking lots makes both renewable energy and a more pleasant parking experience.
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Another crypto game crashes and burns, won't issue refunds to backers because there's...
The developers of Untamed Isles say they lost investment funding because of the cryptocurrency collapse, and can't afford to finish their game.
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First Native American woman to travel to space
Nasa astronaut Nicole Aunapu Mann will travel to the International Space Station in September.
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iOS VPNs have leaked traffic for more than 2 years, researcher claims
VPNs on Apple mobile devices reportedly keep connections open and expose data.
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American Airlines places order for 20 supersonic jets from Boom Supersonic
Previously, United Airlines also placed an order with Boom.
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