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    Default Ritual Sacrifice of 137 Children Found at 15th-Century Archaeological

    Archaeologists working at a 15th-century site in Peru have unearthed the remains of 137 children and 200 llamas in what’s now considered the largest mass child sacrifice known from the New World—and possibly of all time.

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    If the Space Force Won’t Fight Aliens, Who the Hell Will?
    Late last week, military news site Task & Purpose confirmed a disturbing fact: the newly created U.S. Space Force has no intention of fighting aliens. Despite the recent uptick of military UFO sightings, the Pentagon appears uninterested (at least officially) in the possibility of hostile aliens. But if an alien…
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    Japanese Cops Investigate 13-Year-Old Prankster for Sharing Link to 'Uncloseable' Pop-Up Window
    A 13-year-old girl living in Kariya, Japan has been investigated and chastised by police for sharing a prank link online. The link reportedly initiates a pop-up window designed to be impossible to close online.
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    Clear the Rack Is Back With Over 18,000 Discounted Items
    Just in time for a new season, Clear the Rack is on at Nordstrom Rack. And while we know and love this sale for being full to the brim with heavily discounted styles for men, women, and kids, this time around, Clear the Rack is really stepping things up with over 18,000 — yes, you read that correctly — items included…
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    Default Sonos Tweaked the Sonos One, So Grab a Discount on the Old Model While

    Sonos came out with a slightly tweaked Sonos One smart speaker this week, and while “an updated processor, Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) and increased memory” are nice upgrades, the thing that really matters, sound quality, remains the same.
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    We'll See Aquaman's Spooky Spinoff Well Before Aquaman 2
    There’s wild rumors about who could co-star in the Black Widow movie. Jumanji 2 and the CW’s Lost Boys show expand their casts. Duncan Jones offers up a Rogue Trooper update. Plus, a new Captain Marvel clip, Team Flash confronts Cicada once and for all, and the Nancy Drew show gets a new title. Spoilers get!
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    The Mad Science Plan to Power the World With Poop
    Most people don’t give a second thought to the poop they flush away. But perhaps they should, because the energy contained within our repellent remains is impressive.

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    The Clothes of the Future Were Supposed to Be Set on Fire
    You wear it once and throw it away. At least that was the idea.

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    Kick Off Your Smart Lighting Addiction With These $13 Bulbs, No Hub Required
    While they might not have the name recognition of Philips Hue bulbs, Anker’s Eufy smart bulbs are a great, affordable entry point into smart lighting, and you can stock up on bulbs for just $13 each today.

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    Huawei Announces Lawsuit Against U.S. Government Over Ban on Use of Its Products
    Following a report from the New York Times earlier this week that such a move was imminent, Chinese telecommunications company Huawei has announced that it is suing the United States government for restricting federal agencies from using its products as it continues to hit back against claims that it poses a national…
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    Nintendo Does VR Now, Again
    The Nintendo Switch already felt like the best part of a VR experience thanks to the wizardry of the Joy-Con controllers in some games, but now it’s going full VR. Tonight the company announced the Nintendo Labo: VR Kit, an $80 Labo kit that lets users build a VR headset out of cardboard. This is the first major foray…
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    Snap Reportedly Settled With Multiple Female Employees Who Said Layoffs Targeted Women
    Two cost-cutting rounds of layoffs affected hundreds of Snap employees last year beginning in March. While the company, which owns Snapchat, maintains that the majority of these employees were men, a greater number of employees across some teams who worked directly with the company’s top brass and were laid off were…
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    Discover it® Miles Will Match Your Cash Back For the First Year, With No Annual Fee
    If you’re overwhelmed by labyrinthine matrices of transfer partners, airline statuses, and annual fees, a cash back credit card might be right for you. While they don’t offer the same lucrative returns as premium travel rewards cards, they can be a lot simpler to use, while still offering a ton of value despite not…
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    The Concourse Alex Trebek Has Cancer.
    The Concourse Alex Trebek Has Cancer. Damn, Damn, Damn. | Very Smart Brothas Your R. Kelly Jokes and Memes Ain’t Funny | Splinter The Leaked Chats That Show How a Far-Right Group Is Trying to Infiltrate the GOP | TV Club After a creative exodus, is the magic gone from American Gods? | Jezebel R. Kelly Thinks His…
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    Woman and Homeless Man Plead Guilty to Charges Related to Alleged $400,000 GoFundMe Scam
    On Wednesday, the saga of the most infamous GoFundMe campaign in history came closer to a conclusion. A woman and a homeless man whom prosecutors claim engaged in a fraudulent scheme that raised $400,000 on the crowdfunding site have pleaded guilty to federal charges.
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    The 10 Best Deals of March 6, 2019
    We see a lot of deals around the web over on Kinja Deals, but these were our ten favorites today.
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    President Trump Praises His Good Friend 'Tim Apple'
    Look at the photo above. “Why that’s Donald Trump and highly recognizable tech CEO Tim Cook!” you might think. But you’d be wrong, because below is video of the President calling the magnate by his true name during today’s Workforce Policy Advisory Board meeting.

