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This Proposed Bill Would Protect Health Data Shared on Coronavirus Contact-Tracing Apps

This Proposed Bill Would Protect Health Data Shared on Coronavirus Contact-Tracing Apps

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This Proposed Bill Would Protect Health Data Shared on Coronavirus Contact-Tracing Apps On Thursday, Democrats from both houses of Congress introduced the Public Health Emergency Privacy Act, legislation that aims to safeguard the kind of health data consumers can share with contact-tracing apps and, hopefully, satisfy privacy concerns that would make many Americans hesitant to download them in the first…Read more... Go to Source
Which iPad Pro Keyboard Should You Buy?

Which iPad Pro Keyboard Should You Buy?

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Which iPad Pro Keyboard Should You Buy? If you’ve been itching to make the jump to getting some of your work done on an iPad Pro, it might be tricky to pick out which keyboard attachment you should go with, since at first glance they might not seem too different. I’ve been getting work done on my iPad Pro for over a year now, and I’ve tested just about…Read more... Go to Source
How to Find Where Your Favorite Movie Is Streaming

How to Find Where Your Favorite Movie Is Streaming

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How to Find Where Your Favorite Movie Is Streaming The Streaming Wars are well underway. Apple, NBC, HBO, Netflix, Hulu, Disney and countless others are all vying for our attention and battling over exclusivity rights for our favorite shows and movies. So how do you figure out what is streaming where, when and for how long? In the video above, I go over some ways to…Read more... Go to Source
An Imaginary Friend Sparks Very Real Horrors in the Creepy Z

An Imaginary Friend Sparks Very Real Horrors in the Creepy Z

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An Imaginary Friend Sparks Very Real Horrors in the Creepy Z Kids dream up imaginary friends all the time. But when a kid who happens to be a character in a scary movie suddenly announces an invisible new playmate, it’s never something to be treated lightly—a lesson that the family in Z, Shudder’s latest original, learns the hard way. Read more... Go to Source
The Guns Have Continued to Flow in States Where Gun Stores Were Supposed to Shut Down

The Guns Have Continued to Flow in States Where Gun Stores Were Supposed to Shut Down

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The Guns Have Continued to Flow in States Where Gun Stores Were Supposed to Shut Down Wow, shocker: Gun stores in at least five states where firearm dealers were supposed to shutter in April due to the coronavirus pandemic have refused to do so and likely made tens of thousands of sales, according to a report in USA Today in collaboration with the Trace.Read more... Go to Source
Tesla Factory Inspected by Police While It’s Supposed to Be Shut Down, Elon Not Arrested

Tesla Factory Inspected by Police While It’s Supposed to Be Shut Down, Elon Not Arrested

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Tesla Factory Inspected by Police While It's Supposed to Be Shut Down, Elon Not Arrested The Fremont Police Department this week conducted an inspection of Tesla’s Fremont, California, factory to assess the facility’s safety measures and its degree of operation, a police spokesperson said, the latest development in the county’s standoff with CEO Elon Musk over the latter’s very dramatic, incredibly stupid…Read more... Go to Source
PS5: Did They Break The Silence?

PS5: Did They Break The Silence?

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http://youtu.be/jhMuABz9OL0 Everything YOU need to know about Sony's PS5, and why the video game company is being so quiet about their new console release. SUBSCRIBE NOW to The Gamer! Click here: https://goo.gl/9cpWgf Sony is taking a gamble by keeping quiet about the PlayStation 5 as there’s still so much we don’t know about the console. Will this strategy work out for the company or will it cause them to lose the console wars? Only time will tell, but one thing’s for sure: Sony’s playing with fire. We’re honestly surprised at how little information Sony has released about the PlayStation 5. Sure, they had their first “Road to PS5” event in mid-March, where they talked about the hardware of the console, but Sony didn’t reveal the console or talk about any games on the system, which ...
An Ancestor Of All Internal-Combustion Vehicles Was A Moss-Powered Jet Ski Built By The Inventor Of Photography

