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Stop Shaming Vaccinated People for Socializing

Stop Shaming Vaccinated People for Socializing

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Stop Shaming Vaccinated People for Socializing As the U.S. speeds ever closer toward mass vaccination against covid-19, a curious trend has started to emerge on social media and elsewhere: well-intentioned people downplaying the benefits of vaccination, often by arguing that vaccinated people still pose a major transmission risk and that they shouldn’t do things…Read more... Go to Source
There’s Absolutely Nothing Wrong With Saving the World

There’s Absolutely Nothing Wrong With Saving the World

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There's Absolutely Nothing Wrong With Saving the World There’s one phrase I’ve been using a lot, as I’ve been promoting my young adult space-opera Victories Greater Than Death: “Save all the worlds.” Because I love the idea of a group of kids who are mostly LGBTQIA+ and come from cultures all over the world get to be the ones to help “save all the worlds.” And I love …Read more... Go to Source
What’s the Best Office Chair Under $300?

What’s the Best Office Chair Under $300?

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What's the Best Office Chair Under $300? So, the vaccines are finally getting into arms. This spring, many Americans will actually be able to get their doses just in time for summer. However, don’t expect things to return to normal just yet. It’s going to take a long time for everyone to get vaccinated, so there’s no guarantee we’ll be back at 100% even by…Read more... Go to Source
Japan’s Central Bank Launches One-Year Test of Digital Currency

Japan’s Central Bank Launches One-Year Test of Digital Currency

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Japan's Central Bank Launches One-Year Test of Digital Currency Japan’s central bank has started trials of a new digital currency in an effort to experiment with how it might be used, the Bank of Japan announced on Monday. The announcement comes after the Chinese government revealed it was doing something very similar with a digital yuan in early March.Read more... Go to Source

Marvel Secrets in the New Loki Trailer: The Avengers, Time-Keepers, and More

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Marvel Secrets in the New Loki Trailer: The Avengers, Time-Keepers, and More We might currently be in the midst of one Marvel television project in Disney+’s The Falcon and The Winter Soldier, but the House of Ideas wanted to remind us all of what’s on the horizon today. Our latest look at Loki, the mind-bending spinoff that throws the god of tricks into a temporal mess of his own making,…Read more... Go to Source
Amazon Fixed the Echo Show 10’s Biggest Feature Failure

Amazon Fixed the Echo Show 10’s Biggest Feature Failure

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Amazon Fixed the Echo Show 10's Biggest Feature Failure Amazon’s Echo Show 10 is a neat gadget for its ability to move with you while you stream videos and make calls to friends and family. But for a smart display whose entire reason for being its support for these uses, the Echo Show lacked one major app used universally during the pandemic: Zoom.Read more... Go to Source

‘Deep Nostalgia’ Can Now Make Old Photos of Your Relatives Dance and Blow Kisses

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‘Deep Nostalgia’ Can Now Make Old Photos of Your Relatives Dance and Blow Kisses According to MyHeritage, since the launch of its Deep Nostalgia tool five weeks ago, over 72 million photo animations have been created through its site—and that was with just 10 different options available. Today, the company is doubling the number of unique movements that can be applied to still photos in Deep…Read more... Go to Source
A Dangerous Toxin From Pond Scum Can Go Airborne, Study Finds

A Dangerous Toxin From Pond Scum Can Go Airborne, Study Finds

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A Dangerous Toxin From Pond Scum Can Go Airborne, Study Finds A potent toxin released by algae blooms has the potential to become airborne, recent research suggests. In what’s said to be a first, the study found traces of the toxin in the air near pond water in Massachusetts. Though it’s unclear whether this and similar toxins are harmful to people and animals when airborne, the…Read more... Go to Source
Who Was the Most Evil Scientist in History?

Who Was the Most Evil Scientist in History?

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Who Was the Most Evil Scientist in History? The majority of scientists are, I’d wager, not particularly evil. Most just want to understand plants, or the Moon, or kidneys, or whatever. Conduct little experiments, marginally expand the stockpile of verifiable human truths, that kind of thing. Then there are the eugenicists, weapons/biowarfare specialists,…Read more... Go to Source
How to Check if Your Phone Number Is in the Huge Facebook Data Leak

How to Check if Your Phone Number Is in the Huge Facebook Data Leak

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How to Check if Your Phone Number Is in the Huge Facebook Data Leak Hacked data on over 553 million Facebook users was leaked online over the weekend, including names, birthdates, a Facebook user’s relationship status, the city where they live, their workplace, and sometimes even email addresses. But the most sensitive data included in the leak is arguably the phone numbers, which are…Read more... Go to Source
NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter Has Successfully Landed on the Surface of Mars

NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter Has Successfully Landed on the Surface of Mars

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NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter Has Successfully Landed on the Surface of Mars NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter is one step closer to taking its first flight on Mars. On Saturday, the space agency announced that the helicopter had been successfully dropped off on the surface of the planet by the Perseverance rover, which has essentially served as the Ingenuity’s space taxi, charging station, and…Read more... Go to Source
Apple Caves to Russia and Begins Showing Russian Government-Approved Apps During iPhone Setup

Apple Caves to Russia and Begins Showing Russian Government-Approved Apps During iPhone Setup

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Apple Caves to Russia and Begins Showing Russian Government-Approved Apps During iPhone Setup After reportedly calling the requirements of a new Russian law a security threat and threatening to pull out of the country, Apple caved and decided to let Russia have its way, saying it would allow users to install government-approved Russian apps during iPhone setup. In recent days, we’ve gotten a first glimpse of…Read more... Go to Source
Hacker Publishes Phone Numbers and Other Data of 533 Million Facebook Users for Free

Hacker Publishes Phone Numbers and Other Data of 533 Million Facebook Users for Free

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Hacker Publishes Phone Numbers and Other Data of 533 Million Facebook Users for Free If you have a Facebook account, you should probably be keeping your guard up in the near future. A new report states that a hacker has posted the private information, including phone numbers, birthdays, and locations, of more than 533 million Facebook users from 106 countries online for free. Read more... Go to Source
Amazon Mumbles ‘Sorry’ for Denying Its Workers Pee in Bottles, Says Uber and UPS Drivers Do It, Too

Amazon Mumbles ‘Sorry’ for Denying Its Workers Pee in Bottles, Says Uber and UPS Drivers Do It, Too

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Amazon Mumbles ‘Sorry’ for Denying Its Workers Pee in Bottles, Says Uber and UPS Drivers Do It, Too After lying about the fact that some of its workers are under so much pressure that they are forced to relieve themselves in bottles in order to meet their quotas, Amazon has quietly said it’s sorry in its own very weird way and acknowledged that drivers do in fact do this. It then promptly pointed the finger at other…Read more... Go to Source
This Isn’t a Piece of Art. It’s an Aerial View of a Trash-Filled Landscape

This Isn’t a Piece of Art. It’s an Aerial View of a Trash-Filled Landscape

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This Isn’t a Piece of Art. It’s an Aerial View of a Trash-Filled Landscape At first glance, the photo above may look like a painting collaboration between Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko. That’s what I thought when I saw it and was drawn to the bright streaks of orange covering the landscape. However, the reality is far more disgusting and alarming. This is not art: It’s an aerial view of an…Read more... Go to Source