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    George R.R. Martin Says There May Be 'Discrepancies' Between the Game of Thrones Finale and His Books
    Yes, George R.R. Martin is still working on The Winds of Winter. Yes, that means A Dream of Spring will come eventually. But before that happens, we’re getting the eighth and final season of HBO’s Game of Thrones. What will this spoil for fans of the A Song of Ice and Fire series? Hopefully: not everything.

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    Trump Rescinds Policy of Reporting Civilian Deaths by Drone Strike
    The head of the U.S. intelligence community is no longer required to publish an annual report detailing the number of civilians and enemy combatants killed in U.S. drone strikes abroad.

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    NASA Captures First-Ever Images of Intersecting Shockwaves From Two Supersonic Jets
    An air-to-air imaging technology developed by NASA has resulted in the first images ever taken of interacting shockwaves produced by in-flight supersonic jets. The new images, in addition to being beautiful, will help NASA design jets capable of producing gentle rumbles instead of loud sonic booms when breaking the…
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    Organize Your Gmail Inbox Fast by Right-Clicking
    I hang my geeky head in shame for never trying this earlier, but I just noticed the other day that you can right-click in Gmail to pull up a useful Gmail-themed context menu. In fact, it’s probably faster to organize your emails this way then to select an email and use the chubbier buttons toward the top of Gmail’s UI…
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    Amazon's Discounting All of Apple's Latest iPads
    Whether you require the raw power, advanced screen, and superior camera, and USB-C connectivity of the latest and greatest iPad Pros, or if the standard 9.7 iPad can fulfill your tablet needs, Amazon’s offering all of Apple’s latest tablets for some of the best prices we’ve seen.
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    Mark Zuckerberg: 'Privacy'
    And on the sixth day of March the clouds above Menlo Park parted, and lo, Mark Zuckerberg spoke of privacy.
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    Scientists Might Finally Know Why Some Icebergs Are Bright Green
    In the 18th-century English ballad The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, a storm drives a sailor’s ship toward the South Pole, where he encounters all manner of fantastical sights, including floating icebergs “as green as emerald.” It may sound like author Samuel Coleridge was taking some poetic license, but…
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    If the Space Force Won’t Fight Aliens, Who the Hell Will?
    Late last week, military news site Task & Purpose confirmed a disturbing fact: the newly created U.S. Space Force has no intention of fighting aliens. Despite the recent uptick of military UFO sightings, the Pentagon appears uninterested (at least officially) in the possibility of hostile aliens. But if an alien…
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    Default Japanese Cops Investigate 13-Year-Old Prankster for Sharing Link to 'U

