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Tapjoy Settles With FTC After Years of Cheating Mobile Gamers

Tapjoy Settles With FTC After Years of Cheating Mobile Gamers

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Tapjoy Settles With FTC After Years of Cheating Mobile Gamers The Federal Trade Commission announced on Thursday that it has finally reached a settlement with Tapjoy, a California-based adtech company that’s alleged to have defrauded consumers consumers out of the in-app rewards that they were promised. Per the FTC, Tapjoy’s scam had allegedly gone on for “several years,”…Read more... Go to Source
Thanks For the Evidence, You Seditious Dweebs

Thanks For the Evidence, You Seditious Dweebs

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Thanks For the Evidence, You Seditious Dweebs Yesterday, a nauseated and tired public witnessed a clear, on-the-ground, real-time feed of Trump supporters committing countless potential felonies and misdemeanors. They saw it not through security footage or journalists’ reports but mostly from the culprits themselves, who gleefully livestreamed and tweeted from…Read more... Go to Source
Researchers Take Another Look at Platypus DNA, and Yup, Still Weird

Researchers Take Another Look at Platypus DNA, and Yup, Still Weird

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Researchers Take Another Look at Platypus DNA, and Yup, Still Weird Waddling, wriggling, ambling, digging, laying eggs. There’s no shortage of verbiage when it comes to describing monotremata—the taxonomic order made up of only two animals, the platypus and the echidna. Rattling off the numerous weird traits of these creatures is trope in news coverage—and it’s near impossible to…Read more... Go to Source
Striking 3D Satellite Images Show Shattered Iceberg A68a, Which Still Threatens a Sensitive Island

Striking 3D Satellite Images Show Shattered Iceberg A68a, Which Still Threatens a Sensitive Island

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Striking 3D Satellite Images Show Shattered Iceberg A68a, Which Still Threatens a Sensitive Island A68a, the world’s most famous iceberg, is still hanging out near South Georgia island, along with its recent offspring. Here’s what we know about these gigantic chunks of ice and how the situation might develop from here as ocean currents swirl the ‘bergs.Read more... Go to Source
Not Even Puppies Are Safe From Advertiser Blocklists

Not Even Puppies Are Safe From Advertiser Blocklists

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Not Even Puppies Are Safe From Advertiser Blocklists Even if you aren’t knee-deep in tech news all the time, chances are you’ve heard a tech critic mention the so-called “attention economy,” or as I like to call it, the “cash-for-eyeballs” economy. It’s a concept that, at least in theory, makes a lot of sense: Companies like Facebook make their multi-billion dollar…Read more... Go to Source
Good News: Natural Immunity to the Coronavirus May Last Years, Study Suggests

Good News: Natural Immunity to the Coronavirus May Last Years, Study Suggests

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Good News: Natural Immunity to the Coronavirus May Last Years, Study Suggests New research released Wednesday should provide comfort to covid-19 survivors worried about losing their natural immunity to the coronavirus anytime soon. The findings suggest that in most people, a robust immune response to the virus lasts for at least eight months—and there are good signs that it could even last…Read more... Go to Source
American Airlines Bans Alcohol on Flights Out of D.C. After Trump Loyalists Attempt Coup

American Airlines Bans Alcohol on Flights Out of D.C. After Trump Loyalists Attempt Coup

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American Airlines Bans Alcohol on Flights Out of D.C. After Trump Loyalists Attempt Coup American Airlines announced early Thursday that it would no longer be serving alcohol on flights out of Washington D.C., after videos went viral of passengers being verbally abusive on flights into Washington for President Trump’s neo-fascist rally. The alcohol ban is one of many precautionary measures being taken by…Read more... Go to Source
Newly Sworn-In West Virginia Lawmaker Streamed Video Of Himself Storming the Capitol

Newly Sworn-In West Virginia Lawmaker Streamed Video Of Himself Storming the Capitol

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Newly Sworn-In West Virginia Lawmaker Streamed Video Of Himself Storming the Capitol Newly-elected member of West Virginia’s House of Delegates Derrick Evans was among the insurrectionists who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, and we know this because he streamed video of himself doing it in which he referred to himself in the third person.Read more... Go to Source
A Dramatic New Expanse Examines the Difference Between Feeling Right and Being Right

A Dramatic New Expanse Examines the Difference Between Feeling Right and Being Right

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A Dramatic New Expanse Examines the Difference Between Feeling Right and Being Right The Expanse season five has somehow already reached episode six with “Tribes,” a somewhat calmer installment that’s still packed with action and incredible character work, especially for Cara Gee’s Drummer and Wes Chatham’s Amos. Tensions are sky-high as the season enters its second half.Read more... Go to Source
Facebook Kills the Wrong Likes

Facebook Kills the Wrong Likes

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Facebook Kills the Wrong Likes What fresh chaos will Facebook bring in the new year? How will it contend with a new political dynamic? Will Zuckerberg stick to his “no more annual challenges” pledge? To kick things off, the world’s biggest social network is making some changes to Pages including the retirement of “likes.” Read more... Go to Source
Amazon Buys Planes From Airlines Struggling With Pandemic Slowdown

Amazon Buys Planes From Airlines Struggling With Pandemic Slowdown

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Amazon Buys Planes From Airlines Struggling With Pandemic Slowdown Amazon has purchased 11 passenger planes from Delta and WestJet that will be converted into cargo jets, according to a press release from the Seattle-based online retailer. It’s the first time Amazon has purchased planes outright rather than just lease them and comes as the airline industry struggles from a slowdown…Read more... Go to Source
Mild Covid-19 Cases More Likely to Lose Their Sense of Smell, Study Finds

Mild Covid-19 Cases More Likely to Lose Their Sense of Smell, Study Finds

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Mild Covid-19 Cases More Likely to Lose Their Sense of Smell, Study Finds For people with mild covid-19, the nose may know better than any other part of the body. New research released Wednesday suggests that nearly 90 percent of people with mild illness experience losing their sense of smell, a higher proportion than those with more serious illness. Though usually temporary, this loss of…Read more... Go to Source