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New York Returns Its Police ‘Robodog’ After a Public Outcry

The New York Police Department said Thursday it will stop using the “Digidog,” a four-legged robot occasionally deployed for recon…

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‘I Think You Should Leave’ Was Right About Everything

We’re all plagued by our past mistakes. Actually, in case I’m generalizing to make myself feel better here, I’m plagued…

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Plastic Is Falling From the Sky. But Where’s It Coming From?

These microplastics aren’t just washing ashore and accumulating on beaches. When waves crash and winds scour the ocean, they launch…

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Why You Stay Up So Late, Even When You Know You Shouldn’t

As a self-proclaimed night owl, I’m rarely surprised when I lift my eyes from Instagram and see that it’s well…

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A Site Published Every Face from Parler’s Capitol Riot Videos

When hackers exploited a bug in Parler to download all of the right-wing social media platform’s contents last week, they…

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An Absurdly Basic Bug Let Anyone Grab All of Parler’s Data

The social media platform Parler rose to prominence as an outlet for free speech. In practice, it became a haven…

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6 Privacy-Focused Alternatives to the Apps You Use Every Day

Most of us are so used to the apps we rely on, it’s easy to stop thinking about how they…

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Hello, World! It Is ‘I,’ the Internet

SUPPORT REQUEST : From : [ 101 ] SWITCHING PROTOCOLS Remember when we used to write out “the Internet” with…

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Stay In and Have Fun With These Cyber Monday Video Game Deals

Well before Cyber Monday, there were tons of gaming deals swirling around the internet, like dust kicked up by the…

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Going Solar: My Year-Long Quest to Get Off the Grid

In addition to struggling with the Covid-19 pandemic like everyone else, we Californians had another crisis to contend with this…

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