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This is the Smartest Zoom Hack We've Seen Yet
Leave it to a bored adolescent to come up with one of the most ingenious ways to appear “present” in a Zoom chat I’ve ever seen—especially if the chat is on the larger side and someone isn’t paying much attention to your webcam in the grid view.
Android
How to Protect Your Personal Data From the Google Firebase Leak
It appears that nearly 24,000 apps on the Google Play store may have sprung data leaks. Unlike the Play Store malware and scams we often cover that actively steal or distribute user information, these apps are leaking data by accident due to a poorly configured Google Firebase, one of the...
Browsers
Use These Extensions to Trick Out Google Meet
Google Meet is now free for everyone to use. The search giant has finished its rollout, and anyone with an email address—a Gmail address, that is—can use it to hold free video chats. Meet isn’t as fully-featured as other video chat apps, but a few useful browser extensions can add...
Back to Basics
How to Clean a Litter Box
The litter box. If you are a cat owner—especially if you have cats who seem to poop half their body weight daily, such as mine do—the foul rectangle inspires a particular sense of unease. Cleaning it is the task every cat owner dreads. This need not be the case.
Back to Basics
Making Your Own Sour Cream Is Extremely Worthwhile
I do not DIY without a reason. If I’m going to make my own version of a commercially available product, it either needs to taste better than its store-bought counterpart, cost me fewer dollars, or align with my particular brand of laziness. This is why I don’t make my own...
Security
Are Google's New Nest Aware Plans Worth the Extra Cost?
The Google-owned home security company Nest updated its Nest Aware service with an all-new pricing model and some new features.
safety
What to Do If Your Brakes Fail While Driving
When I was in high school, my car brakes gave out on me while driving down a hill. My memories of the incident are hazy—I remember it as a few seconds that stretched on forever: frantically stomping on the brakes; my car coasting to a stop; me, hyperventilating for an...
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Epic Unveils A Graphics Demo 'Running On PS5'
Epic Games gave us our first look at what games running on PS5 could look like during today’s Summer Game Fest livestream with an Unreal Engine demo running on Sony’s next-gen console.
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Conservative-Dominated Wisconsin Supreme Court Tosses Out State's Coronavirus Emergency Order
In a jaw-dropping move on Wednesday, the conservative-dominated Wisconsin Supreme Court threw out the entirety of the emergency shutdown order Democratic Governor Tony Evers’ administration ordered to contain the novel coronavirus pandemic.
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