    A 13-year-old girl living in Kariya, Japan has been investigated and chastised by police for sharing a prank link online. The link reportedly initiates a pop-up window designed to be impossible to close online.
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    Clear the Rack Is Back With Over 18,000 Discounted Items
    Just in time for a new season, Clear the Rack is on at Nordstrom Rack. And while we know and love this sale for being full to the brim with heavily discounted styles for men, women, and kids, this time around, Clear the Rack is really stepping things up with over 18,000 — yes, you read that correctly — items included…
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    Default Trump's Legal Battle to Keep Blocking Critics on Twitter Doesn't Seem

    Last year, a federal judge in Manhattan ruled that Donald Trump (a man whose unhinged tweeting has ranged from boosting neo-Nazi propaganda and slamming critics to worrying the military about nuclear war) could not block critics on Twitter, finding his feed is a public forum and that blocking his haters amounted to a…
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    Dumbo Is a No Go
    Well, at least the elephant is cute.
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    Report: European Parliament Screwed Up Their Chance to Amend Copyright Directive By Voting Wrong
    The European Parliament approved a massive, sweeping overhaul of online copyright rules on Tuesday, leaving the extremely controversial Articles 11 and 13 untouched on as the EU Copyright Directive cruised through the legislative body. According to a report on TechDirt, they may have done so in part because several…
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    Bewear Just Became One of the Strongest Pokémon Ever
    Unlike in Nintendo’s Pokémon games where legendary Pokémon are so exceedingly rare that most people question whether or not they actually exist, the unique creatures make rather frequent appearances in the franchise’s anime television shows and films, where they’re featured as being integral parts of special stories.
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    Boeing 737 Max Makes Emergency Landing in Florida, Incident Appears Unrelated to Crashes
    A Southwest Airlines jet of the Boeing 737 Max line grounded after two catastrophic crashes was forced to make an emergency landing shortly after takeoff at Florida’s Orlando International Airport on Tuesday en route to a facility in California, where it was scheduled to be stored in the western Mojave Desert, the …
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    Can You Pick Out All the References in This Mega Twilight Zone Poster?
    Think you know The Twilight Zone? Time to put that knowledge to the test with a little Where’s Waldo? flair.
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    With 1.5 Million UK Workers Slated to Lose Their Jobs to Automation, Calls for a Shorter Work Week Intensify
    On Monday, the UK’s Office of Data and Statistics released a report that found 1.5 million of that nation’s workers are at “high risk” of losing their jobs to automation. “In 2017, out of the 19.9 million jobs analysed in England, 7.4% people were employed in jobs at high risk of automation,” the report notes. Women…
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    Forget Foam. Your Next Roller Should Be Made of Cork.
    There are few more delightful feelings in this world than stretching your body over a foam roller. Like your own personal massage therapist, a roller makes all your muscles feel like they’re melting. It’s impossible to feel tense whilst stretching with a foam roller. If I could, I’d remain slumped over a roller for…
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    Arkansas Is Sick of This Robocall Shit
    Evidently recognizing that we are collectively living through a robocall hell at present, Arkansas lawmakers have advanced a bill that would allow those responsible for robocall spoofing to be charged with a felony.

