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New NYC Bill Would Criminalize AirDropping Unwanted Dick Pics
Photo: Getty The golden age of personal technology has given rise to many a scourge, including the upsetting trend of people AirDropping unsolicited dick pics to strangers. Thankfully, three New York City councilmen introduced a bill on Wednesday that would criminalize digitally whisking your dick photos to anyone who doesn’t want to see them, which…
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Dead Kepler Telescope Caught ‘Exquisite’ Observation of Mystifying Supernova
Artwork depicting KeplerIllustration: NASA NASA’s recently retired Kepler space telescope was famous for its ability to spot thousands of exoplanets. But this year, it presented a mysterious observation of a supernova. Kepler offered scientists another chance to look at the light coming from before, during, and after a supernova. This “exquisite” data, in the words…
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Sleep Number Denies Recording Users in Their Beds, Calls Creepy Privacy Policy ‘an Error’
Photo: Getty Images The bed is an intimate place—so it makes sense that social media freaked out this week over a creepy clause in the privacy policy of mattress maker Sleep Number. In short, the policy states that the company may collect “Audio in Your room to detect snoring and similar sleep conditions.” On Reddit…
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Marriott Is Already Getting Sued Over Huge Data Breach
Photo: José Carlos Cortizo Pérez/Flickr CC On Friday morning, the Marriott hotel chain disclosed that its Starwood reservation system had experienced one of the largest data breaches of all time. By Friday afternoon, a class action lawsuit was already filed in a U.S. District Court. Law firm Morgan & Morgan has asked a court in…
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Only Jail, Stiff Fines Will Stop This, Say Senators After Marriott Breach
Photo: AP Of all the reactions thus far to the “jaw-dropping” Marriott hotel-chain data breach, the strongest unsurprisingly came from the U.S. Senate’s leading privacy advocate, Democrat Ron Wyden of Oregon. “If history is any guide, this megabreach will be like the others that came before it—the company will apologize, proclaim that it values its…
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I Wanted to Stream Buffy, Angel, and Firefly for Free, But Not Like This
Screenshot: 20th Century Fox Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, and the good looking criminals of Firefly are finally going to be available for free online for anyone to revisit or watch for the first time. This should be a cause for celebration. But they’re coming back courtesy of Facebook Watch, and as much as I’d…
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The Current Ebola Outbreak in Africa has Become the Second Largest in History
A flyer containing information on Ebola, handed out during the 2014 epidemic in Monrovia, LiberiaPhoto: John Moore (Getty Image) The ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has reached an especially tragic milestone. According to the World Health Organization, the outbreak is now the second-largest recorded in Ebola’s 42-year-long known history. On…
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Find honest discounts on smartphones, laptops, and accessories in the sales “Black Friday”
If you recently ended a boutique brought discounts in Chinese stores, Black Friday joined, and domestic traders. Really “delicious” discounts will be vanishingly small, so do not flatter yourself, but we catch them all and will publish in advance.
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Discovered new types of bacteria that feed on greenhouse gases
American scientists from the University of Texas at Austin found at the bottom of the Gulf of California colonies of bacteria, which can help us in the fight against sea pollution and increasing levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Microorganisms were discovered at a depth of about 2000 meters in the basin Guaymas Basin…
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What happens if you swallow the head of a LEGO man?
You will not believe, to find out what scientists do at times. This time they decided to find out how long it takes for the pieces of LEGO to pass through the digestive tract of an adult. In the end, LEGO playing boys and girls older than thirty. A group of researchers from several medical…