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Nyt Lovforslag, der Ville Ramme Robocallers Med Op til $10K Fint for Alle Opkald
Sen. John Thune og Sen. Ed Markey er medforfatter af den SPORES ActPhoto: Chip Somodevilla (Getty) Demokrater og Republikanere kan blive enige om i det mindste én ting: spam robocall situation har fået helt ud af hånden. Massachusetts-Senator Ed Markey, en Demokrat, og Senator John Thune, South Dakota Republikanske, indført en regning på fredag, der…
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Pew Survey Shows Why Social Media Should Ban Political Campaign Ads
Image: Gizmodo A new survey from Pew Research has given us some insight into how Americans are feeling about our algorithm-driven society, and the verdict is, we aren’t loving it. One question in particular shows that social media companies could help the public feel more comfortable if they would just lose the political campaign ads…
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Well, This New Facebook Patent Application Sure Is Creeping Us Out
Beware who you tagPhoto: Getty Images A recently published Facebook patent application imagines an unnerving way to use your data. The company filed for a patent that explores piecing together information about a user’s entire household based on the pictures they upload, presumably for targeted advertising. And yes, Instagram photos were also cited in the…
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Observations from Mariana Trench Show Inner Earth Is Sucking Up Far More Water Than Previously Thought
Bathymetry data from near the Mariana TrenchGraphic: University of New Hampshire Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping/Joint Hydrographic Center The Earth around the Mariana Trench, which contains the deepest point on the planet, could be slurping up at least 4.3 times more water than previously estimated, according to new research. Scientists collected data using seismographs…
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This Online Emoji Maker Is a Legitimately Fun Way to Kill 5 Minutes
This is how I felt watching Taylor Swift’s 1989 win the Grammy over Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp a ButterflyScreenshot: Emojibuilder Sometimes words aren’t enough, and that’s where emojis come in. But even then, there are times you just can’t find the perfect little pictograph that encapsulates your exact mood. Even the slightly more expressive kaomoji…
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Criterion Announces New Streaming Service Is Getting the Filmstruck Gang Back Together
Image: The Criterion Collection Filmstruck and its Criterion Channel are set to be shuttered at the end of this month, but it appears a viral online petition along with some high-profile celebrity endorsements from the likes of Christopher Nolan and Guillermo Del Toro may have changed some executives’ minds. In an announcement today, Criterion said…
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A Planned FDA Study Could Clear the Way for Fewer Dogs Used and Killed in Animal Research
Wilson the corgi, dressed as a chia pet, at the Haute Dog Howl’oween Parade on October 29, 2017 in Long Beach, California.Image: Chelsea Guglielmino (Getty Images) Dogs have been everything we’ve ever needed them to be, including volunteers for clinical trials of drugs meant for both people and pooches. Sadly, these furry test subjects are…
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Bizarre Microbes Represent a Major New Branch on the Evolutionary Family Tree
Microscopic image of Hemimastix kukwesjijk, a new species of hemimastigotes.Image: Yana Eglit/Dalhousie University Canadian scientists have identified microscopic creatures that are so unlike anything seen before, they had to create an entirely new branch on the evolutionary tree of life to slot them in. A new paper published this week in Nature offers the first…
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Spacecraft Witness Explosion in Earth’s Magnetic Field
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New Bill Would Hit Robocallers With Up to a $10K Fine for Every Call
Sen. John Thune and Sen. Ed Markey are co-authors of the TRACED ActPhoto: Chip Somodevilla (Getty) Democrats and Republicans can agree on at least one thing: The spam robocall situation has gotten entirely out of hand. Massachusetts Senator Ed Markey, a Democrat, and Senator John Thune, a South Dakota Republican, introduced a bill on Friday…