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    Adequate Man Would You Rather Be Born Old Or Die Young?
    Adequate Man Would You Rather Be Born Old Or Die Young? | The A.V. Club All hail regular guy Keanu Reeves, king of the airport | The Root A North Carolina Pizzeria Called the Police to Help Fire a Black Activist Who Was Targeted By ‘Deplorables’ | Splinter Mike Lee Has Lost His Damn Mind | Jezebel No More Fondant,…
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    The Battle for 5G Is Making Carriers Absurdly Petty
    The fifth generation of mobile communications—or 5G for short— has the potential to profoundly impact the way we use our phones and other devices. However, in the run up to the launch of these newfangled networks, carriers are getting incredibly petty about about their messaging, especially when it comes to what their…
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    West Virginia Man Fights Biometric Drivers License by Being Very Racist
    Phillip Hudok claims the state of West Virginia is violating his religious beliefs by requiring him to get a biometric drivers license.
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    Green New Deal Voted Down in Senate After Some Real Bullshit
    If you needed more confirmation that we live in hell, look no further than Tuesday’s Green New Deal vote in the Senate. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell introduced the first comprehensive climate legislation for a floor vote in the Senate in more than a decade. The move was as a cynical ploy to ensure climate policy…
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    The Apple Card Is Great at Privacy but Mediocre Overall
    By now, we’re all familiar with Apple’s marketing speak about how its products will change everything. It trotted out similar language at its services event yesterday when introducing the Apple Card, its credit card with Goldman Sachs. But now that we have the facts, is it actually worth getting an Apple credit card?…
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    The 10 Best Deals of March 26, 2019
    We see a lot of deals around the web over on Kinja Deals, but these were our ten favorites today.

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    Gene-Editing Record Smashed With Over 13,000 Changes Made to a Single Human Cell
    Using a modified version of CRISPR, a team of geneticists has successfully triggered 13,200 genetic changes to a single human cell. That’s a new record, by a long shot. This sweeping new editing process could eventually be used to strip DNA of useless or dangerous genetic information—or create entirely new kinds of…
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    County Bans Unvaccinated Minors from Entering Public Spaces, a First in the U.S.
    Rockland County, New York is taking a drastic step to curtail its ongoing outbreak of measles. On Tuesday, Rockland County executive Ed Day announced a ban on minors unvaccinated for measles from entering public spaces like restaurants for a month. Though immunization statuses will not be actively tracked by police,…
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    Juul Is Trying to Bust People Selling Vapes to Kids as It Fends Off Regulators
    Months after beefing up its secret shopper program here in the U.S., Juul is launching a similar effort in Canada in an effort to keep its products out of the hands of vaping teens.

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    FTC Orders Top Internet Providers to Reveal How They Collect Your Data and Why
    The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued orders to seven major broadband providers on Tuesday seeking wide-ranging information about how the companies collect and profit from the personal information of their American customers.

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    The Granddaddy of All Kitchen Thermometers Is Down to $61 [Update: Last Day!]
    Update: This sale ends today, and I’d imagine it’ll be awhile before we see Thermapens for this cheap again.
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    Why Increased Pot Use in Colorado Is Sending More People to the Hospital
    Reefer madness isn’t a thing. But a new study out Tuesday is the latest to show that pot use, especially with edibles, can sometimes cause health problems serious enough to prompt a trip to the hospital. It found that people in Colorado have increasingly sought emergency care for cannabis-related symptoms like…
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    Default Australia 'Absolutely Considering' Jail Time for Tech Execs Who Can't

    In the immediate aftermath of a horrific act of violence, it’s disturbingly easy to watch the gruesomeness unfold on social media—even if you don’t want to. We witnessed this inevitability during the Christchurch attack this month, as videos of a gunman opening fire in two mosques were uploaded at breakneck speed to…
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    The Nerd's Watch: The Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Streaming in April
    You can get comprehensive lists of everything coming to streaming services anywhere. But half of those titles you don’t care about, and the other half are terrible. Where’s the good stuff? io9 is here to help.
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    Mynt Put Its Best Foot Forward With Two Stacking Foot Massager Discounts
    Nothing beats a massage after a tough day at work, and this $125 foot massager (after you clip the on-page coupon and use the promo code 5T5YD6DA) includes a whopping 22 massage heads, plus heat, adjustable air pressure, and tap massagers for the arch of your foot, which are very rare in these sorts of products. Trust…
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    NASA: All-Women Space Walk Is 'Inevitable,' but Sorry, Not the Right Spacesuits This Time
    Astronauts on the International Space Station have completed 214 spacewalks in the past 21 years, but none have been all-women endeavors. So it was very exciting earlier this month when NASA publicized what was supposed to be the first all-female spacewalk in history. But just days before the planned walk, a spacesuit…
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    Default Trump's Legal Battle to Keep Blocking Critics on Twitter Doesn't Seem