An Ancestor Of All Internal-Combustion Vehicles Was A Moss-Powered Jet Ski Built By The Inventor Of Photography

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An Ancestor Of All Internal-Combustion Vehicles Was A Moss-Powered Jet Ski Built By The Inventor Of Photography I have to admit, while I know that’s a fairly cumbersome headline, I really like just how much is packed in there, and, even better, it’s all true. The very first internal combustion to actually power a vehicle was, at least in part, fueled with a type of moss, and that engine powered a boat that worked on the same…Read more... Go to Source
Trump Extends Executive Order Banning Huawei From Using U.S. Tech for Another Year

Trump Extends Executive Order Banning Huawei From Using U.S. Tech for Another Year

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Trump Extends Executive Order Banning Huawei From Using U.S. Tech for Another Year In May 2019, President Trump issued an executive order that banned a number of foreign companies, including Huawei, from using U.S.-made tech in their devices. This week, Trump extended that order, effectively banning Huawei from sourcing components from U.S. companies like Google for another year. Read more... Go to Source
Tacky Branding Is Not the Way Back from the Coronavirus Shutdown

Tacky Branding Is Not the Way Back from the Coronavirus Shutdown

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Tacky Branding Is Not the Way Back from the Coronavirus Shutdown Like many other branches of the entertainment industry’s consumer-facing side, comic book shops have been hit hard by the covid-19 pandemic. Millions of people are staying home, and in many cases shuttering their businesses, for fear of risking exposure to a currently incurable virus that’s killed hundreds of…Read more... Go to Source
Here’s What New Zealand Did Today After Two Months of Coronavirus Lockdown

Here’s What New Zealand Did Today After Two Months of Coronavirus Lockdown

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Here's What New Zealand Did Today After Two Months of Coronavirus Lockdown The government of New Zealand lifted most of the country’s strict lockdown measures today after almost two months. What did New Zealanders do? They went to stores, they got tattoos, they met up with friends (in groups of no more than ten), and they got haircuts. Lots of haircuts.Read more... Go to Source
Disney’s Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance Now Has an Official Virtual Ride

Disney’s Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance Now Has an Official Virtual Ride

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Disney's Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance Now Has an Official Virtual Ride Even if theme parks were open, there’s no telling when you’d get to ride Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance. The ride opened earlier this year, and right up until Disneyland and Disney World closed due to covid-19, it was the hottest ticket in the parks, with fans arriving way before opening to secure their spot in…Read more... Go to Source
Conservative-Dominated Wisconsin Supreme Court Tosses Out State’s Coronavirus Emergency Order

Conservative-Dominated Wisconsin Supreme Court Tosses Out State’s Coronavirus Emergency Order

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Conservative-Dominated Wisconsin Supreme Court Tosses Out State's Coronavirus Emergency Order In a jaw-dropping move on Wednesday, the conservative-dominated Wisconsin Supreme Court threw out the entirety of the emergency shutdown order Democratic Governor Tony Evers’ administration ordered to contain the novel coronavirus pandemic.Read more... Go to Source
Don’t Worry, All Your Favorites Are Coming Back for the New Mission: Impossible Sequels

Don’t Worry, All Your Favorites Are Coming Back for the New Mission: Impossible Sequels

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Don't Worry, All Your Favorites Are Coming Back for the New Mission: Impossible Sequels Did you really think Christopher McQuarrie was going to make two more Mission: Impossible movies and not bring back Rebecca Ferguson, Ving Rhames, and Vanessa Kirby? Well, confirming everyone’s assumptions, on a new podcast the writer and director of the last two Mission movies said all three actors will in fact be…Read more... Go to Source
These Are the Sex Toys for Men That Don’t (Or Maybe Do) Suck

These Are the Sex Toys for Men That Don’t (Or Maybe Do) Suck

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These Are the Sex Toys for Men That Don't (Or Maybe Do) Suck At the best of times, sex toys designed for men can be a little awkward. At the worst of times ... well, it’s best not to speak of it. If all you’ve ever heard about male toys is horror stories about Fleshlights, though, there are better options out there. Do yourself a favor and try out these toys that are worth…Read more... Go to Source
France to Platforms: Remove Terrorism and Pedophilia-Related Content in One Hour or Else

