Anna Sacks has an entire TikTok account dedicated to being a “trash walker.” She walks around Manhattan, looking for items that were left out on the curb, and salvages them: Her finds have gone viral for exposing obscene amounts of waste, including bags and bags of unopened chocolates outside of a major pharmacy…
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International Time Keepers Scrap The Leap Second
The final countdown has begun for leap seconds. A global group of scientists and government officials voted (almost unanimously) Friday to axe the small time adjustment method, in a change scheduled to take place by 2035.

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Apple Says Your iPhone's Usage Data is Anonymous, but New Tests Say That's Not True
A new test of how Apple gathers usage data from iPhones has found that the company collects personally identifiable information while explicitly promising not to.

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Meta Is on the Prowl for 'Suspicious Adults' Messaging Teenagers
Meta says it is taking additional steps to help protect the youth on its platforms. Now, anyone under the age of 16 years old can enroll in new privacy settings that are meant to limit who can see their Facebook profile. Likewise, Meta says it’s also testing the removal of the messaging button on teen’s Instagram…
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A Soil Fungus That Causes Lung Infections Is Spreading Across the U.S.
An illness-causing fungus known as histoplasma is in the soil of nearly all U.S. states, a new study suggests. The researchers behind the work say doctors may be relying on outdated risk maps and therefore missing diagnoses of the infections, which can sometimes be deadly.

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Marvel's Thunderbolts Movie Might Have Found Its Villain
Nicholas Hoult teases a Maximum Cage performance for Renfield’s Dracula. Disney+’s Percy Jackson finds itself some more gods. Daredevil: Born Again could feature another street-level hero. Plus, what’s coming on the next Rick and Morty. Spoilers now!

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Amazon Plans to Close Up Shop on Wickr’s User-Centric Encrypted Messaging App
A little more than a year ago, Amazon, specifically Amazon Web Services, flashed its stacks of cash as it announced it was buying up the end-to-end encrypted messaging app Wickr. AWS users could suddenly use Wickr’s services, and some reporters speculated Amazon could have been trying to make a move in the…
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Rings of Power's Answer to Lord of the Rings' Special Features Appendices Is Here
Lord of the Rings: Rings of Powermay have wrapped up its first spectacular season, but there’s still a lot more to explore in Middle-earth. Amazon has just released an X-Ray version of its sweeping epic fantasy series—basically a behind-the-scenes overlay that will pop up on screen to give you an inside look at some…
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Elon Musk Explains Why He's Never Letting Alex Jones Back on Twitter
Elon Musk was asked Sunday whether he’s going to let conspiracy theorist Alex Jones back on Twitter. And it’s a reasonable question, considering all the other fringe people Musk has welcomed back on the bird app recently. But Musk had a very personal response, indicating that Alex Jones will never be allowed to return…
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Ahsoka Tano Fans Will Find Columbia's New Star Wars: The Clone Wars Winter Wear Hard to Resist
Star Wars fans have been dressing up as their favorite Star Wars characters all the way back to 1977 when A New Hope debuted, but today it’s a lot easier to be a cosplayer, even if you’re not hanging out in a warm theater or convention center, thanks to Columbia’s latest themed winter wear.
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