    Last year, a federal judge in Manhattan ruled that Donald Trump (a man whose unhinged tweeting has ranged from boosting neo-Nazi propaganda and slamming critics to worrying the military about nuclear war) could not block critics on Twitter, finding his feed is a public forum and that blocking his haters amounted to a…
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    Dumbo Is a No Go
    Well, at least the elephant is cute.
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    Report: European Parliament Screwed Up Their Chance to Amend Copyright Directive By Voting Wrong
    The European Parliament approved a massive, sweeping overhaul of online copyright rules on Tuesday, leaving the extremely controversial Articles 11 and 13 untouched on as the EU Copyright Directive cruised through the legislative body. According to a report on TechDirt, they may have done so in part because several…
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    Bewear Just Became One of the Strongest Pokémon Ever
    Unlike in Nintendo’s Pokémon games where legendary Pokémon are so exceedingly rare that most people question whether or not they actually exist, the unique creatures make rather frequent appearances in the franchise’s anime television shows and films, where they’re featured as being integral parts of special stories.
    Read more...

    Boeing 737 Max Makes Emergency Landing in Florida, Incident Appears Unrelated to Crashes
    A Southwest Airlines jet of the Boeing 737 Max line grounded after two catastrophic crashes was forced to make an emergency landing shortly after takeoff at Florida’s Orlando International Airport on Tuesday en route to a facility in California, where it was scheduled to be stored in the western Mojave Desert, the …
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    Can You Pick Out All the References in This Mega Twilight Zone Poster?
    Think you know The Twilight Zone? Time to put that knowledge to the test with a little Where’s Waldo? flair.
    Read more...

    With 1.5 Million UK Workers Slated to Lose Their Jobs to Automation, Calls for a Shorter Work Week Intensify
    On Monday, the UK’s Office of Data and Statistics released a report that found 1.5 million of that nation’s workers are at “high risk” of losing their jobs to automation. “In 2017, out of the 19.9 million jobs analysed in England, 7.4% people were employed in jobs at high risk of automation,” the report notes. Women…
    Read more...

    Forget Foam. Your Next Roller Should Be Made of Cork.
    There are few more delightful feelings in this world than stretching your body over a foam roller. Like your own personal massage therapist, a roller makes all your muscles feel like they’re melting. It’s impossible to feel tense whilst stretching with a foam roller. If I could, I’d remain slumped over a roller for…
    Read more...

    Arkansas Is Sick of This Robocall Shit
    Evidently recognizing that we are collectively living through a robocall hell at present, Arkansas lawmakers have advanced a bill that would allow those responsible for robocall spoofing to be charged with a felony.

    Read more...

    Adequate Man Would You Rather Be Born Old Or Die Young?
    Adequate Man Would You Rather Be Born Old Or Die Young? | The A.V. Club All hail regular guy Keanu Reeves, king of the airport | The Root A North Carolina Pizzeria Called the Police to Help Fire a Black Activist Who Was Targeted By ‘Deplorables’ | Splinter Mike Lee Has Lost His Damn Mind | Jezebel No More Fondant,…
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    The Battle for 5G Is Making Carriers Absurdly Petty
    The fifth generation of mobile communications—or 5G for short— has the potential to profoundly impact the way we use our phones and other devices. However, in the run up to the launch of these newfangled networks, carriers are getting incredibly petty about about their messaging, especially when it comes to what their…
    Read more...

    West Virginia Man Fights Biometric Drivers License by Being Very Racist
    Phillip Hudok claims the state of West Virginia is violating his religious beliefs by requiring him to get a biometric drivers license.
    Read more...