France to Platforms: Remove Terrorism and Pedophilia-Related Content in One Hour or Else

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France to Platforms: Remove Terrorism and Pedophilia-Related Content in One Hour or Else The nation of France has approved a new law that will force tech giants to delete terrorism and pedophilia-related content from sites in as little as an hour or be exposed to fines that could total up to four percent of global revenue, Reuters reported on Wednesday.Read more... Go to Source
The UK’s Contact Tracing App Breaks the UK’s Own Privacy Laws (and Is Just Plain Broken)

The UK’s Contact Tracing App Breaks the UK’s Own Privacy Laws (and Is Just Plain Broken)

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The UK’s Contact Tracing App Breaks the UK’s Own Privacy Laws (and Is Just Plain Broken) Whether you love them or hate them (or think they won’t work), authorities around the world have universally embraced the concept of contact tracing tech in order to curb the coronavirus’s spread. In practice, however, these apps have fallen short of a lot of our expectations, with many turning out to be more invasive…Read more... Go to Source
Leadership Shakeup at Google Could Threaten One of the Pixel’s Greatest Strengths

Leadership Shakeup at Google Could Threaten One of the Pixel’s Greatest Strengths

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Leadership Shakeup at Google Could Threaten One of the Pixel's Greatest Strengths Google hardware chief Rick Osterloh once said he hoped Google would be “selling products in high volumes in five years.” That was three years ago. After disappointing sales of the Pixel 4 and a recent shakeup within the Pixel team’s management, Google’s aspirations to become a major player in the hardware space may…Read more... Go to Source
Doctor Who’s Big New Event Is All About Cheating Death (and That Assholish Tenth Doctor)

Doctor Who’s Big New Event Is All About Cheating Death (and That Assholish Tenth Doctor)

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Doctor Who's Big New Event Is All About Cheating Death (and That Assholish Tenth Doctor) Remember that hot five minutes the Tenth Doctor was like “I’m the last of the Time Lords, I can do whatever the damn hell I want” before everything went bad for him and he went “oh crap ctrl+z ctrl+z!!!”? Well, looks like he’s back. And this time he’s trying to stop literal dispensers of death?Read more... Go to Source
YouTube Music Gets Library Transfer Feature as Google Preps for the Death of Google Play Music

YouTube Music Gets Library Transfer Feature as Google Preps for the Death of Google Play Music

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YouTube Music Gets Library Transfer Feature as Google Preps for the Death of Google Play Music YouTube Music was supposed to be the successor to Google Play Music, when it launched in 2018, but it lacked a number of core features, including the ability to transfer your music library over from Google’s previous music streaming app. Now, ahead of Google Play Music’s impending death sometime later this year,…Read more... Go to Source
Talisman Finds the Force, a D&D Online Summer Camp, and More in Gaming News

Talisman Finds the Force, a D&D Online Summer Camp, and More in Gaming News

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Talisman Finds the Force, a D&D Online Summer Camp, and More in Gaming News Welcome back to Gaming Shelf, io9's column all about board games and tabletop roleplaying games. There are a lot of exciting crowdfunding campaigns out right now as developers try to prepare for life after the coronavirus pandemic. In addition, we’ve got the new Arkham Horror: The Card Game campaign and a creative way…Read more... Go to Source
Report: Apple, Unlike Facebook and Google, Plans to Start Returning More Workers to Offices Soon

Report: Apple, Unlike Facebook and Google, Plans to Start Returning More Workers to Offices Soon

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Report: Apple, Unlike Facebook and Google, Plans to Start Returning More Workers to Offices Soon Apple is bucking the trend set by rival tech giants Facebook and Google during the coronavirus pandemic and is planning to have staff return to its offices this year, according to a Tuesday report by Bloomberg.Read more... Go to Source