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DIY

How to reset your Instagram algorithm so it’s not as terrible How to reset your Instagram algorithm so it’s not as terrible

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DIY

Just joined Bluesky? How to get started and the features you should explore. Just joined Bluesky? How to get started and the features you should explore.

DIY

How to leave Twitter for Bluesky How to leave Twitter for Bluesky

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Technology

YouTube is full of election lies, and no one is stopping it YouTube is full of election lies, and no one is stopping it

a man wearing a NASA hat aboard the International Space Station squirts ketchup into his mouth. the ketchup comes out in one long stream

Science

See (and never unsee) a NASA astronaut eating ketchup in space See (and never unsee) a NASA astronaut eating ketchup in space

By Laura Baisas

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Technology

Bitcoin bro searched ‘how can I know for sure if I am being investigated by the FBI’ before FBI arrest Bitcoin bro searched ‘how can I know for sure if I am being investigated by the FBI’ before FBI arrest

Technology

The Accelerationists’ app: How Telegram became the ‘center of gravity’ for a new breed of domestic terrorists The Accelerationists’ app: How Telegram became the ‘center of gravity’ for a new breed of domestic terrorists

By James Bandler/ProPublica, A.C. Thompson/ProPublica and FRONTLINE, Karina Meier/FRONTLINE

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Health

Social media bans could deny teenagers mental health help Social media bans could deny teenagers mental health help

By Daniel Chang / KFF Health News

Internet

Don’t register to vote on Elon Musk’s AmericaPAC website. Do this instead. Don’t register to vote on Elon Musk’s AmericaPAC website. Do this instead.

Sad child in stairwell using phone

Health

Like cigarettes and alcohol, Surgeon General says social media needs warning labels Like cigarettes and alcohol, Surgeon General says social media needs warning labels

UP.FIT upgraded Cybertruck cop car concept

Technology

Militarized Cybertruck cop cars are coming Militarized Cybertruck cop cars are coming

Technology

Angry Instagram posts won’t stop Meta AI from using your content Angry Instagram posts won’t stop Meta AI from using your content

By Mack DeGeurin

Orlando, FL/USA-7/19/20: A bin of Elmers Glue in the school supply aisle at a Walmart in Orlando, Florida.

AI

Google’s AI Overview tells you to eat glue. (Don’t.) Google’s AI Overview tells you to eat glue. (Don’t.)

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Aviation

Tracking private jets just got much harder Tracking private jets just got much harder

Hand holding Neuralink implant

Health

85% of Neuralink implant wires are already detached, says patient 85% of Neuralink implant wires are already detached, says patient

Technology

OpenAI pulls ChatGPT voice that’s totally ‘not an imitation of Scarlett Johansson’ OpenAI pulls ChatGPT voice that’s totally ‘not an imitation of Scarlett Johansson’

Comet above Spain

Science

Watch a meteor’s incredible light show above Spain and Portugal Watch a meteor’s incredible light show above Spain and Portugal

AI

OpenAI dissolved its team dedicated to preventing rogue AI OpenAI dissolved its team dedicated to preventing rogue AI

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Health

Surprise! That futuristic COVID mask was even sketchier than we thought Surprise! That futuristic COVID mask was even sketchier than we thought

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Technology

Romance scams just ‘happen in life,’ says CEO of biggest dating app company in the US Romance scams just ‘happen in life,’ says CEO of biggest dating app company in the US