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Uber Suspends 240 Accounts in Mexico Over User Suspected of Having Coronavirus

Uber Suspends 240 Accounts in Mexico Over User Suspected of Having Coronavirus

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Uber Suspends 240 Accounts in Mexico Over User Suspected of Having Coronavirus As the coronavirus outbreak rages on, its effects are being felt around the world. In Mexico, Uber felt compelled to act when it learned that its drivers had possibly come into contact with a person suspected to have coronavirus. Consequently, it temporarily deactivated the accounts of 240 users who had also travelled…Read more... Go to Source
William Jackson Harper Has One Last Good Place Lesson in the Form of Chidi’s Full Kierkegaard Rap

William Jackson Harper Has One Last Good Place Lesson in the Form of Chidi’s Full Kierkegaard Rap

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William Jackson Harper Has One Last Good Place Lesson in the Form of Chidi’s Full Kierkegaard Rap Any one of The Good Place’s throwaway gags would be a delight to see played out in its entirety. From Chidi actually forcing himself to eat the Peep’s chili to seeing Tahani ruin one of many celebrity relationships, they’re all tantalizing. But I doubt any of them would be quite as fun to watch as William Jackson…Read more... Go to Source
“You Have No Idea How Hard I’m Fighting to Keep Politics Out of Science.” New Emails Reveal NOAA’s Turmoil During Sharpiegate

“You Have No Idea How Hard I’m Fighting to Keep Politics Out of Science.” New Emails Reveal NOAA’s Turmoil During Sharpiegate

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“You Have No Idea How Hard I’m Fighting to Keep Politics Out of Science.” New Emails Reveal NOAA’s Turmoil During Sharpiegate A new set of documents obtained by the Washington Post and other media outlets reveal the turmoil that shook the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) last September when President Donald Trump mistakenly tweeted that Hurricane Dorian posed a threat to Alabama. Dorian was not, in fact, a threat to the…Read more... Go to Source
Alan Harris, the Actor Behind Bossk in The Empire Strikes Back, Has Died

Alan Harris, the Actor Behind Bossk in The Empire Strikes Back, Has Died

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Alan Harris, the Actor Behind Bossk in The Empire Strikes Back, Has Died Alan Harris was one of the most decorated extras and stand-ins in all of Hollywood. He doubled for Anthony Daniels as C-3PO, and for Terence Stamp as Supreme Chancellor Valorum in The Phantom Menace. He was a Stormtrooper in Return of the Jedi. He even modelled in the early screen tests for Boba Fett’s armor. Read more... Go to Source
The Sounds Behind Baby Yoda’s Voice Are Exactly as Cute as You’d Expect

The Sounds Behind Baby Yoda’s Voice Are Exactly as Cute as You’d Expect

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The Sounds Behind Baby Yoda’s Voice Are Exactly as Cute as You’d Expect The creation of sound to use in films is always fascinating. What in the real world made the sound that became a lightsaber, or a phaser, or a dinosaur? What real, adorable, precious little thing gave birth to Baby Yoda? In that latter case, it is about as cute as you’d imagine. Read more... Go to Source
Apple Is Closing All of Its Stores and Corporate Offices in China Because of the Coronavirus Outbreak

Apple Is Closing All of Its Stores and Corporate Offices in China Because of the Coronavirus Outbreak

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Apple Is Closing All of Its Stores and Corporate Offices in China Because of the Coronavirus Outbreak Apple announced that it would close its official stores, corporate offices and contact centers in mainland China until Feb. 9 due to the coronavirus outbreak. The company stated that it was taking this action “out of an abundance of caution.”Read more... Go to Source
Hulu Set to Pick Up Justin Simien’s New Horror Flick Bad Hair

Hulu Set to Pick Up Justin Simien’s New Horror Flick Bad Hair

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Hulu Set to Pick Up Justin Simien's New Horror Flick Bad Hair One of the titles with a lot of energy coming out of Sundance this past week is Bad Hair, a new horror film from Dear White People creator Justin Simien. The satirical shocker, about an ambitious career woman in 1989 who gets a weave to succeed on TV only to find that the weave may, in fact, be haunted, has had a lot…Read more... Go to Source
US Carbon Emissions Are on Track to Fall a Shameful 4 Percent by 2050

US Carbon Emissions Are on Track to Fall a Shameful 4 Percent by 2050

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US Carbon Emissions Are on Track to Fall a Shameful 4 Percent by 2050 To meet the goals set in the Paris Climate Accord and avert climate catastrophe, UN scientists say nations must cut their greenhouse gas emissions to half of their 2018 levels by 2030 and aim for net zero emissions by 2050. That means cutting emissions by 7.6 percent every year for the next decade. But according to a…Read more... Go to Source
Stop Touching Your Face