    Green New Deal Voted Down in Senate After Some Real Bullshit
    If you needed more confirmation that we live in hell, look no further than Tuesday’s Green New Deal vote in the Senate. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell introduced the first comprehensive climate legislation for a floor vote in the Senate in more than a decade. The move was as a cynical ploy to ensure climate policy…
    Read more...

    The Apple Card Is Great at Privacy but Mediocre Overall
    By now, we’re all familiar with Apple’s marketing speak about how its products will change everything. It trotted out similar language at its services event yesterday when introducing the Apple Card, its credit card with Goldman Sachs. But now that we have the facts, is it actually worth getting an Apple credit card?…
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    The 10 Best Deals of March 26, 2019
    We see a lot of deals around the web over on Kinja Deals, but these were our ten favorites today.

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    Gene-Editing Record Smashed With Over 13,000 Changes Made to a Single Human Cell
    Using a modified version of CRISPR, a team of geneticists has successfully triggered 13,200 genetic changes to a single human cell. That’s a new record, by a long shot. This sweeping new editing process could eventually be used to strip DNA of useless or dangerous genetic information—or create entirely new kinds of…
    Read more...

    County Bans Unvaccinated Minors from Entering Public Spaces, a First in the U.S.
    Rockland County, New York is taking a drastic step to curtail its ongoing outbreak of measles. On Tuesday, Rockland County executive Ed Day announced a ban on minors unvaccinated for measles from entering public spaces like restaurants for a month. Though immunization statuses will not be actively tracked by police,…
    Read more...

    Juul Is Trying to Bust People Selling Vapes to Kids as It Fends Off Regulators
    Months after beefing up its secret shopper program here in the U.S., Juul is launching a similar effort in Canada in an effort to keep its products out of the hands of vaping teens.

    Read more...

    FTC Orders Top Internet Providers to Reveal How They Collect Your Data and Why
    The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued orders to seven major broadband providers on Tuesday seeking wide-ranging information about how the companies collect and profit from the personal information of their American customers.

    Read more...

    The Granddaddy of All Kitchen Thermometers Is Down to $61 [Update: Last Day!]
    Update: This sale ends today, and I’d imagine it’ll be awhile before we see Thermapens for this cheap again.
    Read more...

    Why Increased Pot Use in Colorado Is Sending More People to the Hospital
    Reefer madness isn’t a thing. But a new study out Tuesday is the latest to show that pot use, especially with edibles, can sometimes cause health problems serious enough to prompt a trip to the hospital. It found that people in Colorado have increasingly sought emergency care for cannabis-related symptoms like…
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    Default Australia 'Absolutely Considering' Jail Time for Tech Execs Who Can't

    In the immediate aftermath of a horrific act of violence, it’s disturbingly easy to watch the gruesomeness unfold on social media—even if you don’t want to. We witnessed this inevitability during the Christchurch attack this month, as videos of a gunman opening fire in two mosques were uploaded at breakneck speed to…
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    The Nerd's Watch: The Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Streaming in April
    You can get comprehensive lists of everything coming to streaming services anywhere. But half of those titles you don’t care about, and the other half are terrible. Where’s the good stuff? io9 is here to help.
    Read more...

    Mynt Put Its Best Foot Forward With Two Stacking Foot Massager Discounts
    Nothing beats a massage after a tough day at work, and this $125 foot massager (after you clip the on-page coupon and use the promo code 5T5YD6DA) includes a whopping 22 massage heads, plus heat, adjustable air pressure, and tap massagers for the arch of your foot, which are very rare in these sorts of products. Trust…
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    NASA: All-Women Space Walk Is 'Inevitable,' but Sorry, Not the Right Spacesuits This Time
    Astronauts on the International Space Station have completed 214 spacewalks in the past 21 years, but none have been all-women endeavors. So it was very exciting earlier this month when NASA publicized what was supposed to be the first all-female spacewalk in history. But just days before the planned walk, a spacesuit…
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    Default Tesla Hacking Report Is a Good Reminder of the Risks of Stored Data

    It can be easy to forget how much personal data we share with the various technologies geared at streamlining our lives, be they voice assistants, smart home devices, or the phones we carry with us virtually everywhere. And if you own a car, that may go for your ride too.
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    Company Ordered to Pay Woman $459K After Spamming Her With More Than 300 Robocalls
    A Tennessee woman has been awarded nearly half a million dollars after a furniture company illegally hounded her with hundreds of robocalls, sometimes more than 10 times per day, even after she asked them to no longer contact her, per court records.

