Google isn’t trying to kill ad blockers. That’s the message in a pair of Google blog posts published Wednesday in response to criticism of the search giant’s plan to improve extensions in its Chrome web browser. “We are not preventing the development of ad blockers or stopping users from blocking ads,” said Devlin Cronin in …
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Social networks like YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat and TikTok have the power to reach billions of people and make connections. But there’s also a dark side rife with cyberbullying, hate speech or other abusive behavior that can have real-world consequences. Young people who have been cyberbullied are twice as likely to harm themselves or attempt suicide, according to a 2018 …
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The distributed denial of service attack that hit Telegram Wednesday came from China, the secure messaging app’s founder said. Pavel Durov’s tweet suggested that the country’s government may have done it to disrupt protests in Hong Kong. In a DDoS attack, an online service gets bombarded with traffic from networks of bots, to the point where it’s overwhelmed and legit …
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The DJI RoboMaster S1 looks like an autonomous sentry ready to protect the smart home of the future, and maybe someday it will be. At the moment, the company says it’s simply the most advanced robot for students on the market. Made to see, feel and hear the world around it, the S1 has 31 sensors to map its environment, …
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Once upon a time, Sprint offered a pretty amazing deal: One year of unlimited phone service for free. All you had to do was bring a compatible phone and port your number from another carrier. Of course, all good things must come to an end: Back in April, Sprint replaced the free-year offer with Unlimited Kickstart, which costs $25 per …
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Learning to read and write can be daunting for kids, but with the new Marvel Hero Tales mobile app from Kuato Studios, little ones hopefully can get some help from Spider-Man, Captain Marvel, Ms. Marvel and other Marvel greats. The free app, available on iOS and Android, encourages kids from 7 to 11 to write their own Marvel stories while …
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Lesser-known web browser-developer Opera has tried to ease gamers’ pain points with its new Opera GX browser, announced today at the E3 gaming show. It looks and feels much different than the standard browser, with different customizations, but some of the changes go more than skin deep. For instance, in GX Control it lets you set hard or soft limits …
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This story is part of Father’s Day Gift Guide, featuring our top picks for dads who love tech. With only a few days to go before Father’s Day, Amazon has all its Kindle e-readers on sale. The deal on the new Kindle Paperwhite, released last November, isn’t quite as good as it was last month when it was on sale for …
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Sean Scott is almost poetic when describing his intense interest in sidewalks. “Each sidewalk is like a snowflake,” Scott, who’s soft-spoken with a friendly smile, told me with a bit of excitement in his eyes. “Because the textures are different, the way they’re laid out is different, what we see on the sidewalk is different.” Scott, vice president of the …
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Today is National Donut Day — or National Doughnut Day, depending on where you live and how you roll. So break out your map and yellow highlighter, because it’s time to plan. On this holiest of days (see what I did there?), you can score free or discounted donuts from a variety of stores. And these are just the national/regional …
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