Stop Touching Your Face

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Stop Touching Your Face The new decade has brought along a SARS-like, pneumonia-causing coronavirus that’s already sickened at least 9,000 people and killed over 200 worldwide. If you’re scared about threats like the Wuhan virus, then there’s one very easy thing you can start doing for the sake of your health and others—stop touching your…Read more... Go to Source
West Virginia Plans to Allow Mobile Voting for Disabled People in 2020 Race

West Virginia Plans to Allow Mobile Voting for Disabled People in 2020 Race

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West Virginia Plans to Allow Mobile Voting for Disabled People in 2020 Race While e-voting still has a lot of the U.S. nervous and fretting about cybersecurity concerns, West Virginia is planning to roll out the mobile voting technology to even more residents. Governor Jim Justice aims to sign a bill next week requiring that all counties provide an online ballot option to voters with…Read more... Go to Source
Ring Drops a Major App Update, Placing Privacy and Security Settings Front and Center

Ring Drops a Major App Update, Placing Privacy and Security Settings Front and Center

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Ring Drops a Major App Update, Placing Privacy and Security Settings Front and Center Ring has begun pushing out an update to its phone app with the aim of consolidating all of its security settings, a likely response to general privacy concerns, as well as more specific ones about “hackers” who’ve hijacked in-home camera feeds in recent months.Read more... Go to Source
Vine Successor Byte Will Dole Out Its Entire Ad Revenue to Creators Based on Views

Vine Successor Byte Will Dole Out Its Entire Ad Revenue to Creators Based on Views

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Vine Successor Byte Will Dole Out Its Entire Ad Revenue to Creators Based on Views After going live on iOS and Android last week, Vine’s successor, Byte, has dropped some more information that “partner program” it’s been teasing since launch, basically its plan to get users paid. None too soon, I’d wager, given the app—a video platform for six-second looping clips—has already become overrun with …Read more... Go to Source
Lindsey Graham Is Quietly Preparing a Mess of a Bill Trying to Destroy End-to-End Encryption

Lindsey Graham Is Quietly Preparing a Mess of a Bill Trying to Destroy End-to-End Encryption

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Lindsey Graham Is Quietly Preparing a Mess of a Bill Trying to Destroy End-to-End Encryption Top Trump ally and consistent encryption scaremonger Senator Lindsey Graham is working on a bill that could coerce tech companies to stop providing end-to-end encryption by threatening them with massive legal liability, The Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies Act of 2019 (or EARN IT…Read more... Go to Source
Instagram Wipes Independent Developer’s Work in the Name of Copyright Protections

Instagram Wipes Independent Developer’s Work in the Name of Copyright Protections

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Instagram Wipes Independent Developer's Work in the Name of Copyright Protections Social media companies tend to take up copyright issues only when a) mitigating the pain in the ass of takedown notices and b) ensuring users keep reposting memes. Instagram has erred cautiously on the side of supporting potential infringers for the latter reason, so we found it curious when TorrentFreak reported that…Read more... Go to Source
FCC Says ‘One or More’ Phone Carriers Illegally Shared Location Data, Fueling Black Market Sales

FCC Says ‘One or More’ Phone Carriers Illegally Shared Location Data, Fueling Black Market Sales

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FCC Says 'One or More' Phone Carriers Illegally Shared Location Data, Fueling Black Market Sales In letters addressed to oversight lawmakers on Friday, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai announced that his agency’s nearly two-year investigation into the unauthorized sale of consumers’ phone location data had finally come to an end.Read more... Go to Source
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Jalopnik I Got A 20-Second Ride In A Rolls-Royce So Here's My Review  |Jezebel My Surreal, Disturbing, Entirely Unsurprising Night at an Iowa Trump Rally  |The Root The Big Payback: Gabrielle Union, Dwyane Wade and Matthew Cherry Give Hair Love to Student Told to Cut Dreadlocks to Walk at Graduation  |The A.V. Club The best movies of Sundance 2020  |Read more... Go to Source
Tinder, Bumble, and Grindr Are Under Investigation For Allowing Minors

Tinder, Bumble, and Grindr Are Under Investigation For Allowing Minors

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Tinder, Bumble, and Grindr Are Under Investigation For Allowing Minors Online dating is a hellscape, but the U.S. House Oversight and Reform subcommittee is fed up with just how shitty apps like Tinder, Bumble, and Grindr have been with regard to their users’ safety and privacy. Yesterday, it launched a new investigation into dating apps for doing an inadequate job of screening for…Read more... Go to Source
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