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    Overwatch Pro Blocks Racist Message With His Own Face During Stream
    During a recent stream, New York Excelsior Overwatch player and impossibly pleasant married person Jong-ryeol “Saebyeolbe” Park came up against a particularly unpleasant foe. Another player decided to use Overwatch’s in-game notification system to spam Saebyeolbe with a racist message he couldn’t immediately block.

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    Five Multi-Device Alternatives to Apple's Canceled AirPower Charger
    Apple has finally announced that AirPower, the wireless charging mat that promised to charge your iPhone, AirPods, and Apple Watch, has officially been canceled. While there probably aren’t any products that rival what Apple promised for the ill-fated AirPower, there are a number of charging pads that can juice up all…
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    Guillermo del Toro Explains the Difficulty of Adapting Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
    For generations, the book series Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark has haunted kids and adults alike. On name recognition alone, the Alvin Schwartz series seems like a perfect choice for a film adaptation. And yet, it’s not just one story, it’s lots of stories, which made that process more than a little difficult. io9…
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    The 10 Best Deals of March 29, 2019
    We see a lot of deals around the web over on Kinja Deals, but these were our ten favorites today.

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    Climate Change Drove Neanderthals to Cannibalism, New Research Suggests
    Neanderthals are famous for having lived through the last major ice age, yet for a period of around 14,000 years they had to endure the effects of a naturally occurring global warming cycle. Struggling to adapt to the changing conditions, the Neanderthals turned to cannibalism in desperation, according to a…
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    The Head of the FTC Just Debunked the FCC's Favorite Excuse for Killing Net Neutrality
    Two weeks before voting to rollback the net neutrality rules, FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr wrote an op-ed for the Washington Post in which he laid out his case for killing off the policy that ensured a free and open internet. In it, he offered up one widely-disputed argument for doing so: that blocking, throttling,…
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    Section 230 Is the Foundation of the Internet, So Why Do Republicans Want to Change It?
    Without Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, most of your favorite websites would not survive—nor would they have existed at all. The modern internet would be a much different place without this short little bit of legislation that has become a sort of First Amendment of the web. Now, a growing contingent of…
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    AirPower Is Dead, But Style Is Not. Take Your Pick of Leather Apple Watch Bands For Just $7.
    The lowkey best part about the Apple Watch is that it’s incredibly easy to change bands, and you can get extras for very cheap, as long as you aren’t buying them in the Apple Store. This leather band comes in a ton of different colors (choose from the dropdown), and is available in both 42/44mm and 38/40mm sizes. Get…
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    A Major Change to How Doctors Talk About Mammogram Results Is Coming Soon
    Doctors across the U.S. may soon be required to provide women with more information about their mammography results. This week, the Food and Drug Administration announced plans to update a rule that would mandate doctors tell patients if they have dense breast tissue, a complicated risk factor for breast cancer.

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    Apple's AirPower Wireless Charger Is Officially Dead
    Apple has completely canceled its much-hyped AirPower project. The wireless charging mat would have charged an iPhone, a pair of AirPods and an Apple Watch simultaneously but now it will charge nothing. On Friday, Apple made the embarrassing decision to admit defeat.
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    Verizon's Spam-Blocking Call Filter Is Now Free
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    Default Take Your Pick of Two Discounted Anker Portable Projectors

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    Default Google Says It Will Fix Its Misleading Abortion Ads Problem

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