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Instagram Introduces Age Verification Tool
In an effort to better protect the youngest members of its community, Instagram is rolling out a handful of updates—including age verification. The social network now requires new users to enter their date […]
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It’s 2019, and Craigslist Finally Has a Mobile App
Move over, Us: The biggest plot twist of the year is the launch of an official Craigslist application in the iOS App Store. The original online classifieds, Craigslist was established in 1995—13 years […]
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Boeing Delays First Crewed Test Flight to ISS—Again
Boeing’s first crewed test flight to the International Space Station has been delayed. Again. The launch—initially postponed to August, then rescheduled for Dec. 17—is now targeted for the morning of Thursday, Dec. 19. […]
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Facebook’s ‘Liam Bot’ Helps Employees Navigate Awkward Holiday Conversations
There’s nothing worse than fielding awkward questions from family and friends over the holidays—especially if you work at Facebook. The social media giant has faced such a steady stream of controversies—privacy, censorship, fake […]
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Amazon Enjoyed Record-Breaking Black Friday, Cyber Monday Sales
Amazon on Tuesday announced a new holiday-shopping-sales personal best. Customers worldwide ordered “hundreds of millions” of products, making 2019 the best-ever Black Friday and Cyber Monday in the company’s history. What began as […]
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Google Chief Sundar Pichai’s New Side Hustle: Alphabet CEO
Larry Page and Sergey Brin have grown Google from a PhD research project to a multinational technology company. Now, 21 years later, the pair are resigning their fatherly duties. In a Tuesday blog […]
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Dictionary.com’s Word of the Year Is a Big Mood
Dictionary.com’s 2019 Word of the Year is everyone RN. The website correctly chose “existential” to represent the past 11 months. “It captures a sense of grappling with the survival—literally and figuratively—of our planet, […]
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Millennial Engineer Helps NASA Find Vikram Lunar Crash Site
NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter discovered the crash site of the Chandrayaan-2 Vikram Moon lander. With the help of Shanmuga Subramanian, a 33-year-old engineer from Chennai. Armed with a laptop and an Internet connection […]
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ESA’s Hera Asteroid Deflection Mission Gets Green Light
The European Space Agency’s asteroid deflection mission is a go. Hera—”humanity’s first-ever spacecraft to visit a double asteroid”—has been greenlit for construction and launch as part of the organization’s broader planetary defense initiatives. […]
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Australia Turns On Mobile Phone Detection Cameras
The world’s first mobile phone detection cameras are up and running in Australia. The safety technology will target illegal mobile phone use by drivers through fixed and mobile trailer-mounted cameras. “The [New South […]
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