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Anti-Vax Dating Apps Are Going IRL. People Are Mad as Hell About It
2+ hour, 4+ min ago (445+ words) As a crowd of 60 anti-vaxxers squeezed into the upstairs dining area of Jonathan's Grille in Nashville on a recent Monday night, a moment of pride washed over Scott Armstrong. Years ago, he had been let go from his job as…...
I Lose Everything. These Bluetooth Trackers Are a Lifesaver
2+ hour, 26+ min ago (354+ words) I'd like to believe I'm organized. Reality suggests otherwise. I've left my smartphone in the refrigerator and spent hours searching for it. I've misplaced my Air Pods and Oura Ring for days at a time. I once lost my house…...
How to Share a Link to a Particular Phrase
3+ hour, 4+ min ago (376+ words) You could, in these circumstances, highlight the relevant paragraph and take a screenshot. That's clumsy, though, and the person you're sharing with can't read more if they're interested. Plus, there's a better way. Modern browsers'including Chrome, Safari, and Firefox'have a…...
You Probably Should Just Buy the i Phone 17
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (1114+ words) Great performance. Bright, smooth 120-Hz display. Excellent battery life. Fun colors. Smarter selfie camera, and nice rear dual-camera system. What exactly does it do? Older non-Pro i Phones have 60-Hz. .. Next to the flashy redesign of the i Phone 17 Pro…...
The Tik Tok Ban Was Never About Tik Tok
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (241+ words) Directed by Emmy-winning documentary filmmaker Hao Wu, the film is premiering on Thursday at the Tribeca Film Festival. It captures six years in 90 minutes through the eyes of the Tik Tok creators whose lives were deeply entangled with the fate…...
Monica Lewinsky Has Always Hated Notifications
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (239+ words) I have always been an i Phone girl, and I probably always will be an i Phone girl. I also have an i Pad Air. Anybody in LA knows if you have to cross the 405 in either direction, you don't…...
Enclayve Is a Drab Black Box for Your Private Group Chats
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (418+ words) Enclayve is a private social service hosted on a physical device. Plug it in, connect to Wi-Fi, and the device acts like a central server for a social network that can accommodate up to a few hundred people. Only the…...
Android Is Fighting Phone Scams With a New Feature to Prove Who's Calling
3+ day, 19+ hour ago (325+ words) I've been covering spam calling for years, so when Google offered me details about a new Android feature built to detect and flag spoofed calls, I was ready to hear more. What I didn't expect from the demo was to…...
Wait. Is a Discount Tello Mobile Plan Just as Good as T-Mobile?
1+ week, 2+ hour ago (941+ words) But for a low-data user like me'I use 12 gigs a month and am almost always tethered to Wi-Fi'Tello costs less than half as much as the comparable T-Mobile plan. The $25-a-month plan I selected is Tello's top-tier plan, with 50 gigs…...
Hands-On With Gemini Spark: I Gave It Access to My Life and It Friend-Zoned My Boyfriend
1+ week, 17+ hour ago (563+ words) Rather than the more familiar "prompts," commands that you send to Spark are referred to as "tasks." Spark can create calendar events and send emails'with your approval first'as well as operate a remote browser to roam the internet. Let's break…...